Re: Motorola 3400 problems, could this be the answer?

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From: clive
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 00:00

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In article <iCfeLDAKpJR0EwUJ@initium.demon.co.uk>,
Paul Steward  <paul.steward@initium.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> "I have just put leaded petrol in my new car and wrecked the catalytic
>> converter. This is clearly Shell's fault and I want to know what they're
>> going to do about it."
>    Your hypothetical car's petrol tank together with the pipe from the
> leaded petrol pump are deliberately designed to be incompatible: the
> diameter of the hole is smaller than that of the nozzle. This is meant
> to act as a bit of a hint.

I should have known someone would drag in this irrelevant-to-the-analogy
issue. I know about (and have tested) the pipe diameters issue, but it
doesn't apply to petrol cans, does it.

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