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Old 12-14-2006, 07:12 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
not exactly origami
I recall that the metal used to make a samurai sword is folded 17 times. That's 2 to the power of 17. that's a whole lotta folds.
Isn't the metal flattened between folds, though?
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