Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 13:23:28 06/28/00
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On June 28, 2000 at 13:55:34, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >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 No, the word you mean is 'Fehler' = mistake. It is not the same spelling as in 'Feile'. 'Faile' is not a German word. Hans Gerber
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