; Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:56:07 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-12-02 (The Jitters [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021220085832.0d972416@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- December 20, 2002 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; For today's FOTD I unpacked a formula named MytestAF. I have no ; idea what the name means or what the formula is supposed to do. ; I wrote it one day a number of years ago when I was inventing ; formulas (formulae for the over-educated) at random, hoping for ; a lucky break. But the lucky break never happened, and the ; formula was consigned to one of my abandoned formula files, ; where it has languished for 6 years or so. ; ; On Thursday, after being dead all that time, the formula was ; chosen at random and given one last chance. It seized the ; chance and created an image that, rating a 5, barely made it ; onto the honor roll of FOTD images. ; ; It is a busy, jittery looking image, which is why I named it ; "The Jitters". The foreground is filled with curved bits of ; brilliantly blue debris that arranges itself into yellowish ; angular masses as it fades into the background. This background ; debris is just that -- debris. When enlarged, it does nothing, ; and goes on apparently forever doing nothing. It lacks even the ; curvilinear, art-nouveau-like, feeling of the foreground. ; ; On my nearly-extinct machine the attached parameter file runs in ; 2-1/2 minutes. On a real 'screamer' it will run in a minute or ; so. The completed image will download in less than a minute ; from one of the FOTD web sites at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; But, for those who are not always connected, another minute or ; so will be spent going online and reaching the sites. Since all ; means of viewing the image are about equal in time spent, it is ; up to the individual fractalist to decide which route to take. ; ; Well, the holiday season is almost here -- the darkest time of ; year in the northern hemisphere, when I am most prone to wax ; philosophic about many things, but the shortcomings of science ; and technology in particular. And when I do such waxing, I ; usually get myself into a lively debate with those who feel that ; science might be threatened and needs to be defended. Luckily ; for members of the Fractint list, if the philosophizing starts, ; I will confine it to the philofractal list, where it will be ; on-topic for anyone who might still be there to listen. ; ; Thursday continued the cloudy, chilly, damp weather here at ; F.C., with a temperature barely reaching 40F 4C. Seeing such ; conditions, the cats were no happier than they had been the ; Wednesday before. ; ; As for me, I have much work to do and little time in which to do ; it, and the new work keeps coming in. I hope to keep the FOTD ; going every day through the holidays, but it is by no means ; certain that I will be able to do so. Tomorrow's fractal will ; appear on schedule however. After that we'll have to take it a ; day at a time. Until next FOTD, take care, and, if possible, be ; cheerful until the holidays are past. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ The_Jitters { ; time=0:02:31.04--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=oldjim08.frm formulaname=MytestAF passes=1 center-mag=-3.8942/-\ 3.41462/0.3033945/1/-67.5/-3.77822773067748585e-014 params=0.8/0.8 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=yes symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000K0PJINHFTGDXEAWD8ZB5aA3cF8eJCgNHiRLkVQmZ\ UobYqfbspfznkwruyvxzruxnlwrizgfucct__rWXqTUpPRoLOn\ HKlEHkAEj6Bi38hFKmQVr`evZdvXcvVbvTavR`vP_vNZvLYvJX\ vHWvFVvDUvBTv9Sv7RvDOpILjNIeSF_XCVa9Pf6Kk3Ep19a8QO\ EeQK`SQWUVRSTORSMQQJOPHNNEMMCLLAKNAKPAKRAJSAJUAJWA\ JYAIZAI`AIbAIcAO`0TXA2UJ4UL5UM7UN8WOAZPB`QDbREeSGg\ THjUJlVKnWKnVKnVKoVLoVLpVLpVLpVLqVLqUMqUMrUMrUMrUM\ sUMsUMsUMrTMrTMrSMrSMrSMrRMqRMqRMqQMqQMqQMqPMp8MpP\ MpPMpOMpOMpNMpNMoNMoMMoMMoMMoLMoLMnLMnKMnKMnKMnJMn\ JMnJMmIMmIMmHMmHMmHMmGMlGMlGMlFMlFMlFMlEMkEMkEMkDM\ kDMkCMkCMjCMjBMjBMjBMjFMjKPiPUiUZiZcichihmimmjjmkg\ mldmmcmmckmcnmcqmdtmbwm_zmYzmWzmUzmSzmPzmNzmLzmJzm\ GzmEzmCzmAzmBzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAz\ mAzmAzmAzmAzmAzmAzm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9\ zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm9zm8zm8zm8zm8zm8zm8zm8zm8zm\ 8zmWzmTzmQzmNzmKzmHzmEzmH } frm:MytestAF {; Jim Muth z=c=pixel, a=flip(real(p1)), b=flip(imag(p1)): z=z^a+(-z)^b+c, |z|<=100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;