; Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 12:08:48 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-05-04 (Rocket [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040507121225.0d6f232c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 07, 2004 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have a young friend who apparently is convinced that there is ; an evil plot foisted by aliens from outer space. According to ; him, these aliens are already in control of many governments and ; big businesses, and are currently in the process of softening us ; up, making us into mentally-retarded, helpless, docile sheep, ; addicted to TV, viagra, computer games, cell phones and brain- ; dead gadgets in general. He supposes we will soon be burned-out ; hulks unable to mount any resistance to the coming invasion and ; ready to be carted off as slaves. I'll not go into the details ; of how the plot is supposed to work, but I must admit that after ; listening to him present his case and observing the craziness of ; the present-day world, I can see why so many are convinced that ; UFO's are actually alien space ships. But don't worry. I don't ; believe this alien-invasion nonsense . . . not yet. ; ; I named today's image "Rocket" because the dark shape in the ; center is vaguely shaped like a rocket ship. According to ; 'Smedley', the aliens are so technologically advanced that they ; don't need rockets. They move from their departure point to ; their destination instantly, without needing to occupy the ; points in between. Their method of travel is even better than ; teleportation because it is not limited by the velocity of light. ; ; Today's image, which is almost as fast as light, is based on a ; previous FOTD image, one that appeared many years ago. But in ; today's incarnation, it has been changed enough to make it ; virtually new. The parent fractal is a distortion of the ; Z^1.064 Mandeloid, created by the JimsCompMand formula, which is ; simply a further generalization of the 'cmplxmarksmand' formula ; of Fractint. ; ; In the original image, one of the two orangish streaks was the ; Hale-Bopp comet. I preserved the color palette of that old ; image, adjusting only a few registers for special effect. When ; all was said and done, the result was worth a 6, which is what I ; rated it. But that routine 6 is raised to a whopping 654 by the ; render time of under one minute. ; ; So forget the aliens and start rendering, or visit the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; and download the finished image from there. ; ; A pleasant day here at Fractal Central on Thursday, with lots of ; sun and a temperature of 75F 24C, made for happy cats. After a ; quiet day in the yard and on the porch, they enjoyed a treat of ; tuna. It was as close to cat paradise as it is possible to come ; on the earthly plane. This morning is starting cloudy, and rain ; is possible this afternoon. But it is still warm. We'll see ; how it goes. ; ; My day will go well when the work is finished and the next ; fractal found. That fractal will appear as tomorrow's image. ; Until then, take care, and never abandon the search for the lost ; fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Rocket { ; time=0:00:55.04--SF5 on a P200 reset=1950 type=formula formulafile=allinone.par formulaname=JimsCompMand center-mag=-1.14178850421\ 374300/0/91.1936/1/-90/-1.23373533611470521e-014 params=1.064/0/1.651/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=860 bailout=100 inside=255 logmap=27 periodicity=10 colors=000EKKDPzBPzAPz9Nw7Ns6Po5Pl4Rk2Rj1Ti0Th1Tf2\ Te3Sc4S_5R`5Q`6P`7O`8N`9M_AK_BK_CKZDKZDKZEKYFKXGKX\ HJWIKVJKVKKVKKULKUMKUNKTOLTPMTPNTQOSSPQUQPWROYSN_T\ LaUKcUJeUIgUGiVFkWEmXDoYBqZBs_Au`9wa7xb6yc8zc9zcBz\ cDzcFzcGycIxcKwcLvcNucPtdRseSrfUqgWphXoiZni`mjblkc\ klejjehieggeefeddfbcfaaf_`fZZfXXfWWfUUfTTfRRgQQgOO\ gNNgLLgLLhMMhMMiMNiMNjNOjNOkNPkNPlOQlOQmORmORnPRnP\ SoPSoPTpQTpQUqQUqQVrRVrRWsRWsYUsdRtjPtqMtpNspOroPq\ nQpnRomSnlTmlTlkUkjVjjWiiXhhYghZfg_fg`efadebcecbdd\ ace`ce_bfZagYahX`iW_jV_kUZlTYiUXgVWdWVaXU_YTXZSU_R\ S`QPaPMbOKcNHdMEeLCfK9gK7hL8iM8iM9iN9iN9iOAiOAiPBj\ PBjQBjQCjRCjRCjSDjSDjSDjQGgPIeNKbMM`KOZJQWHSUGVVGX\ XF_YEbZDd_DgaCjbBlcAodArf9tg8whBueGraIp_LoYNmVPkTS\ jRUhPWfMZeK`cIbbGbdHbeHbfIbgIq8`p9`n9`mA`lA`kB`iB`\ hC`gC`eD`dD`cE``Fa`Fa_GaYGaXHaWHaVIaTIaSJaRKaPKaOL\ aNLaMMaKMaJNbIObGObFPbzzb } frm:JimsCompMand {; Jim Muth z=c=pixel: z=z^p1*(c^(p2-1))+c, |z| <= p3+100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;