; Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 22:49:22 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-07-02 (Fractal Saturday [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20020720224954.0d9773fe@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- July 20, 2002 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Yes, I know that the FOTD is late, and I know that it's not the ; all-time best, but I have an alibi -- a power failure that ; struck in the middle of a non-FOTD rush job that was already ; giving me a hard time. Then, to add to the disruption, seeing ; how the power had failed just when I needed it most, I lost my ; fractal temper, which helped the situation not the slightest. ; ; Luckily, the storm that caused the interruption covered only the ; local area, and the lights were back on within two hours, but ; the damage to the work flow had already been done, and my mood ; remained foul for the rest of the day. But being angry while ; working at a computer makes one prone to errors. Hopefully, I ; made none, and the customer, who got his job only 1/2 hour late, ; will never know that his job gave such trouble. ; ; And yes, there is a better-late-than-never fractal for today. ; Being able to think of nothing better, I named it "Fractal ; Saturday" and rated it a nominal 5. The image mixes 0.7 parts ; of Z^(-1.5) with twice as much Z^0.8765 before adding 1/C. It ; might be the fastest-found FOTD image of all time. I found the ; scene in under 2 minutes and colored it in an equally short ; time. Actually, considering the haste with which the image was ; created, the rating of 5 is not so bad. ; ; The render time of under 5 minutes is also not so bad, but the ; download time of the GIF image file is even better. The ; download may be found at: ; ; ; ; and: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather Friday featured a muggy day with a high ; temperature of 91F 33C and a localized but intense thunder-storm ; in the afternoon, which struck the area with torrential rain and ; spectacular lightning, doused the fractal lights and sent the ; fractal cats scurrying for the most secure cover they could find ; behind the cartons in the basement storage area. Luckily for ; the dynamic duo, the flooding problem down there has been pretty ; much solved, and they came out a couple hours later, cautious ; but dry and unharmed. ; ; And barring another power failure, I'll return on schedule this ; Monday with the next FOTD, new and improved for your viewing ; pleasure. Until then, take care, and who knows what goodies ; lurk in the heart of the future. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Fractal_Saturday { ; time=0:04:16.01--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=b center-mag=-1.17085298919225900/+0.232302495487533\ 20/2.607014e+007/1/-42.5/8.15006835977460931e-008 params=0.7/-1.5/1.4/0.8765/0/-75 float=y maxiter=1150 inside=255 logmap=145 periodicity=10 colors=00009e0Gi0Ll0Nm0Nk0Li0Ig0Ge0Gb0E`5CZ99ZG9XL\ 7VR5RZ3Pb1Ni1Ln0Lu0IzNGzREzTCzU9zV7zW7zW9zXCzYEzWE\ ySGuMIn9IiELbGNZINVORNQTISULUVNWXNZZPa`PdbRgeRjgVm\ iVoiXpnZrp`trbuubuweuzgvziwzkyzkyznyzpzzrzzuzzuzzw\ zzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzwzzuzzpzznzzizzezzbzzZyzXuzRpzPn\ zLizGezE`z9Xz7Rz3Pz0Lz0Gz0Cz07z03z01z03z05z05z07z0\ 9z09z0Cz0Ez0Ez0Gz0Iy0Iu0Lr0Np0Nk0Pi0Rg0Rb0V`0XZ0XV\ 0ZR0`P0`R0XV0RX0NZ0I`0E`09b05e01g00i00i00k00n00p00\ r00r00k00e00Z00R00L00E007501900E00L00k00r00z00k10P\ 35P7CN9LNERNIZLLeLPkIRrIXzI`zGbzGgzEizEnzEpzCkz9iz\ 9gz7ez5bz5`z9eyEiwInuNprRupXyn`zkeziizgnzerzbwz`zz\ ZzzXzzXzzPzzLrzGgzCZz7Nz1Cz03z00z00z00z0Ny0zw3zz9z\ zGwzNpzXkzbgzi`zpXzwRzpXzkZzg`zbbzZezVgzNizIkzEnz9\ pz5rz1uz0wz0yz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz`zNkznwzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzwzzuzzpzznzzizzgzzbzz\ `zzZzzVzzRzzNzzLzzGwzE000 } 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================================== ; ;