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Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has published an article on the noise from the piling work just across the street from our offices. The noise, caused by driving huge metal bars into the ground using vibration, is so loud that some of us have to wear hearing protection, as you can see in the video.
This has been going on for weeks now, and will continue for several weeks or months more. Repeated attempts to find a solution have failed, and even though the authorities have classified the noise as "extreme" and "far above acceptable levels", the company doing the construction was given permission to continue.
Our office manager has been working hard to solve this, but even though there are solutions for silent piling available, the company doing the piling does not appear to be ready to make use of them.
We are able to keep working on Opera, but as you probably understand by now, the working conditions aren't exactly ideal at present
Update 2007-08-17: Article in English
Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has published an article on the noise from the piling work just across the street from our offices. The noise, caused by driving huge metal bars into the ground using vibration, is so loud that some of us have to wear hearing protection, as you can see in the video.
This has been going on for weeks now, and will continue for several weeks or months more. Repeated attempts to find a solution have failed, and even though the authorities have classified the noise as "extreme" and "far above acceptable levels", the company doing the construction was given permission to continue.
Our office manager has been working hard to solve this, but even though there are solutions for silent piling available, the company doing the piling does not appear to be ready to make use of them.
We are able to keep working on Opera, but as you probably understand by now, the working conditions aren't exactly ideal at present
Update 2007-08-17: Article in English
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About this article
| Published in | A Journal from Behind the Trenches |
|---|---|
| Date | August 15, 2007 |
| Author | Haavard |
| Tags | work, noise |
| Original | Internet Archive |
Santeri PiippoWednesday, August 15, 2007 2:07:46 PM
andolWednesday, August 15, 2007 3:21:36 PM
FataLWednesday, August 15, 2007 4:26:51 PM
LaurentWednesday, August 15, 2007 4:46:16 PM
allixWednesday, August 15, 2007 4:57:44 PM
LaurentWednesday, August 15, 2007 5:16:29 PM
Would you know how I can get the xine plugin to work for Opera
(just upgraded to 9.23, same result)
you may send me your reply directly so that we don't clutter this post.
Cheers!
_Grey_Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:31:21 PM
The noise really seems extreme, though... definitely not something I'd look forward to if I was to visit Opera HQs
baboxWednesday, August 15, 2007 7:40:56 PM
You need Opera Ninja to solve this problem!
João EirasWednesday, August 15, 2007 11:34:24 PM
mrdThursday, August 16, 2007 10:50:56 PM
It was unbelievable. For about 2 months there would be period where the noise was painful and the vibrations coming through our building scary...
seidenfadenMonday, August 20, 2007 9:25:04 PM
I too would like to know how to get these media players to work in opera on ubuntu.
Charles SchlossFriday, November 7, 2008 4:44:49 PM
Is did you guys IM just to talk?