; Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:43:44 GMT ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-07-03 (Cellular Fractal [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20020715064404.38370dc0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 08, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The fractal phone, which had just been repaired, went out again ; Monday afternoon. When I last checked, it was still not ; working. As a result, I had to use an alternate connection and ; today's FOTD is once again late. ; ; The parent fractal is an impossible-to-describe, oversized nest ; of bays and pieces with X-axis symmetry, produced when 9 parts ; of Z^(-2.1) are subtracted from 9 parts of Z^(-1.9). A long, ; looping, zig-zagging filament extends east of the main action. ; Today's scene is located very close to the point where this ; filament crosses the X-axis. ; ; When rendered in the traditional manner, with the outside ; colored according to the iteration count, today's image is . . . ; well, all right. When rendered with the outside colored by the ; 'tdis' option, today's image reaches FOTD status, and rates a 6, ; which equals a bit above average. ; ; When studying the image in search of a name, I was still annoyed ; by the out-of-service telephone. In my state of mind, I saw in ; the image the cells of a cellular phone system, which do not ; always switch as smoothly as they were originally supposed to ; do. I named the image "Cellular Fractal". ; ; Luckily, the attached parameter file runs smoother than a ; cellular phone switches cells, and it runs in 3-1/2 minutes. ; With a good cellular connection, or a working wire connection, ; the finished GIF file can be downloaded in even less time from: ; ; ; ; and from: ; ; ; ; The hot sun and temperature of 91F 28C here at Fractal Central ; on Monday was good enough to give the dynamic fractal cats a ; generous outing in the yard and an exciting adventure in the ; surrounding brush. For a brief period, a storm threatened, but ; passed by harmlessly to the south, permitting the duo to finish ; their afternoon of fun. Today looks like a repeat. Could the ; duo possibly have three good days in a row? ; ; My day will be better if they can get the fractal phone fixed ; sometime today and keep it fixed this time. Until then, I have ; the use of another phone and ample other work to distract me ; from the bumbling attempts at phone repair. Regardless, I'll ; return in 24 or so hours with another FOTD. Until then, take ; care, and maybe this second outage is not the phone company's ; fault. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Cellular_Fractal { ; time=0:03:37.67--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.81765632548784200/+0.000422484324479\ 60/2.134992e+010/1/-140/-0.0521980194412531157 params=9/-1.9/-9/-2.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=600 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000Xo8Xo4Xq2Xs0Xs0Xu0Vu0Vv0Vv0Vx0Vx0Vz0Vz0`\ z0dz0iz0mz0qz0vz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0\ zo0ze2zVEvLPiA`Z0kN0vC0zH0zN0zT0zX0zb2zg6zkCzqGzvJ\ zzPzzTzzXzzbzzezzizzozzszzvzzzzzuzzqzzmzzizzezzbzz\ ZzzVzzRzzNzzJzzGzvCzs8zq4zs6zu6zv6zx8zz8zz8xzCvzHs\ zLqzPozTmzXiz`gzdezibzm`zqZzuXzxTzzRzzPzzNzzRzzTzz\ XzxZzvbzudzqgzoizmmzkozgszeuzdvz`zzZzzXzzVzzRzzPzz\ NzzJzzHzzGzzEzzAzz8zz6zx2zu0zs0zo0zm0zi0zg0zd0zb0z\ Z0xX0vT0uR0sP0oP0mN0kN0gL0eL0dL0`J0ZJ0XH0TH2RG4PG6\ LG8JECHEEECGCCJAAL6AN4AP28R48R46T66T66V64V84X82XA2\ ZA2ZA0`C0`C0bE0bE0bE6dCEeALg8Ti6Zk6em4mm2uo0zq0zs0\ zu0zv0zx0zx0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz2zz4zz4zz6xz8uzAqzAmz\ CizEezGbzGizNozTvz`zzezvkzsszoxzmzzeuzZkzRbzJTzCJz\ 4Az00zZezzzzzzzzzzzvzzozzezzZuzRozJizCqzHvzLzoPzdT\ zRXzG`z2dz0gz0kz0bz0Vg0LP0E60640A40C`ei`ee`eb`e``e\ X`eVZgRZiPZiLZkJZkGZmEXmA } 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================================== ;