; Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:44:12 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-02-08 (Astral Adventure [7.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080203123420.0dbf31ce@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 03, 2008 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Skeptics know that ghosts are not real, though I doubt that the ; ghosts know it. Ghosts or no ghosts, today's image is a picture ; of a bonafide ghost, or what I call a ghost bud. The perturbed ; Mandelbrot sets are filled with ghost buds that can be returned ; to their unperturbed glory by resetting initial Z to 0,0. But ; the ghost in today's image cannot be returned to its full glory ; because I don't know where to find it. All 4 parts of initial ; Z, (p1) and (p2), are already set to zero. Like all ghosts, the ; one in today's image seems to exist in another world, and only ; fleeting glimpses of it can be seen in this world. ; ; The location of today's scene is in the vicinity of East Valley, ; though some distance offshore, where nothing but trapped inside ; points should exist. I named it "Astral Adventure" because the ; astral plane is where ghosts are supposed to exist. The actual ; nature of the astral plane is another topic for another day, but ; at this time I will say that, though I am a skeptic, I am not a ; born-again skeptic. And I hear a lot of talk among theoretical ; physicists about many, though not necessarily astral, worlds, as ; well as much rebuttal from the born-again skeptics. ; ; I would like to have been able to rate the image at an 8 or 9, ; but I just couldn't find anything in it worth such a rating, so ; the scene ended up rated at a 7.5. The parallel comb-like fore- ; ground arms plus my coloting add the extra point. ; ; The calculation time of 9 minutes is not too much for such an ; unexpected image. But if this time is a little inconvenient, ; convenience may be regained on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the finished image will soon be posted. ; ; I'm slightly sorry for the lateness of today's image, but I had ; to make an unscheduled trip to Old Fractal Central on Saturday, ; and didn't get back to New Fractal Central until near midnight. ; I can report that the old fractal cats, Thomas and Tippy, are ; still as lazy as ever. They actually raised their heads when ; I walked in. The new fractal cats, Nicholas and Cassie, stayed ; here with fractal lady all day, and she says they hardly noticed ; that I was gone. ; ; The next FOTD will appear in around 12 hours. Until then, take ; care, and rational thinkers know that ghosts are mere fantasies ; in the minds of the superstitious, but the ghosts, who have not ; heard that they are mere fantasies, continue their haunting. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Astral_Adventure { ; time=0:09:49.37-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot2 passes=1 center-mag=+0.09608900268348/+0.0117053191216819/\ 1114.51/1/15/0 params=0/0/0/0/10/0/1e-100/0 float=y maxiter=7500 inside=0 logmap=820 periodicity=0 colors=000YOEYOEZOEZODZODZOCZOCZOC_OB_OB_OB_OA_OA`\ O9`O9`O9`O8`O8aO7aO7aO7aO6aO6bO5aO6aO6aO6aO6`O6`O6\ `O6`O6_O6_O6_O6_O6_O7_O7ZO7ZO7ZO7ZO7ZO7ZO7ZO7ZO7ZO\ 7ZO7YO8XO8XO8XO8WO8WO8WO8WO8WO8VO8VO8VO8VO9UO9UO9U\ O9UO9UO9UO9TO9TO9TO9TO9TO9SPASPASPASPARPARPARPARPA\ RPAQPAQPAQPAQQBQQBPQBPQBPQBPQBPQBOQBOQBOQBOQBOQBNR\ CNRCNRCNRCMRCMRCMRCMRCMRCLRCLRCLRCLSALSAKSAKSmKSmK\ SmKSmJSmJSmJSmJSmIRmJSmJSmKSmKSmLSmLSmMTmMTmNTmNTm\ NTmOTmOUmPUmPUmQUmQUmRUmRUmSUmSUmSTmTTmTSmUSmUSmVS\ mVRmWRmWQmXQmXPmXQmYPmYPmZPmZPm_Om_Pm`Om`OmaOmaOma\ OmbPmbPmcPmcPmdPmdPoePqeQsfQufQwfQygQzgQzhRzhRziRz\ iRzjRzjRzjRziSziTzhTzhUzhVzgWzgXzgYzfZzf_zg`zfazfb\ zfczedzeezefzdgzdhzdizcjzckzclzcmzbmzbmzbmzamzamza\ mz`mz`mz`mz_mz_mz_mz_mzZmzZmzZmzYmzYmzYmzXmzXmzXmz\ WmzWmzWmzWmzVmzVmzVmzUmzUmzUmzTmzTmzTmzSmzSmzSmzSm\ zRmzRmzRmzQmzQmzQmzPmzPmz } frm:HyperMandelbrot2 {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(p2): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p3+2)*a*b+p4, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint