On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 20:13:20 -0600, mad wrote:

if you've ever stayed in a motel where the heating/air conditioning unit
masks other noises outside your room, then your heating/ac is a 'white
noise' maker. in my house the large aquarium filters in my 3 tanks provide a
white noise that prevents us from hearing the noise of the nearby highway
traffic.
mad

I run a fan in my room for "white noise"..