; Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:30:27 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-11-03 (Mandelbrot-07 [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031119123153.0d776866@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 19, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; (Please direct any non-fractal comments to the philofractal ; list.) ; ; Too many years ago, when I was a curious young boy, (age 13 or ; so), I found my share of unbelievable claims in columns and ; books such as Ripley's 'Believe it or Not'. I remember one ; claim in particular -- that the botfly can fly 808 miles per ; hour, which is faster than sound. I wondered where the tiny fly ; found the energy. As it turned out, that particular claim was ; false, but many of the things that appeared in the column, such ; as the 'Pyramid of Hanoi', are true. ; ; At that time, as today, the newsstand shelves were filled with ; publications dealing with things such as lucky charms and ; Astrology. Being a reasonably intelligent young fellow, I felt ; proud that I was too smart to believe in such nonsense. Of ; course, when I grew older I found that things such as lucky ; charms and Astrology are only a mild form of nonsense compared ; to the super-nonsense (we call it non-intuitive stuff) seriously ; considered nowadays by physicists and to a lesser degree by ; cognitive scientists. ; ; The acceptance of the nonsensical is where science is inexorably ; leading us. If it is seen as superstitious to believe in the ; real but invisible worlds and the invisible spirit beings of ; occultism, why should it not be seen as even more superstitious ; to believe in the infinity of real but invisible parallel ; universes and the infinity of alternate versions of ourselves ; which are being seriously considered by physicists? And, is it ; truly so absurd to wonder if the scientific and occult views of ; other worlds are merely two different aspects of the same thing? ; ; The modern-day realization that the world is non-sensical is ; amazing, but the most amazing thing that has come about in the ; past quarter century is IMO the development of computers and the ; means to rapidly calculate fractals, which led to the discovery ; of their infinite richness. This is something which neither ; occultist nor scientist could have imagined back at the time I ; was reading 'Believe it or Not'. ; ; The best known and most basic of all fractals is the Mandelbrot ; set. And the best known area of the Mandelbrot set is perhaps ; Seahorse Valley. Today's FOTD takes us to the bud side of the ; north branch of the valley to view a midget that lies there. ; ; With its many seahorse-like twists and whorls, the image fairly ; reeks of 'Seahorse Valley', though it is still a rather pleasant ; scene to see. Because the area has been explored to the point ; where it is becoming boring, I could rate the image no higher ; than a 6, but what could one expect from an image that renders ; in 35 seconds? ; ; The alternate way of seeing the image is to download it from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; A raw, cloudy, damp, chilly day here at Fractal Central on ; Thursday kept the cats confined to the porch. The temperature ; of 50F 10C and occasional drizzle made their confinement a short ; one. After 20 minutes they were back indoors, asking for tuna. ; Today is starting milder but still cloudy. And rain is due. I ; expect sulky cats before the day ends. ; ; But before the sulking begins, I must finish the work. Until ; next time, take care, and watch out for that invisible dark ; matter and energy. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot-07 { ; time=0:00:35.37--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.7659\ 7715297031940/+0.09328995436879066/2.980249e+011/1\ /-177.5/-0.0303889026000893486 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=6000 inside=0 logmap=808 periodicity=10 colors=0500IAf6_r6Xv6VyE_sKajQddViYalSfoMnsFtv9zy1\ zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz1zz4wz6tz9ozAlzDiyFfyShzcizpkz\ zkzvnzrozlrzgtzawzYxzSzzOzzIzzDzz7zz3zz0zz0zz3zzCz\ zLxvTtrcnlligudcz__zVVzXSzXQvXPrXOmXLgXJcXI_XGTYDP\ YCJYAFY9Al64f40e30b14aJDX`MFpOIoPKmQLlQOjSQiTRgTUf\ VVdXXcX_aYa`_b__d_aicdnggrliwplzuozypzzrzxrrssiosa\ juTfuKavBYv5Tv5Ps5Tp6YmCalIfiOjfUoc_saev`Xx_QyYIzX\ BzV5zT5zX5xY8r_El`KfaO`dUVf_PgeJikDjo7olGriOufVseS\ sdQrbPrbMpaLp_Jp_ImUQjQ_gKfdFoa9x`5zc5vd5of5gi5_j5\ Sl5Lo5Cp54r50v5Ay5Oz5`z5mz5zz5zzBJzCMzEOzFPzFQzHSz\ ITzIVzKXzL_zL`zNazOczOdzQfzRgzRiuX`oaSgfLakCXo4Yr3\ Yt3Yu3Yw3_z3_z3_z3_z3`z3`z3`z3`z3az6cz7dz9fzCgzDiz\ FjzGlzJmzLozMpzOmzLjzJgzGfzFizDlzCmzApz9sz7uz6xz4y\ z3zz1zz0zz0zz0zz0zz4zzCzzIzzPzzVzzazzizzozzvzzzizs\ Qzj6za0zT0za0zi0zp1zy6zz9zzDzzGzpLzdOzTMzQLzPLzMJz\ LJzIIzGczmfzjjzimzfrzcuza } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;