; Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:08:25 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 31-07-09 (Spiral Straightness [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090730231027.2b67ed92@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 31, 2009 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image lies in the fractal that results when Z^3 is mixed ; with half as much Z^6 and straight C is added. The parent ; fractal resembles nothing as much as an over-decorated boomerang ; with a Mandeloid attached to its center. Though at first glance, ; the area where today's image is located would seem to be a ; Seahorse Valley, it actually is an East Valley, with the image ; located on the wrong side of the north branch of this valley. ; ; As is true of so many out-of-the-ordinary images, today's image ; is filled with holes. I named it "Spiral Straightness" when I ; was struck by the way the tight spirals suddenly resolve into ; eight elements with almost no spiral effect. ; ; The rating of an FOTD-average 7 indicates a continuation of the ; sameness that seems to be creeping into the FOTD images. But ; it's still an interesting image to see, even if the calculation ; time of 8-1/3 minutes is rather slow. ; ; Of course, the calculation may be avoided altogether by viewing ; the finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Things were going well enough on Thursday until I waxed philo- ; sophical and began pondering the things that might go awry with ; teleportation. I imagined that the Enterprise's teleport device ; got stuck in an endless loop and before the error was corrected, ; created several copies of the same person on the planet's sur- ; face. This would be possible because teleport machines teleport ; only a field pattern and not an actual stream of individual ; atoms, which would probably be quantum impossible. ; ; If this duplication were to happen, the question would arise as ; to which teleported body, if any, held the continuation of the ; individual's stream of consciousness. Of course, each presum- ; ably conscious copy would claim to be the same person, but it is ; obviously impossible for the same person to be in several places ; at the same time. I surmised that this paradox most likely is a ; sign that teleportation is impossible, and booted Fractint. ; ; Lots of sun and a seasonably warm temperature of 86F 30C made ; Thursday a pleasant but unexceptionable day here at Fractal ; Central. The fractal cats yawned, stretched and went back to ; sleep. Except for the philosophical diversion, my day was ; average. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and live in harmony with yourself. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= SpiralStraightness { ; time=0:08:22.02-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=-0.4156458287859106/+0.003206070095215/\ 1.188422e+011/1/-37.5/0 params=1/3/0.5/6/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=12000 inside=0 logmap=1964 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000DaPD`QE_REZSFYTFYUGXVGWXHVYHVZIU_IT`JSaJ\ RbKRcKQdLPeLOfIV2JU5JU8JTBJTEJSGKSJKRMKRPKQSKQULPX\ LP_LObLOe9MuBNsCNrDNqENoFNnGOmHOlIOjJOiKOhBjgk`diY\ cgUadR`bO_`LYYIXWFWUCVYGWaJXeMYiPZjS_kV_kY_k`_dc_Y\ eZKgYSdcZaheZmdWldUkdSjdQidOhcMgcKfcIecFdcDcbBbb9a\ b7`b5_b3Zb1Zc3_c5`c6ad8bd9cdBdeDeeEeeGffHgfJhfLigM\ jgOkgPkcTb`XUX_LUcCRf4Pe9OeDMdHLdLKdQIcUHcYFbaEbfD\ bjBanAar9avA`rB`oC`lD`hE`eF`bG`ZH_WI_TJ_PK_ML_JM_F\ N_CO_9NaBNcCNeDNfENhFNjGNlHMmJMoKMqLMsMMtNMvOMxPMy\ QRg_WRhVRhTQhSQgQPgPPgNOgMOgIr2Jn7JkBJhFKeJKbNK_SL\ XWLU_LRcgFbaIdWKexeJlaHaYGQUEFQD4MC8OFBQIESLHUNKWQ\ NYTQ_VTaYWc`Zebagedihgkjjmmmoppqrssuvuxyvzruvltres\ n_rjTqgNpcGo_AnW4nT8jVBgXEcYI`_LXzOUzNSzMRzMQzLPzL\ Oz7mz8mz9mz9mzAmzBmzBmzCmzDmzcZzcZzcczchzcmvcrrcvm\ czkzzjzzizzizzhzzgzzSzzUzzWzzYzz_zz`zzbzzdzzfzzjzz\ izzhzzgzzGzzJzzLzzMzzNzzO } 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