; Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:31:48 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-10-07 (Faster than Light [No Rating]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071010223248.0daffd70@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 11, 2007 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; How could I give a fair rating to just another fractal image in ; the Mandelbrot set? I couldn't. So I let today's image go ; un-rated. But it's really a rather attractive scene from the ; eastern environs of the large minibrot on the negative spike. ; And with its virtually non-existent calculation time of 1-1/2 ; seconds, it is well worth a glance. In fact, on my fast machine ; it finishes before the video mode switches. ; ; This exceptional calculation speed inspired the name "Faster ; than Light". Of course, it's impossible for any information- ; bearing signal to reach a velocity greater than the universal ; speed limit of light, but fractals are strange things, and I ; wonder if this limit applies to them. ; ; Interesting things might result if it were possible for fractals ; to exceed the velocity of light. For example, they might go ; backward in time, and we could see a finished image today that ; we would not discover until tomorrow. ; ; Could fractals possibly go faster than light? Well, fractals ; are made of numbers, and numbers are human thought processes ; expressed in symbolic form. We don't know exactly what thought ; is, but one thing is certain. Thought is not limited by the ; speed of light. We can imagine ourselves standing on Mars and ; mentally be there instantly. So maybe fractals in some way ; actually can move faster than light. But if they can, it is a ; total mystery what this ability means to us. ; ; With its calculation time of 1-1/2 seconds, today's image is one ; of the rare ones that calculate in less time than it takes to ; view the finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; But viewing the image on the web site still saves the hassle of ; setting up and running the included parameter file. ; ; The weather on Wednesday was much more seasonal here at Fractal ; Central. The high temperature of 75F 24C was still warmer than ; it should be in mid-October, but far more reasonable than the ; 91F 33C of the past few days. The indoor fractal cats were more ; interested in watching the outdoor squirrels gather nuts than in ; the cooler weather. ; ; In my department, the commercial work was wrapped up early, ; leaving a rather relaxing day. The next FOTD will appear in 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and if you take enough care, good ; things of a fractal nature will eventually come your way. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Faster_than_Light { ; time=0:00:01.37-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.7487825414369\ 3600/+0.01371427484506131/2.048604e+013/1/-80/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=195 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000X4GX4IX6KX8MXAOXCQWESVFWUHWRJYOLWLNZIPaG\ QcFScFUcEWcGYcI_cKacMccOecQgdSieUkfWmgYoh_piaqjcqk\ eqlgqmiqnkrpmqqoprpnsqmtmjsmjsmgrheqharc`pZXoXXnUU\ jRQgPQeMOcKKaIK_GHYDHWBGU9DS6AR40Q20P00O6UzCUzHUzI\ UzIbzIszErrAqj7pc3oW0nP2mN4mM6lL8lKAkJBkIDjHFjGHiF\ JiEKhDMhCOgBQgASf9Tf8Rd7Pb7Oa7M_7LZ7JX7IW7GU7ES7DR\ 7BP7AO78M77L75J74I77K99MABNBDPCFRDHSEFPHDMKCJNAGQ9\ ET7BW68Z45a33cz5bz6bz7bz9azAazBazCazGVzKOzOIzSBzW5\ zY9dZCa`F_aIXcLUdOSfRPgUMiXKj_NhXPgTSeQUdMXbJSbvTa\ sTapUamUajVagVadWaaWa_XaXXaUYaRYaOZaLZaIBwEEuFGsFI\ qFKoFMmFPkGRiGTgGVeGXcGUjKVhJWgJWfIXeIYdHYcHZbGs4F\ mDGhLGcUG_MVZOTZPSZQRZSQZTOZUNZWMZXLZYJZ_IZ`HJlQLm\ PMnONoNPpMQqLRrLTsKUtJVuIXvHYwG8xHByGEzGHzGJzGMzGP\ zGRzGUzGXzGZzMczLhzLmzKrzKvzJzzJzzIzzIzzHzzHzzGzzH\ zzGzzGzzGzzGzzGzzGzzGzzGzz5zz9zzDzzPzzOzzNzzMzzLzz\ KzzJzzIzzHzzTzzPzzLzzHzzD } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint