; Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:03:41 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 25-01-04 (The Best Dressed [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040125110600.2b17bca6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 25, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The number one mystery of the day is why fractals exist. The ; number two mystery is why anyone would open an e-mail with a ; subject line such as 'blnfus fgoiun sheub ksnfiyve'. ; ; And the number three mystery is why so many of my FOTD fractals ; rate a 6. Today's image rates a 6. There is nothing wrong with ; a rating of 6 -- it's the rating I give to the greatest percen- ; tage of my FOTD's -- kind of like getting a 'B' grade in school. ; But what I want is a series of un-inflated A's and A+'s. ; ; The most frequent FOTD rating is a 6, which is a slightly-above- ; average fractal. Admittedly, this situation is a bit contradic- ; tory. How can an above-average rating be considered a group ; average? Well, if 90 percent of the kids in the local school ; can be far enough above average to be on the honor roll, why not ; 90 percent of the FOTD fractals? :-) ; ; Combined with a render time of 7-3/4 minutes, today's image has ; an overall worth of 80. It is a scene in the fractal created by ; combining 0.25 negative parts of Z^(-5.1) with one negative part ; of Z^(-1.5) and adding (1/C). ; ; This parent fractal is one of the typical amorphous things crea- ; ted by negative powers of Z. It consists of a large irregular ; bay with a prominent bud on the southwest shore. The southern ; valley leading to this bay is split into two sections, which ; made it unusual enough for me to examine closer. ; ; The closer examination proved fruitful. The area proved to be ; rich with midgets of a new variety, strangely similar yet ; strangely different. Today's image is a sample of what lies in ; this newly-discovered part of the fractal multiverse. ; ; I named the image "The Best Dressed". Whether it is actually ; best-dressed or not is up to the viewer to decide. But before ; making such a decision, one must view the object in question, ; and the way to view the object is to run the included parameter ; file or download the completed GIF image from Paul's web site at: ; ; ; ; Light fluffy snow fell until midday here at Fractal Central on ; Saturday. When it ended, 5-cm of fluffy snow was on the ground ; and the fractal cats were completely unhappy. The temperature ; of 25F -4C would have been too cold for their ears even if the ; ground had been bare. Today is even colder, the temperature is ; 14F -10C, the snow is still there, and much more snow is coming. ; I have yet to break the bad news to the not-so-dynamic duo. ; ; As for me, I'm ready to have a relaxing day doing as little as ; possible. I might find a great fractal or two in between spells ; of relaxation. And in 24 hours I will return with the best ; fractal that I find. Until then, take care, and the fact that ; we can give no reason for fractal existence does not mean that ; no reason exists. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ The_Best_Dressed { ; time=0:07:48.46--SF5 on a p200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.13405699332489620/-2.142627954268001\ 00/1428134/1/-75/-5.16187510977983433e-007 params=-1/-1.5/-0.25/-5.1/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=149 periodicity=10 colors=000000000000gdZid`kbambbo`dq`eq_fq`hp`ho`kn\ `klankanjapiargbsfbtebvdbwactZcrWcrTcmQcoOciLcjIcd\ FcfCc`AcZA7_99d9Bh9Dl9Fp9GtALtBQtBUuCZsCcqDgoDlnEq\ mEumwIDzXEzkFxrGweDw`AwP7oTIgWT_ZcTanRZmQWlOTkNRkL\ OjKLiJJiMLhPNhSPgVRgYSf`UfcWffYei_el`dobdrhcuicxrc\ vo`ulYsiVrfSpcPoaMm`Jl_GaSSRLbGDn66y55w55v45u44t34\ r34q33p23o23m12l12k12j97nGBqNFtMJsMMsMQrLTrLXqL_qK\ bpKfpKioJmoJpnJsnMohPlbSiXVeRYbL`_FbX9aVDaUGaSJaRN\ aPQ`OT`MX`L_`Jb`IeaJbbJ`cJZdJXeJVfJTgJQhJOiJMjJKkJ\ IlJGmKElPDlUDlZClcCkhBkmBkrAkrAkwAjjCiiEhgGhfIgeKf\ cMfbOe`Qd_SdZTYUORPJKKEDF96A4060h5JdBHaHFZMDWSBTYA\ Qb8Nh6Kn4Hs3Ip7ImAIkDJhHJfKJcNKaRKZUKXXLU`LScLPfLN\ iOPjRRjUTjXUkZWkaYkdZlg`libllcmoemrgmthmsdlsakrZkr\ WjqTiqQiqMhqJgsGguDgwAix7ky5mz4oz3qz2rz1sz0tz2uz4v\ z6wz7xz9yzBzzCzzEzzGzzIzzJzzLzzNzzOzzPzzPzzPzzPzzP\ zzPzzPzzPzzPzzPzzPzzPzzPz } 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================================== ;