Doesn't matter. The pressure created by the ink is actually superficial pressure.
You should keep in mind than ink is a liquid, and that:
(a) a liquid is quasi-incompressible
(b) a liquid takes the shape that requires the smallest energy.
The smallest superficial energy is when you have the smallest surface with the exterior, so the ink will stay sticked to the pen and won't fly into space (superficial tension).
Now why does it flow toward the nib and not to the other end ? Simply because the nib has a smaller section, thus a smaller superficial is required!
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> Let's call it Solar System simulator.
Doesn't matter. The pressure created by the ink is actually superficial pressure. You should keep in mind than ink is a liquid, and that: (a) a liquid is quasi-incompressible (b) a liquid takes the shape that requires the smallest energy. The smallest superficial energy is when you have the smallest surface with the exterior, so the ink will stay sticked to the pen and won't fly into space (superficial tension). Now why does it flow toward the nib and not to the other end ? Simply because the nib has a smaller section, thus a smaller superficial is required!
Plastic banknotes ? A cool idea, but the only advantage is that you can wash your clothes with money in them. :-)
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So my office is a no-games office. Instead, I try to encourage people to bring in inspirational reading, such as the bible.
The employees seem to rather like the 'guess which book this verse came from' game that I started up.
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Are you, by any chance, Ned Flanders ?
The 18 cent coin is in circulation in the US: the 18 cent coin had ALWAYS been in circulation in the US.
Some may like it -- "De gustibus non disputandum est."