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zut.. the dance of broken heart
by Sebastien helie 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

Since i had a collection of screen theif on my system i kept a few habit like surfing looser who is another experiment. dragon emmiter of flower was just a O. hi.. and so i kept yesterday has a looser only the surprised... i send it in a rush. By any luck if i find the dragon who transform into a sea flower i will think about it... i have a site who cam can be the equivalence of this reaction into human, only one i kept for erection of pyramide is freexcafe... just do not jail hem if you curious, and please library check only cause, even with the lowest pyramide it's hard with it to keep cpu and uc male down.... START PARAMETER FILE============================================= broken_heart { ; the dance of reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=2012_3.frm formulaname=liberiat1 center-mag=-1.61163545958448100/+1.21674508777212000/33949.81 params=1e-007/0 float=y potential=120/200/4 colors=0000000e00eee00e0eeL0eeeLLLLLzLzLLzzzLLzLzzzLzzz000555<3>HHHKKKOO\ O<3>ccchhhmmmssszzz00z<3>z0z<3>z00<3>zz0<3>0z0<3>0zz<2>0GzVVz<3>zVz<3>zV\ V<3>zzV<3>VzV<3>Vzz<2>Vbzhhz<3>zhz<3>zhh<3>zzh<3>hzh<3>hzz<2>hlz00S<3>S0\ S<3>S00<3>SS0<3>0S0<3>0SS<2>07SEES<3>SES<3>SEE<3>SSE<3>ESE<3>ESS<2>EHSKK\ S<2>QKSSKSSKQSKOSKMSKK<2>SQKSSKQSKOSKMSKKSK<2>KSQKSSKQSKOSKMS00G<3>G0G<3\ >G00<3>GG0<3>0G0<3>0GG<2>04G88G<2>E8GG8GG8EG8CG8AG88<2>GE8GG8EG8CG8AG88G\ 8<2>8GE8GG8EG8CG8AGBBG<2>FBGGBGGBFGBDGBCGBB<2>GFBGGBFGBDGBCGBBGB<2>BGFBG\ GBFGBDGBCG000<6>000 } frm:liberiat1{;sinpix a=real(p1)+imag(p1) z=pixel: c=z^3*z^a x=0.835*z^0.707106 y=0.02*z z=sin(1/(x+y^z+c+sin(z)))+pixel |z|<10 } END PARAMETER FILE================================================

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FOTD 19-01-12 (Mystery Theater [8])
by Jim Muth 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

FOTD -- January 19, 2012 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal image is a scene on the main spike of its parent fractal, which is an over-sized Mandelbrot set corrupted by order-7 elements. The scene is located just beyond the large minibrot on the main spike, at a magnitude where the minibrots have totally morphed into order-7 ones with 6 bays. These tiny order-7 minibrots are clearly visible, scattered all around the large central minibrot. But in the world of fractals, things do not always go as we expect, and today's image is certainly a good example. I named the image "Mystery Theater" because of the mysterious things happening in it. To begin, the large minibrot has 12 bays, which would make it of order-13, a prime number that exists nowhere in the generating expression. To make things worse, the minibrot is surrounded by 14 elements, which would appear to make it of order-14. My first thought was that the large minibrot is actually a partial merging of two order-7 minibrots. Sometimes this does happen. But if this is the case, the merging in today's image is the most perfect I have yet stumbled upon. With no obvious rational explanation for all the mathematical craziness, the image remains a mystery. All in all, the image fully earns its name. The rating of an 8 is based mostly on the mathematical interest, though the artistic value is not to be ignored. The calculation time of 24 seconds is about as fast as FOTD fractals ever get, and will not test the patience of even the most impatient fractalist. Experience the satisfaction of escaping the task of calculation by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> Experience the total bliss of seeing the image in high- definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> And remember to check the entire library of past images at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The brilliant sun that burst forth at sunrise today here at Fractal Central did not last long. By midday, the clouds had moved in, and by afternoon, snow was threatening. The fractal cats were more concerned about the chilly morning temperature of 16F -9C than with the forecast of light snow. They demanded more warmth. FL and I, the local humans, had an uneventful day, which was pleasant to experience but makes dull reporting. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and yesterday's question about the island south of Antarctica was indeed a trick question. I occasionally get into discussions about relativity, and have a very difficult time explaining why it is impossible to travel through space faster than the velocity of light. As I try to explain it, trying to travel faster than light is like mounting an expedition to that island. Any effort is bound to fail. There is no such thing as traveling south from the southernmost point on the globe; there is no such thing as traveling through space faster than the highest possible velocity. At the speed of light, space along the direction of motion shrinks to zero. It does this for the same reason that the width of a sheet of paper shrinks to zero when viewed edge-on, and then there is no space left to travel through. If it were possible to go even "faster", one would be traveling through time, not space. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mystery_Theater { ; time=0:00:24.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MultiExp function=recip center-mag=-35.73697608855773/0/21270/0.9541 params=7/20 float=y maxiter=1750 inside=0 logmap=62 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=6 colors=00008C09F0AI0BL0CO0ER0GU0IX0K_0Mb2Oe4Rh7TkA\ WnDZqFZtGawHduIczJ`zJYvKVtLSqLPkMMeNKcNIaOH_OGYRIV\ TKTWLRYNO_PMbQKdSIgUFiVDkXBnZ9p_6sa4uc2wd0oe2ge3_f\ 4Sf5Lf6TkG_pPguYnzf_znLvuLqlKhcJbVIZMHUDGU5GO7FK9F\ EAFCCG0EG7FH7HH8JI8KI8MJ8OJ8PK8RK8TK8UMCUOFUQIUTLU\ WOUZRUaUUbRZdOcfLhgJmbKkWLjRMiKNgEOf8PeESbJU_OWXTY\ UZ_RcaOhcLmeIgfNagSXhXRiaMifS8VOFTKMSGTRC_Q9fPNlM`\ qJZmIXiHVeGUaGZZMbWSfTXkQboNhsLmrT`r`OrgBacNL_Z4Wi\ A_dFc`LfXQjTVmPYfT``WcVZfOaiIdlCgo6jq7ls8mt8nv9pw9\ qyArzAsnKcbUPcWQdXRdYScZTb_Ua`U`aV_bVZbzYczXdzWezV\ fzUfzTgzThzSizRjzQjzPkzOlzNmzMnzLnzKozJpzIqzHrzHrz\ JmzKizMezN`zOXzQTzROzTKzUGzVCz_IzdNziSznYzsbzxgzve\ ztdzrczpbznazl`zj_zhZzfYzdXzbWz`cz_czYczWczUczJczS\ czQczOmzMmzKmzImzGmzEmzCmzomzmzzkzzizzgzzezzczzazz\ `zzZzzXzzVzzTzzRzzPzzOzzMzzKzzIzzGzzEzzCzzNzzMzzMz\ zLzzLzzKzzKzzJzzJzzIzzIzz } frm:MultiExp { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 100000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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nudity expression of concentrantation under deconcentration
by Sebastien helie 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

When i have a personal msg from master, the feeling is tick and sharp like the 66, but incented with a smell of respect and attempt into understanding/dominating... Hummm no necessarly delicious by definition, but i try to imaging a real (Brat) imag (negative) at this place how incomfortable it could end. Long John my idole mountain walker msg end up fairy readable evolver function, the joke where serious, please have a taught for John Baccar a laugher protector by time surhuman. Fractal way ? re-use the same formula skeletton to have a minimum of tweaking to do to accomplish a real (pretty) feminine presence reaction imag from (rat). I was way gone on my favorite drug dopamine, laughing real long joke and sorry perversion at my quite depressional no so bad life action. the feeling was a just a little less than boring double with a not permanent come back to seriousity. Hospital people haven't notice anything else than 2 day of hard insomnia.... i guess. their computer systeme general (the whole hospital) was off line screen presenting bad medieval picture. I tell to one social my point of view on this crash :"good and stable collective computer have one thing in common a user id # who differenciate every user and list them before run, here for the cpu i'am listed you martin?! so take my place Martin!! a" Martin reply :"i think i understand watching screen of red/green striped error msg and code". wALK TO what can be relational my only thru quebec fast friend fast german... discuss like Nervo under rapport. i like it and had lot's of sight of hard man driving from valcartier M base, orther me to cross the street. i end up finish and satisfy to sleep like usual mathematic session. even reset sexuality a little art way with black women girl thru friend forester in B.C before christe, Bizzard....i was wonderinf if the dalai lama was following to has a terbantional observator......keep it up.os right START PARAMETER FILE============================== feminine_presence { ; calculation longest than my average reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=2012_3.frm formulaname=nextto function=asinh corners=-0.33686006/-0.23022968/0.105536342/0.182940841 params=1e-005/0 potential=120/200/4 colors=zzzzzzzLzzLLLzzLzLLezLLLeeeee0e0ee000ee0e000e000zzzuuu<3>iiifffbb\ b<3>NNNIIIDDD777000zz0<3>0z0<3>0zz<3>00z<3>z0z<3>z00<2>zj0WW0<3>0W0<3>0W\ W<3>00W<3>W0W<3>W00<2>WO0II0<3>0I0<3>0II<3>00I<3>I0I<3>I00<2>IE0zzZ<3>Zz\ Z<3>Zzz<3>ZZz<3>zZz<3>zZZ<2>zsZllZ<3>ZlZ<3>Zll<3>ZZl<3>lZl<3>lZZ<2>liZff\ Z<2>`fZZfZZf`ZfbZfdZff<2>Z`fZZf`ZfbZfdZffZf<2>fZ`fZZf`ZfbZfdZzzj<3>jzj<3\ >jzz<3>jjz<3>zjz<3>zjj<2>zvjrrj<2>lrjjrjjrljrnjrpjrr<2>jlrjjrljrnjrpjrrj\ r<2>rjlrjjrljrnjrpjooj<2>kojjojjokjomjonjoo<2>jkojjokjomjonjoojo<2>ojkoj\ jokjomjonjzzz<6>zzz } frm:nextto{;sinpix a=real(p1)+imag(p1) z=pixel: q=0.707106^0.5+z r=1+imag(q)^a i=-q+r^(-0.1*r)^z t=i/q+z z=fn1(i*q^t+r*z+pixel) |z|<10 } END PARAMETER FILE================================

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Jim Muth asks, "What is the name of the large island..."
by Hal Lane 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Jim Muth asks, "What is the name of the large island just south of Antarctica?" I'm not 100% sure, but am I correct in remembering it being called South Antarctica? ;-) - Hal Lane (\__/) ######################## (='.'=) # hallane(a)earthlink.net (")_(") ########################

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john long smell long john
by Sebastien helie 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

one style msg after deep zooming. crank..this msg might be corrupted.. centre d'achat without free on firsdt in america... from bell store. serious. concentrate go south of argentina to icy antartica keep going straight into the fuzz aiming s and forget the needle thru a plane south south = New zeland. north of north pole guess buzz had a crated tare man....in comming 32 plan binary... on commodor o DO plan angular... understand completely this msg and pov is a experience withoute needle! ..spike! after east of main spike!? deciphere, i belived up or right if in new york you aiming north ... i<am aiming south so it's opposition and happiness without cmplx rnd (or a little only f 16 hex) ... good 10 sec lick a buzz by the way my second ghost smoke whas a sheep head from ... new york sewer in the winter snow2010... smiling and a japaneise canon fixing like game bat.lumixed extra large to be sure to be miniaturize here in detail... moste of my pana is gone! not gun for fun. homo!..aaa no pov-ray fractal are plan straight up right mandel_minibrot.ouou! fantasmo fract_in_pov ray like Mister Z_plan next!!! el fantasmo!!! last night i was a sweet tart i fogot angular delta! yES seriously fuzz with yourself if you can get deeper and wilder than this. my per fect ion to fuzz on the forum for a while just going here and their! with game bat at the end of buzz... No seriously a close to 10 without observable help from Jim BEsT flower... And to leave you laught at me fuzzing, it just a redesign of a trick mathematic i found in 2011... come in and out i guess or just a alea of exploration.. pov ray was serious about the fuzz base making me line up vector in the best orther possible.. cube cylindric plus a error at the middle ball..(camera angle anticipation) ...stay has high on water has possible and pop a few ibuprofene tom be sure head brat will not show... go S i work i do not suck fixed bat!! people!, i understand most crasy siko but they free the dangerous one! for the rest it far from being calm H after 32, but life suck like for starving artist ?art level Iv(4) after zero for sexual do not really take model occidental law has model! cause crime do not pay... frog the rest... i wonder how easy it can be to go high?! Sportiva dope sleep! .....seriously i whanted to scream F(ine) yes in french slam dance like usually around my computer to ini the drop scene....on bach!! a ram man inov like a really long french text kripted short in english full of licking violence and mad joke.. terrific reaction anyway from high above 10,-7.5 10 7.5 look like the usual spoon + ii brain type brocolie...zoom until fuzz then ctrl E and keep going deeper.. anyway my computer fresh work fine and is mostly happy to have a eye,s catching pov reaction easy to ..... game bat for fun (we hope)fixed fixed i haven t had the usual halucination created by bender zooming type theif and drunk but pov chess bend a little, roboshop may have a unit purple has a lie and a mystery hide the hole under black and white ass probleme with angular (encular in french *real name of game bat+cow imag*) plan mesh!bad encular mush her room!!... cplx jotd for bilingual jean is not equal to gens...jonny = i kopt it to myself aa finaly laughing at another one, ass brad and dick are real(name)! Frenchy! need explanation! how is good how<e>, ham good and good people next i fuzz alone away from exponential neg 13 bat and get to 14 encounter Bad John vision, with lot's of different sight... nice number seriously.. y=2x = what winda curve .. exp 256 is max fract int deepnest i read this somewhere.. 256..binary hexadecimal f 16 joke really? f.14.comming next uck/Df.256 must = 16 hyperboloide only and or super fragile schrim world like to add treick work also under tierazon system any version check but often end by hyperboloide for safe hard stead s.hell dance like B.J.B =fry raST FAST CHARLY AND BROWN FACING INTEL SKULL raster planete eurk non vraiment serieux j'etais tout meller apres 14 et un peu jitter, comme un math nono sa revident vite un peu the concentration pi demain un flirt, peu etre j'ai le gout de plaquoter comme une grand mere lesbienne.... 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friend 1 and I
by Sebastien helie 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Start comment=============================== Warning! Warning... since we loose flower we gonna truely start to buzz on ROBO SHOp.... erotic i always wonder what was a BOT... Boss of roboshop from a world name Koronis Rift... most likely building plok of plok calculator who build pool ball..... END comment===============================

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FOTD 18-01-12 (Lurid Revelations [7])
by Jim Muth 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

FOTD -- January 18, 2012 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I'm currently involved in trying to see what can be done with minibrots of the higher orders. In today's image I have taken a minibrot of unlikely order 11 and mixed it with some Z^2 to produce a picture I have named "Lurid Revelations". Now don't get worked up, it's not a scene from a cheap racy novel, it's a lurid red fractal featuring a mighty Z^11 minibrot at the center. As is true with so many of the fractals created by the MultiExp formula, (which I am still working on), the parent fractal is an oversized Mandelbrot set. Today's scene is located on a filament near the 'star' of the period-5 bud on the northwest shore line of the oversized parent M-set. The rating of a 7 is the most I could give the image. The colors are simply too sensationalized for the image to be rated any higher. But even a sensational scene is worth a look, so why not enjoy the action by running the included parameter file. When the image is finished, you'll be glad you did. Save time by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> Become happier by viewing it in high-definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> And remember the classic FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Today here at Fractal Central dawned with lots of clouds and a mild temperature of 43F +6C. The clouds cleared away by late morning, leading to a mostly sunny afternoon, but at the same time, a stiff breeze arose from the north, and by afternoon the temperature had dropped to freezing and was continuing to fall. The backward weather left the fractal cats puzzled. They spent an unusual amount of time on their sunny shelf, watching the flurries of leaves scurry by. The humans, who had an uneventful day, passed the time passing the time. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and what is the name of the large island just south of Antarctica? Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Lurid_Revelations { ; time=0:03:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MultiExp function=recip center-mag=-59.61919339735364/+66.26749132740244/\ 3.864291e+009 params=11/100 float=y maxiter=2750 inside=0 logmap=380 periodicity=6 colors=000c_TdXTdVSeSSePRfNQfKQgHPgFPhCOhAOj9Ml9Km\ 8Io8Gp8Er7Ct7Au68w66x64r50m50g40b40X30S30M20H20D10\ B10920B20D20F20H20K20M20O30Q30S30U30X30Z30`30b30d4\ 0f42i44k46m48o4Aq4Cs4EtFGuQJv`MwkPwvTutWtsXrqYajWb\ gVbdVcbUj9QiAShBTfCVeDWdEYbFZaG``HaZIcYJdXLfWMgUNi\ TOjSPlQQmPRoOSpMTrLUsKVuJWvIUsHTpGRmFQkFOhENeDLcCK\ `CIYBHVAFT9EQ9CN8BL79I68F66C55A437324312A19H1GO1NV\ 1Ua1`h1go1np4op6op8opAoqCoqEoqGoqIorKorMorOorQorSo\ nQnjOmgMmcKl_IkXHkUJjRLjPMiMOiKPiLRfLTdMVbMX`MYZN_\ XNaUOcSOeQOfOPhMPjKQlIQnFQoDRqBRs9Su7Sw5Sx3Rt3Qq3P\ n3Ok3Ng3Md3La3KZ3IV3GR3EN3DK3CG3BC3A83A53A13A03A45\ A97AE9FJBGOCHSEHXGIaIJfJKkLLpNMuPMzQeCmdBjdBhcBecB\ cbB`bBZbBXaBUaBS`AP`AN_AK_AI_AGZADZABYA8YD6YK4XP6X\ a7Wc9WcAVcCVcDacNhcWoceucntcmtcluckvcjwcixchycgzmg\ zmfzwezwdzwczwbzwazw`zw`zw_zzZzzYzzXzzWzzVzzVzzNzz\ FzzHzzIzzJzzLzzMzzNzzPzzQ } frm:MultiExp { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 100000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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aim positive
by Sebastien helie 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

aND Receive a stormy day, earth got enought cloud for us all!!1 say no ...guess a jupiterian Blitz HEr START PARAMETER FILE================================ a_flower_to_fly { ; mushroom, nose and flower. reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=2012_3.frm formulaname=vision corners=-3.157756/6.762251/-4.42118/3.018827 params=-6/3/0.0001/0.707106/0.001/10 outside=atan colors=zzz<3>eee<8>qfXrgWtgV<2>xgSzhQzgO<5>zaCz`Az_8<2>zX2zW0xV0<24>C60A\ 50840<3>000<25>nnnppprrr<2>xxxzzzzyy<24>zaaz``z__<2>zXXzWWxVV<24>C66A558\ 44<3>000<25>nnnppprrr<2>xxxzzzzxx<24>zCCzAAz88<2>z22z00x00<22>G00E00C00<\ 2>600400000 } frm:vision{;sinpix a=real(p1)+imag(p2) b=real(p2)+imag(p2) c=real(p3)+imag(p3) z=pixel+a: x=z/b y=z/c c=(x+y)^a d=c/y^A z=c+sqr(z)+d+pixel |z|<4 } END PARAMETER FILE=================================

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speaking to million of person
by Sebastien helie 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Speaking to zero... and 10 merci for the info.. sO Last night quaternion here had is first observable erection! it's a erotic i could send i guess cause i never been notify pov_ray binary. My finger sim haven't save the frame for today i will have to redo then i send one i forgot to post. It's a vertical fractal expression of the sinusoidal curve, i manage the color map in orther just to keep the ouside, so if you calculate it, try default and see a interior more or less clean it may depend to your calculator, (i had a few different noisy reaction here with dos and dos emulate) so... Keep in mind that if you whant to crash your computer you could use NullSoFT product with torrent GOA music, this is a negative garanty, and a possible warent. Funny i like to feel big wrighting on this forum.. 10 cool miniaturisation!! maby i post a few today, i work a lot last night but under some other prodject you may receive image from...jailsoft next to crimeware was the computer JOTD standard today. wind storm.... START PARAMETER FILE========================= different_sin { ; star heart reset=2000 type=formula formulafile=frame1.frm formulaname=uio_mza/ corners=-19.99999/20/-14.99999/15 float=y potential=120/200/10 cyclerange=1/1 colors=W0G000W7E<9>Wd5Wh4Wk3<2>Wv1Wz0Uw3<10>BMd9Ih7Fk<3>00z<11>ddzhhzkkz\ <3>zzz<31>zzz<4>zzz<11>MMMIIIFFF<3>000<7>000K00000<4>000<2>000<11>dL0hM0\ kO0<3>yV0<13>zW0zW0zW0<2>zW0zX0zZ0<9>zo0zq0zs0<2>zx0zz0zz0<11>zz0zz0zz0<\ 3>zz0<11>zMdzIhzFk<3>z0z<10>zJqzLpzMo<2>zSmzTlzWk<17>z0z } frm:uio_mza/{ z=pixel: y=1.618^(z*c) x=0.876^(1/z) h=0.770^(z+z) z=z/x/y/h } END PARAMETER FILE================================

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Fractals and Religion
by Jason Hine 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Jim closed his FOTD recently with this: >> Until then, take care and maybe the universe was >> created by a great fractal. (One of these days I'll >> reveal my beliefs about religion, but today is not the day.) I look forward to that day, which, knowing what one can know of Jim from his FOTD (and past Philofractal) offerings, will likely come in its own good time, and it will be well thought out. In the meantime, and to encourage Jim, I'd like to share some of the ideas I've been ruminating on for the past 10+ years -- I actually have old Philofractal posts from the late 90's where I'm tossing some of these ideas around with the then-active members of that list. With much encouragement from a friend, I submitted an abstract and was fortunate enough to get to present my ideas at the 2011 ASA (American Scientific Affiliation, http://network.asa3.org) Conference in Naperville, IL. The abstract is below, followed by a link to a video of my presentation. Two quick disclaimers: 1. I am a Christian, though my non-Christian friends tell me I don't fit their stereotype for Christians, which I take as a compliment. The ASA is a Christian organization. My presentation references stories from the Bible (it also references J.R.R. Tolkien and Stephen Jay Gould). If you hold great disdain for Christianity, you may not enjoy the presentation. That said, I strongly believe the ideas being presented may find resonance with ideas from many religions and philosophies... 2. I don't know if this mailing list is an entirely appropriate venue for religious or near-religious discourse... but I assume our moderator will inform us if I'm out of line. The presentation *is* Fractint-related, as all the illustrations of fractals were generated using Fractint. :-) Ok, enough yammering, here you go. Hope you enjoy, and I look forward to your comments. *Title:* The Fractal Nature of the Spiritual Journey -- A Metaphor by Jason Hine *Abstract:* *Concepts such as hope, despair, grace, love, evil, free will and faith are frequent pillars of religious discussion, but these concepts are rarely the subject of scientific thought. And this is rightly so, for science currently lacks a useful frame of reference for these and other metaphysical concepts. Such a frame of reference, if one were found, could help facilitate conversations between scientific and religious viewpoints. A study of the fractal commonly known as the Mandelbrot set suggests that certain kinds of fractals may be useful as a basis for developing a metaphorical frame of reference in which the concepts of hope, despair, etc. are likened to patterns found near the fractal’s edge. This presentation explores this potential frame of reference, starting with an abbreviated overview of the Mandelbrot set’s construction and mathematical characteristics. By taking some of these characteristics as analogous to certain aspects of the spiritual journey, key representations are developed and fashioned into a metaphorical model. Examining this metaphor reveals it as having several surprising strengths as well as severe limitations. I conclude with thoughts on the metaphor’s possible relevance and usefulness to current science-faith discussions, and I suggest ideas for further exploration.* *Presentation (Zipped WMV, 25Mb): *http://asa3.org/ASAradio/ASA2011Hine.zip -- Cheers from Mr. Tumnus! "Here... take my handkerchief." Hoofing it bare-chested since 1974.

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