dembry@hplabs.UUCP (Paul E. Dembry) (08/18/83)
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hplabs!dembry Aug 17 14:39:00 1983
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Subject: Strange sleep/relaxation producing sounds
I find the sound of rustling papers (commonly found in an office environment)
to be very relaxing, to the point of occassionally making me drowsy. Another
person I know has considerable trouble staying awake if there is a running
vacuum cleaner within earshot. Anyone out there have their own personal
soporiferous sound? Any comments about this (like "why")? One person's
sound just doesn't do it to other people. I think that it is weird, and
would like to hear other's opinions, either directly or posted.
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Most people will be relaxed by non-descript background noise that approaches
white noise. For me, a steady ventilating fan will knock me out in very
short order. Coffee has no effect on this.
Another component involved in this are noises that people associate with
sleep. I used to have a fish aquarium in which the bubbling filter was
always on. Therefore, I always heard this sound as I went to sleep at
night. Today the same sound will make me drowsy.
Paul Dembry
ucbvax!hplabs!dembryemrath@uiuccsb.UUCP (08/22/83)
#R:ihuxq:-29600:uiuccsb:9900011:000:492 uiuccsb!emrath Aug 21 02:35:00 1983 Things like disk drive blowers and muffin fans tend to put me under. (How do I ever get anything done?) Maybe this stems from the time I worked in a shop that had a 6-bay 11/45 & 2 big disks (a long time ago). Naturally the row was about 3 feet from the wall. The machine room was carpeted(!) and the ceiling was low, so it was dim behind there. We kept a sleeping bag back there and took turns knocking off. The carpeting helped deaden the sound and I think that made it even more relaxing.