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:
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 conditions, 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@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com

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