A buddy of mine swears by silent computing – fans? too noisy, hard drives… too inefficient. Well, bud silence is way overrated. Look what you can do with a Scanjet 3C and couple of other computer bits. Bet you can’t do that with your silent new fanlges!!!
This article has more background.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! This is an abomination! I am off to the bathroom to purge my ears with Fairy Liquid right now.
Yeah, but I bet you listened to it all!!!!!! you du-ty boy!!!