Bill Jemison wrote:

Nice! I'd like to see the rest of it...

I am not really sure that the fractal is what you wish to see more of. Hard to tell from your sentence, since it could be taken other ways. ;-} Later, P.N.L. -------------------------------------- http://www.Nahee.com/PNL/Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/

Paddy Duncan wrote:

You might like this http://truthandrocketscience.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/400px-elektro_tatto...

Quoting Bill Jemison <billjemison@cableone.net>:

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Nice! I'd like to see the rest of it...

Bill (and others) might say the same thing again!!! :-) Later, P.N.L. -------------------------------------- http://www.Nahee.com/PNL/Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/

Gee, Maryetta, Leave us our fractal illusions. At my age, imagination is predominant to the appreciation of young tattooed ladies. Don't be such a wet blanket! John W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maryetta Campbell" <Maryetta.C@Earthlink.net> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Mandelbrot tattoo Lee H. Skinner wrote:

Scroll about halfway down this page for the awesome picture: http://mathfail.com/

I believe this has been faked. The fractal seems to have been added to a normal photograph after the picture was taken. If you save the image to your hard-drive and use a graphic editor to enlarge the view, you can see portions of the fractal image on top of the straps. Plus there are pixels distortions in several places: • the chain of the necklace • lower right elbow • etc...

Bill Jemison wrote:

I'm not convinced by what you point out that it is faked. The file is a 338x450pixel jpg., probably highly compressed. Of course if you zoom into it you are going to see all sort of artifacts and distortions. These are particularly noticeable at boundaries and tonal transitions. They are present throughout the image, not just where the "tattoo" is.

If you wish to view a larger version of this image (450x599 Pixels), try the following location: http://www.miqel.com/images_1/fractal_math_patterns/mandelbrot-set/mandelbro... And even that is not the original copy!!! But there are less distortions showing up when zooming. Besides what has already been presented to discredit the authenticity of the "tattoo", there are other issues: o The fractal pattern and coloring are too fine to have been put there through conventional tattoo methods. o There should be more of a shadow under her "top" on the left-hand side, where the lighter part of the fractal meets the clothing. o ETC. I do not believe it to be a tattoo. If it is not a modified photograph, then this could have been some form of ink transfer from a printing. (Anyone remember those pieces of paper that came inside some bubblegum packages that would allow one to mimic a tattoo??) :-) Now this is one that looks like it may be a real tattoo: http://www.miqel.com/images_1/fractal_math_patterns/fractal_technology/fract... Sincerely, P.N.L. -------------------------------------- http://www.Nahee.com/PNL/Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/