When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300C. The Russians used a pencil.
you got that from Man of the Year, robin williams character says that at the beginning of the movie. am i right? EDIT: well i am right, i don't know if that's where you got it from though. here's the quote: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483726/quotes?qt0357282
pen always beats pencil..pencil breaks and its always a mission and a half to find a sharpener, and when its done to the donzeos part, its like writing with a piece of hair. pens are consistent..they work or don't, and when they don't, you buy a new refil
You can't erase with a pen. (I stand corrected) If the ink clogs you're fucked. If the ink runs out, you're fucked. A pencils size is customizable. And lastly, If you break a pencil in half you now have two pencils.
All you have to do to unclog a pen is roll the ball over a little water, usually. Pens typically last longer than pencils, you get more writing out of the same amount of ink than you do carbon from a pencil. Are pens not? Actually, you just have one pencil without an eraser, and an eraser on a stick.
Meh, that rarely works. +1 for pens On-the-spot customizable? No. No. You have a pencil without an eraser and a pencil with an eraser. Woo! Go pencils!