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Re: Tony
by JackOfTradeZ 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

Tony - wondered what happened to you! Glad U back. Have you had any luck making fractal animations?? I sympathize with your employment woes; my profession has been hit just as hard. I'm glad I didn't switch careers to IT like I was thinking back in '99. As it is, I was unemployed for 10 months in 2003. It happens to other people too ... But there is a thundercloud in every silver lining <g>. I had the time to do much fractalizing and in fact accomplished some of my best work in that period. And as it will always happen, with effort, persistance and a bit of luck, you get back on your feet again and are actually better for the experience. I have left the miserable NorthEast and am now in God's beautiful Colorado! As for ultrafractal - Heaven forbid! We all know that REAL fractalnauts only use Fractint! Long live the Cult of Fractint! JoTz

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just a reply. The laboratory rats were bred to develop cancer so will get it anyway, even without cell phones!
by david lowenstein 26 Mar '05

26 Mar '05

http://cryptome.org/fda102099.htm A few animal studies, however, have suggested that low levels of RF could accelerate the development of cancer in laboratory animals. In one study, mice genetically altered to be predisposed to developing one type of cancer developed more than twice as many such cancers when they were exposed to RF energy compared to controls. There is much uncertainty among scientists about whether results obtained from animal studies apply to the use of mobile phones. First, it is uncertain how to apply the results obtained in rats and mice to humans. Second, many of the studies that showed increased tumor development used animals that had already been treated with cancer-causing chemicals, and other studies exposed the animals to the RF virtually continuously--up to 22 hours per day. So Look who's talking, Muth? No one talks on a cell phone for 22 hours straight! According to the FDA, there is no evidence saying cell phones cause cancer.

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FOTD 23-03-05 (Elliptical Thing [2])
by Jim Muth 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

FOTD -- March 23, 2005 (Rating 2) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Did you ever have one of those days when nothing goes right? Well I had one of those days in Fractal Land on Tuesday. There I was, in the Elliptic forest, with great fractals all around me. I heard the muffled growls, I heard the brush rustle. A twig snapped! I took off in pursuit! The chase was desperately exciting. I was hot on the spoor of the beast. I saw the monster in the distance, I zoomed in, I bagged my prey. But then I looked closer at what I had caught -- today's pathetic Elliptic set, an image that could have been found with much less effort with the every-day Julia formula. Actually, the thing on the screen is neither a set nor a midget. It could perhaps be called a basin, or more likely, anything one wishes to call it. About halfway through the coloring I lost enthusiasm and gave up, leaving the interior of the figure a mish-mash of muddy and conflicting colors. The location of the scene is in the vicinity of a midget near the tip of the negative stem of the Mandelbrot set. Quite a bit of stretching and skewing was needed to bring the image to near proper proportions. When I gave up on the image, I named it "Elliptical Thing" without thinking. I rated the image at a sorry 2, and even that might be a bit generous. Luckily for all, the image renders in a very fast 1-1/2 minutes, so little time will be spent on a fractal that has so little to offer. Perhaps the easiest way to see the image is to download it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where it waits for all the world to ridicule. The sunny afternoon and temperature of 55F 13C here at Fractal Central on Tuesday were fully appreciated by the cats, who spent several hours keeping the yard clear of other cats. Their day ended with the usual tuna, and they enjoyed a peaceful evening. But this morning is bringing heavy rain, which is due to con- tinue most of the day. What will the duo make of this. For me it's a little work and a search for a better fractal. If I find one, it will appear tomorrow. If I fail to find one, a worse fractal will appear. Until then, take care, and I'm not as discouraged as it might appear. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Elliptical_Thing { ; time=0:01:30.52--SF6 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=-0.00490057832247906/-1.985489038292866\ 00/6.113231e+010/0.004506/-178.57302509791967/89.5\ 0573364904918 params=0/90/2/0/1.3e-005/0/0/1.3e-005 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=255 logmap=56 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000qefqffndckb`h`Ye_VbYT_WQYVNVTKSRHPPFMOCJ\ M9GK6EJ4FMBGPHHSOHTUJVVKWWLWXNXYOXZPX_RY`SYaTYbVZb\ WZcXZdZ_e__f`_gb`hc`id`jiboe`jaZeYX`UVWQTRMRMIPHEN\ CAM7CN8DN9ENAFOBHOBIOCJPDKPEMPENQFOQGPQHQRISRITRJU\ SKVSLXSLYTMZTN_TO`TOcUReVTgWVjXXlXZnY`qZbs_dv`eu_f\ uZgtZhtYitYjsXksXksWlrWmrVnqVoqUpqUppTqpTrpSsoStoR\ uoRumQtlPtkPtjOsiNshNsgMrfMreLrdKqcKqaJq`Jq_IpZHpY\ HpXGoWGoVFoUEnTEnSDnUEmRDnPDoNDoKDpICqGCqDCrBCs9Cs\ BErDFqFHqHIpIJoKLoMMnOOmPPmRQlTSkVTkWUjYWi_XiaZhb_\ gd`gfbfhceef_idemcjpbotatw`ytXrrTloPfmM`jIVhEPiALf\ BJdCIbDG`DFZEDXFCUGBSG9QH8OI6MJ5MH0KJ4JL7HNBGPEERH\ DTLBVOAXS8ZV7`Y5ba4dd3egV2yX4xY6wZ7v`9uaBtbCscEreG\ qfHpgJohKnjMmkOllPknRjoTipUhqWgsYftZeu`dw_gvadubbu\ c_tdYteWsgTrhRriOqjMsjLqkKplJolInmHmnGlnFjoEipDhpC\ gqBfrAer9cs8bt7at6`u5_v4Ww1Zv3av5dv6fu8iu9luBnuCmq\ FlmHkiJjeLp_fq`fqbfqcfqdf } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTD 25-03-05 (Very Deep in Seahorse Valley [7])
by Jim Muth 25 Mar '05

25 Mar '05

FOTD -- March 25, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I have finally become annoyed with the silliness I have been seeing on TV these past few days, and have decided it's time to spout off. Those who wish to avoid the resulting political blather should skip to the sixth paragraph, where the fractal stuff starts. We're all brainwashed. We're being manipulated by the media, and it has little to do with fractals. The media decides it's time for us to become excited about the death of the left-over body of a person almost none of us ever knew, whose mind died many years ago. We, of course, wanting to see ourselves as caring and politically-correct, become obediently excited, right on cue, about the non-event, even to the point of outrage, and begin bleating like the obedient flock of sheep we have become. One of the Fractal Central customers, who is an administrator in a local hospital, tells me that such unconscious but semi-awake bodies are released from their vegetative state several times every year at the institution. And when it happens, it is con- sidered barely worth a passing comment among the hospital staff, who consider such animated bodies already dead. The current fuss is totally a creation of the media and politicians, who are taking advantage of the public ignorance and gullibility. The real questions under discussion should be, 'what is conscious life, when does it start, and when does it end?' Such media-induced hysteria has become part of our modern life. It reaches a peak when media coverage causes us to worry about insignificant health threats such as SARS and bird flu, which have killed perhaps a few thousand, and forget the every-day type of influenza, which kills several millions around the world every year. It's good to be prepared for the worst, but let's get our list of diseases to worry about in proper order. At the same time that the media is raising unnecessary alarm about contagious diseases, it is ignoring serious and very real threats to health such as the overuse of cellular telephones, whose radiation again and again has been shown to cause damage to the brains of test animals. In our ignorance, we routinely use these instruments as we go about our every-day activities, and give them to our children to use as toys and entertainment devices, so they can be like all the other kids at their schools. Then we complete the plot by placing our cell-phone antennas on the roofs of our schools. Every time I hear someone in his ignorance tell me that mobile phones have never been shown to be harmful to humans, someone who cries that they are now a necessary part of the modern life style, I shake my head in sympathy. This is a person, I think to myself, who has become fully and hopelessly indoctrinated by the media and has joined the vast flock of obedient media- controlled sheep. Cellular phones should be for emergencies; we obedient sheep who watch the phone company ads on TV, have made them a life style. END POLITICS========================================= I could go on, but this is a fractal forum and we have a fractal of the day to discuss. I have been having little luck in my exploration of the Elliptic orientation of the Julibrot, so I have decided to take a break of a couple days to give myself more time to find something worthwhile. In the meantime, there will be no shortage of fractals. It is said that the answers to the secrets of the universe lie at the point -0.75 of the Mandelbrot set. This is the point where the two branches of Seahorse Valley come together. Even with the fastest super-computers, it would be impossible to see what lies at the point where the two branches actually join, for the point is at a kind of infinitesimal infinity. But we can come as close to the mystical point as we wish, and see the wonders that lie there. Today's scene lies only 0.00009 from the X-axis. It is as deep as I have yet gone into Seahorse Valley. It is not the limit, for the valley has no limit, but it is near the limit of what is practical with my current machine. At this depth the seahorses have disappeared and been replaced by pinched-off leaves with scalloped edges. Due to the extreme broadening of the bands that the logmap feature causes in images of high iteration, it has become nearly useless. Today's image was rendered with a simple straight-forward setting of zero, or one-band-per-iteration. I find myself wondering what lies even deeper in the valley. I will eventually go deeper of course, but I suspect that when I do, I will find nothing other than a more extreme version of today's scene, with features pinched off even tighter. I named the image "Very Deep in Seahorse Valley". The name is nothing more than a description of the location. I rated the image at a 7, more for the mathematical interest than the artistic merit. The iteration count of the large elements in the image is around 300,000 and the maxiter is 25,000,000, which is still insuffic- ient to close all the spurious holes. This makes the image an extremely slow one, which takes over 8 hours to finish on my machine. But fret not, for I have sent the image on ahead to Paul at the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> from where it may be conveniently downloaded. The rain held off here at Fractal Central on Thursday, the clouds actually broke, and the temperature reached 48F 9C. The cats were quite happy as they enjoyed an unexpected pleasant afternoon in the holly patch. Only a small treat of tuna was needed to end their day on the up side. But this morning, the clouds have moved back in, with rain forecast for this after- noon. I'll try to get the duo to take their outdoor time before the rain arrives. For me, it will be work before play. The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours, give or take an hour or two. Until then, take care, and don't get brainwashed by a fractal. 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FOTD 24-03-05 (Re-entry [6])
by Jim Muth 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

FOTD -- March 24, 2005 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: When I opened my e-mail box this morning, I found a letter from some person in Nigeria, who claimed to be interested in buying 150 of my product from my store. The letter went on to ask if I could ship immediately and if I would accept a visa credit card as payment, and ended by requesting that I send a full description of 'my product'. My suspicions were raised when I suddenly realized that I have no store, and were confirmed when I realized that the person who sent the e-mail did not even know what my product is. I guess he wanted some of my FOTD fractals. Scamming must be the number one industry of Nigeria. Today's image shows an Elliptic midget lying on the negative stem of the Mandelbrot set, a short distance east of the largest midget. Its overall shape is very typical of Elliptic midgets in general. I named the image "Re-entry" when it reminded me of a space object disintegrating as it reenters earth's atmosphere. When I say that today's scene lies on the negative stem of the M-set, it must be remembered that in the Julibrot the negative stem is not the decorated straight line that appears in the M-set. It is a three-dimensional space with only a slight extension in the fourth dimension, which curves and twists in unimaginable ways through the broader four-dimensional space. I am not sure that today's image fully earns its rating of a 6, but I gave it that rating in an effort to recover from yesterday's abysmal performance. Today's FOTD is not only better than yesterday's, it is much faster, rendering in a matter of seconds. This is probably faster than the finished image can be downloaded from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy rain fell all day Wednesday here at Fractal Central, causing localized flooding and unhappy fractal cats. The un-official fractal temperature hovered around 41F 9C all day, while the un-official rain can filled with 2.5 inches, or 64mm of rainwater during the day. With sulky attitudes, the cats watched the day's weather from their shelf by the window. Ample tuna in the evening helped ease their disappointment however. Today is starting dry but cloudy and very chilly, with showers in the forecast. The cats might need more comfort before the day ends. My comfort will come when I find the perfect fractal. It might happen today or it might not happen for many googols of years. The challenge will be to know the perfect fractal when I find it. Tomorrow's fractal will not be perfect, but it will arrive for near certain in only 24 hours. Until then, take care, and could Fractint be turning into a cult program? Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Re-entry { ; time=0:00:19.94--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=ident/flip center-mag=-1.61298847799078300/-0.499140172596339\ 50/1713910/0.009486/32.1906682894654494/-81.566890\ 9945544698 params=90/0/2/0/5e-008/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=42 periodicity=10 colors=000RPWTSZVVbXYfZ_i`bmbdqbfr`foZekWdgUccRb_P\ aWN`RK_NIZJFYFDXBBW7EV6HU6KT6MS5PR5SQ5UQ4XQ4_P4aP3\ dO3gO3iN2lN2oM2qM2sX6ue9woDxxGpoFhgE`_DTSCMKBNLANL\ AOMAOMAOMAPN9PN9PN9QO9QO9RP8RP8RP8SQ8SQ8SQ82hN3fL3\ eK3cJ3bI3aH4_G4ZF4XE4WD4VC7WGAWJDWMGXPJXSMXWPYZSYa\ VYdXYgRdaLkWGqRHmPHjNIgMIcKJ`JJYHKUGKREKODJNFJMGIL\ IIKJHJKHIMGHNGGPFFQFEREDTECUDBWDAXD9YLCXSEW_GVfIVe\ JTTVPNbfHixElvBnu8ps5rr3tq6or8jsAetCauFXvHSwJNxLJy\ KLtJNpJOlIQhIRdHT`GUXGWSFXOFZKE_GDaCDb8Cd4Ce0Gg3Jh\ 5Mi7Qj9TkBWlDZmFbnHeoJhpLkqNorPrsRutTxuVsqUonUjkUf\ hTaeTYbTU_TVYUVWUVUVVSVWQVWOWWMWWKWXIXXGXXEYXCYYAY\ Y8ZY6ZY4Z_8_aB`cEaeHbgLciOdjRelUfnYgp`hrcitfjuiksj\ hqjfpjcnjalkZkkXikUgkSfkPdlNblKalI_lFZlDXiCWgBUeAT\ c9Ra8QZ7OX6NV5LT4KR3JP2LS6NV9PXCR_GTbJVdMXgQZiT`lW\ bo_dqbftegvhcoi_iiWbjTXjPQkLKkHDlE7lH6kK5jN5iQ4hT4\ gW3fZ3ea2dd2cdLTdcIOJOQMS } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTD 22-03-05 (Forever Waffling [6])
by Jim Muth 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

FOTD -- March 22, 2005 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image we leave the Rectangular orientation of the Julibrot and turn to the orientation I call the Elliptical, which is determined by the real(c) and imag(z) axes. I gave it this name because when the Julibrot is sliced through its origin in this direction, the resulting figure resembles an ellipse that has been squashed on one end and stretched on the other. The Elliptical orientation is completely perpendicular to the Oblate orientation and simply perpendicular to the remaining four orientations. The scenes found in it are as varied as those found in all other aspects of the Julibrot. I was about to name today's image "Forever Amber", but then I remembered a naughty novel with that name, and decided to protect the children. I named the image "Forever Waffling", which can be taken as a swipe at certain politicians who can't make up their minds, or as a plug for a particular type of breakfast food. The waffling scene is located in the part of the Julibrot connected with East Valley of the Mandelbrot set. A large degree of stretching and skewing was needed to bring it to a recognizable form. Most of the effect of solidity was achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'fmod' and the proximity set to 0.115, which produces the effect of overlapping bubbles. The brilliant sky-blue background is a result of a low proximity factor. It is not a true area of trapped points. If the proxim- ity, which appears at the bottom of the X screen, is increased, the amber elements will thicken and the blue background will fill in. If the value of the proximity continues to be raised, the image will quickly turn into a screen filled with a single flat color. In certain fractals, such as today's, the proximity is an important parameter. The image appears unusually brilliant, and I am not sure of the reason. Maybe this effect is peculiar to my particular monitor, which has at least 8 years of age on it but appears to be operating as good as it did on the day I unpacked it. Or maybe it is due to the coloring, on which I actually spent less than the normal amount of time. Regardless, the final result is an image that earns a slightly above average rating of 6. The render time of just under 8 minutes borders on unreasonable slowness. But relief for impatience is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> With a high temperature of 50F 10C and limited sun, Monday proved barely acceptable to the fractal cats at Fractal Central. They spent about 90 minutes in the yard, but were a bit upset about the marginal conditions. They cheered up when the tuna appeared however. Today is starting sunny, but it is quite chilly, and clouds are due to move in by afternoon. The cats had best take their outdoor time early. I have only a small amount of work to finish before I enter Fractal Land. The next glorious image will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and is it possible for a universe to exist in which there is no potential Mandelbrot set? Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Forever_Waffling { ; time=0:07:58.51--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=-0.78417915215484530/+0.250205105304999\ 00/7771140/1.89e-005/0.00515606886434218266/89.920\ 4269909497214 params=0/90/2/0/0.5/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=12000 proximity=0.115 outside=fmod logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000htzT_UV_UW`UY`UZ`V`aVaaVcbWdbWfcWgcWicXj\ dXldXmeXoeYpfYrfYreXsfYtgZthZui_uj`vj`vkawlbwmbxnc\ xncyodzpezqezrfzsgzsgzthzuizvizwjzwjzuhzsfzqezoczm\ azk`ziZzgYzeWzcUzaTz_RzYPzWOzUMzSLyQJyOHyMGyKEyJDv\ LEtMErOFpPFnRFlSGjUGhVHfXHbXGcYHdYHdYIeYIeYJfZJfZK\ gZKhZKhZLi_Li_Mj_Mj_Nk_Nl`Nl`Om`Om`Pn`PnaQoaQpaQpa\ RqaRqbSrbSrbTsbTpiZreWsbTtZQuWNvTKwPHxMEyIBzF8zC6z\ D6zE6zF6zG6zH6zI6zI7zJ7zK7zL7zM7zN7zN7zO7zP7zQ7zR7\ zS7zT7zT8zU8zV8zW8zX8zY8zZ8zZ8z_8z`8za8za8zd8x`8rW\ 8mR8gM8cH7XA9UJ8XL7_O6cQ5fT4iV3lX2mY3mZ4m_5m`6m`7n\ a7nb8nc9ncAndBneCofCofDogEohFoiGoiHpjHpkIplJplKpmL\ pnMqoMqoNqpOqqPqrQstRqrQpqPooOnnOmlNlkMkiLjhLifKhe\ JgcIebId`Hc_GbYFaXF`VE_UDZSCYRCXPBWOAXK7WM9VNAVOBU\ PCTQDTRFSSGSTHRUIQVJQWKPYMOZNO_ON`PNaQMbRLcTLdUKeV\ KfWJgXIiZIj_Hk`GlaGmbFncFoeEpfDqgDrhCsiBuiCtjDVREV\ RGWRHWSJXSKXSMYSNYTPYTQZT } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTD 21-03-05 (Fractal Trouble [5])
by Jim Muth 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

FOTD -- March 21, 2006 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's FOTD is the last in the current series of adventures in the Rectangular sets of the Z^2+C Julibrot. It is a scene in the vicinity of a midget rather deep on the north shoreline of East Valley, and as such, it displays all the characteristics of the area, including elements that are nearly cut-off and bits and pieces of elephants with curled trunks. An unusual amount of stretching and skewing were needed to bring the scene to a recognizable form. When I was doing the stretching, I had a momentary thought that the scene might be in trouble, which inspired the name "Fractal Trouble", and to some degree, proved to be true. Unfortunately, after all the stretching and skewing, I was left with an image that I could rate no higher than a 5. But a rating of 5 is an average fractal, and there is nothing normal about an average fractal. The midget itself does appear in the image, though it has been stretched into a narrow slit and is a bit hard to pick out without toggling in and out of color mode. The render time of 5 minutes may be reduced to one minute or so by downloading the finished GIF image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> On-and-off rain fell all day Sunday here at Fractal Central. Late in the afternoon one explosive clap of thunder ended the day with a bang, and sent the duo scurrying for cover. When they reappeared about 1/2 hour later, I offered them their daily treat of tuna, which gave them enough consolation to end the day on a peaceful note. Today is starting with sun. It looks like a better day on the way. For me it looks like an uneventful day, unless something unexpected turns up in the world of fractals, that is. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and keep searching. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Trouble { ; time=0:05:04.94--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=flip/ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.00000796644326786/-0.000000\ 01175049742/8.952438e+007/0.0002847/0.086835163495\ 9469293/89.9720082145064737 params=0/90/2/0/0.2533\ 9158986615/0.00033540298237/0.25339158986615/0.000\ 33540298237 float=y maxiter=8000 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000pSih_iaghUohMwgFzgKudPmbTd_YXYaOVfGTj8Rk\ CTlGVmKXnOZoS`pWbq_crcesggtkiuokvsmwwoxzpyvryrsymu\ zivzewz`yzXzzSzzOzzKzvLyrLunMqjMmeNiaNeYOaUOYPPULP\ QHQMDQIFRMHRPJRSKSVMSYOSaPTdRTgTTjUTmTRjRQhONcLKZI\ HUFFPCCK99F66AdCBM88KLMIJKHIJGHIFGHEFGDEFCDEBBCAAB\ 99A8897786E75J6fRAcW9aa9Zf9Xj8Ug8Sb8PZ7NV7LR7IN6GJ\ 6DG6BD58A5675lBGhAFeAEb9D_9CW8CT8BQ7AN79K68G68D57A\ 56745jHy_DjPAXE7JLOZCXSRXePUbNS_LQXJOUILRGJOEHMCFJ\ BIG9LD7OA5T7VYUZdXRjQJpJBvC7zV6uS6oP6iN5cK5YI5SF4O\ C4LA4I7zZqsVklSffO`_LWUHQNELHAFA7ADfSAXM8NG6DAACp8\ Ad78T56H48K47I47H46F46E46D45B45A459447446WFnSDhPCc\ MBZJAUL8PP7KT6FW5A_EBcBPh9Pm6PpESoHYlFXfEV_CRUAMN9\ IH7DA596YE5SC5MA4G84A6Mczdzo_siVlcRdYMYSHQMDJG8BAY\ ByWAuUAqS9mQ9iO8fM8bK7ZI7VGJREMPCPZASh8VrTYzY_z`bz\ ebzbaw_ZrXWmUThRQcONZLKWIHVEDSBAP77M45PGAPD8PA7LEE\ DOO5YY5gg5qmfpgblY_gTXcOU } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Re: Fractint Digest, Vol 25, Issue 9
by Vortex Swirling 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

The next paragraph is a Spoiler pertaining to the book Contact by Carl Sagan! Don't read it if you want to read the book! In the book Contact by Carl Sagan, Ellie discovered a pattern in the digits that comprise PI. http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/mf55-spoiler.html There is also valid arguments why such patterns are strongly favored to exist. This makes the quest a little more difficult to judge what should and should not be in a natural number stream. I'm trying to imagine myself what pattern one might find in the mandelbrot which shouldn't be there or was placed there deliberately. Would it be the discovery of a phone number that when called would play a recording telling you all the knowledge of the universe? But not before requiring you to reverse the charges. ;) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005

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FOTD 20-03-05 (Seahorse Swirls [6])
by Jim Muth 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

FOTD -- March 20, 2005 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image slices the Julibrot in the area of Seahorse Valley in an orientation 5/6 of the way from the Rectangular toward the Julia. The image bears little resemblance to either the Mandel- brot or Julia aspects of the area, which is not surprising, as Seahorse Valley is a four-dimensional thing with more ways to be sliced than a cat has of finding trouble. The Seahorse Valley Julia set is not far off however. To see it appear almost magically, change the real(p1) parameter to 90. This is most interesting if the change is done incrementally. To see the valley itself, change both parts of (p1) to zero and rotate the image minus-90 degrees. I named the image "Seahorse Swirls" because of the prominent bluish swirls on both sides of the blue center stripe, which is actually the coming together of the two branches of Seahorse Valley as seen from the side. I rated the image an average 6. I could give it nothing higher because this kind of image has been done so many times that it has become hackneyed. The image boasts one good feature however -- it is very fast, making its variations very easy to do. And as almost always, the finished image is available for download and judging on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> I intended to take it easy on Saturday and that is what I did. I took it so easy that the day seemed only half as long as most days, and at the end of the day I was left thinking. It is amazing how fast time passes when one is not watching it pass. But what is time? Since we can partly control its apparent rate of passage, it must to some degree be a psychological creation, but if this is so, then space must also to some degree be a psychological creation. At this point, my team took the lead with a three-pointer and my thoughts turned to more immediate and important things. The fractal weather was quite pleasant on Saturday, with ample sun, gentle breezes, and a high temperature of 57.4F 14.1C as measured by the fractal digital thermometer. The cats, not worrying themselves with tenths of degrees, found the day plea- sant enough to pass the entire afternoon in the yard, keeping away the mean tomcat from up the hill. They were quite success- ful, for the other cat never showed up. Today is starting chilly and foggy, with rain in the area. I fear the good day will not be repeated. For me it looks like another slow day on the way. Maybe I'll solve the puzzle of time and space, more likely not. But in any case, the next FOTD will appear in all its glory in 24 hours. Check back to see the great event. Until then, take care, and don't waste spacetime. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seahorse_Swirls { ; time=0:00:41.20--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-xy-zw-new function=flip/ident center-mag=0/0/1.131455/1/90/3.885780586188048e-016 params=75/90/2/0/0/0/-0.75/0 float=y maxiter=7500 inside=0 logmap=3 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000OHVPIUQJTRKSSLRUMQWNPYOO_PNaQMcRLeSKgTJi\ UIjVHkWGlXFmYEnZDo_Co`BpaApb9qc8rd7se6tf5ug7uh8vi8\ wj9xj9yj7zj4zj2yl3ym4xn5xp5wq6wr7vs8vu8uv9uwAuxAby\ ELzIOxHQvGStGUrFXpFZnE`lEbkDeiCggCieBkcBnaAp_ArY9t\ X9sQLrJWqCfp5qiBlbGfXFaVEXTDSRCTPBUNAULAUKAUMAUOAU\ QAURAVTAWVAXWAYYAZ_A_`A`b9ad8be7cg6ci5cj4ceAcaGmYM\ mURmQXmMbmIgmGfmEfmCemAem8dm6dm4cm3cm8YmDTmINzNIzS\ DzQFzPHzOJzNLzMNzLPzKRzJTzHVzGXzFZzE`zDbzCdzBfzAgz\ jezhbzf`zeZzcWzbUz`Sz_QzWPzTOzPOzMNzINzFMzCMzELzFL\ zHKzIKzKJzLJzMIzOIzPHzRHzSGzTGzFyzGtzGpzGlzHhzHdzH\ `zHXzIXzIWzJWzTJzXMzaPzeSzfUzgVzhXziYzj_zk`zlbzmcz\ nezofzphzqizrkzslziiz_fzQdz`TzaQzaOzaLzaJzaHzaEzaC\ zaAzuVztWztWzsXzsXzrYzrYzrYzqXzqXzqXzqWzqWzqWzqVzq\ VzqVzqUzqUzqUzcbzRjzErz1zz6uzBpzFkzKfzPazTXzYSzbNz\ fJzaLzYNzTPzPRzLTzRUzXVzbWzhXznXzoWzoWzL`zKZzKXzJU\ zJSzIQzHOzHLzGJzGHzFFzECz } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Wild Electric Dream
by Vortex Swirling 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

I kind of figured no one knows what I'm talking about. I wasn't aware a DVD was made about fractals. It turns out this is a remake of something made around 15 years ago. Still it might be good. 180 minutes. Its full name was Fractals: The Wild Electric Dream. Here it is on Amazon. http://snipurl.com/djd5 Perpetually backordered. You know, I can't find this thing anywhere on the web! One place actually lists it in stock is some phoney game site that takes everybody's money and never sends anything. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005

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