; Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:47:32 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-08-02 (Curlers [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20020830104830.29ff7050@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- August 30, 2002 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Checking my e-mail box this morning, I found 23 messages, 18 of ; which were junk. I am not particularly annoyed by this junk ; mail, some of it is actually fun, especially those blatantly ; scam letters from the families of assassinated leaders I have ; never heard of in some unlikely African nations, who want to ; give me 8-million U.S. dollars if I send them my bank account ; number. And there is also the "very excite game" family of ; junk, which I have received hundreds of times, and delete ; immediately because they contains a virus. ; ; I simply delete most of this junk automatically. This morning ; however, when it took 20 minutes to download my queue of e-mail, ; I realized that things might be getting a bit out of control. ; I'm even getting undeliverable messages returned to me that I ; never sent. If the present trend continues, I might need to ; change my e-mail address in the not-too-distant future. But for ; the present, I'll stick with the 6-year-old 'jamth' address. ; ; Today's image existed for all eternity before I stumbled upon it ; yesterday afternoon. It is a scene in the fractal that results ; when 0.1 part of Z^12 is subtracted from Z^1.2 and 1/C is added. ; The fractal consists of a two-lobed Mandeloid with its main ; filament curling off to the east. The curl in this filament ; inspired the name "Curlers". ; ; Today's FOTD pictures a point far out on this curling filament, ; where a tiny midget lurks. Most of the impact comes from the ; coloring, on which I spent a few extra minutes. Thanks to the ; strong colors, the image, which otherwise would have rated a 6, ; rates a 7. ; ; The parameter file is unusually fast, running in the one-minute ; range on most machines. It will probably take longer to go ; online and download the completed GIF image file. But for those ; who will enjoy the trip, the completed image may be found online ; at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; The weather Thursday here at Fractal Central was of the fractal ; variety, as most everything in nature is, including the fractal ; cats, who endured 2 outdoor hours of heavy clouds and a tempera- ; ture of 70F 21C before surrendering to their need for food and ; coming in from the yard. ; ; As for me, I'd best get busy doing the things that need to be ; done here in the fractal shoppe. And that means work. So until ; the next FOTD three days from now on Sept 2, take care, and be ; of sound mind and nominally unsound fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Curlers { ; time=0:01:25.91--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.42455251587505830/+0.001585523072115\ 22/4.121986e+008/1/102.499999815637167/6.040707956\ 06759248e-008 params=1/1.2/0.1/12/0/0 float=y maxiter=280 inside=0 logmap=25 periodicity=10 colors=00000000000000000000000FA1KK5ON9RREUPIKXNNc\ SPjXSqaWyfXzl`zqaWzpZzjazecy`fwXjuSlsNpsKqqFupByn8\ zl3zj0zj0se5haEXZNNWXCSf3Pq0Lz3WzCczLnzWwzezzezzez\ wezpezhezaezWezPezIezCez6ez1ez0ez0ez0ez0In00P602K0\ 9N0FP0LR0SS0ZU0eW0lX0sZ0z`0za0zc1zZ6zWCzRIzNPzKWzF\ azChz9fzBezCczCazE`zEZzFXzFWzHUzISzIRzKPzKNzLLzLXz\ RfzWqz`zzczyfywhwujusnsqpqpqpnsnnwllyjjzhhzffzeezc\ czcczhflljRpn6sq0pn0nj0jf3hc8e`EcXI`UPZRUWN`UKeSFl\ RCsR9zP6zP3zW9zaFnhKapRRwXFza5zh0zn0j0FX6EKLC8`B0q\ 90z80yC0qF6jKEcNLXSURWaK`jEcnKhqRluWpyauzfyznzzszz\ wzsywnzqfzn`zhWze0hy0ls0pn0sh0wc0z`0zW0zR1zL2zH2zE\ 8zKEzRKzWRzaXzhcznjzuqzzlzzhzzczz`zzWzzSzzNzzKzzFz\ zCzz8zz5zz1zz0zz0zz0zz0zs0zl0zf0z`0zU0zP0zR0zS0zU0\ zW1zX2zZ3z`6z`8za9zcBzeEzfFzhHzjIzjNzhRzhUzhXzh`zh\ czffzfjzfzzfzzfzzezzezzezzezzezzZyzUuzPpzKjzEfz9az\ 5Xz1Uz0Nz0Iz0Ez09z05z00z0 } 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================================== ; ;