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FOTD 02-02-02 (The Primary Colors [6])
by JimMuth＠aol.com 02 Feb '02

02 Feb '02

FOTD -- February 02, 2002 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: There are three primary colors -- red, green and blue. And then there are three more primary colors -- red, yellow and blue. The first are the additive primaries, or RGB colors of a fractal on the screen; the second are the subtractive primaries, or CMYK colors of a fractal on the paper. Today's image has in it some very strong primary colors of both varieties. For this reason, I named it "The Primary Colors". The rating is only a 6. The formula behind the image is a very simple one -- Z^2.003+C, made more interesting by displaying the part of the infinite fractal that lies 1029 turns up the logarithmic hyperspiral. At this lofty height, the parent fractal resembles the Mandelbrot set rotated 180 degrees, so that the split along the negative X-axis cuts the East Valley area, which at the same time begins to broaden. The midget in the image lies deep in this fractured East Valley. The 15-minute render time is barely bearable. But impatience can be avoided by letting Scott do the rendering and downloading the image from his web site, located at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Friday featured rapid and extreme changes. The day began with dense fog, which cleared to a partly cloudy sky by 10am. A light shower passed over at 11am, then it was partly cloudy until 3pm, when a brief but strong rain squall arose. The day ended with clearing skies, high winds and falling temperatures. The high of 75F 24C was comfortable enough, but the fractal cats' outdoor time was limited by the changeable conditions. It's the start of another week-end here at Fractal Central, and I've got a lot of work to do to get the files for the FOTD CD in order. The sooner I get started, the faster progress I'll make. So until next time, take care, and have patience. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ The_Primary_Colors { ; time=0:15:14.28--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC1 function=floor passes=1 center-mag=-0.26445764184686160/-0.003322320467831\ 68/1.109666e+011/1/-42.5037/0.00146395122998561888 params=2.003/0/1029/0 float=y maxiter=6000 inside=0 logmap=298 colors=000XOjZRjaSibRidUgfUgiXfjbfmidom\ drtbtzbvzbtrZtfUrOPqIMr6Ir0Ds0At3Cv9DxFDzFFzKFyJLu\ MPpOWmS_ZZdSdjOloIrvCyz8zzCtzFjzIayLSwOIoR9hU0bX0W\ U0NR8TOGZLOcIWKFdLClF9vA6z6cz11w80nD0XJ0LP09W08_09\ X09U1AR3AO4CL6CI4FD4IA4J64M34O0CGFI9UO1iU0y_0zZ0zX\ 0zX0zW0zU0wU1tS4qS6mR9jPCgPDdOGbOI_MLXLOULPRJSOJUL\ IXIG_FGaCFd9Ff8CZS9Rm8JzLJzXCyR0tC0o00S00U00U00U00\ W00W00W00W00X00X00X00Z00Z00Z00Z13X1AX3IW3PW4RU4RU6\ RS6RS8RR8RR9RUARXARZCRaCRbDRfDRiFRjFRmGRoIRrIRvJRw\ JRzLRzLRzMRzMRzORwOOtMLqKInIFkGChE9fC6fA4f82i60l40\ o40r40v40y30z30z30z30z30z30z30z40z40z40z43z46z48z6\ Az6Cz6Fz6Iz6Jz6Mz8Oz8Rz8Uz8Wz8Zz8_z9Zz9Xz9Xz9Wz9Uz\ AUzASzARzARzARzCRzCRzCRzCRzCRzDRzDRzDRzDRzDRzDRzGR\ zIRzJRzLRzORzPRzRRzSRzURzWRzWRzWRzWRzWRzWRzWRzWRzW\ RzWRzWRzURzURzURzSRzSRzSRzSRzRRzRRzRRzPRzPRzPRzPRz\ ORzORzORzMRzIRzJRzLRzORzPRzRRzSRzWRz } frm:MandelbrotBC1 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================

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Fractals and copyrights
by Scott Mackinney 02 Feb '02

02 Feb '02

Hello Im posting a copy of a message I just posted to a fractal email list of 300 members in response to someone called Cindy Meyers. However my message was moderated and didn't make it too the list, because appartnetly the topic is a powder keg. A few messages on the topic have been discussed on the fractalus lists. So again just to explain I resisting my censor and posting a copy of my message for another list to this one. It would be appreciated if someone could copy and paste my message to this list so my message is heard. - - - - <<Some members have mentioned their growing reluctance to send UPR's to the list because of the people who don't believe that copyright applies to UPR's being sent over the internet.>> You mean, when someone has an ORIGINAL in their fractal program and they post a COPY into an email program, which then makes a COPY on the internet. So you deliberately make 2 copies of information you created. Then when everyone else on this list reads your message, they make a COPY on the local hardrive. Did you still have the original, what was stolen? Are you worse off? Is someone else richer? Can you begin to see how silly copyright looks when we have the internet. Government must find another basis for intellectual property rights. Its mass civil disobedience otherwise. <<Often they speak of freedom of information as some kind of justification.>> You have no idea about information and intellectual property, do you? Have you studied informatics? <<But UPR's aren't information, they are a work product>> What? Of course these files are information. INFORMATION: The total collection of data which has been organised so it is in a useful form and can be used to produce an idea, condition or situation. (from collins dictionary of computer terms) UPR's are therefore information. Data describing colour, shape, etc. Its the idea of what I call ART - not work product. Music is of course information which describes sounds. <<Saying that you're giving people permission to take your UPR's and use them anyway they want to because you've sent them to the list, is like saying you're giving your permission to a car thief to steal your car if you park it on a public street.>> No, no. Thats completely false. When you steal someones car, they are clearly MUCH WORSE OFF. However, making a digital copy, occurs at a negible cost. Our information technology allow for the 10000 th copy to be made at next to nothing. Physical property such as my car (if I was a dirty motorist, spewing tonnes of co2, into the atmosphere, taking a good atmosphere away from the people living in the future, cruel, tyrant - but I am not) is not able to be COPIED at no cost. Therefore in reality when you stop or object to people making digital copies, you are being cruel, because we all know sharing is best. I reject copyright holders. Profit is an inferior motive for creating art. I have a different value system than the music industry. I want no-one to profit from information. I would never pay for a newspaper, magazine, book, video, cd or any other mass media in a physical form. We dont need mass media for mass content. I'd rather not purchase disposable media on ecological grounds as well. I'd rather use my information technology. I want to see a world inspired by the diverse creativity of our cultures, rather than the crass stench of americanisation. The abandoning of copyright will bring a new period of rapid intellectual development at a global scale. Art and music will flourish in infinite abundance as information technology presents rampant piracy, practically limitless content for nothing. <<The reason that I continue to send UPR's to the list even knowing the risk involved is because if I stop doing that then the idiots win.>> You seem to be taking something personally? <<I would be allowing them to have some kind of control over what I do and don't do, I'm not willing to live that way. So I enjoy the good company of the honest folks on the list and I just don't worry about the rest. :)>> I have no intention of upsetting anyone on this list. If a few people tell me not to post anymore message I will not. The only thing I have done is express my opinions, asked a few questions and made a few comments. I like strong messages, because the meaning is clear. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com

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Fractals and copyrights
by Scott Mackinney 01 Feb '02

01 Feb '02

Hello Im posting a copy of a message I just posted to a fractal email list of 300 members. However my message was moderated and didn't make it too the list, because appartnetly the topic is a powder keg. A few messages on the topic have been discussed on the fractalus lists. So again just to explain I resisting my censor and posting a copy of my message for another list to this one. - - - - <<Some members have mentioned their growing reluctance to send UPR's to the list because of the people who don't believe that copyright applies to UPR's being sent over the internet.>> You mean, when someone has an ORIGINAL in their fractal program and they post a COPY into an email program, which then makes a COPY on the internet. So you deliberately make 2 copies of information you created. Then when everyone else on this list reads your message, they make a COPY on the local hardrive. Did you still have the original, what was stolen? Are you worse off? Is someone else richer? Can you begin to see how silly copyright looks when we have the internet. Government must find another basis for intellectual property rights. Its mass civil disobedience otherwise. <<Often they speak of freedom of information as some kind of justification.>> You have no idea about information and intellectual property, do you? Have you studied informatics? <<But UPR's aren't information, they are a work product>> What? Of course these files are information. INFORMATION: The total collection of data which has been organised so it is in a useful form and can be used to produce an idea, condition or situation. (from collins dictionary of computer terms) UPR's are therefore information. Data describing colour, shape, etc. Its the idea of what I call ART - not work product. Music is of course information which describes sounds. <<Saying that you're giving people permission to take your UPR's and use them anyway they want to because you've sent them to the list, is like saying you're giving your permission to a car thief to steal your car if you park it on a public street.>> No, no. Thats completely false. When you steal someones car, they are clearly MUCH WORSE OFF. However, making a digital copy, occurs at a negible cost. Our information technology allow for the 10000 th copy to be made at next to nothing. Physical property such as my car (if I was a dirty motorist, spewing tonnes of co2, into the atmosphere, taking a good atmosphere away from the people living in the future, cruel, tyrant - but I am not) is not able to be COPIED at no cost. Therefore in reality when you stop or object to people making digital copies, you are being cruel, because we all know sharing is best. I reject copyright holders. Profit is an inferior motive for creating art. I have a different value system than the music industry. I want no-one to profit from information. I would never pay for a newspaper, magazine, book, video, cd or any other mass media in a physical form. We dont need mass media for mass content. I'd rather not purchase disposable media on ecological grounds as well. I'd rather use my information technology. I want to see a world inspired by the diverse creativity of our cultures, rather than the crass stench of americanisation. The abandoning of copyright will bring a new period of rapid intellectual development at a global scale. Art and music will flourish in infinite abundance as information technology presents rampant piracy, practically limitless content for nothing. <<The reason that I continue to send UPR's to the list even knowing the risk involved is because if I stop doing that then the idiots win.>> You seem to be taking something personally? <<I would be allowing them to have some kind of control over what I do and don't do, I'm not willing to live that way. So I enjoy the good company of the honest folks on the list and I just don't worry about the rest. :)>> I have no intention of upsetting anyone on this list. If a few people tell me not to post anymore message I will not. The only thing I have done is express my opinions, asked a few questions and made a few comments. I like strong messages, because the meaning is clear. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com

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FOTD 01-02-02 (A Perturbed Spiral [5])
by JimMuth＠aol.com 01 Feb '02

01 Feb '02

FOTD -- February 01, 2002 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's quickie image of a perturbed Mandelbrot set is a return to the type of fractals that I was producing 10 years ago. The ghost bud in the background and spectacular foreground spiral are things that appear very frequently in the perturbed M-sets. I have explained this 2-layer effect several times in past FOTD's. All of the explanations will appear on the FOTD-CD which now appears on the way to actual realization. I have recovered all but 6 of the FOTD discussions and even some fractal stuff that I posted before I started the FOTD. Today's image is named "A Perturbed Spiral" purely as a description. I rated it an average 5 because I've done this kind of image so many times before. The render time of 6-1/2 minutes is but a modest time to wait for the 5-rated image to appear, but if this time is not modest enough, the finished GIF image can be picked up in a few minutes from Scott's web site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Wednesday was sunny and 75F 24C. The cats were happy. Thursday it was drizzly and 43F 6F. The cats were not happy. It appears that today will be cloudy and warm with showers. The fractal cats' ultimate mood remains to be seen. My mood, which is fairly good already, will improve when the necessary work is finished, and I can get busy on the FOTD CD. I'll return in 24 hours with the next quick FOTD. Until then, take care, and after a wait of several years, the pictures of the fractal cats as well as myself will appear on the FOTD-CD. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Perturbed_Spiral { ; time=0:06:27.72--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.7182\ 313/-0.2102558/3750.97/1/-140/-1.2034831464724504\ 7e-011 params=0.7682644862208931/1.011281237220374 float=y maxiter=144000 inside=255 logmap=yes symmetry=none colors=060zzRzzPzzOzzJzzHzzGzzEzzCzz\ AzzGzzJzzOzzTzzXzz`zzezuizqmzlszhwzdzzhuzlozpizsdz\ wZzzTzzOzzJzzEzz8zz2zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0xw0ql0i`0bT0\ XM0RG0VK0XM0ZO0bQ0dR0eT0iV0kX0m`0ob0sd0uf0vh0zj0zl\ 0zn0zq0zs0zu0zw0zy0zz0zz0zz0zq2zdHqRXgEkZ6y`6w`Awb\ CubGudIudMseQseRsgVqgXqi`qidokfokjmmlmmpmoskoukqyk\ qziszisziuzZvzPxzGzz4zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zy0zu0zs0zp0zn\ 0zj0zh0zd0zb0zZ0zX0zT0zR0zO0zM0zI0zG0zC2zA2z64z64z\ 64x68x6Ax6Ex6Gx6Jx6Lx6Px6Rx6Vx6Xx6`x6bv6ev6gv6kv6m\ v6qu6st6ws6yr6zq6zq6zq6zn6zj6zf6yb6u_6qY6mW6iW6eU6\ bS9bQ9bOAbMCbKEbKEbIGbGIbEKbCKbCMbCOdDOeDRgDVkBZsC\ bzAdzAfzBfzGhzKjzOlzTlzXnz`pzeqziqzmszquzuwzxwzvwz\ vwzvwzvwzuwzuwzuwzuwzswzswzswzswzswzqwzqwzqwzqwzow\ zowzowzowzowzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmyzmyzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwz\ mwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwzmwz060 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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No FOTD today!
by JimMuth＠aol.com 01 Feb '02

01 Feb '02

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: There will be no FOTD for January 31. I am going through my old e-mail files, extracting the FOTD posts, so that I can determine which ones are missing. When I know which FOTD's I still need, I will download them from Paul's web site, which hopefully will stay up until I finish. I am doing this because I am once again having serious thoughts of producing that long-talked-about FOTD-CD. Jim M.

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