; Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:47:55 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-08-05 (Venetian Blinds [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050810115006.386f6e10@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 10, 2005 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I see on the news that someone has just cloned a dog. It's not ; much of a surprise, since they have already cloned mice, sheep, ; horses, cats, etc. But it does raise a theological question. ; Is the fact that men have created living animals evidence that ; God is unnecessary for the emergence of life, or is it evidence ; that life can arise only through the working of a higher intelli- ; gence? This question is one that I will discuss in detail when ; (if ever) the next outburst of philosophy happens. ; ; For now, we have a fractal to discuss, and a rather good one at ; that. The parent fractal came about when I combined a negative ; portion of Z^(-1.1) with 5 negative portions of Z^(-11), then ; added (1/C) to create one of those rambling, indescribable ; fractals, boring on the surface but filled with deep mysteries. ; ; Today's parent fractal is dominated by one huge open ocean. The ; scene of the image is located on the northern shoreline of this ; ocean, deep in a rather strange inverted 'V' shaped valley. I ; rendered it with the outside set to 'tdis', resulting in the ; venetian blind effect that inspired the name "Venetian Blinds". ; ; I rated the image at an 8. It is quite unlike a typical image ; of a typical midget, and this uniqueness gives it its value. ; The render time of 6 minutes is slightly slow, but this time is ; on my 10-year-old machine. On most modern machines the render ; time will be cut to around 2 minutes. ; ; This render time can be forgotten entirely by going to the FOTD ; web site at: ; ; ; ; and downloading the already-rendered GIF image from there. ; ; The clouds hung heavy on Tuesday here at Fractal Central, but no ; rain fell from them and the temperature stopped rising at 77F ; 25C. These conditions proved unexpectedly satisfactory for the ; cats, who spent over five hours in the holly thicket. Only a ; little tuna was needed to end their day happily. Today is start- ; ing partly cloudy with rain again forecast, but something tells ; me that the experts are wrong with their rain forecast, and the ; cats will be happy. I'll be happy when I get the work caught up, ; a condition that is not yet showing signs of coming about. ; Unless something goes wrong, the next FOTD will appear in 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and does ultimate truth always ; need to make sense? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Venetian_Blinds { ; time=0:06:17.73--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.36941160733038520/+1.098637553115404\ 00/2.600405e+008/1/-122.5/4.31742300780260657e-005 params=-1/-1.1/-5/-11/0/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000sVgrXhqXipYjoYkn_lm_ll`mk`njaoiaohbofbpe\ dqddrbesaet_ftYftXguVgvUhvShvUgvVfuVftXetXdtYds_br\ _br`aq``pa`oa_obYodYndXmeXmeVlfUkgUjgSjhRihRhiPgiP\ gnRcsS`uSYuUatVesVhrXjpXmnYonYql_tj_vi`vg`veavdava\ _v`YvYXuXUsUSoSRmRPiNLfLJaGGY900D9S55M00AhNifLgeLf\ dJeaJb`Ga_G`XDYVDWUDVR9SP9QN5OJ5KG0HD0E506001_upXu\ mUuiRseNn`JfVDYO5LESDqR9oP9lN5iL5fJ5bG0ZD0V90Q50K0\ 0Atuvsuvqsvorvnpvmnvkmvikvhjufhtdfqbdo`alY_iVXgUVc\ RS`NPWJLTGGO99H006abv_`vXYvVVtSUoPRlNNgJJbDGW99Q00\ EUUvSSvRRvPPtNNpLLmJJiGGeDD`99V55O00EJY0GX0GV0DU0D\ S0DR09P09N05L05J05G00D0090050000uuQuuOuuOuuMuuMuuK\ uuKttKrrHopHmnEkkEhhAefAbbA__6VV6RS1NN1GG0550sacq`\ bo_anY`mXZkVYjVWhUVfSVeRTbPSaPQ_NOXLMVJKSGKPDHNDEJ\ 9AD56901000u0vu0vu0vu0vu0vu0ts0sq0pn0om0lj0jg0ge0e\ a0aY0ZV0VR0SL0MG0H506_ugYueXscVrbUpaSn`RlZRjWPhVNf\ TLbSJ`QGYOGVKDSH9NE5JA0D6 } 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========================================= ; ;