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FOTX -- June 15, 2016
by Jim Muth 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

FOTX -- June 15, 2016 (Rating A-6,M-6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The fractals have been coming slowly recently. This does not mean I am thinking of taking another year-long hiatus. It means that due to the current world situation, I have been busy on the internet discussing, perhaps more accurately, arguing things such as politics, religion, science, philosophy, etc. And I am most certainly not trying to stir up a heated debate on this fractal list. There are many more appropriate lists on which to stir up trouble. I simply want to express my own opinions, with no claims of righteousness and no desire to debate. In politics, I am not so certain that the U.S. is as innocent as the mass media would have us believe. Especially because a good part of the rest of the world considers us the world's greatest trouble makers. In religion, I find it ironic that those of different faiths are so often at each others' throats, arguing over trifles, when none of them can offer the slightest hard evidence that anything supernatural such as a god or a soul actually exists at all. In science, I find it almost laughable that there are dozens of so-called quantum interpretations still floating around and being seriously debated. The theory was worked out about ninety years ago in Copenhagen by Bohr, Heisenberg etal. and it has proved itself by working superbly ever since. In philosophy, I find that after thousands of years, we are still debating whether the world is real or merely a persistent series of mental images. And I wonder what difference it could make. I also find it annoying that skeptics trying to defend a rational view of the world so often resort to childish ad-hominem attacks against those with irrational views. Come on guys, to me you look like a desperate high school debating team on the verge of losing a debate. In fractals, I have found a scene deep in the main spike area of a Mandelbrot set infected in its depths by cubic energies. The scene lies at a depth where the cubic energies predominate. The image rates a 6 both in art and math. I named it "Mediation" after my finger missed the letter 't' between the 'i' and 'a'. The calculation time of 37 minutes will go much faster on any machine less than 15 years old. The next FOTD should be posted tomorrow, that is if I don't get involved in another heated internet debate. Until then, take care, and the truth is out there . . . I guess. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mediation { ; time=0:37:39.91 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.683430822074639/-0.00000000110990998\ /4e+009/1/55/0 params=3/33/0/0 float=y maxiter=20000 inside=0 outside=tdis logmap=562 colors=000lIWhDWi3Te8WaDZZIaVNdXRwURnSRfQRYLBVORQR\ eLTtHRqJQnLOkNNhPMeQMcRMbSM`TM_TW`Ne`Hn`CnaCmcCmeC\ lfDlhDliDkkDkmEjnEjpEjqEgoHdnJamL_lNXjPUiRShTPgVMe\ Y4XiKd_HcaEbcC`e9_g6Zi_6ZY8_W9`UBaTCaREbPFcOHcMIdK\ KeJLeHNfFOgEQgCRhATi9Ui7Wj5XkfC7cEA`GDZ5Ha6Nd7Ug8_\ hFXiMViTTj_QjfOkmMksKxjy_ceBYNMUPXRQgOSrLThRM_XFQb\ 8Hg2Me7QcBVbGZ`KbZOgYTkWXoV`_beLij6pnBefGVZLKRITTF\ aUCiWmUXmUYmUSmUMmUGmUAvK4rNBnQIjTOfWVbZ`ZagReqVdm\ Zcjbbfeaci``m_XqZUvJhuR_tYRym5zoCzqIzsOzuUzw_wzwrm\ Ynb9haDc`GZ`JU_MPZQKZTFYW9_`AYZBXXCVVCUUDSSERQFPO3\ TM9QNFONKLNQJOWGOpLahHV`EOUBHM8AF54GD8HKCHRGIYKFfO\ IdNLbMOaLR_KdXYZYQTZJcSFWWDOZCGaAZRB9d9EkALw8IqAGk\ CEeEC_G3L27QAAVID_Q2bRGcXTcbfdhsdmmUklYjlailehligl\ mftrowqjwpewo`wnWwmRwwMwwrwwIwwUwwbwwewwhwwkwwnwwq\ wwwwwswwpwwmwwiwwfwwcww`ww_ww_wwZwwZwwYwwYwwXww`ww\ XwwNwwQwwTww9wwKwwVwwWwwW } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTX -- June 10, 2016
by Jim Muth 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

FOTX -- June 10, 2016 (Rating A-8,M-6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The name of today's FOTX image is "Lucid Dreams", though I would never wish to find myself in such a place in a waking dream. With its fire and smoke, it might even be the entrance to the place where bad people go in the next world. But the scene shows nothing like any of this otherworldly stuff. It's actually a scene near a larger minibrot very deep in an infected filament sprouting from the northern period-3 bud of a Mandelbrot set that is corrupted in its depths by cubic energies. The fiery lightning flashes and clouds of billowing smoke were created by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'tdis', an option that often works better than the basic iteration count outside fill. The calculation time of just over 1-1/2 minutes is true on my 18-year-old machine with a Pentium processor running at 200mhz. On any more recent unit the image would run almost instantly. I rated the art aspect an an 8 because of the strong feeling of unpleasantness it produces. And there's nothing wrong with unpleasantness. After all, who ever decided that proper fractal images should resemble fields of flowers. The math rates only a 6 because the trick has been overused recently. Maybe it's time to return to the warhorse FOTD formula, the 'MandAutoCritInZ', which has created the greater part of the really good FOTD images, or one of the other half dozen or so formulas that have helped created the FOTD's. With sunny skies and a temperature of 75F 24C, the weather was near perfect here at Fractal Central today. Along with the light work, this gave us a chance to sit and enjoy the fractal garden, which is always there but too often taken for granted. The next FOTX, (or FOTD if you wish), will be posted possibly as soon as tomorrow. Until whenever, take care, and whatever the quantum might turn out to be, it sure will be interesting. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Lucid_Dreams { ; time=0:01:43.26 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip inside=0 center-mag=-0.156049430528614/+1.110527401294699\ /1.17e+013/1/72.5/0 params=3/333/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 outside=tdis mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000CpEAnG9mIDcLGVOJMRLOONQMPRKRTITVFVWDXYBY\ Z9XiYXtuSlnNdhIXbEPXCVYA_Z8e_6j`4pa2uaCp`Ll_VgZccZ\ bYbbSebNhaHlaCoa6ra1u`5o_8jZBdYE_YHVTJWOKWJLWFNWAO\ W5PW1QW9VZHZaPbdWfgcjjknmsrpzvryqqxlqwhqvcpu_ptVps\ RplVlfZi_aeUebOiZHlWBpS5sP6mO6gO7aN7WN8QN8KM9EM88K\ 99M9AOABPACRADS89N76I53D408A19F2AL3BQ3BW4C`5Df6Ek6\ EoFKtNPzVUzcZzkczshztbzuYzvczwczzczzczzczfc7zf7zh8\ zgKzgKzfUzfczeczeczgczhcziczjwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzz\ wzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwz\ zwzwwzwwzmwzmwzgwzcwzTwzRwzPwzOwzKwzHwzEwzBwz8wzFw\ zMwzTwz_wzfwzmwztwzzwzpwzgwzZwzQwzHwbUwZewVqwMiwNd\ wN_wOWwORwONVONVONUNMUNMUNMTNMTNLTMLTMLSMLSMLSLKRL\ KRLKRLKRLKRLKQKJQKJQKJPKJPJIPJIOJIOJIOIIOIHNIHeLTh\ GNYFINEDCD81D45O89YBAcBBiBCoBDuBOg9ZU7iG5s34lC6eL8\ _TATaCNiEGrGAzILlQWZYfMdeLedLecLebKfaKf`Kf`KfAlfCj\ hDijEglFfmGeoHcqIbsFsADqC } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Interview with Mitchell Waite
by Timothy Wegner 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

I just had a fun experience. I enjoy downloading tech podcasts from twit.tv. Among other things Leo Laporte interviews tech luminaries on a show called Triangulation. The most recent interview was with Mitchell Waite, who published our Fractal Creations book. I had wondered what Mitch was up to since he sold his business to SAMS. As I listened to Mitch recounting his history, I wondered if he would mention Fractal Creations. Sure enough he did, a little past halfway through. Just a short couple of sentences, but I certainly appreciated it. Not sure if it would be worth folks here listening to the whole interview if you weren't otherwise interested just for the brief Fractal Creations mention, but I thought I would let you know. This brought back memories of Mitch. I had many phone conversations relating to Fractal Creations, and met him once in the Bay area. Mitch is now involved with a birding application. Tim https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/252?autostart=false

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FOTX -- June 06, 2016
by Jim Muth 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

FOTX -- June 6, 2016 (Rating A-8,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image in colors of turquoise and peach sets no new pathways. It is a scene in an elephant trunk on the south shore line of East Valley of a Mandelbrot set somewhat corrupted by Z^(1) energies. The infection, (we might call it a birth defect), results in a M-set with a main bay more circular than usual and the buds, which are smaller than expected, shifted around toward the negative X-axis. When the imag(p1) parameter is decreased, the infection in the parent M-set grows stronger, until the entire parent ultimately degenerates into the empty circle that would be expected from iterating Z^(1). But it shows some interesting convolutions on its way to becoming an empty circle. I might check a few of the scenes in this degenerating fractal in the future. Today's image is named "Blazing Trunks". The two narrow floating elephant trunks inspired the 'trunks' part of the name. The inspiration behind the 'blazing' part of the name will have to wait until the next FOTX. Today was just another 'back to work' day here at Fractal Central. The weather was near perfect, with a temperature of 84F 29C, low humidity, and a photoshop blue sky filled with cottonpuff cumulus clouds. Now that FL and I are starting on the slowdown path to retirement, the phrase 'back to work' does not imply as much work as it did in the past, but the 7-day cycle of a week still figures prominently in the daily routine. The fractal cats had a routine day of watching for unwelcome cats and teasing pigeons. The next FOTX will be posted when I get a round tuit, probably within two days. Until then, take care, and I wonder which is more reasonable -- holding faith that God exists or holding faith that the objective world is real. As I see it, the evidence is equally ambiguous in both cases. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Blazing_Trunks { ; time=0:28:35.22 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.4701823855889835/-0.0047739039165443\ /2.6e+09/1/17.5/0 params=1/1.3/0/0 float=y inside=0 maxiter=5000 inside=0 outside=tdis colors=000zzxTzxzzy`zyzzyzzveztzzqezoezmzzjezhzzfj\ z`ozVtzPyzJuzGqzEmzCzzAkzDzzGkzJzzMkzPzeSkzVzzYkz`\ zzchzcfzcczcazcZzcXzcUzcSzcPzcNzcKzcIzcFzcDzcB_cAX\ `9UY8RV8OS7LP6IM6FJ5CG49D46A35724423Etlk110000000x\ onqihkdce_Z_VUUQPOKKIFFCAA655W2JV1IU1HT1HS1GR1GQ1F\ zzZzzazpdzlgtmjcleRkaRjYSiUThQTgLUfHVeDVd9Wc5Wc1Rd\ 2Md2Hd3Ce37e42e4CZELSOULYbEfVE_OEUPGRQHPRINScLcKJU\ cHmMFWczmOBYczzQ7_c5zS3ac1zS3bczzQ5bczzP8cczzNBccz\ zLDcczzKGdczzIJdHzmHLcIzfIQaIz`JV_JzZJZYJaXKcWKeVK\ hUcoRenOgmMhkJjjGliDmgAof7qe5rd2kP0dAzbDzaFz_HzZJz\ XMzWOzVQzTSzSVzQXYzZ`z`XzeUziRzmOzqzzuzzrzzozzmzzj\ JzhJzeJzcLz_MuXNtUOtRPsNQsKRrHSrETzBRzCQzCPzDNzDMz\ DLzEJzEIzFHzFFzFEzGDzGCzGBzFAzEAzD9zC8zB8zA7z96z85\ z75z64z53z42z32z21z10z0nzXlzWkzVjzUizTgzSfzSezRdzQ\ bzPazO`zO_zNYzMXzLWzKVzKTzJSzIRzHQzGOzGNzFMzELzDJz\ CIzCHzBGzAEz99zvDzvHzwLzw } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Re: [Fractint] Lloyd Garrick's ZooMin to the May26 FOTD is posted!
by Harold Lane 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

Posting for Lloyd... - Hal Lane ######################## # hallane(a)earthlink.net ######################## --------- Start of forwarded email: -------------------- From: LLOYD GARRICK [mailto:lgarr@colorado-hiking.net] Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2016 10:28 AM To: Harold Lane <hallane(a)earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Lloyd Garrick's ZooMin to the May26 FOTD is posted! . You are correct about the color changing - it is due to logmap=2 setting, and the actual value calculated is a function of zoom depth, which of course, is steadily increasing. I think it creates a cool effect; it looks best when the palette map is smooth color transitions. When there are many individual boxes in the palette map that suddenly are of a different color [like a lot of Muth's maps], you get the sudden jerks - which may or may not look good. I have had MANY people online over the years ask me HOW THE $%@& DO YOU DO THAT IT LOOKS SO AWESOME and I can only tell them to get into a time machine, go back 20 years and learn DOS and FRACTINT! <G>. I am not familiar with MS windows after XP, but I know that in almost ALL video/media players there is a right click menu to adjust speed, pause, etc. Just play around with the software - you'll find it. ------- End of forwarded email ----------------- --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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FOTX -- June 03, 2016
by Jim Muth 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

FOTD -- June 03, 2016 (Rating A-8,M-9.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Hopefully, I now have the dates in order. These mixed-up dates are what happens when I find fractals on one date and post then on a different date. Today's FOTX shows a rather colorful basin of attraction around a minibrot near the tip of the negative X-axis of a Mandelbrot set that has been corrupted in its depths by mathematical energies of the sixth order. But look closer! Something is not right. The color palette rotates in the wrong direction. The point at the center is not a pit that wants to suck everything into a minibrot at its center; it is a hill that repels everything from the peak at its center. And the number of elements converging on the center does not keep doubling in powers of two as we go inward; it keeps being divided in half, from 16 at the outer edge to 2 at the center. And the actual center is not an open hole; it is a blank area of the lowest iteration count surrounded by higher iteration stuff -- an anti-minibrot! Unfortunately, the center part of the image lies beyond the range of resolution, but we can come close enough to see that the number of elements there has divided to 2. Nothing lies beneath the number two but the ultimate fractal oblivion of unity. One problem of today's anti-minibrot is that with the higher iteration stuff lying around the edges, Fractint's automatic logarithmic color palette, which is activated by entering the numeral 2, does not work. It leaves the center of the image, where the number of elements divides to two, a featureless flat area. This curiosity is not too bad in today's image, but I have seen it result in an almost totally blank screen. Most of the shapes in the image were created by rendering it with the outside set to 'tdis', which colors the points according to how far they have traveled before escaping. (The points closer to the center of today's image have not gone very far.) The extra brilliancy of the colors was created in a separate color manipulation program. (It's not a sin, since Fractint drew the shapes.) In my opinion, the art value of the image rates an 8. Its vivid colors put it at least a little above the average. But the math rates a superlative 9.5, since these anti-minibrots are some of the most unusual things I have yet discovered in the world of fractals. The day here at Fractal Central left much to be desired. The high temperature of 79F 26C was fair enough, but occasional rain kept a damper on things. The fractal cats spent the day in the watch window, watching for other cats. The other cats spent the day keeping dry. The fractal humans simply made it through another day with nothing unusual happening. The next FOTD will be posted whenever it is. Until that unknown moment arrives, take care, and watch for those quantum erasers. No one knows exactly what they might do. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Anti-Minibrot { ; time=0:01:09.81 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip float=y center-mag=-1.987114419686404/+0.00000000031660164\ /3.8e+011 params=6/1e+020/-12/0 maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000z0000Az00z00z00x00x00v00u00u00s00q00q00o\ 00m00xzuzzsozubzuNzvAvviHzz0zz0zzAzzRzzezzuzzvzzvz\ uvzmxvgxo`xgVxbib`xH`z0Zz0Zz0bz0dz0ez0gz0iz0kz0mz0\ oz0mz0mx0ms0ko0kk0kg0md6o`HqXTsTduPovLzxHzzGzqGziG\ z`GzTGzJGzC2Z4zzz000000200600A00E00H00zu0N60PC0RJ6\ TRCVZHHH4PzzXdLdoTkzbszi4T0qbZzbbe0TbezA0ALgddmouc\ xzvzzzzmMUT00Z60XG0JP08000000de0zz0zz0zz0zz0zx0zo0\ ne0_X0hPbq0ZH0mqZemR`iLVgGNdAH`4CZ0JZ6RZEXZJbdReiX\ iodmuiqzouzvxzzzzzmzzZzzJzz4zz0zz0zzPGoGTH6e02N404\ N00d00`64XCETHLPNVLTdHXkEZdAZX6ZP4ZJ0ZC0Z40Z00Z00N\ 0ZE8z0To0mP0z00z00z08z0Jz0Vz0ez0qz0kvNeeg`PzX8zP6z\ H6zC4z44z04z02z02z02z0AzGGzXNvoTmzZdsz6gzEXmJLZPCH\ X02b00g00m0GP0v0Cz0Pz0bz0oz0zz0zT2z0HsVmLzzXxzgisq\ XezHVz2Hz06z04z04z04z04z02z02z02z02z00z00z00z00z00\ z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z0\ 0z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z00 } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Lloyd Garrick's ZooMin to the May26 FOTD is posted!
by Harold Lane 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

LLOYD GARRICK [lgarr(a)colorado-hiking.net] Is not able to post to the Fractint list and I've agreed to post items for him. His post is forwarded below. When I watch Lloyd's animations, in order to be able to look around a bit in each scene (while it's zooming/playing) before it expands off the edges of the screen, I play it at half speed. There is no jerkiness in the animation when I do this. I'm only familiar with Windows Media Player's way to do this in Windows 8.1: If you have no Menus shown in Media Player, Right click on the program's window frame and select: Enhancements > Play speed settings I was not able to set a play speed lower than 0.5. Note that you can also single step frames with the two arrow buttons. The "Back" button seems to vary in function based on a particular video's encoding choices. I've had it do nothing or jump back more than one frame per click. If I recall correctly, the occasionally changing colors during the Lloyd's zoom are due to Fractint's adjusting the color map in response to the LogMap being non-zero. The Fractint Docs are not super clear on this -- a possibility of how this is implemented might be that the values calculated for each pixel are sent through an additional logarithmic lookup table before they are looked up in the color map to determine their displayed color. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on how this works. Jim Muth mentions "Fractint's automatic logarithmic color palette" in his post: "[Fractint] FOTX -- June 03, 2016" Recommended. --- Lloyd posted: ---------------- "ZooMin to the May26 FOTD is posted!" http://www.fractal-animation.net/special/Fantasia1024.zip "AVI, 1024x768, 102sec ; 420Meg" "Enjoy!" ---------------------------------------- - Hal Lane ######################## # mailto:hallane@earthlink.net ######################## From: LLOYD GARRICK [mailto:lgarr@colorado-hiking.net] Sent: Friday, June 3, 2016 10:18 PM To: Harold Lane <hallane(a)earthlink.net> Subject: Please post to the [Fractint] list . ZooMin to the May26 FOTD is posted! http://www.fractal-animation.net/special/Fantasia1024.zip AVI, 1024x768, 102sec ; 420Meg Enjoy! ---- --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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FOTX -- June 06, 2016
by Jim Muth 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

FOTD -- June 02, 2016 (Rating A-8.5,M-7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I named today's image "Periodic Wandering". To see why, try to track down the periodicity of the features surrounding the central mininbrot, which is beyond resolution but certainly of a quartic nature. In some areas the cubic series seems to prevail, while in others it could be either the quadratic or quartic. Actually, the parent fractal, at least on the surface, is nothing more impressive than an everyday Mandelbrot set (a fractal that of itself is quite impressive). But today's parent M-set has contracted a Z^(4)+C virus that is working wonders in its depths, and at its impressive (by double precision standards at least) magnitude of over 10^13, today's image is certainly deep enough to feel the infection. The scene is located near a much larger quartic minibrot deep in the trunk of the period-22 elephant on the south shore line of the East Valley of the parent. The prominent banded effect was achieved by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'tdis', plus some of my own semi-skilled coloring. With a calculation time of only 9 minutes on an old 200mhz pentium machine that should have given up many years ago, the parameter file will certainly prove to give a reward well worth the effort of runnung it. The FOTD web site will soon be back in action to make life easier for those whose machines roll over and play dead when faced with the forgotten letters DOS. Life was pretty good here at Fractal Center today. The most excitement was in the afternoon when a tomcat fight erupted in the fractal yard, causing the three fractal cats to dash to the window to watch the action. Luckily for one of the fighting cats, the fight ended after they decided who could curse at the other the loudest. For some reason, I decided to eat breakfast today at the local big-chain fast food outlet. The food was good enough, but while sitting in my booth reading my morning paper, I started to feel like an obsolete old fogy. Looking at the row of booths across the store, I noticed one person in every booth, each one of them pecking at their smart phone. 'What am I doing reading a newspaper?' I wondered. I should be downloading the latest app. But then I wondered what those gadget addicted people would do if the internet were ever to go down. How could they get in touch with their friends who live two blocks away? While pondering such unfathomable mysteries, I guess the time has come to say so-long until the next FOTX appears. Until whenever that might be, take care, and when will the Fractint app be released... ;-) ;-) Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Periodic_Wandering { ; time=0:09:13.76 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip float=y center-mag=+0.2728877196297931/-0.004994932576963\ 96/1.77e+013/1/2.5/0 params=4/500/0/0 maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000dEedEddEdcEdcEccEccEbbEbbEabEaaE`aE`aE_`\ E_`EZ`EZ_EY_EY_EX_EXZEWZEWZEVYEVYEVYEUXEUXETXETWES\ WESWERWERVJQVRQVZPUfPVk_JhzKKK00U0A9000001AU28b36l\ 4Pz5zzzzlAzhCzcFzcHzKJzKLzKPK0SG0VC0YBPZAJ_AE_GJYM\ OWSSUYXScaQiePifSifVigYig`igcfkYcnS`qMYtGVwBjoQciP\ XdPR_OKVOEQN7LN1GN6HOAHPEIQJIRNJSRJTMJPIKJOKDUbN_t\ WbnRehMhbHkXCnR8aVDPZICbN0fRCeMOdIeDzdExdFwdFvdGud\ GtcHscHqcIpcIocJnbJmbKlbKkbLibLhbMgaMfaNeaNdaOcaOa\ `P``P_`QZ`QY`RXaQX`RW`RW`RW`RW`RV_RV_RV_RV_RU_RUZR\ UZSUZSTZSTZSTYSTYSSYSSYSSYSSXSSXSRXTRXTRXTRWTQWTQW\ TQWTQWTPVTPVTPVTPVUOVUOUUOUUOUUOUUNUUNTUNTUNTUMTUM\ TVMSVMSVLSVLSVLSVLRVKRVKRVKRVK`X0WWARVKMUUHTc9PqBQ\ oCRnDSmETlGUkHUjIViJWhLXgMYfNYeOZcP_bR`aSa`Tb_UbZW\ cYXdXYeWZfVfeQdfRcfSbfT`fT_fUZgVXgVWgWVgXTgXShYRhZ\ PhZOh_Nh`9o_Mh`Za`lZTkYVkXXkWZjV`jUbjTdiSfiRhiQjhP\ lhOnhNpgMrgLtgKvgKweMucOt } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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sounds from LHC proton collisions
by Bill Jemison 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

I thought I'd pass this link on from Lee Skinner. As some of you know I have occasionally tried to produce audio fractals using fractint. In some ways the sounds produced by my methods and the sounds from this link are similar (to my ear, anyway). My question to Lee was if the results of proton collisions are fractal? I don't know, but the similarities in the sounds to some (not all, for sure) of my audio fractals is intriguing. Sonified real-time data from the Atlas experiment at CERN: http://quantizer.media.mit.edu/ Bill Jemison audio fractals <https://sites.google.com/site/audiofractals/home>

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FOTX -- May 31, 2016
by Jim Muth 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

FOTD -- May 30, 2016 (Rating A-8,M-8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: After an adequate 'holiday' week-end here at FC, the fractals are once again coming to life. Today's emerald gem lies on the negative X-axis of its parent fractal, which resembles an M-set with a severe infection of a cubic virus. The parent's main bay is relatively intact, but the larger buds, especially the main period-2 bud, are becoming distorted. In fact, this bud already has a kind of island appearing inside it. Today's scene is located at the east end of an almost totally cubic minibrot lying on the main stem just beyond the large minibrot. The minibrot at the center of today's image is perfectly cubic, but the number sequence of elements surrounding it is messed up, with alternating doubling and tripling rather than all tripling. This irregularly increasing number of elements inspired the name "Cubic Conundrum". I rated the art and math both at an 8, which makes the image well worth the couple minutes required to run the parameter file. As for the art aspect, the pattern around the cubic minibrot is one of the most striking I have yet seen. The math is nothing really new, though even after working with today's formula for several years, I am still not sure why the iterated expression, (sqr(z)*recip(z^(a)+b)), does exactly what it does. But regardless, along with the MandAutoCritInZ formula, it supplies about half my fractal surprises. The 'holiday' weekend went well enough here at Fractal Central. Memorial Day itself turned out partly cloudy with a temperature of 86F 30C and a passing, garden watering type thunder shower in the afternoon. I passed a good part of the day reading and pondering, though I found nothing new to ponder too deeply. The next FOTX will be posted possibly as soon as tomorrow, the first day of June. Until whenever, take care, and prepare for better fractal things to come. Jim Muth jimmuth(a)earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Cubic_Conundrum { ; time=0:07:53.89 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.924224968577973/0/1.62e+011 params=3\ /-6/0/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=0 logmap=248 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00000JizzjzzzzzmzRzmzozzzmzrzzzlznzzzkqjzsh\ ktNjWLhbJgjHeqFdxLfmRhbXjSblHhn7imDjlIkkNljTmiYnhb\ oggqYWsOKtF8zCEz9JzUOzUTzcYzcIzm3zzZzzfvzdrzbmz`hz\ ZczX`zVYzTWxRUwMStHPqCMm8IhBFcECVH9MJ8IH8GF8MD8RB7\ Y97b77i5Ti4ZRKZ8_cLScXKchCcotwHIwFJwEKwCLRiEXmBap8\ fs5kv3ffMbRdZCwXMpVVjTcdSlZTg`UbaVYbWTcFGIGHMHIPHJ\ SIKVJLYJM`KNcKOfJQiJSkJUmJVoIXrIZtI`vIaxjs3en9`jFW\ fKSbQNZVIV`EReDXbDa_CfXCkUCpRFlTHiUKfVMcWO`X0fRKaU\ cYWwUY`cxTTmLIbE8SKCUPFWUIYZL_cOahRcmUerXfcdiQllCt\ nV`hlIcpOWsTPwYHzbAwJ_t0ycbIRdZEfoN_mVUkbOijIgrCeV\ PO7m77m77m67m67m67e57m57f48m48g38h38i28i28j18k18k1\ 9i2KiD9k2Am3mo3Aq4ms4Bu5mw5mz6mz6cz7cz7mz8Uz8Uz9Uz\ 9UzAUzAczBczBczCczEczDczDczDczDhzDhzDhzChzCmzCmzCm\ zCmzCmzvmzqmzmmzimzdmz`mzXmzTzzOzzKzzGzzGzzFzzFzzF\ zzEzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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