; Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:01:20 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-11-03 (Mandelbrot-04 [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031116090243.2a173f5e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 16, 2003 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; There was no FOTD on Saturday, the 15th of November. This was ; because I found a small pile of unfinished graphic work, and ; wanted to get it out of the way before the week ended. As I ; learned recently when I fell a week behind in the work, small ; tasks left unfinished soon pile up, and merge into a large task ; that takes several weeks to clear away. Rather than start ; falling behind again, I decided to forego the daily FOTD and ; clear away the work. Now I can search for fractals without the ; feeling of guilt. I may occasionally miss other FOTD's in the ; future. If so, do not feel concern. I am not growing tired of ; doing the FOTD; I am merely tending to first things first. ; ; With today's fractal comes good news and bad news. The good ; news is that the image takes only 15 seconds to render. The bad ; news is that the image rates only an average 5. In search of ; the image, I went to a midget on a filament extending from a ; sub-bud on the northwest shore of the large period-3 north bud ; of the Mandelbrot set. I zoomed in on a point of the filament ; just beyond the end of the main stem of the midget. To no one's ; surprise, I found a midget there. ; ; Since the location of the second midget is just beyond the tip ; of the stem of a larger midget, the second midget, which appears ; in today's image, is surrounded by not-quite-connected sword- ; like elements quite accurately mirroring the overall location of ; the scene. (Four much larger 'swords' appear out beyond the ; borders of the screen, and can be seen by outzooming and turning ; off the logmap.) If I were giving the image a proper title ; rather than a catalog number, the name would be something such ; as "Sword Play". ; ; The pre-rendered GIF image is available on Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; and on Scott's site at: ; ; But even a high-speed download cannot be faster than rendering ; today's image from the parameter file. ; ; ; ; The winds remained brisk Friday here at Fractal Central, but ; slacked enough in the afternoon for the fractal cats to venture ; into the yard. Tippy even managed to climb a few feet into a ; tree and sit there on the lowest branch, enjoying the sun and ; temperature of 46F 8C, and remembering the days when he could ; dash 20 feet up the trunk in a single bound. Thomas watched the ; action with disinterest. ; ; Saturday was sunny and warmer, with almost no wind, and a temper- ; ature of 55F 13C that made outdoor conditions quite pleasant for ; the duo. They spent several hours in the holly thicket, and ; needed to be coaxed indoors when the day ended. Today looks to ; be a not-so-sunny repeat. ; ; I'll try to take it reasonably easy today. If I try hard enough, ; I might even succeed. Until next FOTD and next trip into the ; infinite depths of the Mandelbrot set, take care, and where oh ; where did it all come from? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot-04 { ; time=0:00:15.60--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.18985803257882940/+0.852822417465450\ 00/2.285195e+012/1/-102.5/0.00326419793650863793 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1600 bailout=16 inside=0 logmap=332 periodicity=10 colors=000YuZYuaXueXuhWulWuoXtnXsnYrmYrmZqlZpl_ok_\ ok`nj`mj`mialiakhbjhbjgcigchfdgfdgeefeeedeedfdcfcc\ gbbgbbhaah`ai_`i_`jZ_jY_jYZkXZkWYlVYlVXlUXkTWkSWjS\ VjRViQUhQUgQUfRTeSTeTTeUSeVSeWSeXReYReZReZRe_Qf`Qg\ aQhbPicPjdPjeOkfOkfOlgOlhNmiNmjNnkMnlMomMonLonLooL\ opLoqKorKosKotJouJovJrwLpxKoxJmzJlzIkzHiyHhxGgwFeu\ FdsEcqDaoD`mC_kBYiBXgAWe9Uc9Ta8S_7QY7PX6OV5MU5LT4K\ R3IQ3HP2GO2EP5DP7CP9BPCAPE8QG7QJ6QL5QN2OJ3PM4QP5RS\ 6RV7SY8T`8Tc9UfAViBVlCWoDXrEZuDXuCWuCVuBUuBSuARu9U\ u9Zu8cu8hu7mz6mz6mz5mz5mz4mz3mz3mz2mz2mz1rz1wz2zz2\ zz2zz2zz2zz2zz3zz3zz3zz3zz3Gj3Hi3Hh4Ih4Jg4Jf4Ke4Ld\ 4Lc4Mb5Na5O`5O_5PZ5QY5QX5RW6SW6SV6oU6qT6rS6sR6sQ7s\ P7sO7rN7pM7nL7lK8iJ7fK7eK7dL7cL6bM6bM6cN6dN5fO5gO5\ hP5jP4kQ4kQ4kQ4lR3mRAnSFoSKrTPuTUwUZyUczVhzVmzWrzW\ wzWzzVzzVzzVzzUzzUzzUzzTzzTzzTzzSzzSzzSzzSzzRzzRzz\ RzzQzzQzzQzzPzzKzzOzzRzzV } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;