; Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:35:36 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-08-03 (A Fractal Oddity [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030824103559.29875a20@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 24, 2003 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image was found logically and automatically, with almost ; no intuitive or creative input or inspiration. Thus, it rates ; only an indistinguished 4. I started with the Mandelbrot set, ; found a midget in a seven-pointed star on the northwest shore, ; and rotated the midget through several fourth-dimensional direc- ; tions until it lost all resemblance to its original appearance. ; The result appears as today's image, which is named "A Fractal ; Oddity", mostly because it is sliced at an odd oblique angle ; through the Julibrot. ; ; Any resemblance between today's twisted, stretched hole and a ; Mandelbrot midget is purely coincidental. But the image does ; illustrate that the things we call midgets are far more complex ; than their usually-observed Mandelbrot and Julia aspects would ; indicate. ; ; The low rating of today's image is partly offset by the very ; fast render time of 2 minutes. And the image is also available ; on the internet, virus-free, at the web sites of Paul and Scott ; at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; Saturday was one of those rare days in August here at Fractal ; Central, with deep blue skies, puffy white cumulus clouds, a ; gentle north wind, a temperature of 82F 28C, and low humidity. ; The dynamic fractal cats behaved like aging angels, (do angels ; grow old), romping in the yard and enjoying the near-perfect ; conditions. At one time Thomas actually chased Tippy up a tree. ; It's nice to know that the old guy can still climb if he needs ; to. My own mood was also much improved as I put the annoying ; graphic work behind me, enjoyed the fine weather, and was kicked ; off no more mailing lists. ; ; Today is starting even better than yesterday. Could it possibly ; be an even better day? The fractal certainly could be a better ; one. Check back here in 24 hours to see how things work out. ; Until then, take care, and enjoy life when things go well, but ; endure life when they don't. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ A_Fractal_Oddity { ; time=0:02:04.41--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=-0.00000046122435371/-0.000001676965467\ 04/298743.3/1.0525/89.086483798635598/-64.11303405\ 1931024 params=184/-77/2/0/-0.6704863129/0.4579022\ 548/-0.6704863129/0.4579022548 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=177 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000UNfVOeXPdYQcZRb_Sa`T`aU_bVZcWYdWXeWWeWWf\ VWfUWfTWfSWeSWeRWeQWePWeOWeNWeMWeLWeKWeIWdIWcHWbGW\ aFW`EW`DV_CV_BVZAVY9VXAUWAUVASUARTAQSAPRBPQBOPBNNB\ MMBLLBKKCKJCJICIHCHGCGFCFCAGECFFEFGGFHIFIKEJMEKOEL\ QEMSENUDOWDPXDQZDR`CSbCTdCUfCVhCWjBXlBYnBZpB_qBUkA\ PeAJ`AEVAAPB9QA9QA9RA9RA9R99S99S99T99T89T88U88U88V\ 78V78V78W78W78X68X68X67Y67Y57Z57Z57Z57_47_47`47`46\ Z17`48a68b89cA9dDAeFBfHBgJChLCiODjQDkSElUFmWFnZGo`\ GpbHqdIrfIsiJtkJumKvoLvzKwqKwhKw_KxRKxIKx9Kx0Lw3Mv\ 5Nv7Ou9PuCPtEQtGRsISsLTrNTrPUqRVpTWpWXoYYo_YnaZnd_\ mf`mhaljallbmmcmmdmmdnmenmfnmgomgomhomipmjpmjpmkqm\ lqmmqmmrmnrmormpsmpsmqsmrtmstmstmtumuumvumvumtslsr\ lrqlpplonlnmllllkkkjikhhkggkffkddkcckbbj`aj__jZZjX\ YjWXjVVjTUiSTiRSiPQiOPiNOiMNiNRjNUjNYkNalNemNhmOgn\ OgoPfpPfpQfqQerResResSdtSduTcvTcvUcwUbxVbyVbyWcvXc\ sXcqYcnZckZci_cf_cdYbbXba } 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================================== ;