; Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 08:48:29 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-08-04 (Philosopher's Stone [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040807084843.2c57fd8a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOEFD -- August 07, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Following advice that appeared on the Fractint list, and ; feeling a bit disappointed with the recent irregular FOTD ; postings, I have decided to temporarily change the title of my ; fractal postings from the FOTD to the FOEFD. Until further ; notice, the 'Fractal of the Day' will be known as the 'Fractal ; of Every Few Days'. ; ; Today's FOEFD takes us back to the Mandelbrot set, which is ; just about the only thing I have time for nowadays. The area ; under investigation is the third valley of the north period-3 ; bud complex. ; ; The area is a difficult one, requiring an extreme maxiter and a ; magnitude that presses the limits of the conventional math ; routine. In fact, the magnitude in excess of 2*10^13 required ; me to insert the mathtolerance entry into the parameter file. ; The result of all this effort is a midget very like those that ; have been seen many times before. ; ; In an effort to bring a little life to the scene, I rendered it ; with the outside set to 'real', but even this left some areas ; boringly flat. I could probably have done better with the ; coloring if I had had the time. As it is, the image rates a 4, ; which is only a little below average. The render time of 23 ; minutes gives an overall value of 17. ; ; I named the image "Philosopher's Stone" for some reason that I ; have now forgotten. The philosopher's stone was supposed to be ; a magical stone that could somehow change base metals into gold. ; Alchemists spent their lives searching for it. I doubt that any ; ever found it. ; ; If all goes well, over 23 minutes can be saved by downloading ; the GIF file of today's image from the FOTD (FOEFD) web site at: ; ; ; ; Since the name change to FOEFD is temporary and a bit frivolous, ; the internet address of the web site will remain unchanged. ; ; Except for a brief thunder-shower Wednesday evening, the weather ; here at the original Fractal Central has been near perfect for ; intrepid cats. The slightly-less-intrepid human had little time ; to enjoy the conditions however. Today is starting near perfect ; once again. The cats will be happy; the human will be working. ; ; And the next FOEFD will appear in a few days as promised. ; Until that moment arrives, take more than care, and live a ; fractal life. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Philosophers_Stone { ; time=0:23:34.94--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 mathtolerance=/1 center-mag=-0.11100225432087810/+0.882338206182969\ 80/2.248947e+013/1/-94.5/0.0223318343957402271 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5000000 bailout=9 inside=0 outside=real logmap=23338 periodicity=10 colors=0006AO79Q88S98UA7WB6YC6_DAaEEcFIeGMgHQiITkK\ XmN`oQdrThuWkwZlxalydlzgmzjmzmmzonzqnzsozupzwqzxrz\ yszztzzuzzvzzwzzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zjoZgpWdqUarR_sPctagudkufmpeokdqgcsbbuYawUaxT`xT`x\ S_yS_yRZyRZdRqOXmcOksFirC`q9Sp7Jo4Ao22k95gG7cN9_TB\ W_DSfFPlHTSCW77`FBeMEjUIo`LsgOpjUmlZjncgphdrmatr_v\ walpccjeVcgMYiDSPME4V18`ACeIGjRKoZOtfQrfSpeUneWleY\ jd_hdafccdcebccd`afZ_gXYiVWkSUlQTnORoMPqJNsHLtFJvD\ IwBSwIawOkwUuw_tvZsyYruXquWptVotUnsTmsSlrRkrQjqPiq\ OzpOVYVHE`KD_MDZPCYRCXTBWWBVYBU_ATbASd9Rf9Qi8Pk8Om\ 8NlANwCNjDNiFNhHNhINzKNfLNeNNdPNdQNzSNzUNzVNzXNzYN\ zXQzWSzWUzVXzUZzU`zTczSezSgzWhz_izcjzgkzklzmmzmnzm\ ozmpzmqzmrzmszmtzmuzmvzmwzmxzmyzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;