---------- 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@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@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@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@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