On 7/7/2010 10:59 AM, Invisible wrote:

>
> 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.

>
>
> http://xkcd.com/156/
>
> How do you do this in Haskell / Eiffel / any other languages that
> perversely chose "--" as the comment marker?
'
Hmmm... not a clue.

-- 
~Mike

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