; Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:49:47 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-11-02 (Gills [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021124095150.0da7e146@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- November 24, 2002 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The color flap on the Fractint list appears to be winding down. ; Not surprisingly, it turned out that we were all saying much ; the same thing in different words. Like the sound of the tree ; falling in the forest, the answer to the question of whether ; color exists before it is observed depends on the meaning given ; to the word 'color'. ; ; Today's emerald-colored image, which is surprisingly three- ; dimensional, vaguely resembles many things. I could have given ; it many names, but the name I decided on is "Gills". I rendered ; this otherwise routine scene with the outside set to < tdis >, ; which colors the points according to the total distance ; travelled before escaping. The normal equal-iteration-band ; rendering of the same scene draws a worthwhile image, but one ; that is not nearly as striking as today's < tdis > version. ; ; The parent fractal was created by adding 3.7 parts of Z^(-6.5) ; to 4.9 parts of Z^(-1.83). It is a three-lobed thing composed ; of mostly non-critical features. A small critical area does ; appear on the eastern end of the figure however, and in this ; area lies a bud with a curved filament extending from it. ; Today's image is located out near the tip of the filament, near ; one of the many nodes that lie on it. ; ; Due to its striking emerald coloration, I have, perhaps a bit ; liberally, rated the image at a 7. The render time of 5 minutes ; is within reason, which helps justify the rating. Those who ; want still more justice in the rating may download the completed ; GIF image from one of the two FOTD web sites. ; ; Paul's site can be accessed at: ; ; ; ; Scott's site can be found at: ; ; ; ; The weather was brisk here at Fractal Central on Saturday. The ; sun shone at intervals between scudding clouds, but the wind ; roared and the temperature stopped rising at 44F 6.5C. The ; cats, who could endure only a few minutes of such conditions, ; complained mildly, then settled by their favorite radiators. ; ; Today is starting better, though it's still a bit brisk. Time ; will tell how the day will turn out. Regardless of how things ; develop, I'll return in 24 hours with the next in the unending ; series of FOTD's. Until that eagerly awaited moment, take care, ; and if fractals are made of numbers, why not superstrings? I ; kind of like the idea of the universe being made of numbers, but ; if this is the case, where do the numbers come from? . . . ; ; . . . And what about those membranes of M-theory? . . . ; ; . . . Perhaps I ask too many questions. . . . ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Gills { ; time=0:05:26.59--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.18141305702516300/+0.114455945659029\ 40/1956272/1/-130/-1.086988873910677e-008 params=4.9/-1.83/3.7/-6.5/0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000OIjPKiRLhSNfTOeUQdWScXTbYV`ZW_`YZaZYb`Xc\ aW_cYXdZUe_Rf`OgaLhbIicFjdCke9lfH4ONITTWXZi`cwdavc\ `ubZtbYsaWs`Vr`Tq_SpZRpZK`WDMT67RJuzIrvIosIloHjlHg\ hHdeGbaG_ZGXVFVSFSOFPLENHEKEEHAEF73C17E3AG4EH5HJ6L\ L7OM8RO9VQAYRBaTCdVDhWEkYFnZGk_Kh`NeaQbbT_cWXd_Ueb\ RfeOghLhkIhnG`gFU`DNUCGOEOLGVJIaHKiEMpCOwAczCZwDXt\ EUpFSlGQgHHdIH`JGZIGYHGVGGUFFSFFREFPDFOCFNCDR9CV7B\ Y4Aa29d0Cf2Fg4Ii6Kj7Nl9QmBToDVpEYrG`sIcuKzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzewJcvHauG`uEZtDXsBVs9Tr8Rq6Qq5X8wTDqPI\ lMNfISaFXXEVVETTERSDPQDNODLNCJLCHJCFIAIL9KO8MQXCUu\ 3Xt6Ts9QsCMrFJrIFqLCqN9dP9TR9HS9IX7Ia6Ie5Jj4Jo3Js2\ Mm6Ph9ScDVZGYUK`PNcKRfFUiAYl5`o0cj5VeAM`FDXK4RTCMa\ JGiRBrY6zdKtXYnQVgXSacPVjMPqKJxNLuQNsTPqWRnZTlaVjd\ XhgZej`cmbaod_mealeckfeiffhghggjegldhmchoaiq`is_it\ ZepYblX_hWWdVTaUQYTMUSJQRGMRDJXCMbBPhASnAVlEZkHajK\ diOhhRkgUnfYre`uKDnMFlNHk } 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================================== ; ;