; Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:00:52 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-11-03 (Basic Mandelbrot [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031110110211.39276630@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 10, 2003 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In addition to the obvious junk, my e-mailbox held a letter from ; Citibank when I checked it at 7:30 this morning. The letter ; told me that they were having confusion with some of their ; customers' e-mail addresses, and needed to verify the addresses. ; The letter had been posted at 5:59am -- a strange hour for a ; bank to be doing business. The instructions in the letter were ; to click on the included web link and enter my ATM card number ; and PIN number in the proper spaces. ; ; Now the mystery deepens. To start, I do not have a Citibank ATM ; card, but more important, why would they need both card number ; and PIN number to verify an e-mail address? The letter was ; hastily written, and in broken english. It looked most unprofes- ; sional, almost childish. And finally, why did it include a ; string of the gibberish that clutters almost all spam e-mail? ; It was another scam. After a short laugh, I deleted it. ;-) ; ; Now on to the day's fractal. Perhaps I should have deleted it ; also. It's nothing more than a basic image of a double seahorse ; tail in a valley of the M-set. The scene is not located in ; Seahorse Valley however. It is in a remote 5th-order valley on ; the northwest shoreline of the large north bud of the M-set, in ; a rather chaotic area of very high iteration. ; ; The chaos fills the image with distracting, apparently disconnec- ; ted bits and pieces. These dots are actually unresolved frag- ; ments of features connected to the main body of the M-set. ; ; The coming together of two similar elements, such as we see in ; today's image, is almost always a give-away that a midget lies ; hidden in the center of symmetry. This is the case in today's ; image. If the area is not quite critical, something I call a ; 'dry lake' may appear, but usually a midget is found. ; ; I have given today's image a color palette that emphasizes the ; symmetrical features. The logmap has been set artificially ; high, so that the features, as well as the unresolved bits and ; pieces, will stand out against an otherwise flat background. ; ; Even with all the work I put into the image, I can still rate it ; no higher than a 4, which is somewhat below average. It's kind ; of hard to give a high rating to the type of image a neophyte ; fractalist would find on his first trip into the Mandelbrot set. ; Recognizing its worn-out-warhorse appearance, I have named the ; image "Basic Mandelbrot" ; ; The parameter file's excessive render time of 39 minutes is ; caused by the very high iteration count of most of the features ; in the image. But the wait may be bypassed by letting Paul and ; Scott render the image, and then picking it up from one of their ; web sites at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; Since the fractalist and fractal lady were away all afternoon ; Sunday, the fractal cats had no time in the yard. Most likely, ; due to the cold, they would not have stayed outside longer than ; a few minutes anyway, but the fact that I was away all afternoon ; gave them reason to blame their confinement on me. An extra ; large dose of tuna was needed to restore their good spirits. ; Today is starting sunny with a temperature of only 25F -4C, but ; there is no wind and a rapid warm-up is due. The duo will ; likely have a far better day. ; ; My day will turn good when I find a fractal really worthy of ; being a FOTD. And that will have to wait until the other work ; is finished. So until the next time, take care, and do people ; actually fall for those obvious internet scams?. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Basic_Mandelbrot { ; time=0:39:40.38--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.22124326809773450/+0.800438909970306\ 90/1.057015e+009/1/150/8.90265827794833875e-005 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=500000 inside=0 logmap=24097 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000ApzUmAUlAVl9Vl9Vl9Wk8Wk8Xk7Xj7Yj7Yj6Yi6Z\ i6Zi5_h5_h4`h4`g4`g3ag3af3bf2bf2bf2ae4ae5`e6`d7`d8\ _dA_cB_cCZcDZbEZbFYbHYbIYaJXaKXaLX`MW`OW`PW_QV_RV_\ SU`SV_TWZTXYTYXTZXT_WT`VTaUTbTUcTUdSUeRUfQUgQUhPUh\ OUiNVjMVkMVlLVmKVnJVoJVpIVqHWrGWsFWtFWuEWvDWwCWy7V\ xAWwCWvEWvHXuJXtLXtOYsQYrSYqUYqXZpZZo`Zoc_ne_mg_mi\ _jh`hhaegbcgc`gdZfdXfeUffSegPehNeiLdiIdjGdkDclBcmA\ ej9cm8bo7aq7_s6Zu5Yw5Xy7Wv9VsBVpCUmETjGTgHSeJSbLR_\ MQXOQUQPRQQQRPPRPPRPPRPPRPPRPOSPOSPOSPOSPOSPNSONSO\ NTONTONTOMTOMTOMTOMUOMUOLUOLUOLUNLUNLUNKVNKVNKVNKV\ NKVNJVNJWNJWNJWMJWMIWMIWMIWMIXMIXMHXMHXMHXMHXMHWLI\ XMHXMHYMHYNHZNHZNH_OH_OG`OG`PGaPGbPGcQGdQGdQFeQFfR\ FgRFhRFjSFkSFlSEnTEoTEpTEqUEsUEtUEtVKtWPuUEtT2uS3u\ S4vS5vR6vR7vR7vR8vQ9vQAvQBvQCvccvccvccvccvccvccvcc\ vccvccwccwccwccwccxccxccxccyccyccycczcczcczcczcczc\ czcczcczcczcczcczcczcczcc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;