So my fan on my laptop started making a horrific racket (possibly because my laptop has been on nearly half of its existence) so I found a way to clock the CPU down so the fan wouldn't need to be on. Here are the commands I used.
At any rate, after a good solid minute of beeps and at least 45 seconds of shocked/amazed/irritated looks from the other patrons, I managed to disable the system beep and got a light applause from someone in the back of the Cafe amongst a myriad of grumbling. In case you have not clicked on the link I'll describe the basic steps:
