; Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 10:55:08 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-05-04 (Four-Star Fractal [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040506105844.2a9fd494@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 06, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I am once again fabulously wealthy. In my e-mail this morning I ; found that I had won not one but three international lotteries, ; and there are also two people in Africa who are ready to share ; over 50-million dollars with me. The irony is that if I had ; somehow found a way to eliminate all spam, I would never have ; realized that I have become rich. I must celebrate by finding a ; rich fractal. ; ; Today's fractal however is only middle class. True, it is a ; four-star fractal, but it is not four-star in the quality sense, ; such as a four-star hotel or restaurant might be. In fact, it ; rates only an average 5. It is four-star because it has four ; stars, or more accurately pentagrams, surrounding the central ; midget. ; ; The parent fractal, which combines diminishing portions of ; Z^(-1), Z^(-2), Z^(-3) and Z^(-4), is a delicate inside-out ; thing -- a cloud of evaporating fractal debris floating in the ; infinite nothingness of fractal space. Mandel buds line the ; outer edges of the debris cloud, with the largest two buds lying ; at the northern and southern extremities. Today's scene is ; located some distance west of the southern bud. ; ; Since the parent fractal was already evaporating when I stumbled ; upon it, I helped the evaporation along by raising the bailout ; (escape-radius) to one-googol. (no relation to the popular ; internet search engine) I then re-rendered the blank screen ; with the inside set to bof61 to produce today's image. ; ; The hum-drum average rating of a 5 and render time of over 23 ; minutes holds the overall value to a measly 21. But that value ; may be increased by downloading the finished image from: ; ; ; ; A near-perfect day here at Fractal Central on Wednesday, with ; lots of sun and a temperature of 70F 21C, was spoiled by a brief ; thunder-squall at 6pm. The cats scurried inside when the ; weather turned bad, but it was no great loss. They were ready ; to come inside anyway. Today is starting similarly. It looks ; like another good day for the cat duo. ; ; For me, the problem is the fractal grass, which is up again and ; in need of a trimming. And before I return to Fractal Land, ; there is some commercial work to do as well. The next FOTD will ; appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be of fractal ; mind and sound body. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Four-Star_Fractal { ; time=0:23:20.54--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix3a function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.49379527691459430/-0.935006663699541\ 20/2585228/1/-85/1.751373456954e-007 params=2/-1/1\ /-2/0.5/-3/0.25/-4/-0.825328/1e+100 float=y maxiter=800 inside=bof61 outside=tdis periodicity=9 colors=000vl5vo5us1vq5vo8vmBvkEvjHvhLvfOvdRvbUvaXv\ _`vYcvWfvUivTlrRhoPelObiM_eKWbJT_HQXGNTEJQCGNBDK9A\ I74H87H99H9BHAEGAGGBIGCLGCNFDPFDSFEUFFWFFZEG`EGbEH\ eEIgDIiDJlDJnDKpCIuDKrELoFNlGOjGQgHRdITaJU_KWXKXUL\ ZRM_PNaMObJOcHelEwtBurDtqFspHqoJpnLomMnlOlkQkjSjiU\ hhWggXffZee`cdbbcdabf`agMlP8v6DtAIrDNpGSnJXnLWmMWm\ NWmOWmOWmPWmQWmQWmRWmSWmSWmTVlUVlVVlVVlWVlXVlXVlYV\ lZVlZVl_Vl`Vl`XkaYjaZia_ha`gaafabeacdadcaebafaag`a\ h_aiZajYakXahNhlXariUpfVndVlbVj`ViZVgXVeVVcSVaQV`O\ VZMVXKVVIVTGVSEVTGUUIUVKTVLTWNSXPSYRRYSRZUQ_WQ`YP`\ ZPa`ObbO_hNbcOd_OgWPiRPlNQlCRnJQoQPpXOxdRqcOkcMdbJ\ acFZbHXaIV`JS_KQZMOZNLYOJXPHWREVSCUT7TTAUUCVUEWUGX\ VIXVLYVNZWP_WR_WT`XVaXYbX_cYacYcdYeeZhfZjfZlg_nh_p\ i_ujeri_oiUliPihJfhEch8ah3YgAVfGReMOdSKcYHbcAYhEai\ HdjKhkNklQnmRlnSjoTioUgpVfqWdqXcrYasY`sZZt_Yu`WuaV\ vbTwcSwdQxgNydPxtd4ug4ui5 } frm:MandelbrotMix3a {; Jim Muth z=real(p5), c=fn1(pixel), a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=real(p3), h=imag(p3), j=real(p4), k=imag(p4), l=imag(p5)+100: z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+(g*(z^h))+(j*(z^k))+c, |z| <=l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;