; Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:02:43 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 15-11-02 (Parabrot [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021115100440.0dcf3508@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- November 15, 2002 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have named today's image "Parabrot" because in my opinion it ; lies just a little beyond the normal fractal scene. (Whether my ; opinion agrees with the opinions of others is another story.) ; The parent was found by the Fractint evolver feature, which IMO ; is one of the program's best features. The parent was created ; by combining portions of two different negative powers of Z, in ; this case, Z^(-1.6) and Z^(-3.6), then adding (1/C). ; ; This parent is an indescribable thing consisting of many bays ; filled with islands, with a large irregular ring extending to ; the east and north. Today's scene is located in a spiral at the ; southern origin of this ring, near the point where the ring ; vanishes into the center of a Mandeloid valley. ; ; The image itself is one of unusual smoothness, though this ; smoothness cannot be fully displayed with a palette of only 256 ; colors. The color bands are not arranged consecutively. The ; iteration count alternates back and forth in a curious manner, ; which might be natural or might be an artifact of the math ; routine. ; ; The rating of a 7 could be a bit overblown, but the image is at ; least a little above average. The render time of a little less ; than 15 minutes can be avoided by downloading the finished image ; from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; The weather Thursday turned out to be very pleasant, with lots ; of sun and a temperature of 61F 16C. Accordingly, the cats were ; so pleased that they finished the day with a purr. ; ; And I finished the article in "Skeptical Inquirer" magazine. I ; found it to be rather routine, containing little new debunking ; material. Basically, it re-stated the obvious fact that before ; the existence of PSI can be assumed from experimental results, ; all the other things that might possibly have caused the small ; discrepancy from chance should be eliminated. Since it is ; impossible to totally eliminate all the other things that could ; possibly influence the outcome of such PSI experiments, the ; world-view of the 'hard skeptics' is still safe, and they will ; not need to admit the possibility of the existence of the ; paranormal. ; ; As for me, I am now forced to admit the existence of the work on ; the shelf, which must shortly be finished. It's time to get ; busy, so until next FOTD, take care, and be cautious with feral ; fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Parabrot { ; time=0:14:53.86--SF5 on a P233 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.83502905555210550/-0.706221113715004\ 60/1320266/1/27.5/-1.92615405431029174e-008 params=-8.98/-1.6/-10.83/-3.6/0/0 float=y maxiter=1700 inside=0 logmap=285 periodicity=10 colors=000cCzcCzcCzYCzG2yJ3xM4wP5vS6vV7uY8t`9sc9sf\ AriBqlCpoDorEnuFmxGlzGkyFjyEiyDhyCgyBfyAey9dy8cy7b\ y6ay5`y4_y3Zy2Yz1Xy0WrYVnZUfcTZcTXdaIahLdgOcgQegTe\ fVgfYgf_iebheejegjdjldlldoncqnctocvocooeipgcphYpjR\ qlLqmFqo9qpBphDodFnUGkWGiQGgOHdMHbRH`IHZGIWEQXCISA\ SW9MM8VW8UG8_V7a97eS7h37fQ6d96eQ5`F5bS4XL4YV3TQ3SY\ 2PW2N`1La1Kb1Mb4Ob6Pa9RaBS`EU`GV_JX_LZZO_ZQaYTbYVd\ XYeX__aYUeXPiWJnVEpU8rT3uSJtkHrnIpnInnIknIhnIenJdn\ JcnJbnJanJ`nK_nKZnKYnKXnKWnJUgJTaISVIRPKQNMPLOOKQN\ ISMGULFWKDYJB_IAaH8cG6eF5gE3iD1jC0gF3dH5aJ7ZL9WNBT\ PDQRFOTILVKIXMFZOC`Q9bS6dU4fW8aQCYKGTFKP9NL4QM5TM5\ WN5ZN5`N5cO5fO6iP6kP6nP6qQ6tQ6vQ6pUDkYJe`Q`dWWhbQk\ hLooGruMnoSjiXfdbbZhZTmVOsRIxODwNEvNFvNGuNHuNItNJt\ NKsNLrMMrMNqMOqMPpMQpMRoMSoMSQWe1ai2`l2Wf3S`3UV4WP\ 4YJ6_L7aN8cP9eRAgSBiUCkWEmYFo_Gq`HsbItdJufKvgMwdNx\ bOy_PzYQzWRzTSzRTzOUzMtzP } 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================================== ; ;