; Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:43:34 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-02-05 (Fractal Pyrotechnics [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050217114355.385f43aa@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 17, 2005 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image takes us one final time to the parent fractal ; that is based on variations of the real cube-root of -2. The ; visit has most certainly been productive, but the time has come ; to move on to new vistas. ; ; I named today's image "Fractal Pyrotechnics". The gaudy and ; perhaps overly intense colors remind me of a display of fire- ; works. The scene is located very near that of yesterday's ; image, though it is not 'evaporated', and lies not quite so ; deep in the parent valley. ; ; The rating of an 8 seems appropriate for such a brilliant scene. ; This rating might be a bit exaggerated, but I also might have a ; tendency to under-rate my images, so the rating of an 8 will ; remain. ; ; To assure that the image renders at the correct magnitude, I ; have inserted the mathtolerance entry into the parameter file. ; This entry forces the program to continue calculating even beyond ; the limit of total precision, but it must be cleared from the en- ; vironment to enable the program to switch to arbitrary precision ; math when this is available and needed. ; ; The render time of 33 minutes is a bit on the slow side, but the ; wait may be avoided by downloading the completed image from the ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The time for the next installment of philosophy, when one of two ; extremes could happen, is but a few days off. At that time, ; depending on the opinion of the reader, either the secrets of ; the universe will be revealed, or I will show myself to be ; totally mistaken. It is most unlikely that I will solve a ; puzzle which, for thousands of years, men greater than myself ; have been unable to solve. It is equally unlikely that every ; thing I say will be totally incorrect. ; ; The best I can hope for is that those who claim I am mistaken ; will point out and correct my mistakes, and not simply disagree ; because my opinion conflicts with their world-view. The outcome ; will be, as it always is, a continuation of the puzzle, but it's ; still fun to speculate, and I excel at speculation, so don't go ; anywhere. ; ; Wednesday morning was sunny and warm, with a temperature of 63F ; 17C, but clouds moved in shortly after noon and a rain squall ; struck an hour later, dropping the temperature to 48F 9C. An ; extra treat of tuna was needed to ease the fractal cats' disap- ; pointment. Today is starting with hazy sun and midwinter cold. ; The duo seems doomed to more disappointment. ; ; For me it looks like the usual day coming up, meaning finish the ; commercial work and see what waits in fractal land. It's a good ; thing I got my life long ago. I have no idea where I could find ; one now that fractals have arrived. I have no idea where I'll ; find the next FOTD image either, but for some reason, the images ; always seem to be there when I go searching. Until the next ; FOTD appears in 24 hours, take care, and be happy when the day's ; work is finished. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FractalPyrotecnics { ; time=0:09:29.58--SF6 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.84091441329794800/+0.036284968899841\ 80/2.576231e+012/1/-7.5/0 params=-5/-1.26/-0.5/\ -12.6/0/525 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 logmap=689 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=/1 colors=000a5ca5ab5_c6Yc6Wd6Ud6Sf9RgCRhERiHRjJRkMRl\ ORnRQoUQpWQqZQr`QscQteQqfSofTmfUjfVhfWffXdfYafZ_f_\ Yh`VfaThbRfcPhdNgfMggLghKfiJgjIekHhmGdnFfoRbmDdqV`\ lBas`XlQYofSmdUljLgjMdiH`hOThBTg9Hf7Bd25b6A_6EZ7IT\ 7MW8QS8US8ZR9bR9fQAjQEmPArPIrOQtONoNOmNNkNMfNOfFK`\ 7S`BNYEVYHTYLZYOZYRaYVcYUcY`dYUbYgbYT_Y``XRXWIRWTU\ V09V`RXJBZeR`aDboLdtEfwR`uPWv`Rv_MwhHwjCxo7xo2vr3u\ q3tu3ru3qu4pu4nu4mu4lu4ir4gq4em4cl4ah4Zf4Xb4V`4TY4\ RW4OT4MQ4KO4IL4GJ4QIVZHu_Is_Jq`Kp`LnaMmaNkaOibPhbQ\ fcRecSccTbbYdaae`ef`ig_mhZqiZrjVqbRpWOoOKnHHmAGl9F\ k8Ej8Di7Ch6Bg6Af59e48d47c36b25a24`14_17Z4AY7CWAFUC\ HSFKQIMPLPSNRVQUYTUYWWZVX_UZ`T_aS`aRbbQccPedPfdOgc\ NicMjcLlcKmdJndJreGveDxeFyeByQ7yB3pTShjpehlbgi`feY\ ebVd_TcWQbTOaPL`MI_JGZFDYC4P2BX9HdGNlNZrUTsUNsUItU\ CtU7tU8sT9sTAsTBrSCrSDrSErSEqRFqRGqRHqRIpQJpQKpQIs\ OKtQLuRNvTOwUQxUSyUUzUWzU } 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========================================= ; ;