; Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 12:00:56 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 29-05-03 (All Inside Stuff [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030529120027.0d7f1a70@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 29, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I see on the Fractint list that the 'bug' in the program that ; has caused the MandelbrotMix4 formula to run incorrectly has ; been identified and can be fixed without too much effort. This ; obviously will have an impact on the upcoming FOTD-CD. ; ; Until now, I have been feeling a bit guilty about the unreason- ; able delay in releasing the FOTD-CD. Now however, it appears ; the delay will be a good thing, for it will enable me to release ; a disk that does not depend on a bug in the program to render ; the images correctly. Of course, this means a further delay in ; the release of the disk while any needed changes that might ; arise are being done, but after a delay of nearly a year, that ; will be of little consequence. Meanwhile, whenever I find the ; time, I am still working on the task of identifying and renaming ; the images on the disk, so that they can be matched with their ; corresponding discussions without confusion. ; ; And on a non-fractal topic, I'm now receiving spam snail mail. ; Yesterday, I received in the snail mail an air-mail letter from ; Zimbabwe, which is a country in the southern part of Africa. ; The enclosed letter was a print-out of the same fraudulent offer ; that I have received so many times in the e-mail. The letter ; tells me that a probably fictional Mr. Twala has in his posses- ; sion 9.2-million US dollars that he wants to transfer out of his ; country. To do this transfer he needs my bank account number. ; Once he has the account number, guess what will happen to any ; money in the account. ; ; I find it hard to believe that anyone would fall for such an ; obvious scam, but whoever is sending these letters must be ; finding some pigeons naive enough to fall for his scheme, ; because the postage on the envelope amounts to 700 Zimbabwe ; dollars or whatever their monetary unit is, and he must send out ; thousands of such letters. At least the stamps on the envelope, ; which picture a newly constructed dam, are attractive. ; ; Today's fractal is also attractive, though not quite as attrac- ; tive as the dam in Zimbabwe. It is another 'evaporated' image, ; this one located near the right edge of the fan of the parent ; fractal. I named the image "All Inside Stuff" as a description, ; and rated it a 6 because it is interesting but not that great. ; ; The render time of 19 minutes is somewhat slow for a 6-rated ; image, but immediate relief is available at: ; ; ; ; or at: ; ; ; ; It rained all morning here at Fractal Central on Wednesday, then ; the sun appeared and the afternoon was sunny. The temperature ; reached only 65F 18C, when 79F 26C is normal, but the dynamic ; pair had a great several hours in the yard, enduring the wet ; grass with little complaint. Today once again holds a chance of ; rain. It remains to be seen how the duo will adjust. ; ; I'll do my adjusting when the work is done and the next fractal ; is found. That time will likely be around 3pm. Until next time ; and next FOTD, take care, and don't give up hope for the FOTD-CD. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ All_Inside_Stuff { ; time=0:19:39.03 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.69799788216427200/-0.966528307188927\ 90/366675.9/1/-132.5/-9.33145443554606047e-009 params=-10/-1.1/-1/-11/0/1e+100/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000eiOfhQggThfWjeZkdalccmbfoaip`lq_orZqqVoq\ SmpPkpMioJgoGenDcnAan7_l6Zk6Zj6Yh6Yg6Yf6Xd6Xc6Wb6W\ `6W_6VZ5VX5UW5UV5UT5TS5TR5SQ5SO5SN5RM5RK5QJ4QI4QG4\ PF4PE4OC4OB4OA4N84N74M64M00054M56M58M5AM6CM6EM6HM6\ JM7LM7NM7PM7RM7TM9VOAWPCXQDYRF_SG`TIaUJbVLdWMeXOfY\ PgZRh_Sj`UkaVlb000Yod_pe`qfbrgctheuifvjhwkkynixlhw\ jfvieugctebsd`sb_r`Yq_XpYVoWUnVSnTRmRPlQOkOMjM000J\ hJIhHGgGFfEDeCCdBAc97e68d79c89b9AbABaBB`CC`DD_EDZE\ EZFEV`FXHGTZGWJHVKIVLIUMJTMKTNKSOLRXLRQMQRNPSNOTOO\ UPNUPMVQMWRLXRKYSKZSJ_TI`UIaUHhVGbWGmWFdXErYEfYDrZ\ ChZCw`EiaGibIjcKjdMjeOkfQlgSlhUliWmjYmkZnl`nmbondo\ ofophpqjprlqsnqtprurrytuvsrtsoqslosjlrgjrdgraer_bq\ X`qUYqRWqPTpMRpJOpGMpERmCVjBZgAce9gb8k_7rZ6pY6oY6n\ X6mX6lW6kW6jV6hV6gV6fU6eU6dT6cT6bS6aS6_S6ZR6YR6XQ6\ WQ6VP6UP6SP6RO6QO6PN6ON6NM6MM6KL6LM6LM6MM6MN6NN6NN\ 6ON6OO6PO6PO6PO6QP6QP6cjL } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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================================== ;