; Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:31:02 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 15-12-12 (Six to Doomsday [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20121217082848.2b57628a@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 15, 2012 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; If you're looking for a long fractal discussion, look elsewhere. ; For the next several days I'll be spreading my ideas about the ; disintegration of our culture. ; ; Today's image is a near-Julia set of the Z^(1.5)+C ground level ; Mandeloid. It is rotated 0.01 degree toward the Oblate ; direction, and is striking for the number and variety of fractal ; trees it holds. And like the strange mysterious rectangle, it ; is also one of my very early fractals. ; ; The finished image is at: ; ; ; ; High-definition variations are at: ; ; ; ; The FOTD back images are at: ; ; ; ; When I began the countdown to doomsday, I was being frivolous. ; I didn't actually expect the end of time to come on December 21. ; Until now, all predictions of the end of the world have had one ; thing in common -- they have been wrong. But now, after the ; latest school massacre, it looks like I could be right, maybe ; not in six days, but not too long thereafter. With unending ; massacres and depressed adolescents walking about in a ; technological trance, texting like frustrated demons, maybe the ; end really is approaching, at least the end of our present way ; of life. Invading aliens from Alpha Centauri could hardly have ; done a better job of destruction than we have done and are still ; doing to ourselves. ; ; The human race is a part of the great spiritual reality known as ; nature. (Of course, rationalists will deny the spiritual part.) ; With all the technological gadgets, video games, mass media ; entertainment etc. we have basically cut ourselves off from our ; source and are floundering about like fish out of water. And ; what are we willing to do about it? Little more than purchase ; ever more advanced technological devices. ; ; Technology will save us . . . I guess it will, but . . . then ; again I'm not too sure. ; ; I see myself as one of a dying breed. When I go out on my ; morning walk to the nearby river, I carry no smart device with ; me. I enjoy the nature in which I am immersed. I see the high ; clouds in the sky indicating that warmer weather is on the way. ; I see the early sun striking the bare treetops. At the river I ; see that the water level has gone down a bit. It has been ; rather dry recently. And I hear honking. Looking up, I see ; geese flying overhead. Out on the water I see ducks bobbing, ; and an egret wading near the bank. And all this is free. Then ; I think of a local boy who was killed about a week ago when he ; was struck by a train while walking along the tracks to school. ; His hi-tech headset was so loud that he did not hear the train ; coming. ; ; Could something be wrong with our modern life style? ; ; It's no problem however. Before long, the codgers like myself ; who still remember the old times will be gone, and everyone will ; be free to enjoy the technological wonderland we are creating ; for ourselves. ; ; The day actually turned rather pleasant here at Fractal Central. ; At least the cats thought so. The temperature of 46F +8C was ; above normal, while the variably cloudy sky let through just ; enough sun to keep things cheerful. The next FOTD will be ; posted in about 24 hours. Until then, take care, and there are ; far too many people being killed with illegal guns. Why can't ; our congressmen get off their bottoms and pass legislation ; banning illegal guns? 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