; Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 09:41:19 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-03-05 (Alien Flowers [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050317094200.2ae7c488@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 17, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Happy Saint Patrick's Day fractal fanatics. ; ; In yesterday's FOTD discussion I remarked that today's image ; would be horrendously slow. I am not quite sure why I made that ; remark. Today's image renders in under 50 minutes even on my ; tired old clunker. This is not blazingly fast, but it is ; certainly not horrendously slow either, especially considering ; that in the past I have posted FOTD images that take over a full ; day to complete. ; ; Today's image is one I came upon and passed by while searching ; for a fractal of the variety seen in yesterday's image. The ; scene is located in the vicinity of the large midget on the ; negative X-axis of the Mandelbrot set. Since the Julibrot is ; four-dimensional, it is futile to try to describe the exact ; relation of today's image to the midget itself, other than to ; state that, despite its Julia-like appearance, the image is ; actually sliced in the Rectangular direction. ; ; The rating of a 7 is based largely on the coloring, to which I ; gave more than the usual amount of effort. It is now two days ; after the time I first saw the image however, and the picture is ; starting to look more like a 6 than a 7, but I must go with my ; first impression, so the rating of 7 will remain. ; ; The image reminds me of a cluster of flowers, such as might be ; seen on another planet lying in some remote corner of the ; galaxy. I named it "Alien Flowers". ; ; The fractal bouquet may be enjoyed by running the included para- ; meter file and waiting a half-hour or so, or by giving Paul a ; chance to run the file and post the completed image on the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; Despair not for the conclusion of the philosophy. It will ; eventually appear. The problem is that I have read some new ; material that has caused me to rethink several of my long-held ; conclusions about the nature of the self, and I must now re- ; codify my doctrine. And yes, I realize that I used the word ; 'doctrine'. Since I will be able to offer no proof of my ; eventual claims, they will fall into the category of a doctrine, ; to be believed or more likely rejected as the reader sees fit. ; Hopefully, all this will happen within a week, but no promise ; is given. ; ; The afternoon turned cloudy and chilly here at Fractal Central ; on Wednesday. The cats turned sulky when the sun vanished, and ; demanded their tuna before the official time for tuna arrived. ; But by evening, they had forgotten their bad afternoon and ; settled for a long sleep. Today is starting with about the ; same weather. I hope the cats' day is better, but fear a ; repeat. ; ; With only a little real work to put behind me, I expect my day ; to be acceptable. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours. There is a ; 99-3/4 percent chance it will appear at that time. Until that ; golden moment arrives, take care, and if an atom is a fractal, ; what then is a molecule of water, which is composed of three ; fractals? (Maybe an atom is not a fractal; maybe a molecule of ; water is a fractal.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Alien_Flowers { ; time=0:49:57.50--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=flip/ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.11570559494539450/+0.011693\ 05771904837/1734752/0.7588/41.8961562691883813/38.\ 6021046066249 params=0/90/2/0/0/0/-1.7541/0 float=y maxiter=40000 inside=bof61 logmap=57 periodicity=10 colors=000BCFCEHDGJFINGKRIMUJOYLQaMSeOUiOUmPWlPXlP\ ZkP_kPakQbjQcjQejQfiQhiQiiRjhRlhRmgRogRpgSqfSsfStf\ SveSweUwdSxeRxeQxfPxfOxfNxgLxgKxhJxhIyhHyiGyiEyjDy\ jCyjBykAyk5zm9zkDzjGzhKzgOzfRzhVzjZzlaznezpizrlzrm\ zrnzrozrpzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzr\ qzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrqzrhxXhx\ YgxZgw_fw`fwaewbewcdvddvecvfcvgCubcvhasg`qf_oeZmdY\ kcXibWgaVd`Ub_T`ZSZYRXXQVWPTVOQUNOTMMSLKRKIQJGPIEO\ MIPQMQUQRXUS`YTdaUheVzXAkhWPzvRvsTsqVpnXmlZjikQveZ\ n_ggUp_QzUPyTPwSPuRPsQPqPOoOOmNOkMOiLOgKOeJNbJN`IN\ ZHNXGNVFNTEMRDMPCMNBMLAMJ9II7KH8MH9NGAPGBQFCSFDTEE\ VEFWDGYDHZCI`CJaBKcBLdAMfANg9Oi9Pj8Ql8Rl5Om7Qm8Rm9\ TmAUmBWmDXmEZmF_mGamHbmIdnKenLgnMhnNjnOknQmnRnnSpn\ TqnUsoUwnVtmVqlWokWljXjiXghYegYbfY_eZYdZVc_Tb_Qa`O\ ``L_`Jbhj`fk_dkZclYalX`mWZmVYnUWnSVoRToQSpPQpOPqNN\ qMMrLKrKJrpSWnUZmWakYdj_g } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;