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List your favorite Fractal books
by John Wilson 17 May '16

17 May '16

I was not involved in the recent discussion regarding the listing of "your favorite fractal books". Mainly because I gave away my library a few years ago—through this forum. I only retained one book— "Fractal Creations Second Edition" complete with a CD signed by Tim Wegner. Tim generously supplied this CD to all members who requested a copy, back in 2003. My library has just doubled. I have downloaded a Kindle title "Fractals. A Very Short Introduction" One of the Oxford University publications "----- a VSI books list", this one by Kenneth Falconer. Looks O.K. John W.

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Fractal philosophizing.
by John Wilson 15 May '16

15 May '16

It's good to see you back, Jim, but beware of those philosophical musings—remember Philofractal? (The original, that is... not the more recent usurper of that name). Remember how quite a number of we Fractint devotees argued back and forth, while the number of Fractal presenters dropped to... YOU? Remember how our collective Fractal knuckles were rapped for the sin of being "OFF TOPIC"? We lost a couple of good debaters at that time and I, myself, retired from the list for a year or two. Thank you for returning. John W.

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Re: [Fractint] FOTX -- May 14, 2016; <Jim>
by Harold Lane 15 May '16

15 May '16

---------- Jim Muth said: --------- > I have also been pondering the old philosophical warhorse, > the nature of reality. So far I have come to little in the way > of an answer. Some random thoughts on the nature of reality: - When you sit down and feel the chair under you, I believe I've read that it is the electron's force fields in the chair that push against similar force fields in the seat of your pants. - When your nerves report this (using a combination of chemical and electrical means) to the mass of nerves between your ears, those nerves collectively operate as a kind of "artificial intelligence" and "interpret" the "reports" it receives to be have "meaning." [I believe that the "chemical means" also operates by electron force fields.] Now all we have to do is define all the terms in quotes! > ...[in] FOTX, (The 'X' means I have not yet decided how often > the FOT... will appear.)... Perhaps you could use: FOTw, where the lower case 'w' stands for 'whenever.' ;-) Jim's "FOTX -- May 14, 2016": (1200 x 900) http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160514.jpg It's "parent" fractal: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160514Z.jpg My "investigations" of Jim's fractal: http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160514A.jpg http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160514B.jpg http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160514C.jpg http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160514D.jpg - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ######################## -----Original Message----- From: Fractint [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jim Muth Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:53 PM To: fractint <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Fractint] FOTX -- May 14, 2016 FOTX -- May 14, 2016 (Rating A-9,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: As today's unusually fast image shows, I am getting back into my old routine of finding rather attractive fractal patterns. I might not yet be in overdrive, but I am running in second gear at least. And do not expect one of those apocalyptic zooms to a ridiculous magnitude of something like 10^10000. Such zooms might make one gasp and say 'WOW' but at the end they all tend to look pretty much the same, admit it or not. Today's FOTX, (The 'X' means I have not yet decided how often the FOT... will appear.), is a scene at a depth of a very modest 0.1 -- a Julia set of a point on the negative X-axis of the Z^4.01+C Mandeloid. In this case, the extra 0.01 in the exponent makes all the difference. While pondering fractals over the past few months, I have also been pondering the old philosophical warhorse, the nature of reality. So far I have come to little in the way of an answer. In fact, I'm not even sure what the question is about. All I'm reasonably sure of is that I (whatever 'I' might be) am having a conscious experience. Whether the stuff around me commonly called material is real or not, it certainly does appear to be there. And if it is an illusion, does this mean nothing at all is there, or does it mean I am perceiving what is really there in a way that does not totally correspond to the true reality. Be this as it may, the FOTX web site should be up and running again in a few days. Today was partly cloudy with a temperature of 68F 20C and a few insignificant showers here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats spent most of their time doing what cats do best -- sleeping. Nicholas chose my favorite chair just after noon and lounged in it all afternoon. Between showers, FL did a little work in her garden, where the columbines are near their peak. Until next time, take care, and if the theory of the Quantum had not been discovered, I might have run out of things to ponder after all this time. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Surreal_Fantasy { ; time=0:01:59.13 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=1 center-mag=0.0514205/0/0.1 periodicity=0 params=90/0/90/0/-1.64788477144322/0/0/0/-4.01/0 float=y maxiter=3200 inside=0 symmetry=xaxis colors=000zz0B8E96B748435212_N8UJ6OF5IB4C72631ZG6T\ D5NA4H83B52521NHpIDeDAV96L43ASF2W7tT6oRczP5gM5cK4_\ I4WG3SD3OB2K92G61C418204CrzA`m9Xh8Tc7QZ6MU5IP4EK3B\ F27A135X8BS79O68K56G45C34822411KpkHieFb_CXUAQO7JI5\ DC266acRXXNS_KNUGJODEIA9C6463DaKAUG7MC5F8274aRFXOD\ TLBPIALF8GC6C95m00wwKczzzUz`3VS2NI1F907Pj8Nf7Lb6J_\ 6WWzfAKDP4BL39I37E25A1371130gSlcPg_McWKZSHVOFQKCMG\ AHC7D858000AUz8Qm7Qd6MX5HR4DM3AG26B135K35I24H24G24\ E23D23C13A12912812611501401200100sBInAGi9Fe8D`7CW6\ AS59N47I36E24913401kRc_KUODKC6AwGcqE_lDWfBTaAPW8LR\ 7IL5EG4AA27513XeCT`APW9MS8SsCWsCasBisBosczzmzzzzdR\ zQftCvsLcwc0qIcqRXqMRqOLqQEqS8qT2oV8nXEmZJl`PjbVid\ _hfeghkfjpcdn`_mYUkVPjSJhPEgM8eK3dG2Y9D4D2RA1K61D3\ 06cz7Ei5AY47N23B1pDXlCUiBSfAQb9O_8MX8KT7IQ6GN5EJ4C\ G4AD38926614302GL1EJ0DI0CG0BF0AE09C08B0000zzz57045\ 0340220110QIWNGTLEQIDNGBK } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws all slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9 c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(real(p5))+c |z|< esc } END PARAMETER FILE========================================= _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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FOTX -- May 14, 2016
by Jim Muth 14 May '16

14 May '16

FOTX -- May 14, 2016 (Rating A-9,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: As today's unusually fast image shows, I am getting back into my old routine of finding rather attractive fractal patterns. I might not yet be in overdrive, but I am running in second gear at least. And do not expect one of those apocalyptic zooms to a ridiculous magnitude of something like 10^10000. Such zooms might make one gasp and say 'WOW' but at the end they all tend to look pretty much the same, admit it or not. Today's FOTX, (The 'X' means I have not yet decided how often the FOT... will appear.), is a scene at a depth of a very modest 0.1 -- a Julia set of a point on the negative X-axis of the Z^4.01+C Mandeloid. In this case, the extra 0.01 in the exponent makes all the difference. While pondering fractals over the past few months, I have also been pondering the old philosophical warhorse, the nature of reality. So far I have come to little in the way of an answer. In fact, I'm not even sure what the question is about. All I'm reasonably sure of is that I (whatever 'I' might be) am having a conscious experience. Whether the stuff around me commonly called material is real or not, it certainly does appear to be there. And if it is an illusion, does this mean nothing at all is there, or does it mean I am perceiving what is really there in a way that does not totally correspond to the true reality. Be this as it may, the FOTX web site should be up and running again in a few days. Today was partly cloudy with a temperature of 68F 20C and a few insignificant showers here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats spent most of their time doing what cats do best -- sleeping. Nicholas chose my favorite chair just after noon and lounged in it all afternoon. Between showers, FL did a little work in her garden, where the columbines are near their peak. Until next time, take care, and if the theory of the Quantum had not been discovered, I might have run out of things to ponder after all this time. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Surreal_Fantasy { ; time=0:01:59.13 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=1 center-mag=0.0514205/0/0.1 periodicity=0 params=90/0/90/0/-1.64788477144322/0/0/0/-4.01/0 float=y maxiter=3200 inside=0 symmetry=xaxis colors=000zz0B8E96B748435212_N8UJ6OF5IB4C72631ZG6T\ D5NA4H83B52521NHpIDeDAV96L43ASF2W7tT6oRczP5gM5cK4_\ I4WG3SD3OB2K92G61C418204CrzA`m9Xh8Tc7QZ6MU5IP4EK3B\ F27A135X8BS79O68K56G45C34822411KpkHieFb_CXUAQO7JI5\ DC266acRXXNS_KNUGJODEIA9C6463DaKAUG7MC5F8274aRFXOD\ TLBPIALF8GC6C95m00wwKczzzUz`3VS2NI1F907Pj8Nf7Lb6J_\ 6WWzfAKDP4BL39I37E25A1371130gSlcPg_McWKZSHVOFQKCMG\ AHC7D858000AUz8Qm7Qd6MX5HR4DM3AG26B135K35I24H24G24\ E23D23C13A12912812611501401200100sBInAGi9Fe8D`7CW6\ AS59N47I36E24913401kRc_KUODKC6AwGcqE_lDWfBTaAPW8LR\ 7IL5EG4AA27513XeCT`APW9MS8SsCWsCasBisBosczzmzzzzdR\ zQftCvsLcwc0qIcqRXqMRqOLqQEqS8qT2oV8nXEmZJl`PjbVid\ _hfeghkfjpcdn`_mYUkVPjSJhPEgM8eK3dG2Y9D4D2RA1K61D3\ 06cz7Ei5AY47N23B1pDXlCUiBSfAQb9O_8MX8KT7IQ6GN5EJ4C\ G4AD38926614302GL1EJ0DI0CG0BF0AE09C08B0000zzz57045\ 0340220110QIWNGTLEQIDNGBK } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws all slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9 c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(real(p5))+c |z|< esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTX -- May, 14, 2016
by Jim Muth 14 May '16

14 May '16

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Re: [Fractint] FOTX -- May 11; <Alex>, <Jim>, <Mike>
by Harold Lane 14 May '16

14 May '16

Alex, > What wonderful detail! Thanks, Harold, for rendering it so nicely. I render Jim's fractals at ~4X their final size so I can properly anti-alias them to their final, smaller size, so you're seeing the effects of sub-pixels in the final image -- which can't be a .GIF because it has more colors than a .GIF can represent. Jim, Thanks for the great, new "parent" fractals to investigate! ----- Alex said: ---------------- > Check out Fracton. Fractint compatible, for Mac, by one of our > list members. :) > http://www.fracton.org/ Fracton, which has some additional capabilities beyond Fractint's, is written by Mike Frazier. Mike likes to render his fractals at 5X their final size before anti-aliasing, so his final images include more sub-pixel information than mine. If I recall correctly, he's built anti-aliasing into Fracton as an option to apply to its images. Thanks again for not letting your browser re-sample our images (by re-sizing them) -- to preserve the quality of our images... Mike, Whenever you can, send the [Fractint] list serve a Fracton-generated image, please. Thanks! - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ######################## -----Original Message----- From: Fractint [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of david Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 2:33 AM To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion <fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTX -- May 11 What wonderful detail! Thanks, Harold, for rendering it so nicely. Man, Jim, even rusty you're way beyond anything I ever did when it comes to making images. On 05/11/2016 09:10 PM, Harold Lane wrote: > Here's Jim's image: > Click each image once to guarantee it's not resampled by the browser. > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511.jpg > > And my investigations / variations, > > Parent fractal: > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511Z.jpg > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511Y.jpg > > Investigations: > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511X.jpg > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511W.jpg > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511V.jpg > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511U.jpg > > There's a slight curve at the tip of the M-set: > http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/2016/F160511T.jpg > > I made a typo of the month in the last set of Jim's images. I'll > correct the files' names when I put them on a web page. > > - Hal Lane > > ######################## > # hallane(a)earthlink.net > ######################## > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fractint [mailto:fractint-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On > Behalf Of Jim Muth > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 4:37 PM > To: fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com > Subject: [Fractint] FOTX -- May 11 > > > FOTX0511 -- On_the_Half_Shell (Rating A-4,M-4) > > Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: > > Today's minor effort is worth at least a quick look, though it will > not set any records for beauty. It is a minibrot that lies on a > tendril extending from a bud of the parent fractal that results when > 1.6 parts of Z^-1.9 are combined with 0.2 parts of Z^-9.1. The > shell-like effect that inspired the name was achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'tdis' > > The good news is that my fingers really do remember the Fractint > keystrokes, I just cannot think of the strokes when I consciously try > to recall them, making frequent diversions to the help index > necessary. I am also a bit rusty on finding minibrots and other good > fractal scenes. A year ago, these fractal things were turning up > almost automatically. Today, I needed to take time to try to guess > where the scenic areas of the parent fractal might lie, if any might exist. My success was questionable. > > Maybe I have become too involved in the debate over the meaning of > quantum theory. The math of quantum theory is not in question, it > works great. The problem is that the quantum world appears to consist > of only the math that defines it. Things like electrons and photons > can be seen as tiny balls, spread out waves, neither or both. In all cases the same math applies. > The problem arises when the math is squeezed into our very limited, > common sense idea of a world of 3-D space filled with real objects, > which raises the measurement problem. > > The measurement problem arises because the real world is made of > sub-atomic particles, and the sub-atomic particles consist of numbers. > The means that the real world is basically made of numbers, and > numbers are pure abstractions, with no material reality at all. The > problem is that no one can show with certainty how abstract numbers > can create real physical material. Perhaps the greatest embarrassment > of science is that even after > 90 years of pondering, this problem is still unresolved. > > Considering all this, it seems to me as if the real world might be > much like a computer video game, where the fantasy world of the game > exists only as program information until it is displayed on the > screen, observed, and thereby made real. But if this is taken to be > true, it will make no difference in everyday life, since everything we > have always considered real will still appear and behave the same. > > But rational materialists are quite upset by this. Maybe their > concern is that their philosphical world view is being threatened. > Quantum theory seems to be drifting toward mysticism, which is the > antithesis of rational science and says that the material world is an > illusion. In an effort to show how silly such views are, rationalists > refer to such views, which are very common among new-agers, as > 'Quantum Woo'. At the same time, Atheists are annoyed by quantum > theory because it can easily be misused as an argument for the existence of God. > > This debate is quite understandable. After all, everyone needs > a solid foundation on which to base their life's philosophical > standpoint, be it the white bearded old man in the sky of religion or > the rock solid reality of the material universe on which science is based. > > But fractals can be enjoyed by everyone, whether the images are real > or not, or whether God exists or not, and the real world can likewise > be enjoyed by everyone, even if it turns out to be no more real than > fractals and if God is actually proved to exist. > > There are problems with the FOTD web sites, so I'll not post any web > addresses until the problems are resolved. > > Today was cloudy and dreary but dry here at Fractal Central, with a > temperature of 63F 17C. The fractal cats spent most of the day > worrying about the feral tomcats that are again becoming more numerous > around the area. And to make things worse, we think there could be > kittens under the fractal back porch. FL is also rather down because > the cool wet weather is causing her garden to lag. The next FOT... will be posted whenever it is. > Until whenever, take care, and I'm either a believer or an Atheist, > depending on how God is described. > > > Jim Muth > jimmuth(a)earthlink.net > > > START PARAMETER FILE======================================= > > On_the_Half_Shell { ; time=0:10:21.26 SF5 at 200MHZ > reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm > formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 > center-mag=+1.552148830053915/+0.2525932592080373/\ > 3.38727e+007/1/-70.0000276875551748/2.252300646\ > 62476637e-005 params=1.6/-1.9/0.2/-9.1/0/0/0/0 > float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis > periodicity=6 sound=off > colors=000wNexLexJeyHezFezDexEdwEdvFdtFdsGdrGdqHdo\ > HcnIcmIclIcjJciJchKcfKbeLbdLbcMbaMb`Nb_NbZNbTQeOSg\ > JUiDWk8Ym3_o7ZkBYgFYdJX`NWXRWUVVQYVNDMYAQf7To4WxIQ\ > tVLqgGnXOjMWfCccUmlWmiXmfYmdZma`mZamXbmUcmSemPfmMg\ > mKhmHjmEkmClm9mm7nk8nj8oi8oh9pf9pe9qd9qcAqbAr`Ar_B\ > sZBsYBzpBwlCugCsaCvWCsQBqKBoHBmDBkABi6Bg3Bf5Ae79d9\ > 9cB8bD7aF7`H6`J6_L5ZN4YP4XR3WT2VV2UX15KT3LV2cW4cX6\ > cY8cZAc_Cc`EcaGcbHczHfzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzDtfCsdBrb\ > Bq`ApY9oW8nU8mS7lP6kN5jL5iJ8gL_c7bZEeULhQSkLZnGeqC\ > krEbsGUtIMuKDvM5FT`eKIQIUDvxCmtBepBXlAPhZQDSNLMLSG\ > JZir7ajEVbLOWSHOZXT40V12T73RC4PH5OM7MR8KW9I`aF8YGD\ > VGHRGLOGPKHUHHYDHaa1CW5IQ8OLBUFE_2kD4cL6WS8OZRHhLH\ > gFHfF47E7EDALCCSBFZnMkUJhEBzDCwCDtCEqBFnBGkAHhEelC\ > ThYyKSmQMbVGS`YzEuTVoRXiQYcO_YN`SLaMKcGIdzd2r`8jYE\ > cUKWRPPNVHK`Yx1is`S_csXOmVRgTTaRVXPXRN_LLaFJcyENlF\ > S_GXNHaDRTCPVCOXBMZBL`AJb } > > frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, esc=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): > z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, > |z| < esc } > > END PARAMETER FILE========================================= -- David W. 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FOTX -- May 11
by Jim Muth 14 May '16

14 May '16

FOTX0511 -- On_the_Half_Shell (Rating A-4,M-4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's minor effort is worth at least a quick look, though it will not set any records for beauty. It is a minibrot that lies on a tendril extending from a bud of the parent fractal that results when 1.6 parts of Z^-1.9 are combined with 0.2 parts of Z^-9.1. The shell-like effect that inspired the name was achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'tdis' The good news is that my fingers really do remember the Fractint keystrokes, I just cannot think of the strokes when I consciously try to recall them, making frequent diversions to the help index necessary. I am also a bit rusty on finding minibrots and other good fractal scenes. A year ago, these fractal things were turning up almost automatically. Today, I needed to take time to try to guess where the scenic areas of the parent fractal might lie, if any might exist. My success was questionable. Maybe I have become too involved in the debate over the meaning of quantum theory. The math of quantum theory is not in question, it works great. The problem is that the quantum world appears to consist of only the math that defines it. Things like electrons and photons can be seen as tiny balls, spread out waves, neither or both. In all cases the same math applies. The problem arises when the math is squeezed into our very limited, common sense idea of a world of 3-D space filled with real objects, which raises the measurement problem. The measurement problem arises because the real world is made of sub-atomic particles, and the sub-atomic particles consist of numbers. The means that the real world is basically made of numbers, and numbers are pure abstractions, with no material reality at all. The problem is that no one can show with certainty how abstract numbers can create real physical material. Perhaps the greatest embarrassment of science is that even after 90 years of pondering, this problem is still unresolved. Considering all this, it seems to me as if the real world might be much like a computer video game, where the fantasy world of the game exists only as program information until it is displayed on the screen, observed, and thereby made real. But if this is taken to be true, it will make no difference in everyday life, since everything we have always considered real will still appear and behave the same. But rational materialists are quite upset by this. Maybe their concern is that their philosphical world view is being threatened. Quantum theory seems to be drifting toward mysticism, which is the antithesis of rational science and says that the material world is an illusion. In an effort to show how silly such views are, rationalists refer to such views, which are very common among new-agers, as 'Quantum Woo'. At the same time, Atheists are annoyed by quantum theory because it can easily be misused as an argument for the existence of God. This debate is quite understandable. After all, everyone needs a solid foundation on which to base their life's philosophical standpoint, be it the white bearded old man in the sky of religion or the rock solid reality of the material universe on which science is based. But fractals can be enjoyed by everyone, whether the images are real or not, or whether God exists or not, and the real world can likewise be enjoyed by everyone, even if it turns out to be no more real than fractals and if God is actually proved to exist. There are problems with the FOTD web sites, so I'll not post any web addresses until the problems are resolved. Today was cloudy and dreary but dry here at Fractal Central, with a temperature of 63F 17C. The fractal cats spent most of the day worrying about the feral tomcats that are again becoming more numerous around the area. And to make things worse, we think there could be kittens under the fractal back porch. FL is also rather down because the cool wet weather is causing her garden to lag. The next FOT... will be posted whenever it is. Until whenever, take care, and I'm either a believer or an Atheist, depending on how God is described. 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FOT? test May 09, 2016
by Jim Muth 11 May '16

11 May '16

FOTD -- May 05, 2016 (Rating A-4,M-4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a test I am doing to again become familiar with the key strokes of the DOS version of Fractint, which were near automatic for many years. The image has little artistic or math worth other than the fact that all fractals are unique. Actually, the key strokes are coming back to me faster when I let my fingers go their own way rather than trying to consciously recall them. The image might soon be posted to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> It might also soon be posted to other web sites if anyone cares to make an effort. Unfortunately, Paul Lee, who hosted the FOTD web site for so many years, is no longer with us. It was rather pleasant here at Fractal Central today, with morning sun giving way to afternoon clouds and a temperature of 70F 21C. The three fractal cats, Nicholas the black 13-year old guy, Jasmine the black 3-year old somewhat overweight gal, and Lida, the 2-year-old frisky lady tabby cat, are doing quite well, though the lovelorn local tomcats prowling the area are keeping all the fractal cats dashing from window to window. During my absence, I have produced about 75 pencil drawings in my own unique semi-surrealist style, mostly of imaginary scenes on distant planets. I also delved briefly into politics and conspiracy theories, but found most but not all of them too crazy to take seriously. My greatest distraction has been into meanings of the latest experiments in field of quantum theory, where I found rational materialistic skeptics, atheists, etc. almost going bonkers trying to defend the reality of the real physical world against the claims of many new-agers and even some quantum scientists that the real world is only some kind of matrix-like illusion. Such skeptical passion, mixed with typical skeptic ad-hominen attacks, must be based on something very serious and philosophically very important. (It must be that old quantum bugaboo, the measurement problem.) I have also not forgotten the fourth dimension. I must not yet have had enough trouble trying to visualize the 4-D cube, since I am now trying to visualize a 4-D object called the Clifford Torus, which is a 2-D curved surface lying in/on the curved 3-D surface-space of the 4-D hypersphere. This strange thing, which divides the 4-D hypersphere into polar and equatorial halves, is a kind of torus in which the inside is also the outside, the latitude lines are also the longitude lines, and the geometry is flat euclidian. More on all of this later. Until next time, take care, and the best is yet to come. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= test_May_09 { ; time=0:02:15.78 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=-2.86815363588570100/-0.121925302918596\ 10/133814.7/1/-120.000000184084314/7.8644456440180\ 0328e-008 params=4.4/-1.4/1.4/-4.4/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=750 inside=0 logmap=37 symmetry=none periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000A32432C4AJ5HQ6OX6Vd7bk8ir9py9wqEujJtbOsW\ TqOYpHaoJ`nK_mLZlMZkNYjOXiPXhXendmtluyqhwvWvzJutKa\ nLIYHMHEK10A30A40A60A75A95AA5AC4AD3ADLBDaADr9FlDGf\ GI`KJVNLPQMJUODXP7_UPXYeUavSkqeulrugkuceu__uWUuSOq\ ZJmeFjlBhnFgpIfrMesPcuSbwWayZ`zamuhzqnmmc`iUPeKSYJ\ UQJWJJZIO`IScHWeH_gGcjGglFknFoqXdsmUnXXfSZZN`RIaJD\ cC9dILgNWjSflQ_nOToMMpHThDZ`9eT5kL1qD2lH2gK2cNDeSN\ fXXh`fiepji_kTJkCPfBVaA_YAgRXoKrjOmeSi`WeW_aRcYNgU\ fE2S4dpNiP1CN4AM68L87JB5ID3HF29W82kE9mJFoNMqRSsVZu\ Zdvb_t_VsYQqVLpTGnQBmO6kL2jJgxkknjneirWhuNgxEf7X38\ a88fC8kH8pL8tPAoUBjYCebDafJbhPciVdk`elffmlgorhpxhq\ 7QO6VJ5_F4dB3i72n3anzegohaekWWgbYdi_`paYwbZrcZndZi\ e_ef_`g_XhOfcCpZ1yUArSIkQReOZZMgTKoMIwGH4xIEmNOcRY\ UWgK_qAcrFasK_tPYtTWuYUvbSwgQwkPvgQvdQu`RuYRtUStRS\ tOSmMRfKQ_IQTHPMFPFDO9COAERAFUAGWBIZBJaBKcJJ`QJZXJ\ XdIVkITrIRyIPcWfT45N44G33 } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, esc=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Re: [Fractint] FOT? test May 09, 2016
by Brian Prentice 10 May '16

10 May '16

A monochrome detail using Jim’s formula: http://bprentice.webenet.net/Fractal%20Images/Set%2019/BP_19_01.png Brian Prentice

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Greetings from Fractal Central
by Jim Muth 06 May '16

06 May '16

Fractal fans: Greetings again from Fractal Central. It's been over a year since I did any serious fractal searching, and in that time I have grown a bit rusty in using the old standard classic DOS version of Fractint. I now need to sit down and actually take the time to remember the key strokes that were almost automatic, such as coloring, zooming and saving parameter files etc. But I'm sure that with a little practice, it will all come back to me. The DOS version of Fractint has worked well for over 25 years, so I'm not going to trash it, at least not yet. And I'm still searching for fractals on the tired 18-year-old DOS machine, which for a reason known only to itself, will not lie down and call it quits. During the past year, I have been doing much thinking about the philosophical side of fractals, asking myself questions such as 'What are fractals made of?' and 'If they are made of nothing, are they actually real?' In many ways, such questions remind me of the questions I wondered about long ago, when I searched so many books trying to find what subatomic particles actually are. The answer I eventually settled on is that the entire quantum realm with all its particles is nothing more than the abstract mathematical formulas and expressions that define it. All images picturing quantum things as tiny particles, or spread out waves, or neither, or both at the same time, are mere ideas in the human mind that were inspired by the math. They are as real as one considers them to be. And the same is true of fractals. I can now say that I have answered, at least to my satisfaction, the question of what fractals actually are. They are the math that defines them. The sounds and images we are familiar with are emergent epiphenomena of the activity of computer circuitry. I'll end this letter now, but I have only begun to reach into the depths where fractals have led me over the past year, involving science, philosophy and even religion. The actual fractals will resume before long. JIM M.

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