; Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:17:07 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 14-07-03 (The Odd Way Out [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030714111708.29af5d88@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 14, 2003 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The telephone problem here at Fractal Central has finally been ; fixed. The repairman got here this morning while the problem ; was evident, found the problem in the line and cured it. ; Murphy's law has been defeated -- at least for one time. ; ; Murphy's law is strange indeed. It never plagues other people. ; It does not work unless one is paying attention to it. It never ; works when the intent is to scientifically prove that it exists. ; Yet we all know that it does indeed exist, and is most likely to ; appear when it can wreak the most damage. It's a mystery. ; ; Today's fractal is no mystery. It's a picture of a hole deep in ; a valley of the Z^5+C Julibrot. Julibrots are four-dimensional ; things that contain holes. These holes are neither Mandeloid ; midgets nor Julia sets unless they are sliced in the Mandelbrot ; or Julia directions. Since today's scene is sliced in an ; oblique direction, it is nothing but a hole, perhaps more ; accurately described as a slit. ; ; But the spiral pattern around the hole, most of which has been ; cropped off, is almost intact, and is the same pattern we would ; see if the hole were sliced in the Mandel or Julia directions. ; ; When I named the image, I gave it the name "The Odd Way Out". I ; must have had a reason for choosing such an irrelevant name, but ; if so, the reason totally eludes me. I guess the meaning will ; have to take its place beside songs such as "Stairway to ; Heaven", which appear to have a hidden meaning, but most likely ; do not. ; ; Since I was several hours working with the phone man, I had ; little time to properly color the image, and as a result, it ; rates no higher than a 4. The render time of 16 minutes is ; slow, but can be avoided by downloading the already-rendered GIF ; image from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; Sunday proved to be the most pleasant day of the summer here at ; Fractal Central, with deep blue skies, puffy white clouds, low ; humidity, and a temperature of 83F 28C. The dynamic fractal ; cats took full advantage of the pleasant conditions by spending ; several hours in the yard. When evening came, they settled into ; their resting places without complaint. ; ; But this morning, rain is once again in the area and more is ; forecast. The quality of the cats' day is yet to be determined. ; As for me, I've got work to do. Until next time, take care, and ; stay connected. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ The_Odd_Way_Out { ; time=0:16:49.14--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=+0.00000000002679182/+0.000000000001065\ 41/1.118642e+011/0.01766/-2.2772331070925298/88.98\ 76619515795966 params=45/-120/5/0/0.29004780321703\ 86/0.7787549589942936/0.2900478032170386/0.7787549\ 589942936 float=y maxiter=2200 inside=0 logmap=570 periodicity=10 colors=000XU2XU1VV3UW4TX5SY6QY7PZ8O\ _AN`BMaCKaDJbEIcFHdHGeIEeJDfKCgLBhMAhN9iO9iP9iP9iQ\ 9iR9iR9iS9jS9jT8jU8jU8jV8jW8jW8kX8kX8kY8kZ7kZ7k_7k\ `7k`7la7la7lb7lc7lc6ld6le6me6mf6mf6mg6mh6mh6mi6mi9\ jfBhdEfaGd_JaXL_VNYTQWQSTOVRLXPJZNHaKEcICfG9hE7jC5\ iE6iG6iI6iK6iM7hO7hQ7hS7hU8hW8gY8g_8ga9gc9ge9fg9fi\ AfkAfmAfoAeoCeoEeoGenIdnKdnMdmOdmQcmScmTcmVcmXbmZb\ l`blbbldalfalhaljalk_igZgdYeaXcZV`WUZTTXPSVMQSJPQG\ OODNMAMK7OL6PL6QL6RL6SL6TL6UL6VL6XL5YL5ZL5_L5`L5aL\ 5bL5cL5bN6bO7bP7bQ8bR9bS9bTAbUBbVBbWCbXCaZDa_Ea`Ea\ aFabGacGadHaeHafIagJchUbiUbjUakUalT`mT`mT`mT_mS_lS\ ZlSZkRYkRYkRXjRXjQXiQWiQWhQVhPVhPUgPUgPUfOTfOTfOSe\ OSeNRcNRcNRbNT`OUYPVWQWTRYQSZPT_NU`LVbJWcIXdIYeHZf\ F_hF`iDbjBekAhm7kn4no3qp4tq6wp8zoAzoCznEznGzmIzmKz\ lMzlOzkQzkSzjUzjWziYzh_zhazgczgezfgzfizekzemzdmzdm\ zcmzcmzbmzamzamz`mz`mz_mz_mzZmzZmzYmzYmz } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;