; Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:11:29 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-09-03 (Trying Again [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20030908151200.2b37ab86@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 08, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The later than usual FOTD is a result of a heavier than usual ; work load earlier today. ; ; Sometimes in life the unexpected happens. This is true not only ; in the fields of fractals, relativity and Q.M., but in ordinary ; chemistry as well. I still remember the day in high-school ; physics lab when the instructor produced a sealed tube contain- ; ing a clear liquid. (I don't think it was water. It might have ; been CO-2.) He then asked the class what they thought would ; happen when he heated the tube. Most said that the liquid would ; boil away. Remembering that increasing the pressure raises the ; boiling point, I said that the amount of liquid in the tube ; would grow smaller, evaporating away without boiling until the ; last drop evaporated from the bottom of the tube. What actually ; happened surprised even me. ; ; As the instructor heated the tube, the surface of the liquid ; filling the lower part of the tube soon grew vague. It became ; blurred and wavy. The whole tube looked like it held liquids of ; two different densities, which were mixing together. And then ; the optical effects were gone. The instructor said the tube was ; now filled with only high-pressure gas. Neither I nor anyone ; else in the class had expected this to happen. The instructor ; had just demonstrated the critical temperature and pressure of ; whatever liquid was in the tube, the temperature above which ; the substance would be in the form of gas regardless of the ; pressure applied to it. ; ; Today's fractal demonstrates what happens when 0.2 part of Z^3 ; is subtracted from Z^2. The resulting M-set has strange things ; happening along the X-axis east of East Valley. Today's image ; lies in a shallow spiral rather deep in East Valley. I once ; again colored the outside with the 'fmod' option, and named the ; image "Trying Again". It's better than yesterday's effort, but ; still nothing to brag about. The rating of 6 is appropriate. ; ; The render time of 54 minutes however is excessive for such an ; image. The best way of viewing the scene is to download the ; finished GIF image from: ; ; ; ; or: ; ; ; ; Sunday was another perfect day here at Fractal Central, both ; with the weather and with the cats. The sunny skies and ; temperature of 81F 27C could not possibly be bettered. Cats ; that behave like angels for an entire day cannot be bettered ; either. Days like this come only once or twice a year, and we ; made the most of it while it lasted. ; ; Except for more clouds, today is again almost perfect. Could ; three perfect days in a row be possible? The cats are ; currently enjoying the yard, so check back in 24 hours to find ; out how the rest of the day goes. Until then, take care, and ; maintain that sense of wonder. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Trying_Again { ; time=0:54:00.04--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2way passes=1 center-mag=+0.28383179310875450/+0.000005192775516\ 76/5.640753e+009/1/90/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=1/2/-0.2/3 float=y maxiter=2800 inside=0 proximity=0.085 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=0006VL6UK3TJ3SI3RH3QG0PFphlshkshkshkthithit\ hivhgvhgvfgvfgxfexfexfezfczfczfczfczfazfazfazf`zf`\ zf`zhazf`zf`zf`zf`zf`zf`zf`ydZydZxdZwdZvdZudZtdZsc\ WtcWqcWpcWocWncWmcWlbVkbVjbVibVhbVgbVfbVeaTdaTcaTb\ `Ta`T``T__TZZRY_RXZRWZRVZRUYRTYRSYORYOQXOPXOOXONWO\ MWOLWMKVMJVMIVMHUMGUMFUMETKDTKCTKBSKASKBSKCRMDRKDS\ KDSKDTIDTIDUIDUIDVGDVGDWGDWDDXDDXDDYDDYBDZBDZBD_BD\ _9D`9B`9Ba6Ba6Bb6Bb6Bc3Bc3Bd3Bd3Be0Be09f09f09g09g0\ 9h09h09i09i09j09j06k06k06l06l06m06m06n06n06o06o03p\ 03p03q03q03r03r03s03s03t03t00u03u03v03v03w03w06x06\ x06y06y06z09z09z09z09z09z0Bz3Bz6Bz6Bz9Bz9DzBDzBDzD\ DzGDzGGzIGzIGzKGzMGzMIzOIzOIzRIzTIzTKzVKzVKzWKzZKz\ ZMz`MzaMzcMzeMzgOzhOziOzjOzkOzlRzmRznRzoRzpRzqTzsT\ zuTzwTzyTzzTzzRzyRzwRzuOzsOzqOzpOyoMxnMwmMvlMukKtj\ KsiKrhKqgIpfIoeIndImcGlbGkaGj`Gi_DhZDgYDfXDeWBdVBc\ UBbTBaS9`R9_Q9ZP9YO6XN6WM } frm:MandelbrotMix2way {; Jim Muth z=0,0, c=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2): z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+c, |z| <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;