; Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:59:47 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-10-05 (Mandel Variation-8 [NA) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20051019120111.2ab7ed8e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 19, 2005 (Rating NA) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a variation of yesterday's image. It was ; created by the same formula, and the only change is in the real ; p1 parameter, which has been raised from 1 to 10. I did not ; rate the image, since it is a virtual repeat of yesterday's. ; The name indicates that the image is the eighth in the series of ; Mandelbrot variations. The render time of today's image is ; slightly longer than yesterday's, though I doubt that anyone ; will complain about an additional 1/10 of a second. The ; finished image is available for viewing on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; In yesterday's mail I received the November issue of 'Scientific ; American' magazine. When I opened it I found several interest- ; ing articles. The first article says that a deadly 'bird flu' ; epidemic is possible. I'll have to raise 'bird flu' higher on ; my list of other media-induced things to worry about. In the ; meantime, to take my mind off the ever-increasing list of things ; to worry about, I'll rush out and buy the sponsor's products. ; ; Another article in the magazine speculates that the force of ; gravity might be a kind of illusion arising from interactions in ; a lower-dimensional realm. (I thought there were supposed to be ; 10 or 11 dimensions in the world of supermembranes.) ; ; The last article tackles the question of how the very material ; brain generates the sense of the very immaterial 'self'. (Hope- ; fully it goes beyond merely measuring brain activity.) ; ; I have not yet found time to thoroughly read any of these ; articles, but I am already intrigued by the fact that in the ; same publication there is an article about physics, implying ; that the search for answers must extend beyond the intuitive ; range of our senses, and another article about neurobiology, ; implying that we need not search beyond the range of our senses ; for the answers. Come on guys, these are big mysteries. Let's ; have a bit of philosophical agreement here. ; ; Perhaps I don't even need to read the articles. The first ; article probably is another remotely possible idea that most ; likely will go the way of the luminiferous ether. The second is ; probably a study of what happens in the brain when a person is ; conscious. It almost certainly will not bridge the gap between ; interacting neurons and our inner sense of 'self' in a comprehen- ; sible manner. ; ; Turning to my own field, graphic design, a very large job has ; come in, which will leave me little time to ponder other things ; for the rest of the week. Due to the rush, the next FOTD will ; be delayed for several days. ; ; An unexpectedly pleasant sunny 77F 25C day on Tuesday made the ; fractal cats very happy. And even better, today promises to be ; equally as pleasant. For me the work has once again piled up ; and it will take several days to clear things away. The next ; FOTD will appear by next Monday or Tuesday. Until then I will ; be very busy but not too busy to keep up with the fractal lists. ; Take care, and if gravity, which seems very real, is only an ; illusion, how much more that appears real is only an illusion? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandel_Variation-8 { ; time=0:00:00.97--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=jim.frm formulaname=Test-01 function=cos/sqr center-mag=-0.459436/0/0.02901848 params=10/0/1/0/2/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 outside=summ logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000NIVR4XR4TR4QS3MS3JS3FS3CS39Q8APDAOHAMMAL\ QAKVAI_BHcBGhBElBDqBCuBHnDLgEP`FTVHXOI`HJdBKeHLfNM\ gSMhYNhcNihOjnOktPkyPdpTZhXS`_MTcGLfJP_LSTNVMQYFS`\ 8Uc1Re7OgCLhHIjNFlSCmXEhZFd_H_`IWaJSbHUcGWcFXcEZdD\ _dCadBcdAde9fe8ge7ie6kf5lf4nf3of9lbEiZJgWPdSUbOZ_L\ dYHiVDnTAhVFbXKXZPR`ULbZFdcAfgBjfCnfCqfGlbJhZMdVQ_\ RTWOWSKS7gO8dKAaGCZCDW8FT4GQEBcN6pOAnPElQHjRLhSOfT\ SdUVbUZaVa_WeYXhWYlUZoS_sQ_vPWsQSqRPnSLlTHjUEgVAeW\ 7cWJfXUiXdlXooXoeUoXSoOQiX`ddkffihghihgkifljenkdol\ cqmbrnato`up_sk`qfaoabmXclScjNdhIefDfe9fOYS7vEBtHF\ rKJpNNnQRmTVkWZiZbgaffdjdgnbjr`mu_oqYpnXqjWqgVrcUs\ `TsXStURtQQuNPvJOvGNwDMwIQrNTnSXjX_facbffYkjUpmQuq\ MztIYjS6a`4`X2_T0_P5ZR9ZSEYTIYUNXVRXWWXX_WZdW_hV`m\ VaqUbvUczUdyWcxYbx_aw``vb_vdZufYtgXtiWskVrmUrnTqpS\ ppRppRnnSmlSliTjgThdUfbUd`VbZUaYU`WU_VUZUUYTUXSUWR\ UVQUUPUTOUSNURMUQLUPKUOJU } frm:Test-01 {; Jim Muth z=real(pixel)+(p1*(fn1(imag(pixel)))) c=p2*real(pixel)+fn2(imag(pixel)): z=z^p3+c |z|<=100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;