; Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:28:56 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 13-06-03 (Mistral [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030613102837.2abf7df2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 13, 2003 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today is Friday the 13th here at Fractal Central as well as ; nearly everywhere else on earth. Because the number thirteen ; has always been considered unlucky, and in the middle ages ; criminals were usually executed on Friday, it is supposed to be ; an unlucky day. Well, it's not supposed to be unlucky, it's ; simply that many people consider it to be unlucky. This, of ; course, is superstition. Rational-thinking people realize that ; belief in superstitious things is a sign of irrational thinking. ; (Even though I now know that precognition exists, I am still a ; rational-thinking person.) Nothing in a calendar day of the week ; and a date that were determined by men can cause bad luck. Bad ; luck is nothing more than randomly distributed and often self- ; produced misfortune. ; ; But we now know that the world extends into regions where reason ; alone can no longer give all the answers. So who can say for ; sure that irrational thinking is always wrong and today is not ; somehow jinxed? ; ; Today's fractal is named "Mistral". A Mistral is not a mis- ; spelling of the word 'mis-trial', it is a cold north wind that ; blows for long periods of time in southern France. After a ; while, it becomes quite annoying to those not accustomed to it. ; I chose this name for whimsical reasons. There is nothing windy ; about today's image, which subtracts Z^(1.1) from Z^(-1.1) ; before adding (1/C). ; ; The parent consists of several scattered and distorted Mandel- ; oids. Today's scene lies in the East Valley area of the most ; prominent Mandeloid. It is a rather lively scene, which rates a ; 7. Its brilliant colors are fairly bubbling with activity. If ; I had been in a better mood, I might have rated it an 8, but ; sweeping water into the sump for 45 minutes is an annoying task, ; so the image rates only a 7. ; ; The parameter file renders in 6 minutes; the image file down- ; loads in less than one minute. Running the parameter file is ; more fun; downloading the completed image is more convenient. ; The individual fractalist must make the decision. ; ; The image can be found, ready for download at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; A very muggy day Thursday led to torrential and very noisy ; thunder-storms in the late afternoon and evening, which left an ; inch of water in the fractal basement. Before the rain arrived, ; the temperature reached 86F 30C. Luckily, the dynamic fractal ; cats had already satisfied their wanderlust by the time the rain ; began, and weathered the noisy storms hiding in the closet. ; When they finally came out, their fears were eased by a consol- ; ing treat of tuna. ; ; Today promises to be a repeat, so I expect a repeat performance ; from the duo. (Hopefully, not from the basement.) Until next ; FOTD, take care, and tomorrow I'll tell of any bad luck that ; might happen today. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Mistral { ; time=0:06:39.59--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.01259329587616971/+0.353654150329713\ 80/2.773255e+012/1/130/-0.000177204568416973463 params=1/-1.1/-1/1.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=130 periodicity=10 colors=000PGHTAGV4EX0CZ0Cb08d26e64g82iC0kG0mJ0oL0s\ P0uT0vX0x_0ze0zh0zm0zo0vj0m`0eV0XP0NJ0GG06A0040000\ 0000000ENGbzLZzPVuTRoXNi`JddGZgEVm6ds0mv0vz0zzczzc\ zzZzu0zk0zd8zVGzNNzEVz6bz0iz0qz0vz0sz0qz0mz0kz0iz0\ ex0du0bs0Zq0Xm0Tk2Ri4Pe6Ld8Jb8H`C2JE0460802A0AC0HG\ 0PH0VJ0VJ0TJ0TJRJLNLNHLPENR8PT4RV0RX4Tb6Tg8TmAVsCV\ xEVzHRvLPqNNkRLgVJbXGX`ETbCNeAHi8Ek48o22s00u00x00z\ 00m40bC0RL0ET02b00i00d00Z00V04P08L0AG6EACH6HJ0NN0R\ R0XT0bX0g`0mb0qZ0qX0qV0qT2qRAqPHqNPqLXqTbm`gkgmims\ guxezzdzzbzz`zzbuzdkvdbseRmgHgg8bi0Zi8NVGCHP04X00V\ 84VPGVgTVxdVzoRzsPzuLzxJzzGxzEvzCsz8oz6mz2iz0ez0dz\ 0`z0Zz0bz4dzAgzGizLkvRoqVqk`ueev`kxVqzPvzkzzusxzkq\ zdiz`bzdXzgPzkHzoAzs2zv0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0z\ z0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0\ zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zzXzzRzzLz } 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================================== ;