; Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:28:48 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-01-11 (Cirgle of Power [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110103222831.106f0fe0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 04, 2011 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's scene lies in the parent fractal that comes about when ; 1.4 negative parts of Z^(-1.2) are combined with 0.7 negative ; part of Z^(-3.3) and (1/C) is added on each iteration. ; ; The magnitude of the image lies very near the limit of math ; precision, so it was necessary to include the 'mathtolerance' ; entry in the parameter file. ; ; The name "Circle of Power" came to mind when I imagined a circle ; of Samurai warriors surrounding and defending the central mini- ; brot. The minibrot is well beyond resolution, by the way. ; ; The rating of a 5 is not all that exciting, but the calculation ; time of under 2 minutes will keep the time that has been wasted ; to a minimum if the result proves disappointing. ; ; All risk of disappointment may be eliminated by viewing the ; finished image on the active FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The original FOTD web site may be found at: ; ; ; ; but it is not up to date. ; ; I read in a book that FL gave me for Christmas that we could ; possibly be something known as 'Boltzmann brains', disembodied ; objects, not necessarily resembling human brains, but with the ; faculty of self-awareness, floating in an infinite, empty space ; known as de Sitter space. We could exist in infinite numbers ; because of random fluctuations in the quantum vacuum, exactly as ; an infinity of monkeys typing random letters on typewriters ; would by random accident type out an infinite number of copies ; of 'Hamlet' every nanosecond. (And indeed, an infinity of them ; could very possibly be out there actually doing it right now.) ; ; Surrounded by eternal emptiness, and with no sense organs, we ; floating consciousnesses could be suffering sensory deprivation ; and hallucinating an objective universe around ourselves, filled ; with stars, planets and other supposedly conscious beings. ; ; It's the stuff pure fantasy is made of, ('The Matrix' film comes ; to mind.) yet no one knows of a sure way to totally eliminate ; this absurd possibility. The author of the book avoids the trap ; by saying that such a condition would be cognitively unstable, ; leaving no sensible way to think and behave. In other words, ; the possibility of Boltzmann brains is fully scientific, and it ; just possibly might be true. ; ; A surprising consequence of having an infinity of conscious ; units is that the unique brain state that creates my particular ; individual consciousness must exist an infinity of times through- ; out de Sitter space. Talk about megalomania! I didn't know I ; was that great. But I wonder who these other versions of myself ; are. (Maybe it's time to get back to things that make more ; sense, like ghosts and goblins.) ; ; Compared to this 'scientific' craziness, the existence of para- ; normal things such as Astrology, telepathy, fortune telling, ; psychokinesis, Astral planes and even ghosts of dead people, as ; well as the various claims of the religious mystics, are almost ; rational. In my opinion, our science is out of control. It has ; become a discipline fit to be the subject of jokes and ridicule. ; Apparently, no one knows anything for sure. Maybe we truly are ; disembodied brains, inventing the external world in our minds to ; prevent eternal boredom as we drift through empty space and end- ; less time. (But isn't this view known as solipsism?) ; ; Now on to the fractal weather. ; ; Total sunshine here at Fractal Central on Monday kept the temp- ; erature of 34F +1C from feeling quite as cold as it otherwise ; would have. The fractal cats took full advantage of the sun by ; spending their afternoon on the shelf in the sunniest southwest ; window. ; ; My day was close to average as far as the work goes, but I was ; in one of my more philosophical mental states, which prevented ; total relaxation when the work was finished. FL, being more ; practical than philosophical, had a more relaxing day. The next ; FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ; wait 'till the nun signs Shelly. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Circle_of_Power { ; time=0:01:58.96-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.600616015104951/-3.586496457834565/\ 2.462703e+012/1/72.5/0 params=-1.4/-1.2/-0.7/-3.3/\ 0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=225 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000D0FE0GF1IF2KG3LG4NI5PK6QL7SN8UP9VPAXQBZP\ C_ODYMEWKCTI9QG8NE0KD0KC0KB0KB9K7FKIGITWGmmUzwUzzz\ zwmztczrUzqKzoMzlOziQffSddUabW_`YYZ_VXaTVcRYzPWzOX\ zTQzSPzROzQOzQMzPLzOKzOZzOZzPZzPZzPZzPZzPZzPZzPZzQ\ ZzQZzQZzQZzQZzQZzQZzRZzRUzRUzRUzRUzRUzRUzSUzSUzSIz\ SIzSJzSJzSJzTJzTKzTKzTKzTKzTLzTLzULzULzUMzUMzUMlUM\ lUMlTNkTOkTPkSQjSRjSSjRTjRUiRWiQXiQYhQZhR_hS`iTajU\ bkVclWdmXenYfoZgp_hq`irajsbktckudkvelwfmxgkxgkxgkx\ gjxgjxgjxgjxgjwgiwgiwgiwgiwghwghwghwghvfhvfgvfgvfg\ vfgvfgvffvffuffuffufeufeufeufeufeufdtfdtfdtedtedte\ ctectectecsebsebsebsebsebseaseaseareare`re`rd`rd`r\ d`rd_rd_qd_qd_qd_qdZqdZqdZqdZqdYpdzpdzpdzpdzpdzpcz\ pczpczoczoczoczoczoczoczoczocznzznzznzznzznzznzznz\ znzztzzszzrzzrzzqzzpzzpzzozznzznzzmzzlzzlzzkzzjzzj\ zzizzhzzizzhzzhzzhzzgzzgzzgdzgczfczfbzfazfaze`ze`z\ e_ze_zdZzdZzdYzdXzcXzcWzc } 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 ;