FOTD -- June 16, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It is sometimes said that advertising is filled with subliminal messaging -- hidden images and sounds that act directly on the subconscious, turning the reader or viewer, without his being aware of it, into a proper consumer, who finds himself filled with unexplained and uncontrollable urges to go out and spend his hard-earned money on something he doesn't need and would be better off without. When I first heard this claim, I didn't believe it. After all, can't any child find hidden faces in clouds. The brain has a great ability to imagine familiar things in random shapes. I assumed that those who told me they saw dirty pictures in advertising illustrations simply had dirty minds. But even though I wasn't convinced that the subliminal stuff others told me about is actually there, I started looking for it in the ads in the magazines I read. I soon found enough to make a believer of me. Some of it is so obvious that it is hard to see how it can be considered subliminal. Advertising has many levels. It is filled with things that are not immediately apparent. And much of this hidden content is sexual in nature. The effect- ivness of this technique is another question, but it is curious that I see those who lived 40 years without a hand-held mobile phone now claiming that they could never survive without one. I mention subliminal advertising because I found myself scanning today's fractal for subliminal images. I found a few vague shapes that could be faces, but these are simply a demonstration that we can find faces most anywhere. Arrange any three splotches in a roughly triangular pattern and the mind will see two eyes and a mouth. Luckily, the only thing I am trying to sell is fractals. Today's image is a scene in the East Valley of the large midget on the main stem of the large midget on the main stem of the Z^(2.000000003)+C almost-Mandelbrot set. (HAH) I named it "The Emerald Kingdom" because of its colors. Once again, the image is so fractured that the breaks create the shape of the features. I rated the image at a 7. I would have given it an 8, but I have been doing quite a lot of work with similar images lately, and they are beginning to seem routine. The render time of 18 minutes is on the slow side. Full relief for the fractal delay may be found at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> With a high temperature of only 88F 31C, more breeze, less humidity, and more clouds, Wednesday was a far more pleasant day at Fractal Central, both for man and cats. The duo spent over five hours exploring the yard, and ended the day with a generous treat of tuna. Today is starting even cooler. It looks like another good day for the cats. The next in the near-endless series of FOTD fractal images will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and incredibly, we learned enough to invent computers in classrooms without computers. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheEmerald_Kingdom { ; time=0:18:04.23--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotVE-VP passes=1 float=y center-mag=-1.78577107718842300/+0.000000042225034\ 24/5.817589e+009 params=2.000000003/0/0/0/0/0/2.2/0 maxiter=10000 inside=0 outside=imag periodicity=10 colors=000O06P29R7ASCCUHEVMFWRHYVI__K`cLahOclPdqRe\ uSgzUhzVjzWkzYlz_dzVWzROyMFsI6nE0hA0gE1eH1dK2cM2aP\ 4`S4_V6_W6Y_7Wa7Vd9Ug9SjARlARnCVkCYhC`gCcdCecCh`Ck\ _CnWCqVEuSExREzOEzMEzKEzIEzFEzEEzAEz9HzCKzFLzHOzKR\ zMSzOVzRYzU_zVazYdz`eyahxdkwgluhoskrrnsoownryluzkw\ zjyzhzwgoneeedVYcLPa9H`0I_1KY4LW7MVAOVEPUHRSKSRMUP\ PVPSWOVYMY_L``KcaKecIhdHkeFngEqhEsjCwkAyl9zn9zRch2\ zM1zL1zK0zI0zI0zH0yF0xE0wE0uC0uA0s90r90q70o60o40n4\ 0l20k10j00j00h00g00e00e00d00c40a90aE1`I4_M7YR9YVCW\ _FVcIUgKUkLShLSgLSdLRcLR`MR_MPWMPVMPSMOROOOOOMOMKO\ MIOMHLOKKOLIOOHOPEOSCOUAOW9OY6P_4Pa2Pc1Pe0Pg0Pj0Pk\ 0Pl0Sj2Uh7WgAYeF`dKacOdaRe`Vh__jWclVenUjqSnrRruPuw\ OyyMzzLzzKzzWyzguzsrzzozxlyzjwlguuerrcqk`nd_l_WkUV\ jOShORgMOeLMeLKdKIcKFaIE`HA`H9_F6YE4VE1UC0SC0RA0O9\ 0M90K70K70HA0HE0FF1FI4EL6CM9EPCESFFUIHWKHYMH`PHcSI\ dVIgYKj_IkaKndKqgKrI6FL1A } frm:MandelbrotVE-VP {; Jim M. variable escape and power a=p1, z=p2, c=pixel+p3, b=sqr(real(p4)): z=z^(a)+c, |z| < b } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================