; Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 23:11:43 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-05-08 (The Total Distance [6]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080519231447.2c0fda94@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 20, 2008 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; After all these years, I think I might be growing bored with ; quadratic minibrots. But despite my best efforts, the ; ubiquitous things keep coming. Today's little fellow lies in ; the parent fractal generated when negative Z^(1.25) is combined ; with negative Z^(3) and (C) is added. ; ; This parent is shaped somewhat like a lopsided eggplant, with ; some pretty ordinary Mandelbrot buds on the east shore but a ; more chaotic landscape along the west shore. A very prominent ; minibrot lies a bit inland on the western shore, and today's ; scene is located in the East Valley of this minibrot. ; ; Today's FOTD is a full five point improvement over yesterday's. ; But yesterday's image rated only an abysmal 1, which means that ; today's rates a 6, a rating that, while not too bad, is nothing ; to celebrate either. ; ; I named the image "The Total Distance" since it was rendered ; with the 'outside' set to 'tdis', which colors the points ; according to the total distance they travel before escaping ; beyond the specified bailout radius. ; ; Perhaps the best thing about the image is its speedy calculation ; time of 1-1/4 minutes. And the next best thing is that the pre- ; rendered image is available for immediate viewing on the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; As the FOTD progresses, I find myself getting more and more ; involved in the philosophical aspects of fractals, which are so ; obviously made of numbers. But after trying to get through a ; few advanced books of quantum theory, I find that atoms are ; made of numbers also. And I wonder whether the quantum world ; determines the numbers or the numbers determine the quantum. ; ; I guess we might soon have to admit that the world, including ; ourselves is composed of numbers, which begs the question 'what ; are numbers?' Sometimes I wish I could return to the days when ; things were so much simpler, when I thought the real world was ; really real and atoms were tiny solar systems made of little ; orbiting particle-energy things which existed even when no one ; was looking. ; ; But like my faith in the mysterious invisible things of ; religion, my faith in the equally mysterious invisible things of ; science has vanished also. In my opinion, Santa Claus is ; unreal, God as described by religion is unreal, and atoms as ; described by science are unreal also. If it's all a dream ; however, who or what is doing the dreaming? ; ; Chilly and blustery conditions made Monday quite unseasonal here ; at Fractal Central. The temperature of 55F 13C and brisk winds ; made it feel more like mid-March than mid-May. The fractal cats ; watched the scudding clouds for a few minutes before they got ; into a spat over who would claim the best window shelf. Cassie ; won the dispute with a good slap on Nicholas' head. ; ; My day (Monday the 19th) was unexpectedly busy, and tomorrow ; (Tuesday the 20th) will be just as busy. But despite the rush, ; there will most likely be another FOTD posted in 24 hours. At ; this time, I'll make no predictions as to its potential quality. ; Until then, take care, and sometimes putting it off until later ; is the best choice. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Total_Distance { ; time=0:01:16.23-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.00704998814352/+0.2867813765415/3518\ 04.6/1/-23.5/0 params=-1/1.25/-1/3/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000uzeuzouruubukOuG5uV6ukLuuXuVzuRzuNzuLzuG\ zsBzm9zf3z_0zT0zN3zT9zYEzbIzfPzkTzoYzsbzuhwumruqou\ uiuuduu`uuXuuSuuQuuQuuQuuQuuQusQuoOumOuhOueOubOuYO\ uVOuTLuTJuTJuTGuRDuRDuRBuRBuP8uP6uP6uP5uP5uT6uV8uY\ Bu_DubGueJufLukOumQuoSuqVusXuuZuWBNZ5Pa5Rb5P`5P_5N\ Y5NV5LT8LRDIUFIUHG9SG3XE1`E0bN0dT0g_0if0lm0os0pu0r\ u0uu0wu0yu0zu0zu0zu0zu_`uu5uuguuzuozuezuRuuIruGouG\ luGduGZuESoEFhE5bE1VB0PB0IB0BB03B00eXEudTTzkVzfYze\ _z_buYblTedRfZNhSLhLIkSGmZEmbEoiBIz0ooBuLbu5uu5uu5\ uu5uu5uu5uu5uu5uu5uu5uo5uh5ue5sY5sR5ZI5hN5hP5hT5hV\ 5k_5fb5ee5bh5Yk5Vo5Rq5Pu5Lu5Iu56u5Gu5No5Tk5_f5f_5m\ VBsPGuLLuGSu9Xu3`u0du9guGguNguTgu_guhiuoiuuiuuiuui\ uuluuluuluuluuluuluuluulsuosuoquoquoouooupmupmupku\ pkuz0uphuphurfurfureureureuubuubuu_uu_uuYuwYuwVuwV\ uwTuOVuOYuLbuJeuGfuGkuDmuBouBquJsuQuuXuubusiuqpuow\ umzukzuhzuGzufzuuzuuzm_5u } 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