; Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:01:47 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-11-04 (WOW [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041124100319.2b4fb0c0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 24, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With today's image we advance to the newtbasin formula. This ; formula uses Newton's method of finding the roots of poly- ; nomials, and colors the pixels according to which attracting ; root captures the orbit launched from that pixel's coordinates. ; I have never done much exploring in the Newton's formulas, which ; draw lovely images, but seem to me like a long unending scroll ; that goes on and on with the same beautiful images repeated ; again and again until eventually, boredom sets in. ; ; The newtbasin formula uses a special case of the Newton's ; algorithm based on the formula (Z^n)-1=0. For today's FOTD I ; set 'n' to the rather excessive value of 100 and zoomed in on ; one of the areas of chaos between basins. The resulting image, ; after a somewhat casual coloring effort, was worth a rating of ; a lowly 4. ; ; But today's image has been rated at a 7, and it is named "WOW", ; so what happened. Well, while the image was on the screen, ; Fractal Lady happened to walk into the room, saw the image and ; exclaimed "WOW!". She claimed it was a 10-rated image if ever ; she saw one. I still think its rating is closer to a 4, but to ; make her happy I took the average of our opinions, which was 7, ; and made that the official rating of the day. Individual ; viewers are free to rate the image as they see appropriate, ; anywhere from 0 to 10. I kept the "WOW!" exclamation as the ; name of the image. ; ; The render time of 13-1/2 minutes and rating of 7 give an ; overall worth of 52. The rendering delay and ratings can be ; eliminated by downloading the finished GIF image from the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds, dampness, and a temperature of 50F 10C kept the ; fractal cat duo indoors all day Tuesday. I tried to lighten ; their moods with several small treats of tuna and turkey, but ; they were still sullen until shortly after 8pm, when they ; settled down for the day. Today is starting rainy; I expect ; even worse moods from the cats. ; ; For me, it's the day before the big 4-day Thanksgiving holiday, ; and I have a rather sizable chunk of work to clear away before ; I can enjoy 4 lazy days of doing nothing but watching TV and ; creating fractals. Of course, even then there is no assurance ; of total tranquility -- there is always the risk of getting ; dragged to a huge dinner at the house of one of our friends or ; relatives. But that would be a small price to pay for four ; days off. In 24 hours I will return with the next FOTD. Until ; that time passes, take care, and prosper. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Wow { ; time=0:13:27.30--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=newtbasin passes=1 center-mag=-1.4433336971214/+0.9820033722871455/95 params=100/0 float=y maxiter=1500 bailout=9 inside=zmag symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000ttMsrMpqMopMmoMlmMjlMikMhhMehMdgMbgMbfM`\ fM`dM`dM_bK_`KY`KY_KX_KXYKWYKWXKWWKUWKUUKSUKSSKRSK\ RRKRPLPPMPNNNNNMLMKJKJGJKIKLKMPMPPNPRPRSPRSRTURUUS\ VWSVXUXXUXYWY_WY_XX`XX`YXbYYd_Yd_Zf`_g`agbahbchddj\ dgkfhkfimgjngknhmphnpjpqjqrktrkutmwtmxtmxtkvtkstjq\ uhnuhlugjughufewdcwdawb_w`Yw`Xx_Ux_SxYRxXPxXNyWMyY\ Ny`PydRygSzjUzmWzpXzrYzu_zx`zzbzzdzzfzzgzzhzzjzzkz\ zkzzmzzmzzmzynzwnzunztpzrpzqpzpqzmqzkrzjrzhrzgtzft\ zbtz`uz_uzYuzXwzWwzSwzRxzPxzNxzMyzKyzIyzKwzKtzKrzK\ pzMnzMkzMjzMgzNfzNbzN`zNYzNXzPUzPRzPPzPMzRKzRHzRFz\ RBzS9zS5zS4zS0zS0zU0yU2xW2wW4uX4tX5rY5qY7n_7m_9k`9\ j`BhbBgbDfdDddFdbDbdFbfHbfIbgKbgMbhMbjN`jP`kR`kS`m\ S`nU`nW`pX_pY_qY_r__r`_tb_td_uf_wfYwgYxhYxjYykYzkY\ zmYznXzpXzqXzqXzrXztXzuXzwXzwYzuYzu_zu_zu`zu`zu`zu\ bzubzudzudzudzufzufzugzugzugzuhzuhzujzujzujzugzwbz\ yYzzWzzXzzXzzXzyXzyXzxXzx } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;