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To: grannie9

Grannie,

It is nothing short of astonishing to me how you can start with a blank piece of paper (or a simple coordinate space of X and Y on a piece of paper — surely you remember your geometry) and perform a simple bit of math on each X and Y. Depending on the answer for each point, you assign a color, and these kind of amazing swirls and spirals come out of ‘nothing’.

I plugged a third monitor into my new ‘puter and hung it from the wall like a picture in a frame, and use it as my ‘Art Server’. Then I went out to a few Fractal sites and downloaded — literally thousands — of pictures. Now it cycles through a different one every 5 seconds, and makes for a beautiful distraction from work.

(My wife calls it wasting time on entertainment ...)


724 posted on 04/10/2007 12:29:20 PM PDT by Sundog (envision whirled peas.)
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To: Sundog
Doggie...I have never had an experience in geometry, other than what I have larned in 3D proggies which is more site than thought.

My wife calls it wasting time on entertainment ...)

Is it sort of like watching the swirly-twirls while you listen to music on Media Player?

In other words..just zoning out. ;)

726 posted on 04/10/2007 1:52:55 PM PDT by grannie9 (Between slobs, dogs, and Englishmen, I'm always in hot water.)
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