; Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:17:32 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-09-05 (17-09-05 [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050917101959.29cf9f22@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 17, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Now that we've put the philosophy behind us, at least for a ; while, we can return our attention to the mysterious world of ; fractals and hyperspace. Hopefully, the quality of the images ; will not suffer now that the philosophy has ended. ; ; It was quite surprising to me how well the FOTD fractals turned ; out while I was philosophizing and putting virtually no effort ; into them. Could this be an indication that finding and coloring ; fractals might require intuition as well as reason? After all ; the philosophizing I have done during the past two weeks, I am ; not even going to guess. ; ; Today's image is a zoom into the center of yesterday's image. ; The midget at the center is not yet visible, but the surrounding ; pattern has truly blossomed. I have not yet decided whether I ; will go for the midget itself. If I do, the going will be very ; slow. The render time of today's image is almost 4 hours. And ; at the depth of the midget at the center, the render time would ; be close to 8 hours. ; ; Though I did not give today's image a name, I did give it a ; rating of an above-average 7. The render time of just under 4 ; hours is inexcusably slow, but salvation is there for the taking ; on the FOTD web site, where the completed image is posted. The ; web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; The weather remained warm and muggy on Friday here at Fractal ; Central. The temperature reached a July-like high of 87, but ; the showers stayed away from the area, giving the fractal cats ; an entire afternoon in the yard. Only a hint of tuna was needed ; to complete their day on a happy note. Today is starting warm ; and muggy again. Showers are forecast for later today, but I ; have a feeling it will remain dry. It has been quite dry around ; here lately, and there is a saying among old-time weather fore- ; casters that goes something like, 'when in drought and in doubt, ; leave it out'. ('It' of course, is rain.) ; ; One thing virtually certain however is the appearance of the ; next FOTD. It will appear right here in only 24 hours. Until ; that unprecedented moment arrives, take care, and there might ; be a drought of water, but there will never be a drought of ; fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= 17-09-05 { ; time=3:54:32.77--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.7466\ 779924439194447000130628/0.00431684878866485586600\ 532023/7.732008e+023/1/-27.5/1.310757058448075e-014 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 colors=000cdsdeqfgqhhqihqjinihjeee___bbbheclg_siVs\ gUsdSs`RsWOsUNsQMsMKsIHsFFsBCs7Bs68s68s67s66s69q6F\ nDMlLTjV`hcfhhhgefbgbehehhhjjjmnnlnqipugsyiosflqdk\ ncil`hjZfhZegWbeTabT_aRZ_PZYM_USZYU_YW_ZX``aaa`b`_\ bXXeWagTagQdhPdhMejLfjIjlFklElnBqq9gpCboB_nAWm9Sh8\ Pc9LZ7HU6EP4FK2KF2KA4K56L38M49N8BOBEPFHQJLSOPTPSUP\ UVPUWPUXPUYPUZPU_PU`PUaPUbPTcPSdPSePQfPPgMLhLKjJGm\ IFoFBqD8sIBuJCwODwPDwTFwWGwZGwaIwdJwhMwlMwnNwqOwtO\ xwQzzUzzZwzcuzhwzmwfVybXyXXzOVwXXuWWsWVqVVnVUlVThU\ SgTReTRbTRaTR_TRWRQUQPSQORPOPOONNNLLLR_NQYNQWOOUOO\ UOLSMJRMHPKGPKEPJERKCRJ9SK9RJ7PJ7NJ5JH4HG3GH3EH2DH\ 2DJ1CJ1AJ19L18L07L06N05N04N02P02P01P00R02P04N07L1A\ J2CH4EG6JGBRJEWKIaMNhODUKCRHBNGALE9HDAEC9DB8A97775\ 55NJROLSNLSOOUQQWPQYNQ_ORaOSbMSeLUgKVhJVhIXjHYlGZn\ F`qFasDbuCdwBfyAhzAhzDfyEeyFcyGbwIawJ`wMawN_uOZuPZ\ uRZuS_uU`uW`uXasZbs_bsacs } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;