FOTD -- June 29, 2009 (Rating 8)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's image was rendered with the outside set to 'summ', which
gives the image most of its effect. The scene lies deep in the
Seahorse Valley of a minibrot lying deep in the Seahorse Valley
of the large minibrot on the negative stem of the Mandelbrot set.
Few words are required; the image speaks for itself. And yes,
there is a much smaller minibrot at the center of the mini-Julia
set at the center of the image. Anyone curious about its
appearance should turn on the arbitrary math routine by entering
the command <mathtolerance=0.05/0> and start diving. But don't
expect to see the minibrot until this time tomorrow.
The rating of an 8 might be a bit overdone. Sometimes I think
the colors are a bit too intense. The calculation time of 1-1/2
minutes is true on the P4-2000mhz machine. On the old P200 it
takes 25 minutes.
But calculation time becomes meaningless if the image is viewed
on the FOTD web site at:
<
http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
FL has a way of asking questions that demand full engagement of
the thinking apparatus. While watching the rain on Sunday, she
innocently asked whether I think suicidal terrorists go to
heaven or hell. In our eyes they are evil murderers. There is
no doubt of it. In their eyes they are heroic martyrs, doing
the work of god. They have no doubt of it. Do they go to
heaven for killing innocent people, or do they go to hell for
doing what they sincerely believe is the will of god?
And the question cannot be evaded by invoking Atheism and
claiming the question is meaningless. I'll surely have more to
say about this philosophical/theological puzzle in an upcoming
discussion.
Thick clouds and occasional light rain spoiled fractal Sunday
here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats ignored the outside
temperature of 75F 19C and concentrated on the indoor condi-
tions, which were close to ideal. Nicholas enjoyed a bit of
cheddar cheese in a puddle of half-and-half creamer. Cassie
enjoyed her seafood treat.
My day was close to normal. FL was a bit down because she had
wanted to work in her garden and the forecast of a sunny day was
a bust. The next FOTD, the last one of the Seahorse-Valley
series, will be posted in 24 hours. If all goes well, the month
will go out with a bang; if not, it will go out with a whimper.
Jim Muth
jamth@???
jimmuth@???
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