;     Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:19:41 -0400
;     From: Jim Muth <jimmuth@earthlink.net>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-08-13 (Almost the Best [A-8,M-8])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20130808172025.2bc77c78@earthlink.net>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- August 08, 2013 (Rating A-8,M-8)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's image shows the center of what I consider the best 
; anti-minibrot yet.  The location of the action is in a seahorse 
; tail on the east edge of the north branch of Seahorse Valley of 
; the parent Mandelbrot set.  An everyday Mandelbrot minibrot 
; would normally lie in this area, but it has been obliterated by 
; the tiny bit of Z^(-4) stuff infesting the entire parent fractal.
; 
; The image clearly shows the center of the hill of anti-
; bifurcation, the peak of which is actually a seamount lying 
; quite a distance (467 iterations) undersea.  A quick count will 
; show the anti-bifurcation, which increases from the inside out.
; 
; The name "Almost the Best" shows that I consider the image to 
; show continued improvement, while always leaving room for 
; further improvement.  The art and math ratings concur with this 
; opinion.
; 
; The calculation time of 10-1/2 minutes is slow, I admit it.  But 
; relief is at hand on any of the FOTD web sites.
; 
; To view the image without the task of calculating it, check one 
; of the following web sites:
; 
;       <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html>
; 
; <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html>
; 
;        <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/>
; 
;   <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html>
; 
; Heavy clouds again blocked the sun today here at Fractal 
; Central, while the temperature of 81F 27C kept things reasonably 
; comfortable.  The fractal cat forgot the lack of sun as soon as 
; I produced the laser pointer and gave him a good chase that soon 
; had him panting in exhaustion.  The fractal people, who were not 
; panting in exhaustion, had one more typically busy day.
; 
; The next FOTD will be posted when humanity achieves immortality, 
; or possibly a little sooner.  Until this happens, take care, and 
; I hear that some people expect that by the year 2045 we will be 
; able to download our conscious self-aware unique selves, 
; complete with our varied emotions, into robot-like machines that 
; will endure indefinitely, granting virtual immortality.
; 
; This appears well enough, but I wonder exactly what information 
; we will download into the robot machines.  I also wonder if 
; immortality will be for everyone, rich and poor alike, or only 
; for those wealthy enough to pay for the process, which obviously 
; will be hugely expensive.  If immortality will be only for the 
; wealthy, how will the impoverished feel?  Will the common people 
; simply sit idly by and watch the wealthy allow them and their 
; loved ones to die, while the wealthy reserve immortality only 
; for those they deem worthy (that is with enough money) to live 
; forever?  Or will there be a revolution against the wealthy that 
; would put an end once and for all to privileged-class thoughts 
; of immortality?
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jimmuth@earthlink.net
; 
; 
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; 
; 
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