; Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:14:55 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 29-01-04 (Fractal Cesspool [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040129101716.2b6f9fba@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 29, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "Fractal Cesspool". Yes, I realize that ; it is an unpleasant sounding name, but the experience of unpleas- ; antness is a natural part of existence in the physical world. ; Why should unpleasantness not be a part of the world of fractals? ; ; The image, which consists of squirmy bits and pieces, is not ; actually as unpleasant as the name implies. It is merely a part ; of the fractal that results when 1/2 part of Z^(1.5) is subtrac- ; ted from 5 parts of Z^(-0.5) and (1/C) is added. ; ; As is so often the case, the parent fractal consists of numerous ; disconnected Mandeloids. Today's scene is located in the chaos ; surrounding one of the largest irregular ones. ; ; The rating of a 4 is a big come-down from the recent run of 8's, ; but when the render time of 3-1/2 minutes is taken into consider- ; ation, the overall value is 115. ; ; The image can be viewed either by running the included parameter ; file or by downloading the finished GIF image from Paul's FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; As expected, the cold, ice, and high winds here at Fractal ; Central kept the fractal cats sulking indoors all day Wednesday. ; The temperature reached a high of 28F -2C, which is not unbear- ; ably cold, but the wind made it feel like Barrow, Alaska. The ; good news is that Fractal Central just missed being part of the ; big power failure that struck most of northeast Maryland on ; Wednesday when transmission lines swinging in the high wind came ; together and shorted out. That 250,000-volt arc must have been ; truly spectacular. ; ; So far today appears acceptable. The temperature promises to ; rise to freezing, the cats have not yet become active, the work ; is at a minimum, and the electricity is on. Hopefully, the day ; will remain acceptable. Until next time, take care, and be kind ; to orphan fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Fractal_Cesspool { ; time=0:03:28.50--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.14173382183010250/-0.013860991553163\ 99/3.737725e+008/1/-142.5/-1.92086317268858053e-007 params=5/-0.5/-0.5/1.5/0/525 float=y maxiter=450 inside=0 logmap=56 periodicity=10 colors=000oKKmKKkKKiKKgKKeKKcKKaKK_KKYKKWKKUKKSKKQ\ KKPKKOKKNKKMKKLKKKKKJKKIKLHKPGKSFKVFNYEQ`ETbDWdCZh\ D`kCbnBeqBhtAkwAmzBmzBlyCkyCjxDiwDhwEgvEfvHewJdwLc\ xObxQayS`yV_zXZzZYzYXtXWnWViVUcVSZ`QSeOLjMEoM7tQ0o\ S9jUIeWR`Y_W_hY_h__ha_hcaeeccfd`hfZjgWkiUmkRmKSlKQ\ jJPhINgILeHKdGIbGGaFF_EDZECYDEXDGWDHVDJUDLTDMSDORD\ PQDRPDTODUNDWMDYLDZKD`KDaFMgAVl5cr0lw3ju5ht8fsAdrD\ bqF`oIZnKXmNVlPTkSRiUPhXNgZLf`JecUYfdQgcUgcXhc`hcc\ hcfibjibmjbqjbtjbwedvaevYfuTguPhuLitHjtCkt8ls4ms0n\ s1mo2ml2lh3le3ka4kZ4jV5jS6jO6iL7iH7hE8hA8g79g39g0D\ e6GgBJiGMkLPmQSoVVq_Ysd`uicwnfxshyojzllzhnzepzarzZ\ tzVvzSwzPvzNvzMuzLuzKtzJtzIszHszGrzErzDqzCqzBpzApz\ 9oz8oz7pzCqzGrzKszPtzTuzXvzawzexziyznzzrzzvnz0lz6j\ zBhzGfzLdzQczVhzglzsmzqmzpnzonznozmozlpzkpziqzhqzg\ rzfrzeszdszcszbrzcqzdpzepzeozfnzgmzhmzhlzikzjjzkjz\ kizlhzmgzngznczklzPszMzzJ } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, 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================================== ;