; Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:11:48 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-01-04 (Into the Fray [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040116121400.0d9f26de@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 16, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; As I have often stated in the past, I enjoy reading "Skeptical ; Inquirer" magazine, a publication devoted to debunking claims of ; the paranormal and promoting the materialistic philosophies. ; But after reading this magazine for 15 or so years, I still ; believe that some paranormal things do exist, and I still am not ; a materialist. This could be because the magazine articles are ; ineffective or because I am slow to see the truth. This incon- ; sistency has long been a puzzle to me, but the mystery has now ; been solved. ; ; There is an article in the latest issue, which tackles the ; question of why skeptics have such a hard time debating with ; believers. It claims that believers have so many mistaken ideas ; about using reason that they are nearly impossible for skeptics ; to argue with. Believers fall into new reasoning fallacies ; faster than skeptics can set them straight, and as a result, the ; skeptics soon give up in disgust. In other words, skeptics are ; right, but believers are too confused to recognize it. Now I ; know why I am convinced that precognition is a true ability of ; man. I am too confused to know that it logically cannot exist ; and I therefore could not possibly have experienced it, which I ; have a very clear memory of having done. ; ; But slow-wittedness has its good features. Fractals do not ; exist either. But I am unaware of this fact, and I find ; fractals everywhere. I have been finding them in fact just ; about as long as I have been reading "Skeptical Inquirer" ; magazine. ; ; Today's fractal is a typical example. There is little of ; interest in the Z^(1.5)+C Mandeloid, but, being unaware of this, ; I continue searching. By using the 'tdis' option on the outside ; parts of the parent fractal, I have now found another midget in ; Z^(1.5)+C worth a 7, this one with an overall value of 102. ; ; I named the image "Into the Fray". The image has a certain ; feeling of a boisterous melee about it, which inspired the name. ; And reading that magazine article put me in just the right mood ; to apply the name. I could just as easily have seen peaceful ; garden terraces in the image, but we will never know what type ; of names I might have chosen if I had found today's image on a ; different day. ; ; I guess it is up to the individual viewer to decide whether the ; image is violent or peaceful. The image may be seen either by ; running the parameter file and waiting 6 minutes or by download- ; ing the completed GIF image from: ; ; ; ; and seeing it at once. ; ; Though it was cold Thursday here at Fractal Central, it was not ; as cold as forecast. With a high temperature of 27F -3C and ; occasional sun, it was bearable enough for the dynamic duo to ; enjoy 15 minutes in the yard. This was time enough for them to ; do the things that needed to be done. Today is starting the ; same. ; ; My own work is moderate to heavy, so I had best get started, or ; else be in danger of falling behind and believing aliens from ; outer space are among us. Until the next FOTD, which will ; appear in 24 hours, take care, and please direct any non- ; fractal comments about skepticism to the philofractal list. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Into_the_Fray { ; time=0:06:53.04--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC1 function=floor passes=1 center-mag=+0.11122362069284430/+0.715289864598950\ 50/188093.8/1/87.5/8.61523595518942642e-010 params=1.5/0/-2/0 float=y maxiter=32767 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000OYSTSOYMJaGFfAAj46iA9hFChKFgQIgVLf_OfdRe\ jUeoXdt_dyb_t_WpYSlWOgTKcRG_PCWNIZUO``TcgZencgtKmm\ 0sf4sc8saCs_GsYKsWOsUSsRWsP_sNcsLgsJksHirKgqNeqPcp\ SaoV_oXYn_XmbVmdTlgRkjPklNjoLirKitPboUXkYQgbKcfD_k\ 7Wo1Sn2Rn3Rm4Rm5Rm6Rl7Rl8Qk9QkAQkBQjCQjDQjDQoRItcA\ yp2if4VX5GN71E85GB8IDCJFFLIJMKMOMQPOTRRXST_UVcVXfX\ _jYam_cp`eqcfqefqhgqjgqlhqohqqiqtiqvjqxjtVRw17u2Ct\ 3Hs4Mr5Rq6Wp7`o8en9jmAnjDmhGmeJmcMlaPlZSlXVkVYkS`k\ QcjNfjLijJliGoiEriCuiDpgDleDhcDdaE`_EXYETWEOUEKSFG\ QFCOF8MF4KF0IG2LH3NI4PJ5SK7UL8WM9ZNA`OCbPDeQEgRFiR\ GkTIgVJdWL`YMYZOU`PRaQOcSKeTHfVDhWAiY6kZ3l_0gW0cS0\ ZO0VL0RH0MD0I90E60E52E44E45E37E39E2AE2CE1EE1FKDJQP\ NW_QakUfvXYhYPVYGHYILWJPVLTUMXTN`SPdRQhQRlPUjRWhSY\ fT_dUbbVd`WfZYhXZkVzmTzoRzqQzpVzoZznczmgillklzlzzz\ zzhonfzzdplbqlark_rkYsjWtiUuiTuhRvgPwgNxfLxfKtl_qq\ nnmmljmifmgcmBmeAoeFi`KcX } frm:MandelbrotBC1 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|