; Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:21:56 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-12-02 (The Power [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021230112430.0db72880@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- December 30, 2002 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I first saw today's scene, which lies deep in the ; Mandelbrot set, it reminded me of something that I could not ; place. Then I noticed the eight straight sword-like features ; radiating from the central midget, and thought of the power- ; swords of the 'Star Wars' series. In a moment of inspiration ; I named the image "The Power". ; ; As I recall, the actual swords glowed greenish and didn't appear ; until they were needed for combat. But today's image comes just ; barely close enough to justify the name. Since it is merely ; another scene in the M-set, and something that has been seen ; many times before, I could rate it no higher than a 4. Hope- ; fully, tomorrow's FOTD will close the year in a better manner. ; ; The render time of 17 minutes can be avoided by downloading the ; pre-rendered GIF file from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; I see in the news that claims of the birth of the first human ; clone are circulating. The questions that are raised by the ; possibility are truly interesting, and will give me much ; philofractal material to ponder in the days to come. ; ; The weather here at Fractal Central on Sunday was of the fractal ; variety -- some sun, some clouds, little breeze, and a tempera- ; ture of 46F 8C, which is somewhat above normal. The cats were ; somewhat happy with the conditions in the yard, especially with ; the drying mud, but it's still quite muddy down in the holly ; thicket, so they avoided that area. ; ; For me, it's back to normal work today, but I will always manage ; to find time for fractals. Until next FOTD, which will appear ; in 24 hours, take care, and life is never dull as long as the ; world has fractals and clones in it. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Power { ; time=0:17:50.12--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.5060745485994828105/0.69278139119482\ 1783/3.686536e+014/1/-140/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 colors=000zk_wj`ujarjbpicmickidhiefhfchgahgZghXgiU\ gjSgjRehQcfPadP_bOZ`NX_NVYMTWLSUKQSKORJMPILNIJLHHJ\ GFIFEGFCEEACD8AD79F6BH6CI6DK6FM6GN6HP5IQ5KS5LU5MV5\ NX5PY4Q_4Ra4Sb4Ud4Vf4Wg3Xi3Zj3_l3`n3ao3cq2dr2et2fv\ 2hw2iy2jz2ky4ly6ly8myAmyCmyEnxGnxIoxJoxLoxNpxPpxRp\ wTqwVqwXrwZrw_rwasvcsvetvgtvitvkuvmuvnutnsrnrpnqon\ pmnoknninlhnkfnjdnicnhang_neYndXncVnbTnaSn`QnZOnYM\ nXLnWJnVHnUGnTHmUHmUImUIlVJlVJlVKlVKkWLkWLkWMjXMjX\ NjXNjXNiYOiYOiYPhZPhZQhZQhZRg_Rg_Sg_Sf`Tf`Tf`Tf`Rf\ _QeYPeXNeWMdULdTJdRIcQGcOFcNEbLCbKBbJAaH8aG7aE6`D4\ `B3`A2`96Y8AW8DT7HR7KP6OM6SK5VH5ZF4aD4aBHa9Ta7ea6q\ b7nc7ld8id8ge9df9bf9_gAYhAVhBTiBRjBOjCMkCJlDHlDEmD\ CnE9nE7oF4pF2pF0nG3mG6kH9jHChHFgIIeILdIObJRaJU`JXZ\ K_YKbWKeVLhTLkSLnQMqPMtOMwPNuPNsPOqPOoPPnPPlPPjPQh\ PQgPRePRcPSaPS`PSZPTXPTVPUUPUSPVQPVOPVNOWNNXNNYNMY\ NMZNL_NL`NK`NKaNJbNJbNIcN } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;