; Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:48:08 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-10-02 (Mandel Fragments [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021017104942.2a1fe932@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- October 17, 2002 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; There has been a notable lack of critical thinking in the ; Fractal Central area lately. Critical thinking is what ; skeptics, as well as fractalists, do so much of, and what ; believers in unlikely things do so little of. Those who think ; critically will explain events as simply and rationally as ; possible. They will not use questionable phenomena such as ; mental telepathy as an explanation when a normal explanation ; such as somehow receiving the information through the senses ; will work as well. There is a good reason for this -- the ; simplest, most reasonable, explanation is most often the right ; one. ; ; A rash of shootings have taken place in the area lately, and the ; sniper has so far eluded capture. To me, the explanation is ; simple -- most likely a very clever maniac is on the loose, or ; possibly it is the beginning of the next phase of foreign ; terrorism in the U.S. The shootings are almost certainly not ; some of the things I have been hearing, such as the beginning of ; an alien invasion from outer space, or a racist plot to make the ; ethnically-mixed police department look bad, or a plot to swing ; the upcoming election in favor of the candidate who wants ; tighter gun control. I doubt that the shootings are the begin- ; ning of Armageddon, as I have heard one woman very seriously ; claim. I wonder how long it will be before the psychics appear ; on the scene with so many different explanations that one of ; them is certain to be correct. ; ; Oh, we have a fractal today. I named it "Mandel Fragments" ; because of its extremely fragmentary nature. The generating ; expression combines various negative portions of Z^(-1.2) and ; Z^(-11.7). The fractal is then turned outside-in by adding 1/C ; instead of just plain C. ; ; The midget at the center of today's image is a third-order one, ; lying near the southeast border of a larger midget that lies in ; the East Valley area of a still larger midget, which in turn ; lies in a valley of the parent, which consists of oversized but ; scattered Mandeloid figures. ; ; Try as I might, I could see nothing in the final product that is ; above the long-term FOTD average. I therefore rated it at an ; average 5. The unreasonably long render time of 1-3/4 hours ; does nothing to raise the image out of the realm of the mundane. ; ; But do not give up hope of seeing the image. Relief will soon ; arrive in the form of the finished GIF image, which will be ; available on the FOTD web sites as soon as Paul and Scott can ; render it. Paul's site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; and Scott's at: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather Wednesday featured, if it could be called a ; feature, heavy rain, strong winds, and a temperature of 57F 14C. ; The cats seemed to know early that it would not be an outdoor ; day, and satisfied themselves watching the raindrops trickle ; down the windows. Surprisingly, the sun did break through late ; in the afternoon, though it was still too wet outside for the ; dynamic duo's paws. ; ; Today is beginning much more pleasantly, both for man and cats. ; The sun is shining, it is warmer, and the amount of work to be ; done is reasonable. I think it might be a good day. 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