> Yes. Ever get blood drawn? How do you think that works?

Presumably they just use a syringe. I wasn't looking at the time; I was 
in far too much pain...

>> But last I checked, a pump powerful enough to create anything you 
>> could describe as "a vacuum" is an extremely expensive piece of 
>> scientific equipment.
> 
> http://www.google.com/products?q=vacuum+pumps+for+sale
> 
> Even the $25 pump gets you down to 29" of vacuum.

Interesting. I wonder what it costs to buy a large container than can 
withstand several thousand Newtons of force trying to crush it...

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