; Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:42:26 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 25-05-04 (A Hot Midget [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040525094611.2997aa4e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 25, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have been doing some pondering since the last FOTD. Yesterday ; I received in the mail a special report from 'Scientific ; American' magazine with the title "Are You a Hologram?" At one ; place the article states that the three-dimensional world we see ; around us might be an illusion that we are creating, that in ; reality we are two-dimensional somethings. There is an ; illustration showing a two-dimensional woman imagining that she ; is three-dimensional. ; ; This revelation nearly knocked me flat! I thought that the ; assumed number of dimensions in our universe was increasing, not ; decreasing. And if we really are two-dimensional, then it must ; be possible to imagine more dimensions. So what is keeping us ; as 2-D beings from imagining four dimensions. Finally, I wonder ; about the nature of the 2-D things that are having the illusion ; of three-dimensional space. It is all so complex. ; ; I like things simple. Complexity brings confusion; simplicity ; brings ease of understanding. At least that's the way it's ; supposed to work. Of course, it often happens that things which ; at first appear quite simple turn out to be surprisingly ; complex. And nowhere is this unexpected complexity more evident ; than in the world of fractals. ; ; The iterated expression behind today's image is Z^1.5+C, as ; simple an expression as one could hope to run into in the arcane ; field of mathematics. Yet it has an infinity of infinite worlds ; hidden within it. ; ; Today's parent fractal is but one of these infinity of worlds. ; It is a shapeless thing with bits and pieces of itself lying ; scattered to the west of the main bay. This bay has a ; rudimentary East Valley, and today's scene is located in the ; chaos along the southern shoreline of this valley. (In this ; case, the northern shoreline is entirely different.) I named ; the image "A Hot Midget" because to me at least, the midget at ; the center looks overheated. ; ; It is a curious midget, almost giving the impression that it ; cannot decide what shape to take, and has decided to try to take ; all shapes. There is an obvious smaller midget lying on the ; midget's main filament. I have already checked this smaller ; midget and found it to be both less interesting and far slower ; to render. ; ; After carefully considering the situation, I rated the image at ; a 5, which is not good and not bad. After all, this is the kind ; of stuff I was doing 12 years ago. Back then it would have ; rated a 7 or 8. Nowadays, the 5 is all I could give it. When ; the render time of 22 minutes is considered, the overall value ; rates a 22 also. ; ; With images of such mediocre worth, perhaps the wisest way to ; view them is to download them from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Another very warm and sunny day here at Fractal Central, with a ; temperature of 90F 32C, was acceptable for the dynamic duo, who ; spent an hour in the yard, fighting off the cicadas that were ; threatening to overwhelm them. Actually, I think the ear-split- ; ting singing of the bugs disturbs the duo more than the bugs ; themselves. The singing masks the warning sounds of approaching ; threats. Today is starting sunny but less warm. The singing is ; very loud however, and it remains to be seen how the duo will ; react. ; ; As usual, my day will be much improved when the work is ; finished. Until next FOTD, take care, and see you in the ; fractal vicinity. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ A_Hot_Midget { ; time=0:22:32.59--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 center-mag=+0.16011719832039840/-0.003322865380414\ 47/305474.1 params=1.5/0/2/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 logmap=290 periodicity=10 colors=000XNQYORZOS_PT`PUaQVbQWcRXdRYeSZfS_gT`hTai\ UbjUckUelUfmUhnUigUjaUjVVjPTmIQoCNm5Dl6Ej6Ei7Eh7Eg\ 8Ef8Ee9Ec9EbAEaAE`BE_BEZBFYAHWAKUALT9OR9QQ9RO8SN8T\ L8UK7VI7WH7XF6YE6ZC6_B5`95a85b63c25d56e87eB8dE9cGA\ bJB`MC_PDZSFYUGXXHW_IUbJTeKSgLRjMQmNPpOOrPNsPMsPMs\ PLsQLsQKsQJsQJsRIsRIsRHsRGtRGtSFtSFtSEtSDtTDtTCtTC\ tTBtTBtRDpPEmNFjLGgJHdHIaFJZDKWBLT9MQ7NN5OK3PH1QE5\ RH9RKDRNGSQKSTOSWSSXRRYRRWRQURPSRORRNPRMNQLLQKJQJI\ QIGQHEQGCQFAQE9RDASDATCAUCAVCAWBAXBAYBAZAA_AA`9Aa9\ Ab9Ac8Ad8Ae8Af7Ag7Af5Bg7Ah9AiAAjC9kD9lF9mG8mI8nJ8o\ L7pM7qO7rP7sR6tS6tU6uV5vX5wY5xZ4yZ4z_4z_4wa8tbBqcF\ neIlfKkgLkhLkiLjjMjkMjlMjmNioNipNiqOjrOktOluPmvQov\ UqwYrwasxetxiuymvymwzmxzmyzmzzmzzmzzmzczz`zz_zzZzz\ ZzzYzzYzzXzzWzzWzzVzzVzzUzzUzzWzzYzz_zz`zzbzzdzzez\ zgzzizzjzzlzznzzozzqzzszztzzpzzlzzhzzdzz`zzXzzVzzU\ zzTzzRzzQzzOzzNzzLzzMzzGz } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(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|