Re: Distros specifically designed for children

Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:

At the moment, all cars that take unleaded petrol take the same size
fuel nozzle at the petrol station.  You do not have a choice when you
buy a car, what size nozzle you can accomodate.  You do not have a
choice, when you go to a petrol station, to use a larger nozzle which
could deliver fuel faster.  The tyranny!

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That's a leftover from the days of the transition away from leaded
gasoline to unleaded gasoline.  For quite some time, both were
available (from different pumps, obviously) and the smaller unleaded
nozzle opening was meant to prevent folks from accidentally filling
their "unleaded only" vehicle with leaded fuel.  Doing so would very
quickly subject them to a very expensive replacement of a clogged
catlytic converter.  The leaded gas nozzle simply did not fit into the
opening, and served as a huge "hint" that one was trying to pump the
wrong fuel into the tank.