; Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 09:23:51 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-10-02 (Railyard-II [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021002092514.0daf116c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- October 02, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Most sequels fall short of the standard set by the original. ; Today's FOTD fractal image is a sequel to yesterday's "Railyard" ; image. Whether it equals the worth of that image is up to the ; viewer to decide, but in my opinion, today's image falls a bit ; short of yesterday's. I therefore rated it a 6 -- still a bit ; above average, though not exceptional. ; ; I could have named today's image "Son of Railyard" or "Return of ; the Railyard", or perhaps something more sensational such as ; "Curse of the Railyard" or "The Railyard Rises Again". But I ; didn't. I finally decided on the simple descriptive title ; "Railyard-II" ; ; In today's image I subtracted 2Z from Z^2.001 instead of adding ; it. The parent fractal that results from this change is shifted ; in position, and now has X-axis symmetry, but it is otherwise ; little different from the parent of yesterday's image. As in ; yesterday's image, today's scene is located in the negative-stem ; area of the parent. ; ; I have yet to see a four-dimensional train running along the ; fractal rails, which twist and curve in 4-D space. As a matter ; of fact, I have yet to visualize 4-D space. Having firmly ; established a 3-D world image, I appear to be unable to do so, ; but despite the seeming impossibility, I never stop trying. And ; now I hear that perhaps 11 or even more dimensions might exist, ; all rolled up into tiny supersymmetric strings. (I wonder what ; they're made of.) It's all very interesting, but what chance do ; I, a mere human being, have of understanding the world that ; contains me. (Or is it I who contain the world?) ; ; Now that the FOTD is once again an every-day thing, I'll have ; more opportunity to speculate on the philofractal list about the ; nature of reality, and perhaps invent some fractal formulae ; which demonstrate that I am on the right track. ; ; About that FOTD CD, it's basically finished, but I want to ; include on it the FOTD's that will appear during the remainder ; of this year, so that the disk's contents will end at an obvious ; break point. The CD will be ready for distribution after the ; first of next year, and after that I will release a new FOTD CD ; at the start of every new year. I have not even begun to ; exhaust my enthusiasm for the FOTD. ; ; The parameter file runs in 9 minutes; the completed GIF image ; downloads in less than one minute. Running the parameter file ; is more fun; downloading from the web is more convenient. The ; choice is up to the reader. Those who choose to download will ; find the image soon available on the web at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather Tuesday here at Fractal Central was ; congruent to Monday's weather, though I doubt that weather can ; be congruent. One thing certain is that it was similar. The ; warm sun and temperature of 84F 29C kept the fractal cats ; outdoors all afternoon, presumably dreaming pleasant dreams. ; ; My dreams will be more pleasant when the day's tasks are ; finished. But achieving that lofty goal will require work, and ; it's time to get started. So until tomorrow, take care, and ; have a fractal day. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Railyard-II { ; time=0:09:41.27--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.2529598053813786/+0.000614846004721/\ 6.525785e+008/1/180 params=1/2.001/-2/1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=203 periodicity=10 colors=00000I00H01F02E03C04B05A0680772567B9BGCFLFJ\ RINWLS`OWfR_kUcpXguZes_cr`bpa`ob_mcYldWjeVjfTigSih\ QhiPhjNhkLglKgmIdnHboF_pDYqCVrATs9Qs7Os6Nr8Op9PnAQ\ lBRkDSjESjFTjGUkHVkJWkKXkLXlMYkNZjP_iQ`iRahSagTbfV\ cfWdeXgdYjcZkcXqdWndVpdUqeTseSseRteQtfPufOufNugMtg\ LtgKsgJshIrhHrhGqiFqiEpiDpiEnhFmgFlfGjeHidHhcIfbIe\ aJd`Kb_KaZL`YL_YNZXOXWPWVRUVSTUTSTUQSWPSXNRYMQZLQX\ LPWKPVKPUJPSJORJOQIOPIOOHOMHNLHNKGNJGNIGNPITVKZ`Ld\ fNilOorQuxRzuQysPypOxnNxlMwiLwgKveJvbIu`IuYHtWGtUF\ sREsPDrNCrKBqIAqGAqHCoHEnHGlHHkIJiILhINfIOeJQcJSbJ\ U`JV_KXYKZXK`VKaULcSLeRLgPLhOQfRUeTYdVaaYe__iYaiYa\ jXajXajWajWajV`jV`jV`jW`jW`jW`jW`jU`jV`jV`jV_jW_jW\ _jW_jX_kZ_k__k`_ka_kb_kcZkdZkdZkdZkdZkeZkfZkfZkgZk\ hZkiZkiYkiYkjYkjYljYljYlkYlkYlkYlkYllXllXllXllWlmV\ lnUloUmpUmqUmrUmsUmtUmuUmvUmwUmxUmyUmzUmzUmzUmzUmz\ UmzUmzUmzUmzUmzUmzUmzUmzU } 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================================== ; ;