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Monitor display question
by PCMASPEC＠cs.com 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

I don't know if this is the proper protocol to try to get an answer for a problem I'm having, but I'll send it and see what happens. I am trying to run FRACTINT 20.0 in a machine that has a Pentium 5 processor, 512M of memory and MicroSoft XP Pro as the operating system. My video chips are GeForce4 MX440, BIOS 4.17.00.28. Fractint works at 640x480x256, but when I try to choose 800x600x256, I get two clicks and a blank screen out of the monitor. ESC takes me back to the Fractint menu. 800x600 is my normal screen resolution for everything else under WinXP Pro. Can anyone tell what I need to do to get this to work? Thanks Richard M Teeter

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FOTD 25-04-04 (Illusory Minibrot [5])
by Jim Muth 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

FOTD -- April 25, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: All creation is an illusion. 'Reality' is a human invention. This is especially true with the visual semi-realities we know as fractals. Rational skeptics will disagree, irrational mystics will agree, but proof or disproof is part of the illusion, so none of this will mean a thing. The big question remains, 'what is the human mind?' Today's harmless image was created by combining various negative portions of Z^(-1.5) and Z^(-5.1), and adding (1/C). I named it "Illusory Minibrot" because the image, like all fractals and indeed all math, is an artifact of the way the human mind functions. Then I studied the image for a few minutes, and after deciding that it lacks something, I rated it at an average 5. I did not concern myself with what it is that the image lacks. When I considered the running time of 6-1/2 minutes, the overall value came in at a 76, which makes running the parameter file not a total waste. There's not much more to be said about today's FOTD other than the fastest way to see and hopefully enjoy it is to download the finished image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Bright sun and mild temperatures gave the cats an enjoyable day in the yard on Saturday. Clouds and cooler temperatures will make today less enjoyable. The good news is that the next FOTD will appear right here in less than 24 hours. Until then, take care, and fractals hold the wisdom of the ages. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Illusory_Minibrot { ; time=0:06:33.81--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.13020483280054180/-2.013785067982037\ 00/1897110/1/-132.5/5.76382413255971393e-008 params=-1/-1.5/-0.29/-5.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=124 periodicity=10 colors=000MTMLVOKXPKYRJ_SIaUIcVHdXGfYGg_Fi`EjbEkcD\ leCmfCohBpiAqkArl9sn8uo8vq7wr6xt6yuCvvHsvMqvRnwXlw\ aiwfgxkdxpbxjhsknnmtiyzdwybux`swZqvYotWmrUkpSioRgm\ PelNfkMfiKfgIfeGggFghDgiBgkAhkCiiDhgEgeFedGdbHb`Ib\ ZJbXKcWLcUMdSOdQPePQeNRfLSfJTgHUgGVhEWhCXiAYi9ZiGV\ iNRiUNi`JigFinChoCgpCgpCfqCfrCerCesCdsCdtCcuCbuCbv\ CavCawC`xC`xC_yC_yCaqBbjBdcBeXBgQBhJBfHEdGHbFK`DNZ\ CQXBTVAWT8ZR7aP6dO5gN4hM4hL4hL3hK3hJ3hI3hI2hH2hG2i\ G1iF1iE1iD1iD0iC0iB0iB0iA4g97e8Bc7Ea7H_6LY5OW4SU3V\ S3YRCVWLT_UQdbOh`Qi_RiYTiXUiVVjUXjSYjRZjP`jOakMckL\ dkKekIgkHhlFilEklCllBnl9om8pm6rm5sm4tm8piClfFhcJd`\ M`YQXVTTRXPO_LLcHIfDFj9Cm59kAAjEAiIAgNAfRBeVBc_Bbc\ BagC_lCZpCYtCXxCWyBWzBXzBYzBZzB_zBbzBezBhzBkzBnzBq\ zBtzBwzBzzBzzBzzBzzBzzBzzBzzBzzBzzBzzCzzDzzDzzEzzF\ zzFzzGzzHzzHzzIzzJzzJzzKzzLzzLzzMzzMzzNzzOzzOzzPzz\ PzzQzzczzgzzczz_zzXzzTzzP } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================

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Oh No! Not again!
by Chris Curnow 25 Apr '04

25 Apr '04

Hi folks, You're going to kill me for this one! I've been going back through the posts to find the answer but I think it was all discussed about two years ago and those posts have gone! I've just been upgraded to Win XP. No Fractint! Please! Someone tell me how to create a boot disk for Dos from XP! If that's not do-able what must I do? I'm not, by any means, an operating system guru so, if you feel like replying, please aim at a twelve year old thicko! (I can tie my laces, look mum!) Chris

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FOTD 24-04-04 (An Evaporated Scene [6])
by Jim Muth 24 Apr '04

24 Apr '04

FOTD -- April 24, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is another 'evaporated' one. It is basically one big black hole, nothing but the empty space left over when all the material in this particular universe has disintegrated. It could be the first signs of the cold death of ultimate entropy that the cosmologists now tell us will be the ultimate fate of the physical universe that we all know and some of us love so well. The expression being iterated combines Z^(-2.7) with Z^(-7.2) and adds (1/C) to create the parent fractal. This parent defies description, as do so many fractals. But it has one feature that I found a bit unusual -- a tiny area of chaos entirely enclosed in a negative-exponent shapeless blob. Within this chaos I found a midget. In the southern suburbs of this midget I found another midget. After trying several outside options, I evaporated the scene and rendered the remains with the bof61 option. The result is today's image, which I have rated at a 6. When the render time of 6-1/2 minutes is figured in, the overall value rates a 92. The name, "An Evaporated Scene", is a mere description. Things such as render times and overall values can be ignored by downloading the image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Friday's weather here at Fractal Central was mostly sunny with a temperature of 82F 28C. The thunder held off until evening, and by that time the dynamic cats were in for the day. The storm was minor, with light rain, light wind, and not even enough thunder to send the cats scampering for cover. Hopefully, today will be a repeat. It's once again the week-end -- time to try as hard as possible to have a relaxing time of it. Unfortunately, as soon as I find some spare time, I usually fill it with fractals, the next of which will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if I come back to earth, I want to do it as a fractal. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ AnEvaporated_Scene { ; time=0:06:32.94--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.53891493182580860/+0.706973166708245\ 30/8.457311e+010/1/70/-4.60000456888737252e-005 params=1/-2.7/0.375/-7.2/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000nBorAp_EhIIaRVQ_gFht4oi3_SCKALLFFMK9NO4o\ pHn`EmLCl5AdAAXEAPJAHNAARAJPHSNN`LUhJ_SdUCyOEnUFdZ\ GVcHLhMNjRPlVQm_SocTphVrlWsjHpi3mc5nY7nS9nMAnGCnAE\ n4FnDMbLTRIQPFOOCMMAJL7HJ4FI2DHEQPPaXUcVYdTafRegQi\ hOmjMqkKulJmgIfbHZYGSTFLOFQPKVQP_RTdSYiTanUfrVjrZm\ raprdrrgurjxrmzrnirnTloXfo``pcVpgQpjUIbYEQaBEWECRH\ AMK8HN6CN47T2200FL8RLGcGOfCVnEWnGXmIYmKZmM_lO`lQal\ SazwRUrJ0oCKUTNSNVVIaUDj`8faBtYD_cGWdITkLPfNMgPFbL\ 9YH3TD9ZGEdJJiM`oYrthrpjrmkrilrfmrbnr_orWprTqpVnnX\ klZhj_fhacfc`deYcfWSlZGra4wd4Uv6Vs8WpAXmCYjEZgF_d7\ fW0mN8fRG`VOUZWObcIfZBVU5KV6HW6FX6DY6BZ78_76`74`72\ cA8fDEiGKlJQoMWrPauSgwUlrPimKfhGdcBaZ6ZU2XV7_VCaWH\ cWLeVVVVdLVmBb`HjPNrCTz0Yv5ZsAZpF_lK_iP`fU`7GO9NLB\ TJDZGFeEHkBJq9OlCSgEWcH_ZJcULgQOkLQoHSgEU_BWS8YK5_\ C2`J6YQAWXETcIRjLPfJRbHSZFUVDVRBXN9YJ7_F6`W6Wk6S_5\ TP4UD3V23VGCYUL_gUafXVjCm } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================

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Re: [Fractint] Reading Digests
by nick.grasso＠hrads.com 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

Vortex Swirling <vortexswirling(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: >>>The question comes to mind, if this is the way I want it then why don't I just receive individual mails and place them in separate mailboxes. This could work but there are some drawbacks. First is that the increased individual items makes managing spam with MailWasher much more difficult. <<< I'm not familiar with MailWasher, but can't you just tell it to let through anything with [Fractint] in the header? You don't get spam that contains [Fractint] do you? Most all the mailing lists I belong to put their name in brackets like that. Nick

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FOTD 23-04-04 (Star and a Half [5])
by Jim Muth 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

FOTD -- April 23, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's relatively harmless image takes us into the world created by combining portions of Z^(-1.8) and Z^(-8.1), then adding (1/C). To decide how much Z^(-8.1) to include, I simply divided 1.8 by 8.1. I doubt that this procedure has any special significance on the appearance of the resulting fractal, but doing it is kind of fun, and above all else, fractals should be fun. The image shows a midget (nothing unusual in that) located in a node on a zig-zag filament in a valley of the humdrum parent. I rendered the scene in the conventional manner (nothing unusual in that either) and named it "Star and a Half". I can give no good reason for the name other than it sounds poetic. Since everything about the image is normal and it takes 5-1/2 minutes to render, I rated it at a 5, which is as average as it is possible for a 'Fractal of the Day' to be. When the render time is taken into consideration, the overall value rates a 91. The task of copying this letter into the Fractint directory with a .par extension and running it as a parameter file may be avoided by going to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and downloading the GIF image from there. The rain held off Thursday, letting the cats have a pleasant afternoon in the yard. When the time arrived to come inside for dinner, they did so without complaint, settling to sleep only 5 minutes after eating. Today is starting sunny but oppressive -- the kind of day that produces thunder, which the cats do not enjoy. We will see how it goes. We also will see how the dynamic duo takes to the hordes of 17-year cicadas that are soon to make their appearance in the Fractal Central vicinity. Their holes are already starting to appear in the ground under the trees. These bugs come out by the millions every 17 years, doing little harm but making a terrible racket for a month or so. When they die, their dead bodies literally make eight-inch-deep cicada drifts in the gutters. When the cicadas last appeared in 1987, Squeaky and Little One, the predecessors of the present dynamic duo were overwhelmed. Things will be less overwhelming for me when the work is behind me, but to bring that about will require around 4 hours' effort. Until next time, take care, and fractals are clearly infinite, but unfortunately, people are not. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com jimmuth(a)aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Star_and_a_Half { ; time=0:05:29.11--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.94988892809340500/-0.005789089823096\ 38/7552786/1/-92.5/-1.21952945740522178e-006 params=1/-1.8/0.22/-8.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=100 periodicity=10 colors=000XUCZXH`ZMaaQccVde_fhcgjhilmjoqlnvmoznqzn\ rzntznuznvznwzkxzhyzewzbwz_wzXwzUXTR`XOc`LfdJihNcj\ QYkd`tZYmTWaNUaISSCQP6EC1OD3RH5VK6XN8`RAbUBeXDg`Fj\ cGlfHmdInbJoaKo_LpZMqXNrWOrUPsTQtRQtQJqIDnA7l3Kn9X\ pFhrLjkOkdQlYSmSUnLXoEZzY`j1bp7_pDXoJVoPSnVPn`NmfK\ mgIhhJciK_jK5kc9leEkgIkiNkjRjlWjn_jpdirhismiuqhwvh\ yzhzvgxsfwpfvleuidtfdsccr_bqXbpUaoR`nN`mK_lHZkEZjJ\ afNdbRg_VjW_mScpPgsLkvImqJnlJpgJqcKsZKtUKvQLwLLyGL\ zCLyFKyHKyKKxMKxOKxRKxTKwVJwYJw_JvaJvdJvfJvhJsfOpe\ SmcWjc_gcddchaclZcpWctXcrXcpXcnXclXcjXchXcgYceYccY\ caYc_YcYYcWYcVicJdcM`cPWcRScUNcWJcZEcaAcc5cf1chWca\ Zc``c_bdYeeXgfWigVfhVciV`jVYkVVlVNmLFnB8o17p96qG6r\ O5sV5tb4ui4vp7woAxoDynGznJzmLzmOzlRzlUzkXzkZzjazjd\ zigzijzhlzhezd_z`UzXOzUIzQCzM6zJDzIJzIPzHVzH`zHbzS\ dzbfzmgzwVzqIzl5zgEzdMzbVz_bzYjzWdzX_zXVzXQzXLzXGz\ XBzX6zX1zX7zTCzQHzMNzJSzF } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================

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Re: Reading Digests
by gnome＠hawaii.rr.com 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

Better still, look for the "Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com" in the FROM field, then all of us be freed from the wasteful practice of sticking the list name in the subject line. David gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: nick.grasso(a)hrads.com Date: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:47 am Subject: Re: [Fractint] Reading Digests > > Vortex Swirling <vortexswirling(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: > > >>>The question comes to mind, if this is the way I want it then > why don't > I just receive individual mails and place them in separate > mailboxes. This > could work but there are some drawbacks. First is that the increased > individual items makes managing spam with MailWasher much more > difficult.<<< > > I'm not familiar with MailWasher, but can't you just tell it to > let through > anything with [Fractint] in the header? You don't get spam that > contains[Fractint] do you? Most all the mailing lists I belong to > put their name in > brackets like that. > > Nick > > > _______________________________________________ > Fractint mailing list > Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint >

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Re: [Fractint] Reading Digests
by Vortex Swirling 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

Never mind. There is an option in Eudora Options/Attachments then check Receive MIME Digest as a Mailbox Attachment. After doing that the Fractint Digest comes with the index at the top and then a link to a .mbx file. Clicking on that link creates a virtual mailbox with all the individual subjects in it. This doesn't work with Yahoo Group Digests since they aren't in a MIME format. I don't know why the do this but I'm sure they aren't going to change it just for me. The question comes to mind, if this is the way I want it then why don't I just receive individual mails and place them in separate mailboxes. This could work but there are some drawbacks. First is that the increased individual items makes managing spam with MailWasher much more difficult. Secondly, if I get behind in my email, depending on what list it is I just delete the whole digest. (Never a Fractint one, though ;) Not even to mention the increased overhead. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.665 / Virus Database: 428 - Release Date: 4/21/2004

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Murphy's Secret
by Private Instigator 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Paul N. Lee wrote: > I wrote: > > > > Paul N. Lee wrote: > > > > > > Both the spelling and the link are good. > > > And according to the access logs, several > > > different host addresses have been to the > > > page. What type of message are you getting?? > > > > I think you're trying to solve the wrong problem. > > > > Quite possible. There did not seem to be enough information from the > 'User' for me to determine specifics of what was really going on. I > assumed it was just an access problem to the webpage. The access problem has more to do with creatures of habit that like doing what works before they start experimenting and another element of psychology that makes people into great imitators that only get better when you challenje them. My own rule of thumb is that code doesn't belong in English text, and I'm not sure about Universal Resource Locators in e-mail (it would certainly be a refreshing change to see them omitted when. A rule for OKpists is similar in that numbers are spelt out, and I doubt that Googol ato1en squared twice is sufficiently distinct from a Universal Resource CONNECT 33600/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS IN APPEARANCES! (snip)...While I was waiting, I got a good idea on a thinly related topic. Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage. If you ever get a refurbished or second-hand computer, then chances are you'll get some surprises in the configuration. I got that quotation from a program that I moved over a patch cable from my old computer (and I still haven't done that completely, because I didn't discover fmirror until _after_ I had done a lot of typing). Lewis' Law: No matter how long or hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper. Dhu prohgram iz uv kohrs fild with sumthing akin to wut QOTD (Kwohtayshun uv dhu day) iz fild with, but speshalized, soh I wawnted tuu enshure dhat QOTD had ol dhu stuf frum "Murphy.exe". Within _dhat_ wuz an intenshunal ridl. I ran it with MURPHY /? and ol it tohld me wuz wut it just hapend tuu tel me for the first tuu weeks: "Nature sides with the hidden flaw". Dohn't ask me why, but I kut dhe swic kaarakter when I ran the prohgram again. Sumtiim layter, I manajed to piip dhee entire list of kwotayshunz, no formatting, intuu a fiil. So, why am I spoiling this? Simply, because I think that answering this riddle will be rare, this archive isn't on google (which is an economic riddle, due the sheer volume of storaje required to duplicate the internet), there's at least half a douze riddles in the basic operation of FRACTINT, and you can square that for the purposes and questions of direction in programming. The point is simply dhat I _prefer_ doing without swichez, whic mainly serv to let you name files in an obvious fashion when you should be avoiding that. As far as I can see, FRACTINT doesn't hav them. In jerman, someone avoided "doppeltgemopelt" or unnecessary redundancy. (I olsoh happen to hayt prohgrams that dohn't ask for parameterz when thay ar reekwired. It's just a link to a formatted payj. Noh reezon iz tuu skrimp on fiil-space wen it kumz tuu dhe dokyuumentashun in playn tekst).

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re: Dynamic real, and static imaginary, eyc.
by Hugo 23 Apr '04

23 Apr '04

I think rudy rucker uses this in his cubic connectedness map cubic mandelbrot formula. It has six parameter spaces. -david ----- Original Message ----- From: <fractint-request(a)mailman.xmission.com> To: <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 6:27 AM Subject: Fractint Digest, Vol 14, Issue 7 > Send Fractint mailing list submissions to > fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > fractint-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > fractint-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Fractint digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: FOTD 15-04-04 (Land of Fractals [5]) (SherLok Merfy) > 2. Re: FOTD 15-04-04 (Land of Fractals [5]) (James R. McKenzie) > 3. FOTD 16-04-04 (Image of Springtime [5]) (Jim Muth) > 4. nntp:/news.admin.net-abuse.sightings (SherLok Merfy) > 5. Re: FOTD 15-04-04 (Land of Fractals [5]) (Paul N. Lee) > 6. Re: FOTD 16-04-04 (Image of Springtime [5]) (Paul N. Lee) > 7. FOTD 17-04-04 (Polyester Minibrot [7]) (Jim Muth) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:00:43 -0600 (MDT) > From: SherLok Merfy <brewhaha(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> > Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTD 15-04-04 (Land of Fractals [5]) > To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion > <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Cc: philofractal(a)lists.fractalus.com > Message-ID: > <Pine.A41.3.95.1040415094447.29258D-100000(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Jim Muth wrote: > (...) > > frm:OblateMix2 {; Jim Muth > > z=real(pixel)+flip(real(p3)), > > c=fn1(flip(imag(pixel)))+imag(p3), > (...) > Dynamic real, and static imajinary -- then vice-versa. Nobody has > a monopoly on stuff that only they know how to work (or read, as the case > may be), but even if the formula doesn't spred, that's an interesting > idea. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:56:51 -0400 > From: "James R. McKenzie" <jimmckenzie(a)earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTD 15-04-04 (Land of Fractals [5]) > To: "Fractint and General Fractals Discussion" > <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Message-ID: <000901c4231b$698d8cf0$09fb1743@yourxhtr8hvc4p> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > This only rates a "5"? I wish I could run Fractint in XP (Been there tried > that, no go) so I could do a 3D transform of the image and see what comes up > or "out" as it were. 8-{> > > BTW if anyone does a 1280x1024 of this e-mail me, I'd like a copy. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Muth" <jamth(a)mindspring.com> > To: <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Cc: <philofractal(a)lists.fractalus.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:52 AM > Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 15-04-04 (Land of Fractals [5]) > > > > > > FOTD -- April 15, 2004 (Rating 5) > > > > Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: > > > > Today's image takes us into the fourth dimension. I have always > > been fascinated by the fourth dimension. I was not yet a > > teen-ager when, having just finished a book, (I think its name > > was "One, Two, Three, Infinity..."), I asked my father where the > > fourth dimension is, and, thinking of relativity, he told me > > that it is in the past and the future. This was not a very > > satisfactory answer. The past and future are time, not space. > > I wanted to know where the fourth dimension of space is. He > > then explained to me that as far as we know, there is no fourth > > spatial dimension, and even if there were, we would perceive it > > in three-dimensional terms. > > > > This is the problem. We are brain-washed to perceive our > > surroundings as a three-dimensional world. We have not been > > wired to perceive a four-dimensional space, and it is too late > > to change that. If we were suddenly dropped into a four- > > dimensional world, we would not see the fourth dimension. We > > would see a three-dimensional world that obeyed different rules. > > Solid objects would change shape as we watched; objects would > > appear and vanish. We would think the world had gone crazy. We > > would probably go crazy ourselves, (as some say I already have), > > but we would be no closer to visualizing the fourth dimension. > > > > Even now, we are able to fully visualize and understand the > > shadows that would be cast by four-dimensional objects onto the > > three-dimensional surface of our space. A 4-D hypersphere would > > cast a spherical shadow if the ray of light fell perpendicularly > > onto our space. If the light struck our space at an angle, we > > would see an oblate spheroid, the eccentricity of which would > > vary with the angle of the ray of light. But even though we > > understand all of this, we are still totally unable to visualize > > the hypersphere that would be casting the shadow. > > > > We can also know and fully visualize the three-dimensional > > slices of four-dimensional objects. The 4-D hypercube may be > > sliced to give many curious prisms, as well as a tetrahedron and > > an octahedron, and of course the expected cube. But even this > > is of no help in our quest to realize the fourth dimension. > > > > Our lack of visualizing ability is curious. We can program our > > computers to 'think' in four dimensions almost as easily as in > > three. We could even give them three-dimensional screens on > > which to better display the 4-D worlds they would have no > > trouble in manipulating. Of course, we would then be unable to > > view the 3-D screens in the proper manner, from outside our > > space. We would of necessity need to view the screens > > 'edge-on'. We appear to be forever doomed, trapped in a world > > of three dimensions, while able to know of the far greater > > vistas that would lie before us if only we could rewire our > > minds. > > > > Since our minds are not about to be rewired, it's best we turn > > to today's image. > > > > Today's image is a two-dimensional slice of a four-dimensional > > object. In this case, the object is the 4-D Julibrot created by > > iterating the formula (1/Z)-Z+C. I have sliced the Julibrot in > > what I call the Oblate direction, which is determined by the > > imaginary C and real Z axes. > > > > The picture has a certain surreal quality about it, which > > inspired the above outburst about higher dimensions. It could > > almost be something we might see if we were suddenly dropped > > into a four-dimensional space. This is why I named the picture > > "Land of Fractals". > > > > Since the image is such a departure from my usual fractal fare, > > I was not sure how to rate it. I finally decided on a rating of > > an average 5. The short render time of 2-1/2 minutes raises the > > overall value to a mighty 202. > > > > An alternate way of seeing the other-worldly scene is to > > download it from the FOTD web site at: > > > > <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> > > > > Light rain fell steadily all day Wednesday here at Fractal > > Central, keeping the fractal duo confined to the indoors. Even > > if it had not been raining, the temperature of 50F 10C would > > have been a bit chilly for their sensitive ears. Today is > > starting windy and chilly, but sunny. We'll see how the > > dynamic fractal cats take these conditions. > > > > For me it's work before play. The problem comes in separating > > the two. Until tomorrow's FOTD, take care, and most likely it's > > fractals all the way down. > > > > > > Jim Muth > > jamth(a)mindspring.com > > jimmuth(a)aol.com > > > > > > START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ > > > > Land_of_Fractals { ; time=0:02:28.69--SF5 on a P200 > > reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm > > formulaname=OblateMix2 function=ident passes=1 > > center-mag=-4.55271/3.10114/0.6584367/8.9718/-11.2\ > > 262659607652502/29.222244310548934 > > params=1/-1/-1/1/1/-0.2 float=y maxiter=1200 > > inside=255 logmap=yes periodicity=10 > > colors=000Di`Ei_FiZFhZGhYGhXHhWHhWHhWU_`fRfuHlsIkr\ > > JjpKjmLiUdkUckUbjUaiU`hU_gUZfUYeUXdUWcUWcUVbUVbUUa\ > > TUaST`QT`RS_PS_NRZMRZKQYJQYHPXGPXENWDLWBIVAGV8EU7C\ > > U8ET9MTANSBOSBPRCQRDRQETQFUPFWPGYOH_NIaMIcLJeKKgJL\ > > iIMkIMmINoIOqIPsINsHPtIQtIStITuJVuJWuJYvKZvK`vKawL\ > > cwLdwLfwLgxMixMjxMlyNmyNoyNpzOrzOszOtzOuvPusPupPum\ > > PvjPvgPvdPvaPubRtcTscVrdXqdZpe_oeanfcnfemgglgikhjj\ > > hliinhipgjrfhygjshlninhjpckrZltTmvOnxJozDpz8pz3lxE\ > > hrPdm_`gjYcvXbtXbsXbrXbqWbpWboWbnWbmVbkVbjVbiVbhUb\ > > gUbfUbeUbdUbcW`bY_bZZb`YbaWbcVbeUbfTbhRbiQbkPblObj\ > > NahNafM`dM`bL_`L_ZKZXKZVJYTJYRIXPIXNHWLHWJGVHGVFFU\ > > DFUBET9ET7DS5DS8GTBITELTGNTJQTMSTOVURXUU_UWaUZdUaf\ > > UgkVchU_fUXdTTbTQ`SMYSIWRFURBSQ2UJ8QQEMWKIbQEjPFhP\ > > GgPHfPIeOJdOKbOLaOL`NM_NNZNOYNPWNQVMRUMRTMSSMTQLUP\ > > LVOLWNLXMHUMLXLP_KTbJXeJ_gIcjHgmHkpGosFstCruFrvIrw\ > > LqxNqyQqzTqzWpzYpz`pzccwz } > > > > frm:OblateMix2 {; Jim Muth > > z=real(pixel)+flip(real(p3)), > > c=fn1(flip(imag(pixel)))+imag(p3), > > a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2): > > z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+c, > > |z| <= 100 } > > > > END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fractint mailing list > > Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:45:46 -0400 > From: Jim Muth <jamth(a)mindspring.com> > Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-04-04 (Image of Springtime [5]) > To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.20040416104907.0d67ef6e(a)pop.mindspring.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > FOTD -- April 16, 2004 (Rating 5) > > Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: > > A longer version of today's discussion appears on the > philofractal list. > > Today's image, which combines various unlikely negative portions > of Z^(-1.4) and Z^(-14), has a certain feeling of springtime to > it. Since the season here in the Northern Hemisphere is in fact > spring, I named the picture "Image of Springtime". > > The shades of pink and white could be apple or cherry blossoms. > The greens could be the newly emerged leaves. The blues, of > course, are nothing but the blue of a clear springtime sky. > > It's a relatively harmless image, not stressful to look at, one > that I have rated a 5. The render time of under 4 minutes > raises the overall value to 135. The finished product is > available on the FOTD web site at: > > <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> > > Thursday was a good day here at Fractal Central. Warm sun, > cloudless skies, moderate winds and a temperature of 63F 17C > gave the dynamic duo a very pleasant afternoon in the yard. > When evening arrived, they came inside without urging. Today > promises to be even warmer. I expect another good day. > > The work is moderate today. Hopefully, the next fractal will > be of above moderate quality . Until next time, take care, > and the fractals never end. > > > Jim Muth > jamth(a)mindspring.com > jimmuth(a)aol.com > > > START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ > > Image_ofSpringtime { ; time=0:03:42.48--SF5 on a P200 > reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm > formulaname=mandelbrotmix4 function=recip passes=1 > center-mag=+1.46839349750336400/+0.281643707741821\ > 60/9.037591e+009/1/-19.9987125907157584/-0.0014716\ > 5417249400798 params=-4.5/-1.4/-0.9/-14/0/0 float=y > maxiter=550 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 > colors=000jKKhKKfKKdKKgMRkCTnBV1_X0ZZ0Z`0ZbLfhzvsz\ > vsyqoymlyiiyefy`byX_yTXyPUyLRwJTuIVsGXqFZoE_kCvnBl\ > i9hg8fe7hc5ja4l`3mb2Zc1Kd15c58c9BcDDcHGcLIcPLcTOcX\ > Qc`TcdVchYcl_dlXelUflSflPglNhlKplHwlFjlCjlAkmHlmNk\ > hPkcQkZSkUTkPVjKWjFYjAZj5`j1al4_m6Zo9YpBXrDWsGUuIT\ > vKSxNRyPQzRPvTQrVQoXRkZRh_RdaSacSYeTVgTRhTOjUKlUHn\ > VDpVAqVDpTFoRHnPJmNMlLOkKQjISiGVhEXgCZfA`e9XbHU_PR\ > XXOUdLRkPPhSNeVLbYJ_`HXdFUgDRjBOm9Lp7IqCIrGIrKIsOI\ > tSItWIu_IucInZHhUGbPFWKEQFDKBCQIIWPOaWUgb_miespjnn\ > jjmjeljajjXijThjX_d_R_cIUfBPaGSXLVTPXOU_JZbFbdNd`U\ > eXagThhPoiMlcGiYBfS6dM1YN6SOBMPGFQL9RQ3RUYh0kQMy8g\ > vCesGdpKbnNakR`hVZeZYcaXFS0wk5phDjeKdbRZ`YSYeMVlGS\ > sAQzBOwCMtDKrEIoFGlGEjHCgHAeEIhCQk9Yn7dpAcqCcrEcsH\ > btJbuLbuM_mNYfOW_PUTQRMRPFSN8TL1XL7`LCcLHWONPRTHUZ\ > SqcSqcJ`bOcbSeaWg`KMKKOMKQOMSQ0UN3WM6YK9_ICaHFcFIe\ > DLgCNiOOkXQm`RocNqf5si4ul } > > frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth > a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), > g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, > k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): > z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, > |z| < l } > > END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:01:45 -0600 (MDT) > From: SherLok Merfy <brewhaha(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> > Subject: [Fractint] nntp:/news.admin.net-abuse.sightings > To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion > <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Cc: philofractal(a)lists.fractalus.com > Message-ID: > <Pine.A41.3.95.1040416091435.45044C-100000(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > (...) > > Jim Muth wrote: > > > (248 junkers arrived since 11:30pm > > > last evening.) .........maybe I'll > (...) > On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Paul N. Lee wrote of Earthlink's spam blocker: > > In that way you will never have to download the junk-email at all. > > You must know that the filters aren't that reliable. They begin > with a bunch of sites that are basically avowed spammers. My address is > about as old as Jim's, I post on USENET without a munged address, and yet > my spam load is about a fifth. > > The source of the difference is that my posts to nanas [NG > shorthand] are declining in favour of carefully looking at the headers for > the offender's site and notifying the postmaster at that site (forwarding > complete headers). (Some people would tell you that abuse@ that site is > the person to tell, but I don't think it makes a lot of difference). > > No better way is to get on the more important cut-lists, than > to let a spammer know that you report and that your reports get contracts > cancelled (especially if they're not alone). > > ...which reminds me of imagelinkusa.net They seem to hav a Master > Of Business Administration at their helpdesk, so I should check out the > Mail Abuse Prevention System to see if they're already listed, and if they > are then see if MY helpdesk has any idea how we might use the real-time > black-hole list. > > The discussion group in the hierarchy is > news:/news.admin.net-abuse.email > > I'm dead set against letting spammers chase ME around. If I get > tired of it, then I drop the internet connection (if not the computer) for > a while longer than usual, but the address won't change if I hav anything > to say about it, and all I hav to say about that is that hiding your > e-mail address doesn't work forever, and running (changing) it doesn't > work for long. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:03:52 -0500 > From: "Paul N. Lee" <Paul.N.Lee(a)Worldnet.att.net> > Subject: [Fractint] Re: FOTD 15-04-04 (Land of Fractals [5]) > To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > Cc: philofractal(a)lists.fractalus.com > Message-ID: <408011F8.3C92(a)Worldnet.att.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > James R. McKenzie wrote: > > > > This only rates a "5"? > > I too feel that it should have been rated much higher. The unusual > images such as these are quite nice to see. > > > > > I wish I could run Fractint in XP (Been > > there tried that, no go) so I could do a > > 3D transform of the image and see what > > comes up or "out" as it were. 8-{> > > I have seen some Win-XP systems running FractInt produce an image on the > monitor that is basically a jumble of pixels. But after it has finished > rendering, if the "S" key is pressed to save the image to a directory > path, then viewing that image with some graphic editor shows it is not > the mess from the screen, and is the correctly formatted fractal > graphic. > > > > > BTW if anyone does a 1280x1024 of this > > e-mail me, I'd like a copy. > > Try running FractInt at that resolution, then save the image to disk > afterwards and see what you get. > > > Sincerely, > P.N.L. > ------------------------------------------------- > http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html > http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:46:33 -0500 > From: "Paul N. Lee" <Paul.N.Lee(a)Worldnet.att.net> > Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTD 16-04-04 (Image of Springtime [5]) > To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > Message-ID: <40801BF9.1702(a)Worldnet.att.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Jim Muth wrote: > > > > FOTD -- April 16, 2004 (Rating 5) > > > > A longer version of today's discussion > > appears on the philofractal list. > > > > And since I use the postings from the above discussion list for creating > Jim's FOTD webpages, then they are also available through the Internet: > > <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> > > > Later, > P.N.L. > ------------------------------------------------- > http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html > http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:27:02 -0400 > From: Jim Muth <jamth(a)mindspring.com> > Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-04-04 (Polyester Minibrot [7]) > To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > Cc: philofractal(a)lists.fractalus.com > Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.20040417093023.2c0ff656(a)pop.mindspring.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > FOTD -- April 17, 2004 (Rating 7) > > Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: > > Once again the time has come to enter Fractal Land, that strange > land that exists somewhere between the real world around us, > which might not be totally real, and the imaginary worlds within > us, which might not be totally unreal. > > The irregular real(p3) parameter of today's image shows that its > parent fractal was found by the Fractint 'evolver' feature. > Normally, I round off the odd numbers this feature produces, but > for some reason I skipped the rounding process when I started > working with today's parent. > > The parent fractal is a hugely bloated area of mostly disconnec- > ted rings. Today's scene is located near a larger midget that > lies in the interior of a ring in the distant north-northeast > suburbs of the parent. > > The unusual detail inside the midget itself is a sign that the > scene has been evaporated, and the ghost brought to life by the > bof61 inside fill. Fractals in which all the exponents of Z are > negative can be evaporated by raising the escape radius to a > full googol, which is the amount entered as the imag(p3) para- > meter of today's image. This trick usually traps every point. > > For reasons known only to myself and the 'intelligent designer', > (whatever you consider this to be), I named the image "Polyester > Minibrot". I might have done myself a favor when I rated it at > a 7, but the image is really rather pleasant to look at, and I > feel it earns its rating. The reasonably fast render time of > under 4 minutes gives an overall value of 184. > > The render time is fast, but the fastest way of all to enjoy the > image is to download it in finished form from the FOTD web site > at: > > <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> > > With a temperature of 67F 19C, gentle breezes, and warm sunshine > to keep them happy, the fractal cats put on their best moods > Friday. When the day was finished, they were so exhausted that > they forgot their customary evening treats, and went right to > sleep. Today is starting mostly sunny and warmer. I expect a > similar day. > > For me, most of the graphics work is caught up. If I can muster > the energy this afternoon, I'll give the grass the first > trimming of the season. If not, I'll do it tomorrow or Monday. > Until next time, take care, and don't get hot under the collar > when a cool fractal appears. > > > Jim Muth > jamth(a)mindspring.com > jimmuth(a)aol.com > > > START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ > > Polyester_Minibrot { ; time=0:03:48.11--SF5 on a P200 > reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm > formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 > center-mag=+25.24771384422294000/+103.017140882474\ > 40000/4599911/1/-22.5/6.18164318095387744e-005 > params=2/-1.4/0.2/-8.6/-2.597094637897885/1e+100 > float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 > colors=00000U00o00u00x80zOAzdOzuazzozzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ > zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzdz0Iz00u50UX02x00zo0Dz00zG0zg0\ > U0za0zg0zl0zu0rz0dz0Qz2Gz52zA0zD0zA0z80u50i20_05O0\ > AA0G00L00Q00X00a00g00l00g00a00X02U08O0AI0GD0LA0Q50\ > X00_00UD0NQ0LgGIoXDzhAsz5zz2zzzzxozodugQo_GiQ2KK00\ > Q0ou8_f0zD0zD2zDDzDLgDXODm520a00z00z20z80uD0rI0lL0\ > iQ0gX0aa0_g0Ul0Qo0Ou0Ux0_z0az0gz0iz0oz0rz0xz0zz0zz\ > 0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz2zzAzzIzuQzi_z_gzOozDxz2zz0zx0zu\ > 0zr0zo0zl0zlIzlazluolzglzXlzOlzQozQozUozUozXrzXrz_\ > rz_rz_rzdxzizzlzzrzzuzzzzzzzzuzzlzzgzz_zzUzzGzz5zz\ > 0lz0Xa_dAzi5zl0zl0zo0zo0zr0zr0xu0uu0ox0lx0iz0gz0dz\ > 0iz0oz0rz0xz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0z\ > z0zz0zz0ro0da0UL2G822050080080000000000000A00O02a0\ > 8r0Dz0Iz0Oz0UiG_QadAxi0zo0zu0za0zI5x2Qi0lX0zI0z800\ > 00I0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Gz0Lu0Oo0Ql0Ug0Xa0__0a\ > U0dQ0gL0iG0lD0o80O0080008 } > > frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth > a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), > g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, > k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): > z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, > |z| < l } > > END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================== > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fractint mailing list > Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint > > > End of Fractint Digest, Vol 14, Issue 7 > ***************************************

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