; Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:51:24 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-09-08 (Lost in the Circle [No Rating]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080925225245.2a9f9d3a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 26, 2009 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's not-quite-super image lies in the parent fractal that ; comes about when Z is combined with 10 parts of Z^(-7) and (C) ; is added. This parent fractal resembles a circle that is trying ; to morph into a Mandelbrot set. ; ; Off the screen to the west of the morphing circle lies a huge ; scalloped blob, with smaller blobs between it and the circle, ; all of this connected by a spider-web network. Today's scene, ; filled with blobs, lies in this network. ; ; I named the image "Lost in the Circle". I must have had a good ; reason for chosing this name. I gave it no rating because I ; neglected to give it the coloring work it deserves. ; ; The calculation time of 22 seconds needs no excuses. The ; calculation moves faster than light and as a result finishes ; before it starts. It will take slightly longer than this to go ; to the FOTD web site and view the image there. The web site ; may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; The following O.T. diversion is strictly 'in my opinion'. ; ; I began the day Thursday reading in SciAm magazine that the ; 'big bang' may be out, replaced by the 'big bounce'. When I ; mentioned it to FL, she made some casual comment about reality. ; I have forgotten the innocent comment, but the rambling line of ; thought it brought about is still going strong. ; ; Big Bang or Big Bounce? How do we even know what exists at the ; present time, much less what existed 13.7 billion years ago? ; And what of all the other strange stuff? What does existence ; mean? Does the supernatural exist or is it an impossible dream? ; Are fractals real or are they supernatural? The answer appears ; to depend on the definition of the word 'supernatural'. ; ; My view of the word 'supernatural', as well as the similar word ; 'paranormal', is that both words are merely wrong classifica- ; tions. Something truly supernatural or paranormal is impossible. ; Everything that exists must in some way be natural or normal. ; The difficulty arises because we have such a limited grasp of ; the full extent of the natural (normal) world. ; ; I strongly believe in the existence of many of the so-called ; supernatural or paranormal phenomena such as psychokinesis and ; ghosts haunting buildings, and (gasp) even conscious spirits of ; the dead. But I do not consider these things supernatural; I ; consider them to be fully natural things not yet understood and ; incorporated into the natural world. ; ; By contrast, I am sometimes called an Atheist because I doubt ; the existence of the familiar god-in-the-sky of conventional ; religion. To me, this god is as much a mental construct as are ; the various interpretations of the quantum phenomena. Yet I do ; believe in a universal creative power. If one wishes to call ; this power something more 'scientific' such as the energy of the ; vacuum, so be it. But to be considered the God of the universe, ; this power must be conscious. ; ; Actually, the problem is our limited concept of the extent of ; the natural world. Things that are considered supernatural in ; one century are well understood and considered perfectly natural ; in the broadened concept of the next century. And we will ; always have skeptics to guard us from excessive broadening. ; ; I'll only briefly mention the aliens from outer space who are ; supposed to be visiting us. Here I turn skeptic. An alien in a ; space ship is something I must see with my outer senses before ; I can take the claims seriously. ; ; Thickening clouds marred the sky here at Fractal Central on ; Thursday, but the temperature of 70F 21C was close to perfect. ; The fractal cats watched proudly from their window shelf all ; morning, satisfied that the seven stray cats that were hanging ; around yesterday have moved on for good. (I am not so sure they ; are gone for good however.) ; ; My day was moderately busy and very thoughtful. The FOTD turned ; out moderately good. The next FOTD, hopefully better, will be ; posted in about 24 hours. Until then, take care, and heed the ; skeptics. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Lost_in_the_Circle { ; time=0:00:22.39-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=-0.651456440912045/+0.1830358557352468/\ 91605.68/1/-64/0 params=1/1/10/-7/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=21 periodicity=10 colors=00000AJGLJ7AM9RPBNRDJUFGXHCXJ8WL4SN0hwseugf\ oefidfcbfYafS_gMZhHYiESiCNiAIi7Di58i33k67m9BnCFoFJ\ pHMoNKnTIiZHf`ccaye_ugZqiYmkXimWeXRTGNG0J3AI8JHCiN\ 5dOD_PLVPSRQ_MQfHRnDRuHQnLQgPQaTPVXPO_PIbOHeNHhMHk\ LHnKGqJGtIGwHGmCLd8QW4VN0ZM0aL0cK0eJ0gDFd7Ub1h`6fY\ BdWGbTL`RQZOVXM_VJcUHcXDcZAc`7h`El`Kq`Qu`WrZRpXNmV\ IkTEaQGTOHJMIAKJUXamitnfuocupaupZuqXurUurSuoWrlZoi\ alfdjchg`kdYnaVq_WoVWmRWlNXjJXhFXgBZbN_ZY`VhaRsZWr\ W_qUdpRhoPlnToiXqd`s_duWZs`TqdNohHnlMpfRq`VsW_tQcv\ LhwFlxAitGgpMdmSbiY_ecYbiVZoTWtWVrZUqaTodSngRljQkl\ PjoGdq8Zs0T_PSGmSBB1QL6dVBrdFffIWgKLiMAjOfLI`RLVWO\ Q`RKfUEkX9pZTd_kT_fQkbNwcTtdZqecnfikgnhhteiyblwdou\ fqshntdltaiuZguWevTbvQ`wNZwKcdFhMAm45iBEfIMcPU`WaY\ biViqSpycsdovKzx0yt3xp6wl9viCueFtaIsYLsVNqXRoZUm`X\ ka`iccgefffiggNgh0jj7mkDpmKsnQvpXxqbffWPWQJZJDaD7c\ 7VtiQkjMbjHUjDMjLkhIimJ_h } 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