; Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:15:14 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-09-05 (Discombobulation [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050919101741.225f2c56@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 19, 2005 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a scene in the Z^(1.75)+C Mandeloid as it ; appears 3 levels down the logarithmic spiral. The parent ; Mandeloid resembles a Mandelbrot set rotated so that its east ; end is on the northwest and its main bud is on the southwest ; side of the main bay. All the parts are there, but they have ; been eroded by the deficient exponent of 1.75. Today's scene ; is located in an area of chaos radiating from the south branch ; of what passes for Seahorse Valley. ; ; I named the image "Discombobulation", which might or might not ; be a real word. If it is a real word, it means 'the state of ; having one's composure upset.' I rated the image at an above- ; average 7, most likely in recognition of the extra effort I put ; into coloring it. ; ; The render time of 3-1/5 minutes should try no one's patience, ; but there are those new-fangled machines out there, with those ; new-fangled operating systems and new-fangled video cards that ; don't get along with Fractint. For the convenience of those ; with such Fractint-challenged units, the finished GIF image has ; been posted to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; from where it may conveniently be downloaded. ; ; ;-) And speaking of new-fangled stuff, I think this Fractint ; incompatibility is part of a plot by a race of evil space aliens ; from the Draconian Empire, who are turning us into helpless ; technology-dependent wards, ready for easy enslavement. They ; say they only want to make our lives easier, but their real ; goal is to make us totally dependent on the technology they are ; giving us, which they will then unexpectedly withdraw, leaving ; us helpless to resist their attack. Watch carefully. In a few ; years they will start taking away our technological toys. ; ; Keep your eyes on the inexpensive old-style TV sets and the ; still-affordable vehicles powered by internal-combustion ; engines, which are some of the few things still around that were ; created by earth beings. The Draconians are already plotting to ; change the TV broadcast standards and make fuel for old-style ; vehicles prohibitively expensive, so that these devices will ; become useless. ; ; When the man at the Super-Everything-Mart tells us we'll need to ; buy super-expensive new-fangled TV's or hybrid vehicles that no ; human being can understand, you will know that we have reached ; the state of total dependency on Draconian technology, and the ; big takeover is near. Soon thereafter, the mobile phone ; networks and internet will be shut down, leaving us absolutely ; helpless, in a technological vacuum. Hopefully, the Draconians, ; who will rush in to save and enslave us, will give us at least ; some choice as to what kind of slave labor we will be forced to ; perform for them. ;-) ; ; The preceeding three paragraphs are not serious, or . . . no, it ; couldn't be. ; ; Partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 84F 29C here at Fractal ; Central on Sunday kept the fractal cats quite content for the ; afternoon. This morning is starting about the same. I expect a ; similar day. For me the day will hold both work and fractals. ; Until the next FOTD appears in 24 hours, take care and always be ; lucid. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Discombobulation { ; time=0:03:12.02--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 center-mag=-0.0518188352\ 8874057/-0.96001357819899460/156669.8 passes=1 params=1.75/0/-3/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 logmap=79 periodicity=10 colors=0008BU8BU8FV8HW8JX8LY8NZ8P_BR`ETaHVbKXcNZdQ\ `eSbfVeiYhk`kncnqfptirwktzgozdjw`drYZmUUhROcNJZKEU\ JGPJIKJLGJOFJRFJUEIXEI_DIbDIeCIhCNkBSlBXkCafDfaEka\ FpaGu`Gp`Hk`If`Ja`Ka_Kb_Ld_Mf_Nh_Oi_OhXPhVQgTRgRSf\ PTdNUcLVaJW`HX`FYcHWfIUhKSkLQmMOoOMqPKrRItSGuTEuSE\ uSDtSDtSDtSDsRDsRDsRDrRDrRDqQDqQCqQCpQCpQCpPCoPCoP\ CoPCnPCnOCnOCnOCmOBmOBmOBlNBlNBlNBkNBkNBjMBjMBjMAi\ MAiMAiLAhLAhLAhLAgLAgKAgKAfK9fK9fK9eJ9eJ9eJ9dJ9dJ9\ cI9cI9cI8bI8bI8bH8aH8aH8aH8`H8`G8`G8_G8_G7_G7ZF7ZF\ 7YF7YF7YF7XE7XE7XE7WE6WE6WD6VD6VD6VD6UD7UC8UC9TCAT\ CBTCCSBDSBERBFRBGRBHQAIQAJQAKPALPAMP9NO9OO9PO9QN9R\ N8SN8TM8UM9VMAWLBXLCYKDZKE_KF`JGaJHbKIcLJdMKeNLfOM\ gPNhQOiRPjSQkTRlUSmVTnWUoXVpYWqZXr_Ys`Zta_ub`vcawd\ bxecyfczgczhcziczjczkczlczmcznczoczpczqczrczscztcz\ uczvczwczxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxc\ zxczxczxczxczxczxczxczxcz } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|