[Fractint] FOTD 10-03-06 (FOTD for 10-03-06 [4])

10 Mar 2006

      FOTD -- March 10, 2006 (Rating 4)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Moving to a new home is always a stressful thing, so yesterday 
when fractal lady commented something about the sorry state of 
the world and the Middle East in particular, I was in a testy 
mood and wisely gave no reply.

What could I say.  As I see it, mankind is wandering in the 
dark, hamstrung as he is by myth-based religions that can demon-
strate none of the supernatural things they teach, and which 
generate more violence than spirituality; and confused by a 
material-based science that has yet to satisfactorily answer the 
most basic question -- the question of what we are.

At least there is no question about fractals.  They are the 
things numbers do when no one is looking.  I will leave it to 
someone else to determine exactly what numbers are.

Today's image, for example, is a Julia set of the Z^(1.1)+C 
Mandeloid as it appears 555 levels up the log spiral.  Because 
of its simplicity, I have rated it at a 4.  I considered giving 
it a name with the prefix 'penta' but finally decided that it is 
not worth a name.  The catalog date will have to suffice.

The render time of under 2-1/2 minutes is about equal to the 
time required to go online and download the finished GIF image 
from the FOTD web site at:

       <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

A spring-like day, with hazy sun, light winds and a temperature 
of 61F 16C kept the fractal cats contented here at Old Fractal 
Central on Thursday.  An extra serving of tuna made their day 
complete.

My day was completely filled with work, but not so much as to 
preclude a few minutes at the fractal machine.  If all goes 
well, which is not at all certain, the next FOTD will appear in 
24 hours.  Until next time, take care, and be ready for whatever 
comes your way.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com

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