; Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:56:53 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-06-02 (Green Scene [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20020624115710.29f7b574@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- June 24, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I checked my e-mail box a few minutes ago, I found among ; the 22 junk letters four letters that told me I had 'opted in' ; to something or other, two letters that were a 'reply to my ; inquiry', and two letters that had bounced back because I had ; sent them to a bad address. Curiously enough, I have no memory ; of 'opting in' to anything or 'making an inquiry' about anything ; or sending any letters to any invalid addresses. ; ; All of these letters had a line saying something like 'if this ; letter has reached you in error'. The puzzle of the day is why ; such a line needs to be included in letters that I supposedly ; have asked to receive. Does the sender have reason to suspect ; that he actually *is* sending the letter in error? If so, then ; the letter with the misleading subject is not an error but a ; deliberate effort to sell something to me. ; ; Most of these letters have no chance to succeed, particularly ; with me, since I have no desire to get a bogus diploma or ; consolidate my debts or increase my size, (I'm already a bit ; overweight). In addition, many of the letters are in ; format and I have my e-mail reader set to display coding ; as text, which makes the over-designed letters virtually ; impossible to read and destined for immediate consignment to the ; trash bin. ; ; Now that I've got that off my chest, I see that we have a ; fractal to at least acknowledge. The image is that of another ; Mandelbrot midget. This one is just different enough to make it ; worth the position of honor as FOTD for June 24. The parent ; fractal was created when I iterated the unusually simple even ; for me formula (Z^3)+0.357(Z^4)+C. ; ; I named the image "Green Scene". The name is purely ; descriptive, and based on the strong green coloring which ; appears in the image. The rating of 6 has become normal since ; the FOTD slipped to its temporary every-three-days schedule. ; ; The render time of 10 minutes can be cut by 3/4 by downloading ; the GIF image from Paul's web site: ; ; ; ; or from Scott's site: ; ; ; ; The weather Sunday here at Fractal Central featured a bit too ; much of a good thing. The sun was a bit too hot, the air a bit ; too still, the humidity a bit too high, the ground a bit too ; dry, and the temperature of 91F 33C a bit too warm for cat ; comfort. The cats in question, after a few minutes outdoors, ; chose to spend the day in the indoor air conditioning. ; ; Which is where I'll spend most of today while I tend to the ; things that need to be done. Until next time, on the 27th, take ; care, and always try to separate truth from fiction. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Green_Scene { ; time=0:10:28.40--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.50637533704881520/+0.000758454262473\ 48/8.225209e+010/1/80.0208434512356774/-0.02262412\ 96535609898 params=1/3/0.357/4/0/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=218 periodicity=10 colors=000AFKGJREWfCgvWAsYDq_FoaImbKkdMifPhhRfiTdk\ WbmY`o`_pbYrdWtgUviSwkRjRSiLTfBUdCScCQbCPaDN_DMZDK\ YEIXEHVEFUGETICSKBQMAPOAOQAMS9LU9KW9IY8H_8Ga8Gc7Ge\ 7Gg7Gi7Gk6Gl6Gn6Gp6Gr5Gt5Gu5Gt5BrYDpXEnXGlWHjWJhWK\ gVMeVNcVOaUQ_URZTTXTUVTWTSXRSYQSZRQ_RP`SNaSMdTLgTJ\ jUImUGoVFqVEoTEmRElQEjOEhNEgLEeJEcIEbGE_FEYDEWBETA\ EQ8EQ7EUBDXEC`ICbLBdPBfSAgWAhZ9jb9ke8lh8mi7nj6oj6o\ k5pk5ql4rl4rm3sm3tn2un2uo1vo1wp0wp0cgJKZa1Rt8NoEKk\ KHgQEbWBZa8V`7W`7X_7Y_7Z_7_Z7_Z7`Z7aY7bY7cX7cX7dX7\ eW7fW7gW7gR8hM9iIAjDBk8Cl4CmAHmGMmLRmRWmW_madmfiml\ nmqrmmjZibKeW5``BWdHRhNMlTHpYGoWGoUFnTFnREmQEmODlM\ DlLCkJCkIBjGBjFAhG9gG8fG8dH7cH6bH5aH5_I4ZI3YI3XI4Y\ K5ZM6_O7`P7`R8aT9bVAcWBdYBd_CeaDfbEgdFhfFhgHffJgfL\ ifNkePmeRoeTqeVsdXudZwd`xdbycdzcfzchzcUzSFzHIzILzJ\ NzKQzLSzMVzNXzN_zOazPdzQfzRizSkzSnzRqzQtzPwzOyzOoz\ QfzRYzTOzUFzW6zXGzRGzRGzR } 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 PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;