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On 7/7/2010 10:59 AM, Invisible wrote:
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> Why are the downstairs taps connected to the mains, but the upstairs
> ones connected to a tank? Why do we even *have* a tank??
>
Because the mains does not have enough pressure to push the water
upstairs at a tolerable force. If it weren't for the tank, you'd turn on
the faucet and get barely a trickle... With the tank on the roof, you
get nice water pressure.
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> http://xkcd.com/156/
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> How do you do this in Haskell / Eiffel / any other languages that
> perversely chose "--" as the comment marker?
'
Hmmm... not a clue.
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~Mike
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