; Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:25:55 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-09-04 (Fractal test [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040911172632.2b67bb28@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 11, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I am really quite busy today, but not so busy that I have no ; time for a short FOTD. ; ; Today's image shows a midget deep in the fractal that results ; when various negative portions of Z^(-1.33) and Z^(-13.3) are ; mixed together and (1/C) is added. The parent fractal is little ; more than a scattering of rings with an occasional Mandelbrot ; set thrown in. Today's image is located in the East Valley of ; the largest of these M-sets. ; ; I named the picture "Fractal Test". I was testing screen resolu- ; tions on the new computer when the image casually appeared. It ; was good enough to be declared FOTD for September 11, so that's ; what I did. The rating of a 7 might be just a bit over-rated, ; but if so, not by much. The render time of 16 minutes results ; in an overall value of 44. ; ; On more of a philofractal note, today is the third anniversary ; of the day I experienced certain precognition and my world-view ; changed. The change was not on a political level as much as a ; philosophical level. Three years ago, it was demonstrated very ; spectacularly to me that the world as it appears to the senses ; is only a part of reailty. Before that day I had merely suspec- ; ted that this is the case. This means that our very successful ; scientific method, based as it is upon the input of the senses ; alone, must be incomplete. It also means that the faculty of ; reason, powerful as it might be, but also tied to the senses, ; is not the ultimate means of finding truth. And it means that ; at least some of the crazy paranormal stuff that can not possi- ; bly exist, does in fact exist. I wonder how much more of the ; so-called 'supernatural', in addition to precognition, might ; exist. ; ; A far more rational thought is to save time by downloading the ; completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Except for a brief minor shower Thursday afternoon, which barely ; dampened the cats' spirits, Thursday and Friday were pleasant ; here at Fractal Central, with a temperature that hung around 82F ; 28C, and lots of sun. Today is passing equally pleasant, which ; means more happy cats. With the new computer up and running, ; things are once again showing signs of coming under control. ; This means that the FOTD will resume its daily schedule sometime ; not too far off. But the very next FOTD will appear in no less ; than 48 hours. Until then, take care, and the fact that things ; are not as they seem need not cause alarm. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Fractal_Test { ; time=0:15:57.63--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+6.92298688714207/-1.788921398309574/7.\ 124718e+011/1.0/-129/-0.008513223863 params=-3.437\ 040314951018/-1.33/-5.104165776543474/-13.3/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000EfALlMRqYZzmXviVsfTocRl_PiXNeULbQJZNHWKF\ TGDPDBMA9I67F35C0JH2XM4jR6xV8pWBiXDbYGWZIP_LI_NNZL\ RZJVYHZYF`_Ga`HbbIccJddKffKggLhhMijNjkOlmOmnPnoQoq\ RprSqsSprWor_nrbmrflqjkqmjqqjqtioqhmnhkkgjhfheffbe\ d_ecYdaVc_ScYPbXMaVJaTG`RD`QBaRBaRBbSBbSBcTBcTBdUB\ dUBeUBeVBfVBfWBgWBgXBhXBhXBfYHeZMdZRb_WaUv`UuZUrYU\ pXUnWUlUUjTUhSUfRUdQSbPQ`OOZMLWLJSKHOJFKIDHHBDG99Y\ 01F76cEAeLEkNGjPIoRKnTLuUNrXPtZQvZSxaUzZVzYTwWRvTP\ tRNsOLqTKpIInPGmDEkCCjAAi99b7EX6IR5ML4RF3V92ZCSaEq\ cGobHnbJlbKkaLiaNhaOf`Qe`Rc`Sb_U`_V__XYZYXZVa`ZWZb\ RYfMXjGVnBUp8Pq6Tl8WhAYdC`_DbWFeSHgNJjJKlFMoAOq6Qt\ 2Rv1Sq1Tl1Th1Uc1U_0VV0WQ0WM0XH0XD9UHIRLRPP_MThKXjK\ VlKTnKRpKPtlnskmsjlsikshjsgisfhsegsdfscesbdsads`cs\ _bsZasY`rY_rXZrWYrVXrUWrTWrSVrRUrQTrPSrORrNQrMPrLO\ rKNJUKMTLOSLQSLSRLURLmENlITkNYjRcjVhgWeeXcbY``ZZZ_\ WW`UU`RSaPPbMNcKLdHIeFGfC mathtolerance=/1 } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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================================== ; ;