Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Saturday brought about a gardening expedition, which left no time for a proper FOTD.  As a result, there was no FOTD for August 8, and most likely there never will be.

When time is of the essence, the Mandelbrot set usually supplies a worthwhile fractal image with little time wasted.  Time was essential on Sunday, and as expected the M-set produced an image worthy of being declared FOTD for August 9.

To find a worthy fractal, I checked the northern shore line of the large period-2 bud on the negative X-axis, and before I knew what had happened, there was today's image.  I named it "Key to the Mystery", though I have no idea what the mystery might be.  One thing I do know however is that there certainly are enough mysteries out there in the world, waiting to be solved.

The rating of a 7 is what the vast majority of scenes in the Mandelbrot set are worth.  The calculation time of 18 seconds shows that the type=mandel formula runs extremely fast.

The calculation will be no problem, but what of those new-fangled computers that sneer at the sight of an old-fashioned DOS program like Fractint?  Fractalists unfortunate enough to be burdened with one may see the finished image on the FOTD web site.

The new-fangled units do get around the internet quite well, at least.

Saturday and Sunday were near perfect days here at Fractal Central.  Only a few too many clouds on Saturday and a slightly too warm temperature of 88F 31C on Sunday kept things from being absolutely perfect.  The fractal cats were a bit cranky when we returned on Saturday after being away almost all day.  It took half a can of tuna to restore their spirits.  On Sunday, after another generous treat of tuna, the dynamic duo was in a good cat-mood.

In the human department things were busy but otherwise rather uneventful.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and why is there something instead of nothing?  In my opinion, this is so because the idea of 'nothing' is an abstract concept invented by the human mind.  The question is a wrong one, based on a wrong assumption.

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


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