; Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:10:11 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-10-08 (Glorious Outzoom [7.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20081029181057.2b87712c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 30, 2008 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is an outzoom from yesterday's image. It's not ; exactly glorious, but I felt like exaggerating when I chose the ; name, so I named it "Glorious Outzoom". The rating of a 7-1/2 ; includes 1/2 point for my extra coloring effort. Coloring in ; GIF mode takes effort. It's not easy to get smooth colors with ; only 256 colors to choose from. ; ; The purplish spot just southwest of the minibrot at the center ; of today's image is the source of the break in the smooth ; sequence of bifurcating features surrounding the minibrot, which ; itself has been caught in the act of shifting from quadratic to ; cubic. This purplish spot is in fact yesterday's anti-minibrot ; image. ; ; Today's minibrot itself resembles one of order 2.718 but lacks ; the discontinuities that I always thought 'must' exist in such ; fractals. I have not yet figured out what is happening, but ; whatever it is, it sure is interesting. (And since the universe ; is a giant fractal, and keeps breaking the rules that seem so ; intuitive to us, why should it be surprising to see our small- ; scale fractals doing the same?) ; ; Since my 2000mhz fractal machine is still out of action, and ; will remain so until I find the time and energy to tackle it, ; today's image was run on the ancient but faithful 200mhz unit. ; On the old unit it takes 4-1/2 minutes to finish. On the ailing ; 2000mhz machine, it would finish in about 1-1/4 minutes. ; ; But why worry about calculation time when the completed image is ; or soon will be posted for instant enjoyment on the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; What a minor let down! Gerald D. has informed me that ; yesterday's 'anti-minibrot' is actually an example of 'reverse ; bifurcation', which I assume is relatively rare, but not totally ; unknown. And a further examination of yesterday's image has ; shown that in this image at least, the symmetry totally vanishes ; beyond the stage of 2-part symmetry. (Then again, what else ; could it do?) ; ; In yesterday's trivial closing comment, I speculated that every- ; thing is an illusion, and wondered what then is having the very ; convincing illusion that I myself exist. Alex Dukay replied ; that in his opinion it is the conscious mind that creates the ; illusion of an individual identity. Now I wonder what is having ; the illusion that the conscious mind exists. (The logic seems ; to be going in circles here, but the flaw is hard to pin down.) ; ; Chilly temperatures around 39F 4C, mostly cloudy skies, and ; occasional showers of cold rain and wet snow made Wednesday less ; than perfect here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats agreed ; and wasted little time hunched on their shelf by the drafty ; window, watching the TV show outside. ; ; My day was about average, which still leaves some things to be ; desired. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and prosper. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Glorious_Outzoom { ; time=0:04:28.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5 center-mag=+29.20416308310227/-1.333596110856609/\ 6355680/1/100/0 params=3/100 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=0 logmap=168 periodicity=10 colors=000cUncUmcUlcUkcUjcUicUhcUgcUfcUecUdcUdcUcb\ VbaW``WaZX`YX_VXZUXYTWXTVWTUVTTUSRTSPSQNRNLQKJPGHO\ CCN99OC6QF9SIBULCWODYRFZUG_XH_`FVdDQhBLl9Hp7Ct57w4\ 3t65r76p88nA9lBAiCCgEDeFFcGGaIHZJJXKKVMMTNNRQOPUTN\ _YLdbKjgIolGuqFzuRsjbm`nfQy`Gy_Fy_Ey_Ex`Fx`Fx`FxaF\ waFwaFwaFwbFwbFvbFvcFvcGvcGvmGuhGucGuZGuUGvPLuKGtA\ GteGtfGtfHtfHsgHsgHsgHsgHzzzzzzzzHrvHrrHqiIqiIqjIq\ jIqjIpkIpkIpkIpkIplIolIolJomJomJomJnmJnnJnnJnnJmoJ\ moJmoJmoKmpKlpKlpKlqKlqKlqKkqKkrKkrKkrKksLjsLjsLjs\ LjtLjtLitLiuLiuLiuLW7nYCkZGi_Kf`OdaTabX_d`XedVfiSg\ mQhqNWMFXNGXOGXPGYQGYQGYRGZSGZTHZTHZUH_VH_WH_WH`XH\ `YH`ZIa_Ia_Ia`IaaIbbIbbIbcIcdJceJceJdfJdgJdhJdhJei\ JejKekKflKflKfmKgnKgoKgoKgpLhqLhrLhrLisLitLiuLyvdv\ watxZryWozTmzQkzNVzsWzrWzqWzqWzpXzpXzoXzoXznXznYzm\ YzkXziXzhWzfWzdVzcVzaUz_UzZVz`VzaVzbVzcVzdVzeVzfVz\ gWziWzjWzkWzlWzmWznWzoWzp } frm:DivideBrot5 { ; Jim Muth z=0, c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint