; Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:13:51 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 04-08-04 (For Ever and Ever More [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040804101404.2b9fbb24@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 04, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The continuing rush here at Fractal Central shows little signs ; of abating. But the fractals keep coming. And why not? The ; FOTD is becoming so automated that it takes little more than 10 ; minutes of my time. The question now is, 'can good fractals and ; interesting discussions be found automatically, and if they can, ; what does this say about the worth of fractals in general?' ; ; Today's hastily-found image takes us deep into the east branch ; of the valley of the period-3 bud on the north shoreline of the ; main cardioid (bay) of the Mandelbrot set. I searched for all ; of two minutes before finding this familiar-looking scene, whose ; only redeeming features are a too-high logmap value and a little ; extra attention given to the coloring. ; ; The too-high logmap is the cause of the flat background, which ; is not all bad, since it gives the overall scene the appearance ; of brilliant little beads floating in infinite space. ; ; I named the image "For Ever and Ever More", and rated it at a 4, ; which fits well with the fourth day of the month. When the ; render time of over 15 minutes is figured in, the overall value ; rates a 26. When the completed GIF image is downloaded from the ; FOTD web site, the overall value has little meaning. The comple- ; ted image may be found at: ; ; ; ; Monday and Tuesday were warm and muggy here at Fractal Central, ; but no rain fell and the dynamic fractal cats had two good days ; in the yard. Today is starting similarly. It again looks good ; for the duo. For me it looks like more work waiting to be done, ; but that's nothing new. Until next time, most likely in a day ; or two, take care, and if you find life too filled with worries, ; become a nihilist. Then you will have nothing to worry about. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= ForEverAndEverMore { ; time=0:15:21.82--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.1234\ 0737875086490/+0.64952904883141020/1.548597e+009/1\ /-154.999960516307141/-7.38957991124056246e-005 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=420000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=11483 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000cczcbycaxd`we_vfZugYthXsiYrjZqk`qlaqmcqn\ droerpgrqhrpisqirqhqqgpqfoqfnqemqdlqckqbjqbiqahq`g\ r_gr_frZerYdrXcrWbrWarV`rU_rTZrSYrSXsRXsQWsPVsPUsO\ TsNSsMRsLQsLPsKOsJNsIMsIMtJLtJLtKLtKLtKLuLLuLLuMLu\ MLuMLvNLvNLvOLvOLvOLvPLwPLwQLwQLwQLwRLxRLxSLxSLxSL\ xTLxTLyULyULyULyVLyVLzWLzWLzWLzXLzXLzXLyWKyVKxVKxU\ KxUKwTKwTJwSJvSJvRJvRJuQJuQJtPItPItOIsOIsNIsNIrMHr\ MHrLHqLHqKHpKHpJHpJGoIGoIGoHGnHGnGGn4InGGkSFiUDgWC\ eYBc_AaaA_cAYeAWgAUh9Si9Qj9Ok9Ml9Km9Im8Gl8Ek8Ej8Ej\ 8Ei8Eh7Eg7Ef7Ee7Ed7Ec7Fb6Ka6P`6U_6ZZ6_Y6hX5ZW5YW5X\ V5WU5ZT5SS4QR4OQ4MP4KO4IN4GM3GL3GK3GJ3GI3EK4GI3IG3\ KF3MD3OC3QA2S92U72W62Y42_32`53`64`75a86b97cA8dB9eC\ AfDBgFChGDiHDjIEkJFlKGmLHnMIoNJpPKqQLrRMsSNtTOuUOv\ VPwWQxXRyZSz_Tz`UzaVzbWzcXzeYzgZziZzkYzmXzoWzqXzs_\ zubzwezyhzzkzznzzqzztzzwzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;