; Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:15:35 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-12-04 (Mandel's Zebra [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041216101723.29dfa05e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 16, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The HyperMandelbrot formula seems to be running out of steam, or ; maybe it is me who finds himself faced with another oversized ; pile of real work, but whatever, I could rate today's image no ; higher than a 4. ; ; The scene pictured is that of a midget in the northwest quadrant ; of the M-set that has been filled in with what looks to me like ; zebra stripes. I produced the zebra stripes by entering an ; infinitesimal value as real(p3). This value is the square root ; of one-googol, and common sense says that it should have no visi- ; ble effect on the image. But in this case, as with relativity ; and quantum things, common sense leads to the wrong conclusion. ; (Could there be a cosmic connection here, or is the overworked ; math routine producing artifacts?) ; ; Like other hyper images, today's image makes little sense. I can ; see no apparent reason for the number of stripes in the various ; features of the midget. It probably has something to do with the ; iteration cycles, but if so, the relation is vague. ; ; I named the image "Mandel's Zebra" for obvious reasons. When ; adjusted for the render time of a little over 12 minutes, the ; rating of 4 gives the image an overall worth of 33 -- not great ; but not disgraceful either. ; ; All this rating stuff may be done away with by downloading the ; finished image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; It was too cold on Wednesday for the fractal cats to stay ; outdoors more than 15 minutes. A temperature of 36F 2C might ; not seem like extreme cold to some, but the aging cats demand ; temperatures around 60F 15C before they can be comfortable. ; Needless to say, they got much evening tuna. This morning is ; starting with a temperature of 19F -7C. It does not look good ; for the duo. ; ; For me, it's a lot of work waiting to be done. I will try to ; have the next FOTD ready by post time tomorrow. If not, I'll ; post my alibi. Until then, take care, and search for the light ; in the night. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandel's_Zebra { ; time=0:12:12.38--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot passes=1 center-mag=-0.58904759328465310/+0.441278420950176\ 70/6744.494/1/32.5/3.02411012897962905e-011 params=0/0/0/1/1e-050/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 logmap=-246 periodicity=0 sound=off colors=000W`dV_cUZbTYaSX`RW_QVZPUYOTXNSWMRVKQUJPTI\ OSHNRGMQFLOEKNDJLCIKBHJAGH9FG8FFDGGIHGNIHSJHXKHaLI\ fMIkNJpOJtPJpQLlRMiROeSPbTRZTSWUTSVVOVWLWYHXZEX`AY\ a7Yb`LYXRUTXRQbNMhJInFFtCGpBGmAGj9Gg9Gd8Ha7HZ7HW6H\ T5HQ5IO6IN7JM8JK9KJ9KIALGBLFCMECMDDNBENAFO9FO7GP6H\ P5IP4IQ5KQ6MR7NR8PR9QSASSBTTCVTDWTEYUFZUG`UHaVIcVJ\ dWKfWLgWMiXNjXOlXPmZUc_ZV`cMahDbm4XpCSsJMuQHxXCzcE\ v_GsWIpTNlUSiUXfUabUf_UkXUgYYdZ`aZdZ_gW`kT`nS_kRZi\ QZgPYeOYcOX`NXZMWXLWVKVTKVRJUOITMHTKGSIFSGFRDERBDQ\ 9CQ7BP5BP3LV7V_BkeEpkIvkLpiJgVIZLGRBFK2Eu`NpXQlUTg\ QWcNYZK`VGcQDeM9hH6kD3mF4kG4iI5hJ5fL6eM6cO7bP7`aMc\ cLddLdeKdfKdcPf`ThYXiV`kTdlVbhX`dZ_a`YYbWUdVRfTNhS\ KjQGlOCnN9pL5qK2uyHrwGpvGnuFltFjrFgqEepEcoEanD_lDY\ kDVjCTiCRgCPfBNeBLdBIcAGaAE`AC_9AZ98Y9CaFGdKJgQNjV\ Rn_UqeYtj`woVrhQmaLhVFcOAZH5UA0Q33P56O78O8BNAENCGM\ DJMFLLGOLIRKKTKLWJNYJOKll } frm:HyperMandelbrot {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(0,0): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p2+2)*a*b+p3, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;