; Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:59:29 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-06-05 (Un-Named [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050623120117.29e7fcea@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 23, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; After re-reading today's discussion, I almost hit the delete key ; and wiped out the following five paragraphs, which are more ; political than fractal. But at the last second I withheld my ; finger and let the OT paragraphs stay. Those who are annoyed by ; political bluster should skip to the fractal discussion, which ; begins 6 paragraphs below. ; ; How can I possibly get the energy to produce a new FOTD almost ; every day? Why, after 17 years of playing with fractals, have I ; not grown bored with the chaotic things? Why don't I put more ; effort into being a proper fractal artist rather than a fractal ; explorer? Maybe I enjoy co-existing with nature as it is, and ; dislike trying to bend it to my desires. ; ; And why do I still use 15-year-old DOS programs, (Fractint and ; WordPerfect 5.1), to produce the FOTD, when the more modern ; Windows X.XX programs are so much more trendy? Maybe it's for ; the same reason that I don't have a web site and don't own a ; hand-held mobile telephone. (And how do I get along without ; these necessary things? -- Very well indeed!) ; ; Maybe some of the old ways of doing things were simply better. ; For example, there were once days when schools actually taught ; students the skills they need to be productive in our society. ; Fractal lady has a friend who teaches 7th grade in the Baltimore ; City school system, or perhaps I should say used to teach in the ; school system. She visited Fractal Central last evening and ; began talking about her situation. Her contract was not renewed ; because she was causing trouble by actually failing some of her ; students. She failed them because they had not done the work ; needed to pass. It is not that they tried to do the work and ; needed more help. They did not even try. In fact, on half the ; days they didn't even show up for class. ; ; She showed us a 5th-grade reader that was published in 1896, and ; compared it with the writing that her 7th-grade students had ; produced. The old 5th-grade reader looked like a present-day ; college-level text, while the writing her students had done ; would have been considered 2nd-grade level in 1896. None of ; this is new to me, but it certainly supports my conviction that ; something has gone wrong in the past century, and I doubt it is ; mankind who is growing less intelligent. ; ; Fractal lady's friend is a fine teacher, and has already found a ; position in another school system. As she was leaving F.C. I ; jokingly told her to use fractals to add a bit of interest to ; her next class. They certainly make life more interesting for ; me. For all I know, she actually might do it. ; ; To create today's FOTD I took just plain Z and subtracted the ; tiniest part of Z^1000 from it before adding C. Or one could ; say I took the tiniest negative part of Z^1000 and combined it ; with just plain Z before adding C. The result is the same -- a ; fractal with the nature of high-order Mandeloids but without the ; lacy effect. ; ; Today's scene is located on the positive X-axis of its parent, ; very near the origin. Due to the intense amber coloring, it ; rates a 7. When the time came to name the image, I could think ; of nothing that describes it, and left it without a name, the ; word "Un-Named" serving as a kind of name. ; ; The render time of 20 minutes is on the slow side. Relief is ; available on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; A mixture of clouds and sun, and a temperature of 84F 29C kept ; the fractal cats busy taking it easy on Wednesday. In the ; evening, when distant thunder started grumbling and a short ; shower fell, the duo decided it was time to come inside. The ; threatening storm never materialized, and the cats celebrated by ; devouring a hefty treat of tuna. Today is starting sunny and ; cooler. It looks like another good day coming for the duo. For ; me, the work is picking up, but is not yet enough to conflict ; with the fractal exploration. The next FOTD will appear in 24 ; hours. 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