; Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 18:36:40 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-05-09 (Window in the Sky [7.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090507183732.2a4f784c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 08, 2009 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The following was written to the Fractint list a few days ago in ; reference to the curious rectangle in a Julia set of the Z^2.003 ; Mandeloid: ; ; >The name "Mystical Rectangle" refers to the mystery of trying ; >to determine the true four-dimensional shape of the object that ; >is rectangular in only two of its four dimensions. Well, if ; >the 4th dimension is time, I don't see what is meant here. ; ; Actually I should have written "rectangular in only two of its ; four *spatial* dimensions". If time is included as a dimension, ; then the mysterious rectangle thing is actually 5-dimensional. ; ; >The flu appears to be a flop. ; ; Yep! . . . a predictable flop. ; ; >Don't worry about climate change or cholesterol either -- all ; >these things are manufactured by the puppet masters to keep the ; >little people with little minds from daring to contemplate the ; >real things that matter and actually try thinking for ; >themselves. ; ; If it wasn't so true, it would be a dark comedy. ; ; In the mail this morning I received the latest offering from one ; of the puppet masters, the Scientific American Book Club. This ; month's selection is a book about the coming climate change dis- ; aster. In the promotional magazine, I see that global heating ; may all but eliminate people from the earth. The blurb goes on ; to forecast a disastrous rise in sea levels, leading to the de- ; struction of major cities and the failure of food supplies. The ; resulting flood of refugees from uninhabitable areas will lead ; to a climate war, which will throw the survivors back to a stone- ; age existence. I'm not buying the book, but it likely calls for ; lots of political action of the liberal kind A.S.A.P. ; ; Now I need a couple minutes to stop worrying! . . . ; ; . . . OK, Now I've calmed down! . . . ; ; . . . Some of the things that are always safe are fractals, ; which emit no deadly radiation or cancer-causing chemicals. ; Today's image is quite a nice example of a perfectly safe ; fractal. It shows a variation of that mysterious Z^2.003 rectan- ; gle, which has been slightly distorted by changing the exponent ; to Z^2.0032. ; ; With careful coloring I have made the rectangle into a view of ; a Rene Magritte-ish window in the night sky. I named the image ; "Window in the Sky" and rated it at a 7-1/2, which includes the ; usual 1/2 point for the coloring. ; ; The calculation time of 56 seconds could hardly be faster. The ; finishe dimage has also been posted on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The weather stayed dry here at Fractal Central on Thursday, and ; the temperature reached a pleasant 72F 22C, but the sun was ; actually shining for only 15 minutes, which was far too short a ; time to satisfy the fractal cats, who spent a good part of the ; afternoon sulking in the most prominent places they could find. ; Nicholas chose the doorway between the living room and the hall- ; way, while Cassie chose my TV chair. It took an extra treat of ; tuna and sharp cheddar cheese to pull them out of their funks. ; ; Otherwise, my day was about average, and FL managed an hour or ; so in her garden, which is about average. The next FOTD will be ; posted in 24 hours, which is even more average. Until then, ; take care, and relax, all is well. Cell phones are as safe as ; the tobacco companies once told us cigarettes are. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Window_in_the_Sky { ; time=0:00:56.74-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=julzpower passes=1 center-mag=+0.00020598/+0.07933985/357.9201 params=-1.742/0/2.0032/0 float=y maxiter=750 inside=255 logmap=110 periodicity=10 colors=000000WMAWNAVOAVPAVQBURBUTBUUBTVCTWCTXCSYCS\ ZDS_Dzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzznzzozzpz\ zqzzrzMszztzzuzKwzzvzLuzMuzztzMszNszNrzzqzzqzzpzzo\ zPozPnzQnzQmzQmzRmzRmzSmzSmzSmzTmzTmzTmzUmzUmzVmzV\ mzVmzWmzWmzWmzXmzXmzYmzYmzYmzZmzZmzZmz_mz_mz`mz`zz\ `zzazzazzazzbzzbzzczzczzczzdzzdzzdzzezzezzfzzfzzfz\ zgzzgzzgzzhzzhzzizzizzizzjzzjzzlzzjzzizzhzzgzzfzze\ zzdzzczzbzz`zz_zzZzzYzzXzzWzzVzzUzzTzzSzzQhbPjcOkc\ NmdMneLpfKrfJsgIuhGwoHvkHvhHvdIvaIvZIuVIzSJzPJzLJz\ IJzFMzJOzMQzPSzTUzWWzZYzb_zeazhczlezogzrhzshzshzsi\ zsizsizsiztjztjztjztjztkztkzukzukzulzulzulzumzvmzv\ mzvmzvnzvnzvnzwnzwozwozwozwozwnzvnzvnzunzunztnztmz\ smzsmzrmzrmzqmzqmzplzplzolzolznlznlzmlzmkzlkzlkzlk\ zkkzkkzjkzjjzijzijzhjzhjzgjzgjzfizfizeizeizdizdizc\ izchzbhzbhzahzahzahz`hz`gz_gz_gzZgzZgzYgzYgzXfzXfz\ WfzWfzVfzVfzUfzUezTezTezS } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint