; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:51:37 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-06-05 (The Emerald Kingdom [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050616115320.380f5c00@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 16, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; It is sometimes said that advertising is filled with subliminal ; messaging -- hidden images and sounds that act directly on the ; subconscious, turning the reader or viewer, without his being ; aware of it, into a proper consumer, who finds himself filled ; with unexplained and uncontrollable urges to go out and spend ; his hard-earned money on something he doesn't need and would be ; better off without. ; ; When I first heard this claim, I didn't believe it. After all, ; can't any child find hidden faces in clouds. The brain has a ; great ability to imagine familiar things in random shapes. I ; assumed that those who told me they saw dirty pictures in ; advertising illustrations simply had dirty minds. But even ; though I wasn't convinced that the subliminal stuff others told ; me about is actually there, I started looking for it in the ads ; in the magazines I read. I soon found enough to make a believer ; of me. Some of it is so obvious that it is hard to see how it ; can be considered subliminal. Advertising has many levels. It ; is filled with things that are not immediately apparent. And ; much of this hidden content is sexual in nature. The effect- ; ivness of this technique is another question, but it is curious ; that I see those who lived 40 years without a hand-held mobile ; phone now claiming that they could never survive without one. ; ; I mention subliminal advertising because I found myself scanning ; today's fractal for subliminal images. I found a few vague ; shapes that could be faces, but these are simply a demonstration ; that we can find faces most anywhere. Arrange any three ; splotches in a roughly triangular pattern and the mind will see ; two eyes and a mouth. Luckily, the only thing I am trying to ; sell is fractals. ; ; Today's image is a scene in the East Valley of the large midget ; on the main stem of the large midget on the main stem of the ; Z^(2.000000003)+C almost-Mandelbrot set. (HAH) I named it "The ; Emerald Kingdom" because of its colors. Once again, the image ; is so fractured that the breaks create the shape of the features. ; ; I rated the image at a 7. I would have given it an 8, but I ; have been doing quite a lot of work with similar images lately, ; and they are beginning to seem routine. The render time of 18 ; minutes is on the slow side. Full relief for the fractal delay ; may be found at: ; ; ; ; With a high temperature of only 88F 31C, more breeze, less ; humidity, and more clouds, Wednesday was a far more pleasant day ; at Fractal Central, both for man and cats. The duo spent over ; five hours exploring the yard, and ended the day with a generous ; treat of tuna. Today is starting even cooler. It looks like ; another good day for the cats. The next in the near-endless ; series of FOTD fractal images will appear in 24 hours. Until ; then, take care, and incredibly, we learned enough to invent ; computers in classrooms without computers. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheEmerald_Kingdom { ; time=0:18:04.23--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotVE-VP passes=1 float=y center-mag=-1.78577107718842300/+0.000000042225034\ 24/5.817589e+009 params=2.000000003/0/0/0/0/0/2.2/0 maxiter=10000 inside=0 outside=imag periodicity=10 colors=000O06P29R7ASCCUHEVMFWRHYVI__K`cLahOclPdqRe\ uSgzUhzVjzWkzYlz_dzVWzROyMFsI6nE0hA0gE1eH1dK2cM2aP\ 4`S4_V6_W6Y_7Wa7Vd9Ug9SjARlARnCVkCYhC`gCcdCecCh`Ck\ _CnWCqVEuSExREzOEzMEzKEzIEzFEzEEzAEz9HzCKzFLzHOzKR\ zMSzOVzRYzU_zVazYdz`eyahxdkwgluhoskrrnsoownryluzkw\ zjyzhzwgoneeedVYcLPa9H`0I_1KY4LW7MVAOVEPUHRSKSRMUP\ PVPSWOVYMY_L``KcaKecIhdHkeFngEqhEsjCwkAyl9zn9zRch2\ zM1zL1zK0zI0zI0zH0yF0xE0wE0uC0uA0s90r90q70o60o40n4\ 0l20k10j00j00h00g00e00e00d00c40a90aE1`I4_M7YR9YVCW\ _FVcIUgKUkLShLSgLSdLRcLR`MR_MPWMPVMPSMOROOOOOMOMKO\ MIOMHLOKKOLIOOHOPEOSCOUAOW9OY6P_4Pa2Pc1Pe0Pg0Pj0Pk\ 0Pl0Sj2Uh7WgAYeF`dKacOdaRe`Vh__jWclVenUjqSnrRruPuw\ OyyMzzLzzKzzWyzguzsrzzozxlyzjwlguuerrcqk`nd_l_WkUV\ jOShORgMOeLMeLKdKIcKFaIE`HA`H9_F6YE4VE1UC0SC0RA0O9\ 0M90K70K70HA0HE0FF1FI4EL6CM9EPCESFFUIHWKHYMH`PHcSI\ dVIgYKj_IkaKndKqgKrI6FL1A } frm:MandelbrotVE-VP {; Jim M. variable escape and power a=p1, z=p2, c=pixel+p3, b=sqr(real(p4)): z=z^(a)+c, |z| < b } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;