;     Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:54:44 -0400
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-09-04 (Circled by Limes [4])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20040921115529.29d7a1b2@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- September 21, 2004 (Rating 4)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Over the past several days I have been trying different things 
; with the 3200mhz machine I recently purchased for business 
; purposes, to see how fast I could get it to render fractals.  I 
; got so involved in the project that I neglected the FOTD.  Since 
; the new P4-3200 unit is 16 times as fast as the old P200 fractal-
; dedicated machine, it would appear to be able to  calculate 
; fractals in 1/16 the time, but so far I have managed only an 8x 
; increase in speed, which is actually a bit better than I had 
; expected.  I suspect that, though the new unit runs 16 times as 
; many cycles per second, each cycle does only half as much work.  
; The 8x increase in fractal speed might be all I'll get from the 
; new machine.  This is of little importance, for it will be quite 
; some time before the new unit will be available full-time for 
; fractals.
; 
; Today's fractal image lies in the fractal that results when the 
; Mandelbrot formula Z^1.5+C is calculated 13 levels down the 
; complex logarithmic hyperspiral.  The parent fractal looks some-
; thing like a little man in a racing car (It reminds me of Smokey 
; Stover for those old enough to remember).  The image is located 
; in a prominent valley on the southern shore of the parent.
; 
; I named the picture "Circled by Limes" because of the lime-green 
; circular spiral basins that surround the midget at the center.  
; While searching for a rating, I could find little out of the 
; ordinary that might make the image an above-average one.  As a 
; result, I was able to give it a rating no higher than a 4.  But 
; that lowly rating is raised to an overall value of 95 by the 
; relatively short render time of 4+ minutes.
; 
; While rendering a fractal for oneself is the most fun, seeing 
; the completed image is more convenient.  The completed image may 
; be conveniently found on the FOTD web site at:
; 
;        <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; Friday was showery here at Fractal Central; Saturday was cloudy, 
; windy and chilly.  But Sunday and Monday were ideal for cats, 
; who took full advantage of the ideal conditions by spending 
; almost the entire two days hiding in the holly patch at the 
; bottom of the yard, cleverly avoiding the burdock burrs.  Today 
; is again starting ideally.  The cats should be happy.
; 
; If I had not started trying things with the new computer, the 
; work backlog would have been under control.  But as it is, the 
; work is still a bit behind.  A week or so of effort should bring 
; it under control however.  The next fractal will appear in two 
; days on Sep 23.  Until then, take care, and never lose your 
; sense of fractal wonder.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE================================

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frm:MandelbrotBC2   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

; END PARAMETER FILE==================================
; 
;