; Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:48:11 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-02-05 (Broken Arms [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050216114830.0cdf59f6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 16, 2005 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When the time arrived to name today's image, I remembered one of ; the greatest disappointments of my childhood -- the evening when ; my father explained to me that the professional wrestling ; exhibition I was watching on TV was not a true competitive ; sport, but rather an entertaining show. The whole thing is an ; act, he told me. The wrestlers have a script, and the winner of ; the match is written in the script, he explained. I had already ; begun to suspect that something about the 'sport' was not as it ; appeared, and was truly let down to hear that my heroes were ; mere theatrical performers presenting a pre-arranged show. A ; couple weeks later my father took me to a wrestling match at a ; local college so that I could see the real thing. Without the ; theatrics, the real thing was totally boring. I soon lost ; interest entirely in wrestling. ; ; The name "Broken Arms", which I gave to today's image, is an ; attempt to capture the spirit of excitement I felt when I saw ; those theatrical wrestlers performing on TV, with all the phony ; blood and broken bones, and assumed that I was watching the real ; thing. ; ; Of course, bones were rarely actually broken in professional ; wrestling, just as no bones are broken in today's image. Broken ; bones are impossible in a fractal because fractals have no ; bones. Fractals are nothing more than one of the things we ; people have decided to do with numbers. ; ; Today's image rates an 8. This rating might be a bit overblown, ; but the image is still a rather striking 'evaporated' one, which ; was found in the parent fractal of yesterday's FOTD fractal. ; ; The render time of over 26 minutes is slow, so I advise ; downloading the finished product from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Tuesday was near perfect here at Fractal Central. The weather ; brought warm afternoon sun and a temperature of 61F 16C. These ; pleasant conditions made the fractal cats so happy that they ; passed the entire afternoon in the holly thicket. Only the ; tiniest treat of tuna was needed in the evening. This morning ; is starting in a similar manner, but rain is forecast for ; later this afternoon. Maybe the duo can have their outdoor ; time before the rain arrives. ; ; For me, it looks like another in the unending string of near- ; average days coming up. The next FOTD will apepar in 24 hours. ; The next philosophy, which may be believed or not, will take a ; few more days. Until tomorrow's FOTD, take care, and one can ; enjoy as many fractals as they wish, and never gain a gram. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Broken_Arms { ; time=0:26:23.44--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.91423377864804300/+0.003269821435727\ 34/1.930907e+008/1/-132.5/-1.81908083652371211e-005 params=-5/-1.26/-0.5/-12.6/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=6000 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000nfIrhIviIthJsgKrfLqeModNncOmbPzeQk`Rw_Sh\ ZTgYUfXVeWVbXT_XRXXPUXORXMOXKLXJJ`OIdSGgWFk_EocCrg\ Bvkmyomxmmwl00kG0jmuiJ0gmtfmtemsdmrcmramq`mp_mpZmo\ YwoXX0Zwp`wpbwqdwqf`0hwrjwrlcrncrpYhjTZeNP`IGWLJZO\ L`RNbUPdXRgZTiaWkdYmg_pjarmctoevnftnfrngpngnnhmnhk\ niinignjenjdlVmjGucIpYJkSKgMLbGMYANUIVfPbsOfgNjXMm\ MLqBKt0Mo2Ok4Qg5Sb7UZ8WVAYRB_MDaIEcEGeAHm_KtyNlvUe\ s_ZpeSmkLjqNllOmgPnbRoYSpTTqONXDHD2NQBSbKXnSZiN`eI\ aaDeYFhVGkSInPJqMKtJMwGNzDOrBMj9Lb7KW6IO4HG2G91FB2\ HD2IF3JH3KJ3ML4NN4OP0PR0QT0SV0TX6UZ0V_6Wa5Tc5Qe5Og\ 5Li5Jj5Gl5Dn5Bp58r56t53u51u72u83uA4SXjRWjQVjOUiNTi\ MSiKQiJPiIOhHNhFMhELhDJhCIgAHg9Gg8Fg5Ci7Eg8FeAGdBH\ bDIaEJ_GKZHLXJMWKOUMPTNQRPRQQSOSTNTULVVKWWIXXH`TId\ PIhLIkIIoEJsAJw6Jz3Jy5My6Oy7Qy8Sx9UxAWxBYxC_wDawEc\ wFfwGhvHjvIlvJnvKpuLruMtuNvuOxrPvpQunQslRrjSphSofT\ ndUlbUk`ViZVhXWfVXeTXdRYb } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;