; Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:22:22 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 13-01-03 (Mysterious Energies [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030113112508.0d87c9a0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- January 13, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Unable to find a good opening for today's FOTD discussion, I ; shall simply place my mind in idle and let my thoughts ramble ; where they will. Now let me see . . . ; ; Every day for almost the entire life of the FOTD, I have opened ; the discussion with the line 'Fractal visionaries and enthu- ; siasts'. I do it without thought of the meaning, since the ; line is part of my pre-formatted FOTD template file, and is ; inserted into the text of the discussion automatically. The ; nature of the fractal enthusiast mentioned in the line is ; obvious, but what is a fractal visionary? ; ; My dictionary defines the word 'visionary' both as an adjective ; meaning 'existing only in the mind', and as a noun meaning ; 'a person who sees visions of hidden things'. So a fractal ; visionary is one who sees visions of the normally hidden things ; known as fractals, (which BTW are only partly unreal). ; ; Those who can see things, real or unreal, that others cannot see ; are also known as mystics. In times past, mystics were seen as ; wise people; in our present age of reason run amok, they are ; looked upon as a little weird, amusing but harmless -- that is ; unless they start claiming and convincing too many others that ; their visions are actual glimpses of other real worlds, in which ; case they must be shown to be deluded. In this age of reason, ; there is and can be only one real world, the physical world, ; with which we can be in touch. There is no possibility of ; interaction with other real worlds, which preferably do not ; exist. This status quo must be preserved at all costs. ; ; Well, I often see things that others cannot see with eyes alone, ; though I'm not sure if this makes me a mystic. The things I see ; are called fractals, and must be seen with the aid of a computer ; and monitor. With my real eyes, I can see fractals on my ; computer screen whenever I wish, and I sometimes see them in my ; dreams as real 3-D objects existing and evolving in 3-D space. ; Since others can at least see my fractal visions on their own ; computer screens, I guess this makes me a mystic of the second ; order. I could not be a mystic of the first order unless others ; could also see the fractals I sometimes dream of in my dreams. ; ; Today's image is a fractal of the third order. It is mystical ; in the sense that it cannot be seen without the aid of a ; computer and also that it is another of my 'evaporated' images, ; which consist entirely of the ghost of a fractal that once was ; there. (To see the fractal that once was there but has ; vanished, change the imag(p3) parameter from 10^100 to zero.) ; ; The parent of today's image consists of a multi-lobed string of ; bays extending north to south. A filament extends southwest ; from the southernmost bud, and terminates in a zig-zagging ring. ; Today's scene lies on this ring, not far from where the filament ; joins it. I named the image "Mysterious Energies" for no good ; reason, and rated it a 7 because in my opinion it is above FOTD ; average. ; ; The render time of 9 minutes is a bit beyond the range of reason ; for those with busy lives to lead. But the already completed ; GIF image is available for download on the internet at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; The weather Sunday was sunny but cold here at Fractal Central, ; with a high temperature of 29F -1.5C. The cats endured their ; indoor confinement with patience, blaming me only twice for the ; chilly conditions beyond the door. ; ; Today has so far been uneventful. Hopefully, it will remain so, ; as there is a bit more than the average amount of work to be ; done. Until next time, take care, and is it reasonable to ; believe that fractals are real? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ MysteriousEnergies { ; time=0:09:16.89--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.80567324593928600/-2.034640713112640\ 00/2.056237e+009/1/-62.5/2.93630749607157182e-005 params=-7.57/-1.5/-0.98/-6.5/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=900 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000_QjXSl000STmVXgXYaY`Y_aS`dOcfIdiDfj7gm3i\ o0jp0fo0co4`oAYmFVmLSmQOlXLl`IlfFjlCjr9jvDdxI`xMVx\ QQyVLyYGyX`pXuiXzarz0mz0jz0gy0dv0as0_p0Xm0Tj0Pg0Md\ 0Ja0000DX0AT07Q04P0CV9J`GQdOYjVcoaczfczigzclm_o`Ts\ OPxAJz0Fv1Js4Mp7PmASjDVgGYcJ``McYPfVSiSVlPYoGMv9Cz\ 11z00z0Az0Tz0jzLVTfG0cM0aS0`X1Ya4Xg6Vl7SrA000PzDQz\ GSzITzLVzMXzOYzQ_zS`zTazXczYdz_fzagzcizdgxc000dpac\ m`ci`000`aY__YYVXYSX`VQaXLc_Fd`Agc4id0jg0li0gf0dc0\ ``0YY0TV0QS0MP0JM0FJ0CG07D04A00700410A10730N40F40P\ 60L60S70S70Y90_A0eA0dC0nC0lD0uD4iAGi9T_7dV4rP3zL1y\ Q6uV9r`CmdGiiJfoMasPYxTVzXQz_OzaPzcQzdSzfSzfTzgVzi\ XxiXvjYul_rl`pm`oo00ocjpdirdgrQfpCfo0fo3_f6T_0S_0S\ _0Ma6Gd_QT`Qa`QjgJ`mCQu4Gz07x4MvA_sGlrMypSzmXzl`zj\ dziiz90_DAPIQGMg6Px0Ts1Yo6aj9fgDjcGo_LsXOpTGmQAfMG\ _IMSDSM9YF4c70i10m41f66_7AT9FMAJGCO9DS37`01g0Ai0Ij\ 3Pl7XmCcoGjpLrrPyrTupQpoP } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;