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   From: 2987pl@mail.com   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   news:op.z1aa0mrlwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   > On Sat, 04 May 2019 22:15:47 +0100, 2987pl <2987pl@mail.com> wrote:   
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   >> "Commander Kinsey"  wrote in message   
   >> news:op.z093q1fwwdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan...   
   >>> On Sat, 04 May 2019 19:15:01 +0100, Andy Burns    
   >>> wrote:   
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   >>>> Commander Kinsey wrote:   
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   >>>>>>> Perfectly formed circles, after the monitor got wet (ok, my cat   
   >>>>>>> "scented"   
   >>>>>>> it, which I assume is salty water) - why the circles?  I can't   
   >>>>>>> believe the   
   >>>>>>> "water" physically spread that evenly.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Yeah, never seen water do that.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There are many layers within an LCD (individually they have strange   
   >>>> optical properties) some of them have a textured matte finish, I could   
   >>>> see that allowing liquid to "wick" between layers in a circular   
   >>>> pattern.   
   >>>   
   >>> But would it really be a PERFECT circle?   
   >>   
   >> Dunno, but it would be interesting to try. I guess it could be if the   
   >> migration rate of the edge is uniform.   
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   > I'd have thought gravity would warp the shape.   
      
   Gravity doesn't have much effect on a thin film   
   between two layers of plastic with a wicking effect.   
      
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