Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 10:55:34 06/28/00
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On June 28, 2000 at 05:49:18, Adrien Regimbald wrote: >Hey, > > >A lot of people have been asking me this lately :P > >No - it is _not_ a typo on "Fail" :P > >It is actually the name of a character from the very popular Wheel of Time >series by Robert Jordan. I wanted to use a different name from the series, but >it was taken, and I eventually settled on Faile ;) > > >But - recently I came across something funny online.. "Faile" would turn out to >be a scientific term of sorts :P > > >Here's the definition: >The Faile effect: The effect seemed to consist of >occasional circumstances where common, normally opaque objects ranging >from one's forearm, to sheet metal, to furniture, would appear to turn >partially transparent. More distant objects seemed to be visible through >these structures, even to the extent of such details as printed >characters. > > >You can see the whole article at: http://www.amasci.com/freenrg/faile.html > >It's sort of interesting, I didn't know that such things happened.. :) > > >Anyhow, Faile is free, open source, and I hope you like it, regardless of the >name :P The name "Faile", I guess depending on how it's pronounced, is very close to the German word for mistake. I just figured you were upset at your program when you named it. :) -Tom
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