; Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:15:42 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-07-02 (Ridges Everywhere [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20020724111618.22a72f5e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- July 24, 2002 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I am fractally annoyed. ; ; When I opened my e-mail box a few minutes ago, I found six ; frivolous letters, each of which had basically the same 90kb ; file attached. Usually I receive one or two copies of this file ; every day, but six is a record. I must have received two- ; hundred copies of this same meaningless file over the past few ; months. The file always has a different name, but the body, ; with a few variations, remains basically unchanged. The message ; that accompanies the file often says something such as "I now ; make this game for you to try. You are the first." Since the ; file obviously contains a virus, I have not run it, but it is ; amazing how long this virus has been circulating, and how ; pervasive it is. ; ; It is even more amazing how long the FOTD has been circulating, ; with no end in sight. In fact, starting in October, when the ; FOTD CD is ready, the ongoing FOTD will once again appear on a ; daily basis. Until then, it will appear on every even-numbered ; day. Be patient. ; ; And today being an even-numbered day, we have a new FOTD to ; discuss. This one once again colors the outside with the ; algorithm, which creates the effect of ridges. This ridge ; effect is why I named today's image "Ridges Everywhere". The ; striking overall effect earns the rating of 7. ; ; Today's scene is part of a parent fractal created by the formula ; 2(Z^(0.9))+2(Z^(-0.9))+C. The parent is a distorted M-set lying ; in the normal orientation. Today's image lies in a spiral in ; the rump of an elephant on the southern shore of East Valley. ; ; The 18-minute render time can be annoying for those who lack ; leisure computer time. As a remedy, I suggest visiting Paul's ; site at: ; ; ; ; or Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; and downloading the completed GIF image from there. ; ; The weather Tuesday here at Fractal Central was of the fractal ; variety, with a temperature of 102F 39C at 5pm and 72F 22C at ; 6pm. The spectacular drop was caused by a heavy and quite noisy ; thunder-storm that struck at 5:30 and put a temporary end to the ; excessive heat. When the fractal cats came out of hiding they ; were quite thankful for the coolness in the air, and spent the ; evening in the wet grass, shaking the water from their paws. ; ; As for me, I'm ready to spend the rest of today, which is ; starting much cooler, shaking the backlog of work from the ; shelves across the room. Until next time, which will arrive on ; Friday the 26th, take care, and don't tempt the powers that be. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Ridges_Everywhere { ; time=0:18:23.62--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-2.740404644979088/-0.0120562596393299/\ 8.460675e+010/1/-150/-0.00149391725933679942 params=2/0.9/2/-0.9/0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000RxwRttRqqRmnRijRdgRadRYaRT_RPVRMSRIPRDMR\ 9KR6HT9OVCVWF`YIg_Ln`OtdRzgTzjWzm_znVxpRkqOYsKLtF6\ vC0z0kw7jtDjqLinRikWi10V00VR_OL_HD`96`10g0`m00a03O\ 39IADAII4POAVSF`WKfaOkfTqjYwpaztfzxjzpmzgnw`qnSsgK\ v_CwR3zI0zA0z00z00z01z04z0gP4gO3iO3jO1kO1mO0mO0iM9\ dLI`KRWKYSIfOHnKHvICjI9`H4PH1FF03F00I6AKHRLRfM`vOj\ zPvxRzkSznTzqVwtWswYpz_mz`izafzcczc`zcizcqzczzW_`P\ 77MFALLDISHHYIFcLCjOApR9vS6zV4zY3z_0MD0RA3V97_6Ac4\ Fg1Kk0Op0Rt0Vx0_z0cz0fz0cz0az0_t0Yp0Vj0Tf0Ra0PW0MS\ 0LM0II0HC0D70C30A40A61A77A9DAAKACP9DV9F`9Hf9Ik9Kq9\ Lw9MzASzCWzD`zFdzHjzInzKszLwzMvxOtvPstRsqSqpTpmVpk\ WniYmf_md`kaaj`cjYdiWfgTggSc`R_VPVPPRKOMCOI6MD0M90\ L40LH7KSPIcfI3c09d3Df6If7MgARgCWiF`jIdjKikMmkOsmRw\ nTznVzpYzp_zqazscvtdpvfkwggwjcxkYzmTznPzpLzqIzqFzq\ DzqAzq9xq6xq4xqCnnKdkRVjYLgdAdj0cm3ap6aq7atAavDaxF\ azIazLazMapOccPdRRfSzzRzz } 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================================== ; ;