; Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:16:43 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-01-05 (Fractal Delicacy [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050110121852.0daf56d4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 10, 2005 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; With today's scene we return to the most important fractal of ; all, the Mandelbrot set, to check the north branch of the ; valley of the large period-5 bud on the northwest shore of the ; main bay. We wander quite deep into one of the seahorse spirals ; on the outside of the valley, though at this point of the M-set ; I am undecided whether the spirals are more like seahorse tails ; or elephant trunks. ; ; We end up at a rather routine midget. The midget itself is ; nothing that has not been seen many times before, and by itself ; would rate a 5. The extra brilliant coloring however raises the ; rating to a 6. When the render time of one minute is taken into ; consideration, the overall worth equals a resounding 559. ; ; The magnitude of the image is right on the border of arbitrary ; precision math. When the image is rendered with conventional ; math, it finishes in one minute. When arbitrary precision math ; is used, the image drags on for an hour. The difference in ; appearance between the images drawn by the two rendering methods ; is very small, so I have inserted the mathtolerance entry into ; the included parameter file to insure that the very speedy ; conventional math is used. ; ; I named the image "Fractal Delicacy". At this depth, the ; spirals are delicate indeed, and do not quite resemble anything ; in the 'real' world. Thr best way to see the delicacy is to run ; the parameter file. Those with machines that fight the program ; may wish to download the image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The next installment of philosophy is included in the ; philofractal version of this discussion. ; ; The fractal weather was questionable on Sunday here at Fractal ; Central. We had many clouds, a little sun, some wind, but no ; rain. The temperature of 48F 9C made conditions acceptable to ; the fractal cats, who spent several hours on the porch, hoping ; for an occasional shaft of sunlight to filter through to the ; porch, and several more hours clearing the holly thicket of ; stray cats. Actually, Tippy did the clearing. He is the tough, ; wiry tabby. Thomas, the lazy, oversized yellow-orange one, just ; sat there and watched the intruder dash away up the hill to ; where he belongs. This morning is starting pleasant enough. ; The duo should have another good day. ; ; My day will be good when I have the work under control. From ; the way things are going, the next FOTD will appear in 3 or 4 ; days, when, if nothing unexpected happens, I should have a full ; week of nearly complete FOTD's on file and ready to go, enabling ; me to resume the regular daily schedule. So until late in the ; week, take care, and as you go through life, wonder about your ; trip. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Delicacy { ; time=1:04:41.47--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 mathtolerance=/1 center-mag=-0.464761734263855364/0.544868295457240\ 248/4.357241e+013/1/117.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=12000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=-1925 periodicity=10 colors=000AaOEaUIa_MaeQalU_rY_xa_ze_zi_zn_zrYzvYzz\ YzzYzzYzzWzzUzvSzoQziOzcMxYIxSGvMEtICrCAo78n15n03l\ 01i00g03e07c0Aa0Ec3Ic7MiAQnEUrIYvUazeeztizztzzzzzz\ zzxxzvoztgzr_zoQznIzlAzi3xg0zl0xg0vc0ra0oY0nW0iS0g\ Q0eM0aK0_G0YC0UA0S70Q50M10K00I00E00C00100700A00E00\ I10M81QE7UMCYUIa_OegUin_egUacQY_MUWIQQCMM8II5EE1A8\ 0750310100500710A10C30E30I51K73O77Q88S8CWAEYCG_CKc\ EMeEQiGSlGWnIYrK_tKcvMezMizOlzQnzQrzStzSxzUzzYzzUz\ zSvzOozMitKcnGYgESaAKW8EQ78K33E1080030000000000000\ 300E01Q03a05n00v00x05z0Cz0Iz0Oz0Wz0az0gz0oz0vz0zz1\ zz3zz5zv7zo8zgAzaCzWEzQGzKIzCKz7Mz1Oz0Qz0Sz0Uz0Wz0\ Yz0_z0_z0_z0_z0az0az0az0az0cz0cz0cz0cz0ez0ez1ez3ez\ 7gz8gzAgzEgzGizIizMizOizQYzxczgizSozEvz0zz0zz0zz0z\ z0xz0rz0iz0az0Wz0Oz0Gz0Az03z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z0\ 0z30z50z80zA0zE0zG0zI0zM0zO0zS0zU0zY0z_0za0zS0zK0z\ C0z00z00z58zMMzeWz7UzCSzI } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;