; Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:50:29 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-03-04 (Discombobulated [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040320095329.0d67702a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 20, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In today's image we once again visit the Z^(2.003)+C Mandeloid, ; and examine the area just east of the East Valley of the large ; midget on the negative X-axis. The large midget cannot be said ; to lie on the main stem. There is no main stem in this ; Mandeloid. The stem has broken into fractal dust, and as for ; the large midget -- it has been distorted into a monstrous thing ; that must be seen to be believed. ; ; When I say that today's scene is located just east of this ; monstrous midget's East Valley area, I am not actually speaking ; correctly. The midget has no East Valley. What once was East ; Valley has broadened into an area that can better be described ; as East Plateau. The top of this plateau consists of newly ; created features that do not exist in the traditional Mandelbrot ; set. There are newly created bays and valleys here, with sub- ; features unlike any found in the M-set. ; ; The strange Julia rectangle lies in this area, along with the ; figures of overweight people raising their arms in praise of ; something. And of course there are midgets. Today's image ; illustrates one of the smaller midgets in the area. Its dis- ; organization is typical of the entire area, and has inspired ; the name "Discombobulated". ; ; To add to the interest I rendered the image with the outside set ; to 'tdis'. It seems to have worked too well. The disorganiza- ; tion actually goes a bit too far, spoiling the overall artistic ; worth and cutting the rating to a merely average 5. The rather ; slow render time of over 1/2 hour further cuts the overall value ; to a lowly but not disgraceful 15. ; ; For tomorrow's FOTD I might remain in the same area or I might ; move on. It all depends on my mood when fractal time arrives ; this evening. Meanwhile, up to 1/2 hour of precious time may be ; saved by visiting Paul's FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and downloading the completed GIF image from there, thereby ; avoiding the rendering entirely. ; ; The weather slowly improved through the day Friday here at ; Fractal Central, until at 3pm, with full sunlight, the tempera- ; ture reached a high of 48F 9C. The fractal cats must have ; approved, for they went outside just after 2pm and did not ; return indoors until 5pm. At one time I saw Tippy perched ; several feet up one of the holly trees, but he climbed down ; without incident. Today is starting sunny, and it is due to be ; warmer. This bodes well for the fractal duo. ; ; As for me, I've got a bit of work to finish, and then who knows ; . . . anything could happen. Until next FOTD, take care, and ; wait with bated breath . . . you might catch a great fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Discombobulated { ; time=0:33:28.30--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=MandelbrotN passes=1 center-mag=-1.74350051908036900/+0.000000081693461\ 53/1.972472e+011/1/-20/-4.43607331641199254e-005 params=2.003/0/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=18000 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000NfYKi_IkaGmcEoeGkcIgaKd_M`YOYWQUURRTTNRV\ JPXGNZCL`9Jb5Hc2Gb4Ia5Ka7M`8O`AP_BRZDTZEVYGXYHYWOX\ VUXT`WSfWQcYO`_MZ`KWbJUcHReFOfDMhBJiAHk8El6Bn49o26\ q14r28l2Bf2E`2IW2LQ2OK2RF3UE4WE5YE6`E7bE7dE8gE9iEA\ kEBnECpECrEDnGEjIFfKGbLHZNIVPJRRKNSLJUMFWMCXQITUNQ\ YTNaYKebHihEmmBpr8grEZrJQrPEIO9DK48G97JE7LJ7OO7QT7\ SY7Vb7Xg7_l7aq7cp9RpBFpC3oE5nG7mH9lJBkKCjMEjNGiPIh\ QJgSLfTNeVPeWQbbY_hdXolVusSklQaeOTZMJSKAMDGL6MK0SK\ 9UNIWPRYRZZUg`WpbYxc_u_asXcqUeoRgmOikLkzZzgFoxCqc9\ re8nf8kg7gi7dj6ak6Ym5Vn5Ro4Oq4Lr3Hs3Eu2Av27w24r65m\ A6iD7dBE`AKW9RS8XO6cJ5iF4pB3vHFjNQ_T`OZkDdv2cr7cnB\ bkFbgJadNa`S`XW`U__Qc_NgbPddQbfS_hTYjUVlWTnXQpYOnb\ SlfVjjZhoafseewhhubjzYmqTopNzzItlDvz8plFkmLenS`nYV\ odQpjLppIqjGqdEqZBqT9qN7qH5qB6mF7jJ8gN8dR9zVAZZBWb\ BTfEJNDFNCCNIJKOQITWGZbDchBio9nu7tfUcTpmWnrZlw`kwc\ ivfguhftkdtnbspars_RbTPdW } frm:MandelbrotN {; Jim Muth b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel: z=z^(b)+c, |z| <= 16 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;