; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 12:34:38 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-01-04 (Arachnid [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040104123641.2a7f722a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 04, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Last evening I heard an item on one of the local news outlets ; that caused me to stop and wonder. The news item claimed that, ; with 500 or so homicides in 2003, Chicago had the highest murder ; rate in the nation, while here in Baltimore, we had only 300 or ; so homicides, making us only 60-percent as violent. It sounds ; good until one realizes that the population of Chicago is around ; 3,000,000, while the population of Baltimore is close to ; 600,000. My calculations tell me that this gives Baltimore a ; homicide rate 6 times that of Chicago. I wonder whether this ; was local Chamber of Commerce propaganda or whether the news ; reporters actually did not know any better. ; ; When this kind of stuff starts annoying me, I turn to fractals ; for distraction, and in this case, I was distracted by today's ; image, which like yesterday's, is an evaporated one consisting ; only of 'bof61' inside fill. ; ; The image is a scene in the ghost of the fractal that results ; when various portions of Z^(-1.8) and Z^(-8.1) are mixed and ; (1/C) is added, then the whole thing is evaporated by raising ; the escape radius to one-googol. ; ; I named the image "Arachnid". I gave it this name when the dark ; filaments surrounding the ever-present central midget reminded ; me of a spider's web in front of a carnival-like display of ; colors. ; ; I rated the image at a 6, since IMO it's not really that great. ; Another drawback is the render time, which on my machine is over ; 1-1/2 hours, making a download of the completed GIF image from: ; ; ; ; the far better choice. But before rushing for the download, ; give Paul an hour or so to render and post the image. ; ; Saturday was warm or chilly, depending on which side of town one ; was located. Here on the northeast side, the temperature ; reached 52F 11C, which was mild enough to keep the cats happy; ; but a few miles to the south, the temperature reached 70F 21C, ; which would have made them ecstatic. As it was, the duo spent ; several hours in the yard, meditating and enjoying their senior ; years. ; ; My day went fair enough. Hopefully, today will be just as fair. ; Until next FOTD, take care, and stay fairly well. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Arachnid { ; time=1:36:43.82--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.12455703364229600/+0.172257651110892\ 40/1.987188e+009/1/-120/-0.000760825470566633966 params=1.8/-8.1/8.1/-1.8/0/1e+100/0/0 float=y maxiter=3600 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000CaZC_YDZYDYXDWWEVWETVESUFRUFPTFOSGNSGLRG\ KQCFPGJQJNRMQSPUSSYTV`UZdVahVdkWgoXjsYpx_mvYkuWitV\ fsTdrRbpQ_oOYnNWmLTlzRjIPiGMhEKgDIfBFdADc8Bb68a56`\ 34hzFc4Qg5Wn7_k6ci5gg4jd4nb3r`2uZ2vczveCviHvlMwpRw\ sWww`wzduxcsvbquaqR0nr_lpZjnYimXgkWejVchUbfT`eSZcR\ pflYbREb1F_6GXAHVEHSJIPNJNRJKVKH_LFcMCgM9lN7pO4taP\ IO2xQCnRLeSUXUcOVlFWu6ToAQiDNdGKZJHTMEOPDPODPNCPMC\ PMCPLBPKBPKAPJAPIAPIBRHCSGDTGEUFFVFGXEHYEIZDJ_DK`C\ Gj6LaCPUHTMNXES`6XcHTfRQi`NljKotHisIdrJ_qJVqKQpKLo\ LGoLGoMGoMIkLJhLLeLMbKN_KPXKQUKRRJTOJULJVIIXFIYCIZ\ 9IWDOTGTQJZNMcKQhHTnEWsCZxJXwQVvXTvcRujPtpOtkLufJu\ aGuXEvSCvN9vI7wD4w82w40w7Ct9OrBZpDjnFulIpjKlhNggPc\ eSZdUVbXQaZM_aHZcDXe9W`BXWDYRFYMHZHJ_CK_GOZJRZMUZP\ XZT_ZWbZZfZaiZelZhoZkrZnuZkq`hnafjbcgcaddZ`eWYfUUg\ RRhPOiMKjJHkHDlEAmC7nBBjBEgBHcBK`BNXBQUBTRAWNAZKAa\ GAdDAjcAibAgaBfaBe`Bc_Cb_ } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;