; Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:04:01 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-11-05 (Julia Star [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20051118020543.384755e4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 18, 2005 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I checked my e-mail this morning, I found a message from my ; credit-card company informing me that my card had been charged ; 4,900 dollars for a big-screen TV set. The e-mail instructed me ; to click on the included link and go to the card company's web ; site if I thought an error had been made. Since I have never ; purchased a big-screen TV, it appeared that some fraud had ; indeed taken place. Luckily for me, I open all my e-mail in ; text mode, and I noticed at once that the link was fraudulent. ; The link actually was to a web site with an address something ; like 243.43.561.37. The letter was a 'phishing' scam, designed ; to steal my personal information. (The e-mail informing me that ; I had won a lottery was also a scam.) The only thing genuine in ; all this is today's image. ; ; Today's fractal shows a Julia set of the Z^1.11+C Mandeloid as ; it appears 11 levels up the logarithmic spiral, where the parent ; fractal resembles a huge stretched out ellipse. Today's Julia ; set is associated with a point near a small valley on the south- ; ern end of the ellipse. ; ; The Julia set resembles an off-center star, which I have colored ; in a rather sensational manner. The maxiter of 256 gives every ; color in the 256-color map a role to play, though only the first ; 75 or so colors play a significant role in the appearance of the ; image. ; ; The rating of a 6 may be taken as a recognition of my fractal- ; coloring skill. Normally, my humility prevents me from admit- ; ting how great I am, but for one day I'll forget my humility. ; The name "Julia Star" refers to the shape of the fractal. The ; render time of 27 seconds is fast enough to please even the most ; impatient fractalist. ; ; For the convenience of those with over-qualified computers, the ; completed GIF image has been posted to the FOTD web site, which ; may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; The weather was mostly sunny here at Fractal Central on Thurs- ; day, but the wind was up and the temperature never rose over 41F ; 5C. The cats went outside on schedule. Within an hour they ; decided that warmth was better than adventure. At one point I ; heard them chasing each other up and down the stairs, something ; they once did every day but have not done in months. I guess ; their inner kittens are acting up. The next FOTD will appear ; 24 hours from now in its full glory. Until then, take care, and ; be at peace with your fractals. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Julia_Star { ; time=0:00:27.74--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=JuliaBC center-mag=-0.115487/-0.208774\ /0.8191828/1/32.5/-2.50563458870090017e-014 params=1.11/0/11/0/-0.388/-0.245/0/300 float=y maxiter=256 inside=255 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=0000AA0AA0AA0AA1AA2AA3AA4AA5AA6AA7AA89A9BFA\ CLBERCFXDHbFIhKNgPSgTXg_agfhlmortuwjnl`haSbUKYPDUK\ 7QGHN5raDhcP_e`VggWiiWkqWlzcbhjTZqJPxAGuJIsRKpZMnf\ OknQivRbfNXSKRDHZUOfjVZkTSlRKmPDnOFpTHqYJraLsfNukP\ woQxiQzcRzYRzTRzNSzHSzBSz6Vz6Xz6Zz6`z6bz6dzAezEfzI\ gzMhzQmzUszYwz`zzfzzlzzrzzRzzBzztzz6zzjzzjzzazzUzz\ LzzDzzCzzKzzRzzYzzdzz`zzYzzVzzTzzRzzOzzMzzKzzIzztz\ zqzznzzkzzWzzGzz1zz2zz2zz2zz2zz2zz2zz2zz8zzEzzKzzQ\ zzWzz`zzYzzVzzSzzPzzMzzJzzHzzRzz_zzizzrzzizz`zzSzz\ JzzAzz2zz7zzBzzGzzKzzPzzUzzSzzRzzQzzPzzSzzVzzYzz`z\ zczzazz`zzZzzYzzWzzVzzPzzJzzDzz7zz2zzCzzLzzVzzczzm\ zzvzz_zzEzzDzzDzzDzzDzzDzzDzzJzzPzzUzzRzzOzzMzzJzz\ HzzEzzCzzizzhzzgzzfzzezzezzczzazz_zzZzzXzzVzzUzzWz\ zYzz_zzazzczzezzgzzizzkzzmzzozzqzzszzuzzvzzrzzozzk\ zzhzzdzzazzYzzVzzPzzJzzEzzAzz6zz3zzAzzHzzOzzVzzazz\ hzznzzAzzMzzXzzzzzzzzuzzq } frm:JuliaBC { ; Formula by Andrew Coppin e=p1, p=real(p2)+PI, q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q, C=p3, Z=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|< p4+100 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;