Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's image rates only a 7.  Being simply another venture into the Z^(-4.01)+C Julia sets, it deserves no more.  But it is still a rather striking image, demonstrating the large variety of Julia sets in this area.

The name "The Great Mystery" refers not to the image, but to some other vague mystery only half perceived.  Perhaps, it's the old warhorse mystery about the meaning of life, which our over-revered science has so far been helpless to answer.  (It punts the question to religion, while implying that the beliefs of religion are only comforting illusions.)

The calculation time of one minute will pass in a flash, but when the image appears, it will neither answer the great mystery nor supply a comforting illusion, but it is guaranteed to be at least semi-real.

The string of typical early January days continued here at Fractal Central today, with variable amounts of clouds, breezy west winds, and a temperature of 37F +3C.  The fractal cat also had a typical day, taking advantage of the sun when it was out and taking to the heat when the sun disappeared.  The humans mostly took it easy.

The next FOTD will eagerly be posted when the time arrives.  Until then, take care, and we should not propose knee-jerk solutions to our problems.  We should instead find effective and workable solutions that everyone will accept.  This is why the 99-percent movement went nowhere and the current push for more gun control is futile.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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