; Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 10:12:53 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-01-05 (Beyond the Infinite [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050102101455.2b67f406@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 02, 2005 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I relaxed most all day yesterday. Maybe I relaxed too much, for ; in the evening, when the time for fractals came, some unexpected ; visitors arrived, and I had to forego my trip to Fractal Land. ; As a result I found myself this morning with FOTD post time near ; and no FOTD to post. But there is always the Mandelbrot set to ; fall back on in such emergencies. ; ; For today's image, I went to the valley of a minor sub-bud on ; the northern shoreline of the third bud out the main stem. To ; add to the interest, I rendered the scene with the 'outside' set ; to 'fmod' and the 'proximity' set to a rather small 0.0004. I ; chose the blue color theme to increase the feeling of infinity. ; ; The name "Beyond the Infinite" was the best I could come up with ; on such short notice. And the time really is short. It is so ; short that I have yet to see a full-sized rendering of today's ; image. I did all the coloring work on the 3.16x reduction thumb- ; nail image that I use for exploring. The render time of 50 ; minutes is an educated approximation based on the fact that the ; thumbnail rendered in 5 minutes and 2 seconds. ; ; The rating of a 4 is not all that might be hoped for, and when ; the render time is considered, it gives an overall worth of only ; 8. Perhaps the best way to see the image is to download it from ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The new year seems plagued with disappointment. Not only is the ; FOTD falling behind, the philosophy is doing even worse. But ; the year still has 363 days yet to go -- plenty of time for deep ; philosophizing. ; ; Under brilliant sunshine the temperature reached 67F 19.5C here ; at Fractal Central on Saturday. Needless to say, the two ; fractal cats were quite happy, and enjoyed a full afternoon in ; the yard. Even the pesky crows were gone. But today is ; starting quite cloudy and notably cooler. The day will not be ; as good, that much is for sure, but just how bad will it be? ; Check back in 24 hours to find out. Until then, take care, and ; what event failed to take place on January 12, 1992? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= BeyondTheInfinite { ; time=0:50:00.00--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.38950223803668900/+0.013148864850645\ 61/1.507328e+010/1/77.5/-2.91685791431184338e-005 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=60000 bailout=9 inside=0 proximity=0.0004 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000d_Ug`Vj`XmaYpa_sbapa_pa_p`Zo`Zo_Yo_YoZXn\ ZXnYWnYWnXWHPJIQLIQNJQPJRRKRTKRULSWLSYMT_MTaNTcNUe\ OUgOUhNWiMXjLYjKZkJ_lJ`lIbmHcnGdnFeoEfpEgpDiqCjrBk\ rAls9mt9nt8pu7qv6rv5sw5sv6ru7rs8qr9pq9poAonBnmCnkD\ mjEliElgFkfGjdHjcIibIi`Jh_KgZLgXMfWNeVNeTOdSPcRQcP\ RbOSaMR`OP_ROYUMXWKWZJUaHTdFSfEQiCPlAOn9Mq7Lt5Jw5J\ w6Kw7Lw8Mw9Nw9OwAPvBQvCQvDRvDSvETvFUvGVuHWuIXuIXuJ\ YuKZuL_uM`tMatNbtOctPctQdtQetRfsSgsThsUisVjsVjsWkt\ XlwYmzZnzZoz_pz`qzaqz`py_nwZmuYksXiqWhoVfoUenTcnSa\ mR`mQZlPXlOWkNUkMTjLRjKPiJOiIMhHLhGKgFLgEMfDNfCOeB\ PeAQf8Rf7Sg7Sg7Sg7Rg7Qf7Qf7Pe7Oe7Od7Nd7Md7Mc7Lc7Kb\ 7Kb7Ja7Ia7Ia7H`7G`7G_7F_7EZ7EZ7DZ7CY7CY7BX7AX7AW79\ W78W78V77V76U76U75T74T63S63S64T64U65V65W66X66Y67Z6\ 7_68`68a69b6Ab6Ac6Bd6Be6Cf6Cg6Dh6Di6Ej6Ek6Fl6Fn6Gn\ 6Ho6Hp6Ir6Is6Jt6Ju6Kw6Kx6Ly6Lz6Mz5Nz6Mz7Nz8Oz9PxAQ\ wARvBStCSsDTrEUpFVoFWnGXm } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;