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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.
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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