; Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:56:48 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 27-10-07 (Unexpectedly There [8.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071026165802.2b3f3f8a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 27, 2007 (Rating 8.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Let's have a little philosophical Halloween diversion before we ; get to the fractal discussion. ; ; Halloween is but four days away and everyone is thinking of ; ghostly things. In keeping with the spirit of the season, I was ; stopped on the street this morning by a reporter from the local ; newspaper and asked if I believe in ghosts. Apparently they ; were taking a poll of the local population. Since I had no time ; to spare, my answer was simply 'no'. But the facts are not so ; simple. Ghosts do exist! One thing for certain is that people ; do see ghosts. Legends of people being visited by ghosts exist ; in every culture. The question should have been, 'what do you ; think ghosts are?' Then I could have given the two most obvious ; answers: ; ; 1 -- A ghost is the surviving spirit of a dead person. ; 2 -- A ghost is an internally-generated mental image projected ; outward into the real world. ; ; Neither answer is totally satisfactory, since both answers raise ; more questions than they answer. ; ; The first answer raises the question of the existence and nature ; of surviving spirits, while the second answer questions the ; nature of both mental images and the external world. And the ; claim that a ghost is a mental image induced by the presence of ; a surviving spirit brings everything into question. ; ; IMO, it all comes down to the age-old problem about the nature ; of reality. If we could ever answer this question, (which I ; doubt), most of the other haunting questions would likely be ; answered at the same time. ; ; And speaking of ghosts, I was really spooked by today's image, ; which lies in the parent fractal that is created when 0.8 ; negative parts of Z^(-8.8) are combined with 5 negative parts of ; Z^(-1.8) and (1/C) is added. This parent consists of two large ; circular bays surrounded by many smaller irregular bays and ; minibrots. Today's scene is located on the shoreline of one of ; the large circular bays, in an area that at first appears to be ; totally non-critical, and where a pure minibrot would be the ; last thing expected. ; ; But not being put off by the apparently impossible, I checked ; the hopeless area anyway, and much to my surprise, I found a ; well-hidden minibrot. This minibrot lies nearly invisible at ; the center of today's image. ; ; The image was rendered in an unusual manner, with both the ; inside and outside parts set to 'fmod'. To see which parts are ; 'inside' and 'outside', reset the inside option to 'numb' and ; the outside option to 'iter'. ; ; The name of today's image, "Unexpectedly There", is a simple ; statement about the scene. The rating of 8-1/2 rewards me 1/2 ; point for the extra effort I put into smoothing the colors. ; ; The calculation time of 10-1/3 minutes may be cut by a minute or ; two by setting the passes to 'g'. But doing this misses some of ; the finer parts of the spirals. The all-around best way to see ; the image is to view it in finished form on the FOTD web site ; at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds, steady rain, and chilly temperatures made the ; Friday weather unpleasant here at Fractal Central. The fractal ; cats seemed to agree, for they spent a good part of the day ; snuggled in the warmest places they could find. ; ; My day was busy enough that I had little chance to complain ; about the inclement weather. The next FOTD will be posted in ; 24 hours. Until then, take care, and the next time you see a ; ghost, say to it: 'what are you and what do you want?' ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Unexpectedly_There { ; time=0:10:19.52-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=t center-mag=+0.723105839047/-0.510872744279/4126147\ /1/-62.5/8.37e-006 params=-0.8/-8.8/-5/-1.8/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=fmod proximity=0.8 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000cnjdnifnggnfinejndlncmnbonaqsdpn`piXodTo\ _PnVLnQHmLDmG9mB5iC9fCCcCF_CJXCMUCPQCTNCWKCZHCaGF`\ FI`EK`DN_DP_CS_BU_AXZ9_Z9aZ8dY7fY6iY6kY8oY9sYBy`Av\ YAtWArUApRAnPAlNAjKAhIAfGBdHBcICbICaJD`KD_KEZLEXMF\ WMFVNGUNGTOHSPHRPHQQIORINRJMSJLTKKTKJULIULGVMFWMEW\ MFXMGYMHYMIZMJZMK_ML`MMaMNbMOcMPdMQeKReJSeITeGUfFV\ gDWhCXiAYj9Zj9Zj8Zo8_o8_o8`o8ar8bs7cn7dp7er7du7ew7\ gz7gw7ht7jq7jn7ll7ni7nf5odApcFpaKq_PrYUsXZsWcrWhrV\ kqVnqVqpUtpUuoUvoTwoTwnSwmSwlSwkRwjRwiRvhQwgQwfPve\ PtdPrcOqbOpaOn`Nl_NkZMjYMhXMgWLeVLdULbTM`SN_SOYRPX\ RPVQQTPRSOSQNSPMROLQOKPOJOOINOHMNGLMFKLEKKDKJCKHBK\ GAKF9KF8KG7KH6KH5KI4KJ3KK2KL1KK0KK0KK0KK0KK0KJ0MJ0\ OJ0QJ0SJ0UJ0WL0YN0ZO0ZQ0_R0aT1cU2eW2iX3kZ3m_3oa3qb\ 3sd3ue3wg3zi2yh3xg4wf5ud6sc7qb8oa9m_AkZBiYCgWDeVEc\ UFaTG_RHYQHXPHWNHVMHULHTKHSIHQHIOGKMFLKKNGOPDSRHWT\ L_VPcWTcXXcY`cZdc_hc`gcag } 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