; Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 21:35:55 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-05-08 (Ghostly Apparition [8]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080520213900.2c0fdc68@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 21, 2008 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I named today's image "Ghostly Apparition" because the minibrot ; near its center barely exists. The spooky apparition manifested ; itself when I combined 6 negative parts of Z^(-1.66) with one ; negative part of Z^(-6.6) and added (1/C). ; ; The parent fractal consists of a number of irregularly shaped ; bays surrounded by countless interesting nooks and crannies to ; explore. But instead of exploring the nooks, I checked a blob ; of material near the inside center of the fractal, near the ; point where two large bays appear to merge. ; ; I found there a strange arrangement of bits and pieces, which ; when enlarged formed the skeletal outline of a ghostly minibrot. ; To return the ghost to life, I rendered the scene with the ; inside set to 'bof60' and the outside set to 'atan'. The result ; is an image different enough to rate a 8. ; ; The calculation time of under 11 seconds can hardly be a burden. ; And the already-calculated image is posted for instant viewing ; on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; About a week ago I told of a 152-year-old book I recently found ; in a local antique emporium while tagging along with fractal ; lady on one of her antiquing expeditions. The book is a popular- ; ized presentation of the scientific and practical knowledge of ; the day. ; ; Some of the old ideas are now absurdly, almost comically wrong, ; while others are still totally accurate, and still others, such ; as how to shoe a horse, and how to bank a fire, are still true, ; but of importance to very few. ; ; While idly turning the weathered and stained pages, I sometimes ; wonder how our current scientific and practical ideas will seem ; 152 years from today. Will our descendants laugh at our futile ; search for a 'theory of (almost) everything'? Will they wonder ; how we could possibly fail to grasp the obvious (to them) mean- ; ing of our own quantum discoveries? Will they shake their heads ; at our silly addiction to 'cell phones' and the rhythmic noise ; we now call music? But most frightening of all, are we now see- ; ing the beginning of a new era of techno-civilization or is it ; actually the start of a neo-dark age? ; ; Rain fell steadily all morning and most of the afternoon here at ; Fractal Central on Tuesday, while the temperature hovered just ; above 50F 10C. The fractal cats spent the day looking for the ; catnip rat, which they have somehow misplaced. ; ; I spent the day working and thinking deep (IMO) thoughts. The ; next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours or so. Until then, take ; care, and I had a clever closing comment in mind, but I forgot ; to write it down, and have since forgotten it. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ghostly_Apparition { ; time=0:00:10.55-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.12324718494693840/-0.146235048606272\ 10/133.4492/1/50/0 params=-1/-6.6/-6/-1.66/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 bailout=10000 inside=bof60 outside=atan periodicity=10 colors=000v`SvYQvWPuTOuRNuPM8CmCBnGAoK9oO8pR8pQBlP\ EiOHeOKbNNZMQWMSSLVPKYLK`IJcEIfBHo7Ik8Ih8Je8Jb8K_9\ KX9LU9LR9PI0NL5LO9JREHUIFXMD_RBbV9eZBdWDcUFcSHbPJb\ NAFgAGhAHiAIjAJkAKlBLmCMnCNoDOpDPqEQrERsEStFTuFUvG\ VvGVxGVyHVyHVxIVvIUwJUvJTvKSuKRtLQtLQsLPsMOrMNrNMq\ NLqOLpOKpPJpPIpPIoQHnQGmRFmRElSElSDkTCkTBjRAkTBjUC\ jVDiXDiYEhZFh_FgaGgbHfcHfeIefJegJdhKdjLckLclMbnNbo\ NapOaqP`sP`tQ_uR_vR_rQZoPZkOZhNZeNZaMZZLZWKYSJYPJY\ MIYIHYFGYCGYCEWCDVCCTCBSCAQC9PC7NC6MC5KC4JC3HC2GD4\ FE5FF6FG8FH9FIAEJBEJDEKEELFEMGDNIDOJDPKDQLDQNCROCS\ PCTQCUSCVTBWUBXVBXXBYYBZZA__A`aAabAbcAec5bdA_eFXfJ\ UgORhTNk_PhXQeVRbTS_QTXOUUMVRJWOHXLFYICZFA_C8`A6ZC\ 8YD9XFAWGBVICUJETKFSMGRNHQPIPQKORLNTMMUNLWOKXPIYRH\ _SG`TFbUEcVDdXCfYBgZAi_9j`8kb7mc6nd5pe4qf3rgSigp`g\ gVJfZHc_EeaGgbIhcJjeLkfMmgOnhPpjRrkTslUunWvoXxpZzv\ bys`yq_xnZxlYxiWwgVweUwbT } 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