; Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:42:41 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-03-05 (Re-entry [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050324114327.2abfaddc@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 24, 2005 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I opened my e-mail box this morning, I found a letter from ; some person in Nigeria, who claimed to be interested in buying ; 150 of my product from my store. The letter went on to ask if ; I could ship immediately and if I would accept a visa credit ; card as payment, and ended by requesting that I send a full ; description of 'my product'. My suspicions were raised when I ; suddenly realized that I have no store, and were confirmed when ; I realized that the person who sent the e-mail did not even know ; what my product is. I guess he wanted some of my FOTD fractals. ; Scamming must be the number one industry of Nigeria. ; ; Today's image shows an Elliptic midget lying on the negative ; stem of the Mandelbrot set, a short distance east of the largest ; midget. Its overall shape is very typical of Elliptic midgets ; in general. I named the image "Re-entry" when it reminded me of ; a space object disintegrating as it reenters earth's atmosphere. ; ; When I say that today's scene lies on the negative stem of the ; M-set, it must be remembered that in the Julibrot the negative ; stem is not the decorated straight line that appears in the ; M-set. It is a three-dimensional space with only a slight ; extension in the fourth dimension, which curves and twists in ; unimaginable ways through the broader four-dimensional space. ; ; I am not sure that today's image fully earns its rating of ; a 6, but I gave it that rating in an effort to recover from ; yesterday's abysmal performance. Today's FOTD is not only ; better than yesterday's, it is much faster, rendering in a ; matter of seconds. This is probably faster than the finished ; image can be downloaded from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Heavy rain fell all day Wednesday here at Fractal Central, ; causing localized flooding and unhappy fractal cats. The ; un-official fractal temperature hovered around 41F 9C all day, ; while the un-official rain can filled with 2.5 inches, or 64mm ; of rainwater during the day. With sulky attitudes, the cats ; watched the day's weather from their shelf by the window. Ample ; tuna in the evening helped ease their disappointment however. ; ; Today is starting dry but cloudy and very chilly, with showers ; in the forecast. The cats might need more comfort before the ; day ends. ; ; My comfort will come when I find the perfect fractal. It might ; happen today or it might not happen for many googols of years. ; The challenge will be to know the perfect fractal when I find ; it. Tomorrow's fractal will not be perfect, but it will arrive ; for near certain in only 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ; could Fractint be turning into a cult program? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Re-entry { ; time=0:00:19.94--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=ident/flip center-mag=-1.61298847799078300/-0.499140172596339\ 50/1713910/0.009486/32.1906682894654494/-81.566890\ 9945544698 params=90/0/2/0/5e-008/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=42 periodicity=10 colors=000RPWTSZVVbXYfZ_i`bmbdqbfr`foZekWdgUccRb_P\ aWN`RK_NIZJFYFDXBBW7EV6HU6KT6MS5PR5SQ5UQ4XQ4_P4aP3\ dO3gO3iN2lN2oM2qM2sX6ue9woDxxGpoFhgE`_DTSCMKBNLANL\ AOMAOMAOMAPN9PN9PN9QO9QO9RP8RP8RP8SQ8SQ8SQ82hN3fL3\ eK3cJ3bI3aH4_G4ZF4XE4WD4VC7WGAWJDWMGXPJXSMXWPYZSYa\ VYdXYgRdaLkWGqRHmPHjNIgMIcKJ`JJYHKUGKREKODJNFJMGIL\ IIKJHJKHIMGHNGGPFFQFEREDTECUDBWDAXD9YLCXSEW_GVfIVe\ JTTVPNbfHixElvBnu8ps5rr3tq6or8jsAetCauFXvHSwJNxLJy\ KLtJNpJOlIQhIRdHT`GUXGWSFXOFZKE_GDaCDb8Cd4Ce0Gg3Jh\ 5Mi7Qj9TkBWlDZmFbnHeoJhpLkqNorPrsRutTxuVsqUonUjkUf\ hTaeTYbTU_TVYUVWUVUVVSVWQVWOWWMWWKWXIXXGXXEYXCYYAY\ Y8ZY6ZY4Z_8_aB`cEaeHbgLciOdjRelUfnYgp`hrcitfjuiksj\ hqjfpjcnjalkZkkXikUgkSfkPdlNblKalI_lFZlDXiCWgBUeAT\ c9Ra8QZ7OX6NV5LT4KR3JP2LS6NV9PXCR_GTbJVdMXgQZiT`lW\ bo_dqbftegvhcoi_iiWbjTXjPQkLKkHDlE7lH6kK5jN5iQ4hT4\ gW3fZ3ea2dd2cdLTdcIOJOQMS } 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========================================= ; ;