; Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:20:11 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 30-11-03 (Mandelbrot-18 [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031130092146.2a87c522@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 30, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; This morning, as I sit by my fractal computer with an image that ; is not quite as good as I had hoped, I find myself once again ; pondering the meaning of it all. And I cannot be satisfied by ; shuffling the questions aside as meaningless or impossible to ; answer. Even if things such as the reason for human existence ; and individual existence as well are ignored, there remain ; things that might never be understood, such as the nature of the ; quantum world and of fractals. ; ; What is an electron, or a photon? Why are fractals filled with ; so many spirals? Why is pi equal to 3.14...? Why does 1+1=2? ; Why must there be truths which can never be proved? And why do ; we worry ourselves with such things? Due to our human nature we ; shall never fully succeed in purging ourselves of unanswered ; questions, but for now let's simply try to enjoy the world the ; way it is. There are fractals enough for everyone, and today's ; is but a single example. ; ; Today's image is a scene on an arm of the star connected to the ; period-16 bud on the north shoreline of East Valley. It is ; basically a refinement of the type of image that appeared as ; yesterday's FOTD, and is probably of equal worth. But because ; of the repetition, I could rate it at only a 6. ; ; It is another blazingly fast image, which will render in 1/2 ; minute or less on all but the slowest machines (of which mine is ; one). I have entered the mathtolerance=/1 into the parameter ; file so that the image, which is of quite a high magnitude, does ; not flip the program into arbitrary precision mode. If this ; were to happen, our 30-second image would suddenly become a two- ; hour image. ; ; The finished GIF image is available on the internet at: ; ; ; ; and: ; ; ; ; The Saturday weather remained mostly sunny but very cold and ; windy here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats remained ; indoors after testing the outside conditions for a few minutes. ; Howling winds and a temperature of 43F 6C are just not to their ; liking. They comforted themselves with left-over turkey. ; ; Today is starting with much less wind, but not as much sun. It ; remains to be seen how the dynamic duo will adjust. As for me, ; I have a bit of unavoidable seasonal shopping to do, but when ; that is finished, I'm going to take it as easy as possible. And ; I'll return to the forum in 24 hours with the first of the ; December images, an unusual one with a rating of 8, made with ; the MandelbrotMix4 formula and named "Seasonal Wreath". ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot-18 { ; time=0:00:41.25--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 mathtolerance=/1 center-mag=+0.28603880275110390/+0.011533269280361\ 50/7.916774e+012/1.000/17.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=3200 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=-879 colors=000eBoeCneDmeEleFkeGjeHieIheJgeKfeMdeNceOae\ Q`eR`dSccTfbUibVlaWoaXr`Zu`ax_ez_hzZdzZ_wYWtYSqXQn\ XNkWLhWKeVIbVF`TDYTAVS7SS4PQ1MQ0JS3GS4DS6AT77TAATC\ FTDJVFOVGSVJVXL_XMcXOgXPj_Qp`QucSydSzYVxSYrL`lFcf7\ f`1iV0jQ0gS4dT9aVC_XGXYLT_PQ`SO`XLa`IcdFdgCfl9gp6i\ s4iu0fv0dx0ay0`y0_r0Yl3XfCV_JTTQSO_QGfPAoO4vM0zM4z\ I9zFDzAIz7Oz3Sz0Xz0`z0dz0iz0lz4ozArzIuzOyyVzxazvgz\ uozsuixdJzPIzSIzVIzYIy`GycGyfGxiGxlFxoFvrFvuFvvVil\ jXazJSvIQrGPmGPjFOfFOaDMYDMVCLQCLMAJIAJF9IA9I67G37\ G0Y70x00y00y00y00y01z06z09z0Cz0Fz0Iz0Mz0Pz0Sz0Vz0Y\ z0`z0Xx0Ts0Qo0Oj0Om0Oo1Or7OsCOvIOxOOzSOzYOzcOzguC4\ oI6jO7fT9a_AXcCSiDOoFJuGFyIJyLMyMQxPVxS_xVcvYgv`lv\ covdpzlpzspzypzzpzzrzzszzuzzvzzxzzyzzyzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxvzpszgoz`lzTgzMdzD`z6Yz0Vz0Tz0Tz1\ Tz6SzASzGSzLQzPQzTQzYQz_Qz_Pz`Pz`PzaPzaPzcPzcPzdPz\ dPzfPzfOzg0z9SzMQzOzzozzo periodicity=10 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ;