; Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:27:36 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-04-04 (Invasion of the Pods [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040421123100.38e73e5c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 21, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I still have a fondness for those junky old sci-fi and monster ; movies that were made in the 1950's. Those movies were ; populated by an incredible variety of giant spiders, crabs, ; ants, mantises, living plants, and blobs of all consistency, not ; to mention the invading aliens from outer space. Except for the ; specialty networks, those movies are gone from TV now -- they ; have been replaced by computer effects, car chases and ; explosions -- but I still have hundreds of the junkers safely ; stored away in my vast collection of junky old movies. Whenever ; I find myself in the mood for some TV junk, I pop in a tape and ; sit down to see how long I can watch before falling asleep. ; ; I mention junky movies because today's image reminds me of one ; of my favorites -- "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" -- in which ; alien pods drop from space, hatch into duplicates, and take over ; our minds. I have named the image "Invasion of the Pods". When ; I studied the image, I found myself looking up into a clear blue ; sky at a shower of pods raining down to earth. I guess we will ; never know whether the invasion is successful, but with a rating ; of a mere 4, the image is only marginally successful. ; ; The parent fractal is basically a shapeless hole, created by ; combining portions of Z^(-1.2) and Z^(-2.1), which lies in a sea ; of sand, with a vast expanse of fat twisting filaments extending ; far to the south. I have found no signs of midgets in this ; parent fractal, but the sea of sand proved interesting enough to ; produce today's image. ; ; The invading pods may be seen by running the parameter file or ; by downloading the complete GIF image from: ; ; ; ; With lots of sun and a temperature of 77F 25C, Tuesday was ; another fine day here at Fractal Central. The cats must have ; thought so also, since they spent almost six hours in the yard, ; mostly sleeping. Today however is starting cloudy with showers ; in the area. It remains to be seen how the dynamic duo will ; make out. ; ; For me it's work, then play. Until next time, take care, and ; see you in 24 hours, when the next FOTD appears. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ InvasionOf_ThePods { ; time=0:03:11.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-7.81089/3.08437/31.9843 params=1/-1.2/\ 0.57/-2.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000M`uKZuHXuFVuCTuARuCTpEUlGVhHWcJX_LYWM_RO\ `NQaJRbETcAVd6We2Zb3``3bZ3dX3fV3hS3jQ3lO4wn8xn8yn7\ zn7r`8vn8n_8rn8oZ8vm8l`8rg8hc8kf8ea8fb8aa8d_8YY8`W\ 8UUcSScQRcOPcNNcLLUJJUHHUUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczU\ czUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUcz\ UczUczUczUczVczWczXczYczZcz_cz`czaczbczcczcczcczcc\ zcczcczcczcczcczcczcczcczcczcczcczbczacz`czZczYczX\ czWczVczTczSczRczQczPczNczMczLczKczJczHczGczFczEcz\ DczBczAcz9cz8cz7cz8cz9czAczAczBczCczDczDczEczFczGc\ zGczHczIczJczJczKczLczMczMczNczOczPczPczQczRczSczS\ czTczUczVczWczVczVczVczVczVczVczVczVczVczVczVczVcz\ VczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczUczTczTczTc\ zTczTczTczTczTczTczTczTczTczRczTczVczXczYcz_czaczc\ czdczfczhczgczhcziczjczkczlczmcznczoczpczqczrczscz\ tczuczvczvczucztcztczsczrczqczqczpczoczncznczkczhc\ zfczcczcczcczcczcczcczccz } 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================================== ; ;