; Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:01:46 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 25-01-11 (A Googol is Deep [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110125200149.11473638@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 26, 2011 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Yesterday's image showed the outer parts of the basin surround- ; ing a minibrot lying at a depth of one-googol on the main stem ; of the Mandelbrot set. In yesterday's image, the minibrot was ; invisible; today's image takes us down to the minibrot itself. ; ; At this extreme depth the minibrots have a tendency to all look ; the same, with little more than rings of concentric circles ; surrounding the minibrots and extending out to the point where ; the minibrot itself becomes invisible. ; ; Another problem is visible in today's image, where the finer ; details merge into a chaos of Moire interference patterns. Some- ; times these patterns can become quite interesting, though this ; is not the case in today's image, where they simply spoil the ; effect. Calculating the image at a higher resolution will ; reduce these interference patterns, but this will also increase ; the calculation time, which even at 640x480 is over one hour. ; ; I could give the image no rating. After all, it is a virtual ; repeat of yesterday's image. ; ; The name "A Googol is Deep" refers to the depth of today's ; scene. A googol is also a very large number, yet still merely ; an infinitesimal part of infinity. ; ; The calculation time runs just over one hour. To make the image ; worth the effort, I recommend viewing the finished image on the ; active FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; remembering, of course, to give Hal a chance to render and post ; the finished image. ; ; And don't forget the original FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; I see that some fractal fans on the list are still wondering ; what ever happened to the FOTD CD I was talking about a number ; of years ago. What happened was that I realized that the ; estimated profit from creating such a disk would fall far short ; of justifying the effort needed for its creation. Among other ; things, I would need to calculate high-resolution versions of ; all the past FOTD images. ; ; But the idea is still simmering on the back burner, and if I saw ; a reasonable demand from people who were willing to pay a fair ; price for the disk, I could produce it in about a month. As ; things stand now however, I feel such a demand is unlikely to ; happen. ; ; Meanwhile, the FOTD web site is on the way. Perhaps I was too ; optimistic in estimating the amount of time needed to create a ; satisfactory design and the amount of work required to achieve ; that design. To avoid further disappointment, I'll stop comment- ; ing on the web site's progress until it is up and running. ; ; Nondescript conditions prevailed here at Fractal Central on ; Tuesday. The cloudy skies and temperature of 34F +1C were a ; welcome relief from the bitter cold of the past several days. ; But the forecast is for more snow on Wednesday. ; ; The fractal cats spent their day keeping warm. I spent my day ; doing double duty, while FL spent her day trying to fight off a ; cold or the flu. She got rather annoyed when I jokingly said ; the flu shot she got in November must be finally starting to ; work. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and if I am a Boltzmann brain, then Boltzmann brains are ; all in my mind. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Googol_is_Deep { ; time=1:08:21.65-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.9999999999999\ 95570588474637616346760358903286522128797519079424\ 85196021920326439279786537664314359319502/0.0\ /1e+100 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 passes=1 symmetry=xaxis colors=000SegQciPbjOakN`lM_nLZoKXpJWqIVsHUtGTuFSvE\ BIHDLKEONFROGSPHTQIU00URKWS0XTKYT0ZUO_VP`VQaYUYaYU\ wdppcgjbZdaQZ`HDT4LX7T`9`dBhhEplGxoIczERfK6`jFLPzz\ ce_CazfN63SBAWGH_DF_LN_SV__b`ij_fi_di_bhZ`hZZgZXgb\ Qm`TjZVgYYdW_aUbZTdWRgTXZGMhOLkLJnIIqFGtCFw9Ez6Mp7\ Tf7_X8fN8mD9t49r5Cq5Fp6Ho6Kn6Nm7Pl7Sk7Vj8Xi8_h8bg9\ df9ge9iUaOIz2Ty9czGnqNxmTnePdYLVQILIEBABR_GSaKSbOT\ cSTdVUeZUfbVgfVhi_ghdfhiehnehhajcZlZVnTSpOOrJLtEIu\ JOpOUlTWhYYdbk`gqXlzTmtWnrYnp_onapldpjfqhhqfjndkkb\ liamf_ndZoaXp_WqXUrUSsSRtPPuNOvKMwKMwFJUDIUFMUHPUJ\ TULWUN_SPbLQiDNeDLaEJUEGPFEMGCKGAIH7HI5GI3FJ1EJ30F\ 50B708A07C07EA6GF6JG6LI5NJ5PL4SM4UN4WP3YQ3_R3`NJaJ\ YaGlcHjdIheIffJdhJbiK`jK_kLYmMWpMUrNStNQvOOxONzY`m\ hmsghd_bX40O40G40840ZJEXHDSFDZDCeBBlKBsUAzcAuUEoKI\ jAMdCQ_ETVFbRHrMJzIKzKMzMOzOQzQSzSUzUVzWXzYZz_`Uab\ ObcMmWLzOLzGKz9KzdWze_zec } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;