; Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:11:05 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 27-04-05 (Purple Shadows [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050427121213.29dfa874@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 27, 2005 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image takes us to the northwest shoreline of the main ; bay of the Mandelbrot set, where we find a midget buried in an ; area of chaos. We then go deep into the East Valley of this ; midget, where we find a much smaller midget. This smaller ; midget lies unresolved at the center of today's image, which I ; have named "Purple Shadows" for no obvious reason. ; ; The rating of a 5 indicates that I consider the fractal to be ; average. The render time of under 3 minutes is within reason. ; As has been the case for quite a few years, the completed image ; is available for download on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; While skimming the thousand-page book "Road to Reality" that I ; recently purchased, I came upon a passage where Roger Penrose, ; the author, expresses his opinion that the much vaunted 'theory ; of everything' (except the mind) could very well be a pipe ; dream. He suspects that multi-dimensional strings and mem- ; branes, though interesting, are just another dead end. He specu- ; lates that, before we can find a true theory of everything, we ; will have to find a way to include the conscious mind in it. ; ; This is basically my own opinion also. Before we will ever ; solve the big questions of philosophy, we will need to surrender ; our old view of a world filled with objects out there, separate ; from ourselves, which we observe from inside our bodies. This ; view gives us a feeling of security about the foundation of our ; science, but it just ain't so. What do I have to replace this ; classic world view? That is the question. ; ; The skies remained mostly sunny most all day Tuesday here at ; Fractal Central, which let the temperature reach a high of 70F ; 21C. But the wind blew quite briskly during the afternoon, ; holding the fractal cats' outdoor time to under an hour. Their ; disappointment made a trip to the tuna closet necessary. Today ; is starting partly cloudy. The cats' day will likely be better. ; For me, the work is moderate and the fractals are numerous. ; Until next FOTD, take care, and the universe is *how* old? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Purple_Shadows { ; time=0:02:42.19--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel mathtolerance=0.05/1 center-mag=-0.44479131953974950/+0.559494324388213\ 20/3.515691e+012 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=30000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=-3848 periodicity=10 colors=000NaaNbZNdZNfZQhZVjcZlgcnlhpqlquqszutzrqyo\ ntlkoihjfeecca``XYYSVVNSSIPPDNN9QMATLBWKBYJC`JDcID\ eHEhGFkFFnFGpEHsDHvCIxCItBJqBKmBLjAMfANcAO_APX9QT9\ RQ9SN9TQAUSAUUAUWAUYAU`AUbAUdAUfBVhBVkBVmBVoBVqBVs\ bVzlVzvZzlazbezAhmAkl9nk9qk9tiJpgNkeRecV_aZU_`OYbK\ WcJUdHSfGQgFQhEPjDPkCPlBPmAMpFKrJItOGvSExWCz`Azd8z\ i6zm4zq7zm9xjCsgEmdHhaJcZMZWOTTROQTJNVEKUINTMPSPSS\ TURWXQ_ZQbaPfcOjeOmhNqjMtmMxoLzrKztKzvMzwOzwQzxSzx\ UzyVzyXzzZzz`zzbyzdxzexz`esXOjsC_qBXpBUoBSnBPlBMkB\ KjBHiBEgBCfB9eB6dB4cFAcJGbNMbRSaUYaYc`ai`eo`htKgm4\ gf5ih5kj6lk6nm7oo7qp8rr8tt8uuArsCoqDloFimGfkIciJ`g\ LYfMVdOSbPP`RMZSJXUGVVDUTEWRFXPFYNGZLG`JHaHIbFIcDJ\ eBJf9Kg8KhHSkQ_mYgofoqowswzutztrxspurnrqlnpjkohhof\ endbmbZl`WkZTjXQiVNiSLiVMjXMkIetHetGftEfuDfuCfuAfv\ 9fv8fvAhwCjwElwGnwIpxKrxMtxOvxQwxbtfoqQppVqo_qocom\ aml_kjZjiXhgWffUedTccRabP } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;