; Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:26:04 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 25-02-04 (Bite the Bullet [2]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040225102847.2b479138@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 25, 2004 (Rating 2) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I am brimming over with philosophy today, both scientific and ; political, but unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, because of ; the general turmoil, I have no time to write it. So instead of ; blathering, we will go directly to the abbreviated discussion ; of the image. ; ; Today's image is a different view of the same scene that ; appeared in yesterday's image. The magnitude and maxiter are ; the same, but, using a different formula, the render time has ; jumped from 9 minutes to 95 minutes. This is a fine demonstra- ; tion of the efficiency of the Fractint Mandel formula, which was ; used to calculate yesterday's image. ; ; Yesterday's Mandelbrot image showed the real(c) and imag(c) axes ; of the scene. Today's image shows the imag(c) and imag(z) axes. ; I call this orientation the 'Rectangular' because the slice ; through the origin of the Julibrot in this direction is shaped ; quite like a rectangle. ; ; When seen from this particular direction, the hole that appeared ; as a midget in yesterday's image is shaped more like a bullet. ; In recognition of this fact, and considering the plight of the ; local school teachers, I have named the miserable picture "Bite ; the Bullet". ; ; Since today's image is basically a repeat of yesterday's, ; complete with the same color palette, I could rate it no higher ; than a 2, which, combined with the render time of 95 minutes, ; gives an overall value of a pathetic 2, perhaps the all-time ; lowest value. ; ; At times like this it is best to avoid needless frustration by ; giving Paul a chance to render and post the image, then download- ; ing it from his FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The weather was cold and rainy here at Fractal Central on ; Tuesday. The temperature of 36F 2C, while not quite cold enough ; for snow, was certainly cold enough to chill the whiskers and ; ears of the cats, who passed the day sleeping by the heat and ; glancing at the birds flying past. Today is starting sunny and ; cold, but promises to turn warmer. The cats have yet to make ; their judgement on the weather. ; ; For me, I've got quite a load of work to accomplish and the ; local agitation, (the fractal lady is involved in the school ; situation), is helping none at all. I'll try to have a fractal ; ready by post time tomorrow, but there is no promise. Until ; next time, take care. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Bite_the_Bullet { ; time=1:35:29.99--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=Rectangular passes=1 center-mag=0/0/2.171274e+008/0.002123/-0.035408778\ 9311406873/-89.8977468907879 params=-0.12942475461\ 27244/0.6495253624666402/-0.1294247546127244/0.649\ 5253624666402 float=y maxiter=100000 inside=0 logmap=5777 periodicity=10 colors=000NotLnuKmwJlxLkuMjsOipPhnRglSgiUfgVeeXdbY\ c`ZcZUcbPceKciGclEcbCcTBcJ9c98c0OcORcVTcaJcSFcWBc_\ 8cc7he7eg7ch7`j6Zl6Wm6Uo6Rp5Pr5Mt5Ku5Hw5Fx8LlBQ`FM\ cIJeMGgPDiSAlW7nZ4pa1rd4of7liAikDfmFcpI`rLYuOVwRSy\ TQcSXIRcNSfRTiVUkZUncVqgWskXvoXxlWviVugUtdTrbSq_Rp\ YQnVPmTOlQNjOMiLLhJKfGJeEIdHObJTaLZ_OcZQiXSnWUsVZH\ K_ML`QMaUNbYNcaOdePeiQfmQgqRhuShySbrQYkOSdNNYLHRKC\ KI7EHKKDWQ9gW5s`1jV8bPEUJLMDRD7Y52cD6YKATREOZIJeME\ lP9mNBgMCcLDmJFnIGnHHnFJnEKoDLoBNoAOo9PeGOWNNNUNUZ\ H`bBgf5nj0og0pd0qa0rZ0sX0tU0tR0uO0vL0wJ0xG0yD0zA0z\ 80rY1tI2qN2nS3lW3iZ6fX8dYAaYC_YEXZGUZIS_KP_MN_OPYM\ RWKTUIVTGXREYPC_NAaM8cK6eI4gG2hF1gF1gF1fG1fG1eH1eH\ 1dI1JEQJFPKGOKHNLIMLJMMKLMLKNMJNOINQIOSHOUGPWFPYEP\ _DQaDQcDReCRgBSiASk9Tm9Tm8UmAUm6Vm5Vm5Wm4Wm3Xm2Xm1\ FlAGk9Hj9Hi9Ii8Ih8Jg8Jf8Kf7Le7Ld7Mc6Mc6Nb6Na6O`5O`\ 5P_5QZ4QY4RY4RX4SW3PipOlr } frm:Rectangular {; Jim Muth imag(z),imag(c) z=flip(real(pixel))+p1, c=flip(imag(pixel))+p2: z=sqr(z)+c, |z| <= 16 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;