Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 14:18:28 06/28/00
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On June 28, 2000 at 16:23:28, Hans Gerber wrote: >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 "very close" is not "exactly the same as" -Tom
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