Jim Muth wrote:
FOTD -- February 28, 2004 (Rating 6)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
For some reason, today's image reminds me of the cells of a cellular telephone network. I named it "Cellular Patterns". It is actually a scene in the fractal that results when portions of Z^(-1.74) and Z^(-7.4) are combined, and (1/C) is added.
Speaking of cell phones, they appear to be taking over the world. A simple 25-mile trip will reveal the network antennas everywhere -- many on their own cell-phone towers, or electric transmission towers, but also lurking in the least likely places such as on the roofs of schools and other buildings, hidden in church bell towers, perched on advertising billboards, water tanks, even on abandoned grain elevators. It appears to be only a matter of time before we will have cell-phone antennas on every light pole, on every telephone and utility pole in every neighborhood.
We are living in an ever-increasing ocean of electromagnetic radiation. We can't escape it. We know that the natural electric energy in the human body helps control tissue growth. Tests have already demonstrated that the radiation from a hand- held cell phone causes measurable brain damage in laboratory animals, and does so at levels in the range of those now in use. Can anyone imagine permitting a substance to be added to food intended for human consumption if that substance has been demonstrated to cause brain damage in laboratory animals? If this were done, the outcry would be overwhelming. But where is the outcry about cell-phone radiation. All we hear are hints of concern and not very convincing assurances that all is well.
Some of the artificial sweeteners are known to be carcinogenic in lab animals. The effects of EM radiation have not been determined, studies done have never conclusively shown that there is a problem, in fact a few studies show the opposite, reduction of certain cancers.
I wonder whether cell phones will be the asbestos and cigarettes of the future, and the telephone companies will have a reputa- tion like the giant tobacco corporations have today. Or perhaps we will need to shield our homes in faraday cages to escape the sea of deadly radiation. . . .
Hmmmm . . . look at the outburst that a simple fractal just caused.
Today's image rates a nominal 6 and has an overall value of 84. It was rendered with the outside set to the 'tdis' option, which stands for 'total distance' -- the total distance the points travel before escaping beyond the escape radius. The scene is nearly as interesting when rendered with the traditional equal- iteration-band method. I chose the 'tdis' method by the flip of a coin.
The render time of 7 minutes may be bypassed by downloading the finished image from Paul's FOTD web site at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
With a temperature of 48F 9C, Friday was pleasant enough here at Fractal Central. At least the cats must have thought so. They spent over three hours on the porch, enjoying the sun, which is just now making it over the holly trees in the afternoons.
My day was acceptable, and the fractal I found was acceptable. This is just about all one could ask for. Hopefully, today will be a repeat, and the fractal will be even better. Until next time, take care, and we survived for thousands of years without carrying telephones everywhere we go. Why has it now become almost impossible to go about our everyday lives without one?
Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com
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