; Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:29:58 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-09-07 (A New Direction [9]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070906173027.2b0715b4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 07, 2007 (Rating 9) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With its texture that reminds me of something I cannot quite pin ; down, and its lively colors, today's image is unusual enough, at ; least in my opinion, to rate a 9. It is found at the northern ; extremity of the string of large bays in the same parent fractal ; that gave us yesterday's image. ; ; I named the image "A New Direction" because its unique texture ; is something I have never before seen in a fractal. Actually, ; nothing should be surprising when it unexpectedly appears in a ; fractal, since the universe is basically fractal in nature. ; ; Then again, fractals are basically a creation of the way the ; human mind organizes the abstractions known as complex numbers, ; and as such they occupy a strange shadowy realm between real and ; imaginary. If one prefers fractals to be real, he can make a ; print of one and show a picture of it to the world. If one ; prefers fractals to be imaginary, he can defy someone to prove ; they are real by handing him the real Mandelbrot set on a ; platter. ; ; To me, fractals are the patterns, ideas if you will, behind the ; material stuff the universe is made of, and the material itself ; is as real as the probability waves (fractals?) that make up the ; atoms. Since the universe can be no more real than the stuff it ; is made of, mankind is reduced (or raised) to a minibrot in an ; infinite fractal. I'll not broach the question of whether a ; fractal can be self-conscious. ; ; But self-conscious or not, today's fractal image calculates in a ; little over 2 minutes on the fast machine and around 12 minutes ; on the slow unit. ; ; As always, the most convenient way to see the image is to go to ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view it there in person. ; ; Higher humidity and more haze made Thursday's 86F 30C too muggy ; for comfort here at Fractal Central. But while the outdoor life ; was a bit oppressive, the fractal cats made the most of the life ; indoors by stalking some imaginary creature in the kitchen for ; most of the afternoon. Of course, maybe the creature was not ; imaginary to them! ; ; Except for the day's fractal, which was well above average, the ; day turned out about average for me. The next FOTD will appear ; in 24 hours. Until next time, take care, and the world can be ; considered as real as we want it to be. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_New_Direction { ; time=0:02:10.66-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.373253567881444/-0.0353980831225605/\ 4.556682e+010/1/-55.007934721352008/0.1099798828578 params=-5.5/-1.4142/-1.1/-4/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1650 inside=0 logmap=233 periodicity=10 colors=0000QZ0BW0WT0ZQ0UNE00HO0J00NM6QQHTQQWpZsisb\ IRb0HUM2L00RTNWpsZBTCLgn0s0NisVkEOlJZnEKozzz00szvz\ zzzuuyzzztsvsstpqofhljmiUZgQWdLVqHVaCWl8WY3WW0WU0Y\ TsQP2_JjMF8QB`I6CB2F30I00L00P00Q00l_0oZ0zZ0zY0zh0z\ W0zc0zT0wT0sR1sR2lN0UI0CE0FI0IN0LQ0PV0RY0Ua0Wd0ZY0\ `R0dE0g60i00l00n00o00z00z00z00z00z50z90zF0sK0sO0sT\ 0sY0sa0sf0YhL8hnlFQfIUaMZYObTRgjTzNKiJBfI2bH0`B0W6\ 6R2CN0GI0NE0T90Y6siPsdQs_RkWTdRUYNWQIYIEZC9`6TR1kI\ 3iF5hE8fC9fBBd8Ec6Fa5Ha3UV8fOBsIFsCIsGLsKNsOPqRQnV\ RkZTgaUbdW`iYYlZUp`RpaPpbLpdPp`QpYRpTUpQWpLYpIZpF`\ lI`hJ`aL`YN`RP`NQ`GR`CTa8Wa2YZl0Ui0Qf0Lc0Ia0EZ19W2\ 5T31Q50O50Q81Q91RB2RC2RE3TF3TH5VI5WJ6YL6_N8aP8cQIe\ NRgJaiIkkFsmCsoBaqsbssdusdwsfxsfysgzqgznizlkzkkzgl\ zflzbnzanzZozYrzWyzLzzBzz1zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0\ zz1zz2zz2zz3zz5zz5zz9zzCzzHzzJzzPzzRzzWzzZzzbzzfzz\ 0zz5zzFzzPzzZzzgzzdzzazzZ } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint