; Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 11:05:59 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-08-02 (Blackberries [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20020806110641.2ad7ca14@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- August 06, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Fractal Central has suffered two more power failures since I ; posted my most recent letter. (But still the fractals keep ; coming.) This most recent outage was the tenth since Saturday ; morning. I know this to be an accurate count because every time ; the power cuts off and comes back on, my fax machine spits out a ; 5cm strip of paper. There are 10 strips now lying beside the ; fax machine. ; ; The local electric utility, always with a handy excuse, claims ; that broken trees are continuing to fall. This is well and ; good, except that they also advertise their professional tree- ; trimming program which they claim is designed to prevent such ; outages. ; ; The newer suburban subdivisions in the area are being ; constructed with the power lines underground, which does cut ; back on the number of outages, but this creates another problem. ; Fractal Central lies in a lightning-prone area, and the above- ; ground power grid acts as a rather effective, if unintentional, ; lightning rod. After almost every lightning storm, there is ; news of one or more of these new high-priced houses in one of ; these new subdivisions without overhead power lines being struck ; by lightning and set afire. I guess I'd rather have a few power ; outages per year than have my house burn down. And finally, ; what ever happened to those old-fashioned but effective ; lightning rods on the rooftops? ; ; As for today's fractal, I entered a lot of ones into the M-Mix4 ; formula and came up with a basket of blackberries. The fractal ; berries actually have me hungry. Not surprisingly, I named the ; image "Blackberries". It's an acceptable image, maybe a little ; above average. As such, it was rated a liberal 6. ; ; Spending 39 minutes to render a single 6-rated fractal is a bit ; much to expect of even the most avid fractalist. For increased ; happiness, I suggest a download of the completed GIF image file ; from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather Monday here at Fractal Central was hot and ; humid, with a temperature of 95F 35C, which was just hot enough ; to keep the dynamic duo confined to quarters. In the evening a ; light shower passed over, followed by a cooling breeze to make ; the evening end pleasantly. ; ; Today promises to continue the cooling trend, but before I can ; enjoy the pleasant conditions, I must finish some work, while ; hoping the power stays on. And before I finish, I must begin. ; So until next time, (on the 8th), take care, and strive for ; perfection. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Blackberries { ; time=0:39:01.75--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.13984727490430700/+1.592634280290241\ 00/1.003849e+007/1/-127.499999891903641/-2.5538621\ 2705266402e-007 params=1/1/-1/-1/0.1/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 logmap=675 periodicity=10 colors=000QKibWCaZD``E_cFZeGYhHXkIWmJVpKUsLTuMSxNR\ zNOuMLqMIlMGhMDcMA_M8VM5RM2MM0IM2HP4GR5FT7EV8DXACZ\ BB`DAbF9dG8fI7hJ6jL5lM4nO3pP3rSFnUQjXagZlc`w`ctafq\ ahoaefdcYg`PjZHmMzTRuRWqP_lNdhMhcKm_IqWHoZLnaPmcTl\ fXji`ikdhnhgpkiojkoimoioohqohsoguogwofxoftmepkdljc\ hhbdgaae`Yd_UbZQ`YM_XJYWFXVBVU7UT3SS0RS2QT4QT6QT8Q\ TAQTCQTEQTGQTIQTKQTMQTOQTQQTSQTUQTVQTXURYXQ_`OadMb\ gKdkIfoGgrEivCjyBRmzQkyQixPhwPfvOduOctNasN`rNZqMXp\ MWoLUnLSmKRlKPkKOkLMjLLiLKhLJhLIgLGfLFeLEeLDdLCcLB\ cNEbOGaPI`QK_RMZSOYUQXVSWWUWXXVYZUZ`T`bSadRbfQchPd\ jOelOcjNahM_gLYeKWdJUbIS`HQ_GOYFNXELVDJTCHSBFQADP9\ BN89L77K65I54H45G65G76G96GA7GC7FD8FF8FG8FI9FJ9ELAE\ MAEOBEPBERBESEFTHFTKGTNGUQHUTHUWHUXJWXKXXLZYN_YO`Y\ PbYQcZSdZTfZUgZVh_Xj_Yk_Zm``n`ao`bq`craesafuagvahw\ djsflohnkjpglrcnt_pvXmwYjwYhwYewYcwY`xYYxYWxYTxYRx\ YOyYLyYJyYGyYEyYIsZMmZPh_ } 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================================== ; ;