Try Infected Mushroom, Shpongle, Ott, or Hallucinogen.

Hmmm... I can't believe I've made it this far into the comments and nobody has mentioned trance (and related electronic genres). Unlike classical, you don't have the dynamics leaving you straining to hear over your co-workers one minute, deafened by a crescendo the next. The repetition and lack of lyrics keep it from being distracting. Just pick something fairly textured and it sublimates all those inane conversations going on around you (as you wonder why you're in the middle of a call center while idiots paid less than you have quiet, private offices so they can do serious intellectual work like making PowerPoint presentations).

Speaking from experience working with various outsourced groups doing software development, I'm surprised it's only 30 percent. I cringe every time I find myself somewhere that I'm required to work with these groups because I typically spend more time explaining, hand-holding, code reviewing, and often completely re-doing the work than if I just did it myself. Part of it is a better understanding of the business, of course, but part of it is just a lack of ability. In my experience, those with talent have already migrated here. Many of the best developers I know are from outside the U.S.

I am really looking forward to the day when SETI announces evidence of an intelligent signal from deep space. Not only will it be exciting to learn about out interstellar neighbors, it will be great fun watching young earth creationists develop wild and elaborate denials of the existence of extraterrestrial life. Let's have very thorough background screenings of stargate workers this time, please.

Ah... But there's an important difference there. Democrats air their sins in public view (Bill's fear of Hillary notwithstanding) without shame, Republicans rant and rave about it in public while doing the buggery tap dance in the men's room at the airport or playing extreme tickling with male interns.

Now that's refreshing honesty, AC! Everyone else just claims he's a Kenyan, a Muslim, or some other [not-like-us] entity as a stand-in for their thinly-veiled racism.

Hmmm... We had a partial green power option from Florida Power & Light and I didn't mind paying a little extra, but maybe I was the only one --the program was canceled after a year or two.

Textbook example of what social psychologists call social desirability and one of the most damning criticisms of the validity of surveys.

I was unable to find a reference on orking, but it sounds like a pretty sick thing to do to a cow. These orkers certainly deserve the punish you mention.

Now... where can I find a video of a depraved person orking a cow?

Exactly. This is the thing that always puzzles me about many people's pondering of extraterrestrial life. No doubt there's plenty of it out there --nothing about that seems very unlikely, but there doesn't seem to be any overwhelming requirement for sentient intelligence. Look what a good run the dinosaurs had without understanding how to build a fire or use an iPhone. Seems like the best meeting of Drake and Occam, IMHO.