; Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:38:54 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-11-08 (A Higher Viewpoint [8]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20081117163955.2ad7c332@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 18, 2008 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image shows a downright attractive minibrot of order 17, ; which means it has 16 interior lobes with 17-part symmetry ; surrounding it. It might not be fully worth the rating of an 8, ; but I gave this rating because it's a surprise to see something ; this interesting and attractive in the range of Z^17 fractals. ; I was tempted to add an extra half-point for my coloring skill, ; but my humility made me decide against it. ; ; The name "A Higher Viewpoint" refers to the high-order circular ; minibrot that fills the center of the image. The mathtolerance ; entry in the parameter file is necessary because of the extreme ; magnitude of the image, which is already causing a breakdown of ; resolution. ; ; The scene is simply a blow-up of a minibrot in the center of the ; kind of fractal objects that have appeared in the FOTD's of the ; past two days. But this will be the last of the series. I must ; be moving on. An infinity of fractals lies out there, waiting ; to be discovered. ; ; The calculation time of 31 seconds is lightning fast, though the ; result may not be quite as shocking. As always, the calculating ; may be avoided by surfing to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and enjoying the finished image there. ; ; *****Philosophy alert!***** ; ; With extra spare time on Monday, my philosophical energies came ; to life. I thought of how unlikely it is that I should be here ; at this particular time and place, or how unlikely that I should ; ever have existed at all. I'll not go through the mathematical ; calculation, but as I figure it, the chance of myself, (and of ; everyone else as well), ever coming into existence is exactly ; zero. ; ; It's impossible for any one of us to be here, yet here we all ; are. It's a miracle that reason cannot explain, a miracle so ; subtle and omnipresent that even its existence is difficult to ; recognize. ; ; The high priests of science are helpless to explain it. They ; brush aside talk of the miracle by claiming it is a childish way ; of thinking. The high priests of philosophy are also helpless. ; They claim that, however unlikely it may be, we are here now, ; and this makes the probability of our existence 100 percent. ; ; The high priests of religion are a bit more able to offer an ; explanation. They claim that each of us is here because God had ; each of us in mind for all eternity before He manifested us as ; individuals. However, this is only a different way of stating ; the miracle. But religion at least goes one step beyond science ; when it claims that God will never forget us. The problem with ; the religious explanation is that God has concealed Himself so ; deeply that many of us doubt He is there at all. ; ; At this point it is best that, as Sister Mary Thomas told me in ; the seventh grade, I should sit down and shut up. ; ; *****Weather and Cat report***** ; ; Clouds and sun alternated here at Fractal central on Monday, ; while the temperature reached only 41F 5C. The fractal cats ; complained when the clouds predominated during their afternoon ; nap in the southwest window. A little tuna and coffee cream ; ended their complaints. ; ; My day was unexpectedly slow. And tomorrow has a very good ; chance of being exactly the same. The next FOTD fractal will be ; posted for all the world to admire in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and every one of us is a necessary part of the ; complete universe. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Higher_Viewpoint { ; time=0:00:31.26-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5 center-mag=-17.65025751604\ 944/+0.1182307735644347/1.952449e+012/1/-95.5/0 params=17/10 float=y maxiter=305 inside=0 logmap=54 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0000EU2HW4JX6MZ8O_ARaCTbEWdGYezzztzzmzzcxzB\ szAmwAhsCbmEYhGUeERbGOaHMZJOaMRbPUgSZlVcqYiuzzzwoo\ wemzWlzQjuNht0ZzzizzLzvTzsazrizrqztbzuOzvAzdRWNgTP\ dRQbOS`MTZJVXHWVbaGwf2te4qd6nc7lb9iaAf`Cd`DbcH`eK_\ gNYjRWlUVzXQz0zz4zzAzzGWzMYhS_hYahcbhh_haYhWWhQXcU\ YcYZca_ce`ciacmaepbdnbdmbdlbdjcdicdhcdfcde5mu7lz9l\ zAkzCkzDjzFjzHjzIizKizLhzNhzPhzQgzSgzTfzVfzXfzYez_\ ez`dzbdzIezKgzMizOjzQgzRdzSazTZzUWzVTzQdzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzDzzGzzIzzKz\ zMzzPzzRzzTzzVzzYzz_zzazzNzzOzzPzzQzzRzzSzzTzzUzzV\ zzWzzXzzYzzZzz_zz`zzazzbzzczzXzz_zzazU6z68z8AzABzB\ DzDEzEGzGHzIJzJKzLMzMNzOPzQRzRSzTUzUVzWXzYYzZ_z``z\ abzcXz7Yz9YzBZzDZzEZzG_zI_zJ_zL`zN`zO`zQazSazUazVb\ zXbzZDziDzkFzjGzjIziJziKziMzhNzhOzhQzgRzgczjSzgUzf\ VzfWzfYzeZze_zeazdbzdCztEzsGzrIzqJzpLzoNznPzmQzlSz\ kUzjWziXzhZzg`zfRzmOzuCzg } frm:DivideBrot5 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint