; Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:17:12 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-06-08 (A Higher Reality [8]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080625231719.2bf721d2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 26, 2008 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; My thoughts today are rambling, but here goes: ; ; Today's image introduces us to a higher fractal reality. Yes, I ; know that skeptics amd materialists grow uncomfortable when the ; subject turns to metaphysical philosophy, which they distrust. ; But I am fascinated by metaphysical things, particularly the ; things commonly known as paranormal, some of which I have ; discovered in recent years to be true. ; ; This interest in the paranormal goes back to the seven days ; immediately preceding 9-11-01, when I had seven consecutive ; precognitive dreams that changed me from a questioner to a ; believer, or more accurately, a knower.) ; ; The TV channels are filled with not-too-convincing shows about ; paranormal things such as Astrology, ghosts and fortune telling ; etc., but where are the shows about fractals -- things that do ; not exist in the normally accepted way, yet can still be object- ; ively pictured with the correct equipment? ; ; I can remember only one or two TV shows devoted entirely to ; fractals, and they were aired many years ago. Perhaps people ; are now more concerned with alien space ships and getting a ; message from the recently departed uncle George than with that ; dull mathematical stuff. ; ; Or maybe things are not so bad, and there actually are a few ; hard science channels that I have yet to hear of which actually ; program real rational science. Of course, if all the paranormal ; stuff is for real, which it very well might be, then it is the ; hard-core science channels that are behind the times when they ; try to explain everything in a common-sense rational way. ; ; Now back to the fractal at hand. I named today's image "A ; Higher Reality" in recognition of the higher realities that ; visionaries, including the fractal variety, sometimes ; experience, and also the fact that the minibrot in today's image ; is of an unusually high order. And yes, get those skeptical ; knees jerking in disbelief. By higher realities I do mean ; higher spiritual planes as depicted in occult lore. ; ; Today's image lies on the main spike of the parent fractal, ; which on the surface resembles a Mandelbrot set but deep inside ; has order-12 characteristics. It is located a short distance ; east of the large main-spike minibrot, which must be seen to be ; believed. ; ; With the DivideBrot2 formula, the order of the deep minibrots is ; the sum of the absolute values of the real and imaginary parts ; of the p1 parameter. ; ; I rated the image at an 8, since it's just about the best ; order-12 minibrot I have ever seen. The calculation time of 42 ; seconds is one of the briefest of all time. Of course, nothing ; could be briefer than the few seconds required to visit the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; and view the finished image there. ; ; Another near perfect day prevailed here at Fractal Central on ; Wednesday. I knew the day was near perfect when it earned the ; seal of approval of the fractal cats, who enjoy lots of sun and ; a temperature around 82F 28C. ; ; In my departmant the day was suitably busy. Tomorrow will not ; only likely be the same, but it will also bring another FOTD. ; Until then, take care, and I have found that it is indeed ; possible to enjoy rational science, which can demonstrate the ; truth of its statements, and at the same time know that some ; claims of the paranormal, which are scientifically impossible, ; are true nevertheless. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Higher_Reality { ; time=0:00:42.08-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=DivideBrot2 center-mag=-17.30747127039\ 474/0/9.789325e+011/1 params=2/-10/10/1500 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 logmap=139 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0009FWAFYBGZCH_DI`EIbFJcGKdHLeILgJLiKLkKLmN\ KoQJpSIpVHqXGp_GpaLpdQqgVqi_sldsnitqnusszvxzxzzszz\ zzzzzzzzzbzzZzzVxzRszNszIszEszAsz6sz2sz9szGszNoPUn\ U`m_gldnkiujnhp`WvNIz7Jz9KyALvBMrCNoDOlFPhGQeHRbIS\ ZJTWLUTMVPNWMOWJPWJPXJQXJQXIRXIRYISYISYHSZHTZHTZHU\ ZGU_GU_GVaEY_GV`FW`FW`FW`FXaEXaEYaEYzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzyzwtytrwqpuomsmkqlhojflicig`ffZcdX`cUZaTYZQYXNXX\ KXVIWVGUTESSDQQBOP8OQ6RTCTW9W_9YbE_cJfbIgbHlaGsB08\ C09D0AD0AE0BE0BF0CG0DG0DH0EH0EI0FJ0FJ0GK0HK0HL0IM0\ IM0JN0JN0KO0LP0LP0MQ0MQ0NR0OS0OS0PT0PTEQUGQVLRVQSW\ VXW_aXdfYikYnoZsszxWzzWzzXzzXzzYzzYzzszzszzszzszzs\ zzszzszzszzszzszzszzszzszzszzszzszzdzzdzzczzczzbzz\ bzzazzazz`zz`zz_zz_zzZzzZzzYzzYzzGzzGzzHzzHzzHzzIz\ zIzzJzzJzzJzzKzzKzzLzzLzzLzzMyzMxzNwzNvzNuzOszOqzP\ ozPmzPkzQizQgzRezRczRazS_zSYzTWzT`z7Yz9UzBRzDOzFLz\ HHzJEzLBzN8zP5zR6zT7zU8zV } frm:DivideBrot2 { ; Jim Muth z=0, c=pixel, aa=real(p1), bb=imag(p1), dd=real(p2), ff=imag(p2)+100: z=z^aa/(z^bb+dd)+c |z| < ff } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint