; Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 12:10:15 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-08-04 (Metaphysical Magic [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040809121031.29b76cbe@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOEFD -- August 09, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image shows a tiny midget in a remote valley of a ; sub-bud on the northwest shore of the main period-2 bud of the ; Mandelbrot set. It is everything that might be expected of a ; midget in this particular location, which really is not all that ; much. ; ; As I study the image, several questions come to mind. The first ; question is 'how can I attract a larger FOTD following if I keep ; admitting in the discussions that the FOTD fractals are not very ; good?' The next question is 'how can I claim that the fractals ; are good when I feel they are not?' The third question is 'how ; can I present good fractal images when I lack the time to find ; and develop them?' An unrelated question is 'how soon will the ; aliens from Alpha Centauri invade and take over the earth?' ; ; Considering all these fractal problems, I could rate today's ; image at only a lowly 4. As is always the case, with more time, ; I could have produced a better rendering of the scene. As for ; those aliens from outer space, the existence of which skeptics ; still doubt, only the government co-conspirators know when the ; invasion is coming and we will all be spirited off to the slave ; labor camps on the far side of the moon. ; ; I named today's image "Metaphysical Magic". After all, fractals ; are metaphysical, and a metaphysicist is a scientist doing ; rational science without the benefit of a laboratory. ; ; And now, the work is again piling up, and I find my thoughts ; wandering from the fractal topic. I guess this means it's time ; to post this FOEFD and get busy on other things. The overall ; worth of today's image is 97. The finished image can be found ; on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday made the cats perfectly ; happy. They spent two long afternoons in the cool shade of the ; holly trees at the bottom of the yard. Today looks like a ; repeat, which will likely give them another good day in the ; yard. For me, the work is slowly yielding to persistent effort. ; The end is in sight, but it is still quite far off. The next ; FOEFD will appear in a few days. Until then, take care, and I ; sometimes wonder whether fractals have minds that can think ; rationally. I suspect they do not, but I am not certain. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Metaphysical_Magic { ; time=0:04:06.83--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.21851062692924200/+0.159022894764565\ 60/1.326992e+010/1/-67.505189658390492/0.006498677\ 90712158749 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=25000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=4808 periodicity=10 colors=000d`mcbmcdmbfmbhmdinejnfkngknhlnimnkmoknom\ nonmoolnnknliligieefbcdZaaW_ZSYWQWURVXSUZTT`VUbWVd\ XVfZWh_Wj`XlbYncYpdZrf_tg_vh`xi`zdbw_cuWdsRfqMgnIh\ lDjj8kh4lfEcaNWXWOTeGOn8Jw0Fq0El0Dg0Db0CY0BT0BO0AJ\ 09E09D3BD5CC8DCAEBDFBFGAIHAKIDNLFPOISRKUUNXXPZ_Sab\ UcdTdgTdiSdlSdnRckQchPcePcbOb_NbXNbVMbSLbPKaMKaJJa\ GIaDIaBL`FN`IQ`LS`OV`RX`U__Xa__d_bf_ei_hk_keWg`TdV\ QaQNZLJVFGSADP5AMYGsXItWJtVKtULtTMuSNuROuQPuPQvORv\ NSvNTvPRmQQeSOYTNQVLIWKATLCRMDPNENOGLPHJQIHRJFSLDT\ MBUN9VO7WQ5XR3YS1YT3WU5VV6UW8TXASYBRZDQ_FP`GOaINbK\ McLLdNKePJfQIgSHcUG`WGXYFU_ERaENbDKdDGfCDhBAjB6lA3\ mA0iD2eF4aH6YK8UMAROCNQEJTGFUIBXK8ZLBXJDVIGTHIRGLQ\ FNOEQMDSKBVIAXH9_F8aD7dB6f95h84g9Fh9QiA`jAckBflCim\ DlnEooFrpGuqHwrIxsJytKzuLzvMzwNzxLzyKzzIzzHzzFzzEz\ zCzzBzz9zz8zz6zz5zz4zzBzzIzzPzzMzzKzzHzzFzzCzzAzzi\ zzgzzdzzazz_zzXzzVzzXzzZz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;