FOTD -- November 28, 2007 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I see in the December 3 issue of Time Magazine that according to science, mankind inherits his good and evil tendencies through his genes and these tendencies manifest as behavior as a result of brain activity. I haven't thoroughly read the article yet, but I suppose it is another pop-scientific 'love is just a brain chemical' type of article. It probably reports that when we think or do good things, a certain part of our brain becomes active, and when we think or do evil things, a different part becomes active. So far so good, but we did not choose our genes, and our brain activity is beyond our control, so how then can criminals be held responsible for their evil behavior? In fact, if genes and brain activity are the ultimate source of human behavior, then we should immediately free all criminals. The poor fellows are innocent, imprisoned for something they had no power to avoid doing. Their genes and brain activity are responsible for the crimes. The preceding conclusion is not to be taken seriously, but it does show how little faith I put in the things that materialis- tic 'science' pronounces about human behavior. I place much more faith in the reality of fractals however, particularly the Mandelbrot set, an infinitesimal part of which is displayed in today's image. The scene is on the main spike, a short distance east of the largest minibrot. The location is in the East Valley area of a larger minibrot in the East Valley area of a larger minibrot . . . Add about 5 more ever-larger minibrots and you'll get the idea. There is a perfect minibrot at the center of today's image. I have been down there to see it. But it is about 15 orders of magnitude deeper and not worth the time spent calculating it. The best scenes along the way are in areas where the number of surrounding elements resets itself to two, as it does in today's image. This resetting repeats quite a few times on the way down to the minibrot, which explains the name I gave the image, "Forever Reset". I could not rate a fractal which is just another scene deep on the main spike of the M-set, so I let it go un-rated. The calculation time of 6-1/2 minutes is true on the 2000mhz machine. On the 200mhz unit, it takes 1/2 hour to finish. So why not avoid the wait and check in at the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the completed image is posted for instant and effortless viewing. Fairly seasonal conditions prevailed here at Fractal central on Tuesday. The fractal cats approved of the temperature of 43F 6C but complained about the clouds that intermittently blocked their warm sunlight. A treat of tuna and cheese restored their good moods. My day was once again busy, and the fractal was once again found too hastily for top quality. The next in the long line of FOTD fractals will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and keep those brain chemicals under control, or you might turn into a fractal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Forever_Reset { ; time=0:06:28.76-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.7397130566441\ 43559619196/0/2.541631e+021 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=3600 bailout=100 inside=0 symmetry=xaxis colors=000HeuKanNYhQUas66lBDeGJZLQxgyC3CG9HKFMOLRh\ tYclX_dXWXWBPtKQggVscTm_SgWRasJpZOgXPdVPaTQZ4uJAmN\ GeQMYTAuw0yWWFqULfUqFgJ0aMBXOMjSVcRWYQW6LZHOXsWHiU\ M`SR`9bYE`WIZUMX1fUA`VJVWyyjmmeba`oAzVsUUkVTdVSXW1\ 1nNu9PmFQeLRYRCzMKgRilh``aU9uTFlSLcNAhPGcRL_bu7XeK\ mmObaS1vfFe`MtsOlmPdgRXatS9eRL_XhXUcUS_dIpYMePJ5QM\ ERONHarHKYBhu1LhKKWbJJr55tJ6vW7xi8zv9sm6le4eY2d0bb\ Bg`LlaEkV3ga8kgDomIssNwpQsmSpkUmqONgTMZYLQaLQbKQbK\ yffgdVQbKKCxEPZ8a99OJWfsAATGFUMLVrV`iTZ`RXV3KuPQsI\ DiLK`OQgIlcKg_McWO_vQonQjfQeZQ`51rB8lHEfNK`MHgOKcQ\ N_9oNEhQJbSOWUCraGj_KcZOXXEUwITpLSiPRbqGahK__NYq4y\ BCMHHQNMT5PIBQMHQPNQTmMPeOSZPUk14aEIPAfQGbRLZvsyki\ oa_eOEAPHGQKLRNRVbHOTWQRWqR35oykbndYgYUa6_PHVTEkmy\ JHfSqZRfK_0MX8OVGQSO4i6AdDG_JMVQ4yFE6ut7OeHSMBvi2A\ YyEVgNKGONKRQNUVobTbZ4ZmAWhGUdMS_Ko4tI2lKAeMHZOP_6\ GXDMUKRGKlKMfOO`EXCJUJOSQ } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================