; Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 10:36:32 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-12-02 (Arcing [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021208103847.29e782d6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- December 08, 2002 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I named today's image "Arcing". My excuse is that the bluish ; streaks surrounding the central area of activity could be ; interpreted as a series of electric arcs. The actual reason is ; that I rather enjoy using the word, which regardless of how it ; is spelled, never seems to be spelled correctly. ; ; The presumed correct spelling is 'arcing', but spelled this way, ; the word looks as if it should be pronounced 'arse-ing', which ; more sensitive fractalists could take to mean something un-nice. ; The spelling 'arking' looks as though it would be pronounced ; correctly, but seems unrecognizable when seen on paper. The ; participial form of the word 'picnic' is 'picnicking', and this ; word gives no trouble. Why then can not the participial form of ; the word 'arc' be spelled 'arcking'? . . . I guess it looks like ; a mis-spelling of 'racking'. ; ; This little side trip into the world of correct spelling is in ; no way meant to divert attention from today's image, which is ; rated well above yesterday's lowly 2, but still comes in at a ; slightly-below-average 4. The slit-like hole at the center is ; actually a very odd slice of a midget that appears in the east ; valley area of a larger midget that lies on a filament extending ; from the northwest shore of the main bud of the M-set. ; ; At this angle, the 2,4,8... series of elements has basically ; disintegrated into a disorganized chaos, though the overall ; pattern is still rather well defined. A glance at the < tab > ; screen will show that the image has been greatly stretched and ; skewed to undo the inherent stretching and skewing of the scene. ; Such stretching and skewing is an important part of examining ; the odd slices of the Julibrot, where features in their natural ; form are often stretched and twisted beyond recognition. ; ; This natural stretching is an inevitable part of the odd slices. ; It exists for mathematical reasons, one of which is that objects ; appear far larger in the Julia aspect than in the Mandelbrot ; aspect, and the odd slices include parts of both aspects. I ; will have more to say about this stretching in a future FOTD. ; ; Right now, it's time to reveal that, with a render time of 4 ; minutes, the image is barely worth the effort of rendering it ; from the parameter file. Those who choose not to render may ; find the pre-rendered image ready for download on Paul's site ; at: ; ; ; ; and on Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; The fractal weather Saturday was sunny but chilly, with a ; temperature barely above freezing. The snow still on the ground ; kept the dynamic ones safely indoors by their radiators. But I ; could not avoid a trip outdoors to do some things that needed to ; be done. ; ; This morning is sunny and chilly again. I expect a similar day. ; Until the next FOTD appears in 24 hours, take care, and see you ; then. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Arcing { ; time=0:04:06.95--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=-0.00000000004526324/-0.000000000006343\ 38/1.471077e+011/0.0132/172.255691302663337/-56.45\ 35740250172111 params=-26.03289895321512/95.611438\ 3373516/2/0/-1.256850515434251/0.3795596138199557/\ -1.256850515434251/0.3795596138199557 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000cdOXZPPTRHNSAHTELYHObLRfOUkSXoV_tYbxWapU\ `iT_aR_VQZNOYGNY9LZDJ_GH`JFaNEbQCcTAdX8e_7eb8c`8b_\ 9`Y9_XAYVAXUBVSBUREVQGWQJXPLYPNYPQZOS_OV`NXaNZaN_d\ K`fI`iFakDanAbp8bs5cu3cw1_m3Wc5SU7OK8PWPPgePsvMrnK\ rgIq`GqUDqMBpF9p87p18l39i5Ae6Bb8C_ADWBETDEPFFMGGJI\ HFKICLJ8NK5PK2QN6OQAMSELVHJXLH_PGbTEdWCg_Bic9lg7nj\ 6oa9pTBqKErCGoDHmEHjFHhGHfGHcHHaIH_JIXKIVKITLIQMIO\ NIMNIOSPQWVS`aUegWjn`tyZqvYntXlrVipUfmTdkRaiQZgPXd\ NUbMR`UVHPSQLPZGNgCKp8Iy7Hv7Ht7Gr7Gp7Fn7Fk7Ei7Eg6E\ e6Dc6D`6CZ6CX6BV6BT17Q49R6BR8DSAFSCHTEJTGLUINULPVN\ RVPTWRVWTXXVZXX`Y_`_ZaYZaWYaUYaTXbRXbPWbOWbMWcKVcJ\ VcHUcFUdETdCTdATd9R`9QY9PV9OS9NP9MM9LI9KF9JC9I99H6\ 9G39J6CL8FOAIQCLTEOVGRYJU_LXbN_dPbgReiThmewj_lkVjk\ PilKglEfm9dp1bm4ck7chAdfDdcGdaJeZMe_HfYLeXPeWTeVWe\ U_dTcdSgdRjdQhcQgbPfbPdaPc`Ob`O`_N__NZZNXYMWYMVXFK\ `JPZMUXQYVTbTXgR_kPcpNftL } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;