; Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:50:43 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 01-08-06 (Iterative Blues [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20060731235112.2b7f854e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 01, 2006 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image resembles a . . . well, I just don't know. I ; named it "Iterative Blues" on a whim, and rated it at a 7 ; because it's a bit on the unusual side. The image is a brief ; excursion into the fractal world that is created when portions ; of Z^(-1.4) and Z^(-7.4) are combined, and (1/C) is added. ; ; Like so many interesting fractal images, today's image is found ; deep in a valley of its parent. (The parent has countless ; valleys.) Apparently, the valley has some of an East Valley ; nature to it. Many of the characteristics associated with East ; Valleys are present in the image. ; ; The render time of 9 minutes is true on my 10-year-old P200 ; machine, which is basically useless on today's internet, but ; which loads DOS 6.22 and, as long as it continues to run at all, ; (which might not be too long), will run Fractint perfectly. ; ; I am a bit puzzled (and rather amused) by the ongoing fuss about ; S.O.T.A. Windows-XP computers and video cards that have not been ; told how to run DOS programs. If your present machine is over- ; qualified, go out and pick up an older unit that is inadequate ; for the internet, and dedicate it to Fractint. They are practi- ; cally being given away. BTW, is Fractint the last DOS program ; still being actively used? (Maybe not. I write my FOTD discus- ; sions using WordPerfect 5.1) ; ; As I said earlier, today's image renders in 9 minutes. That ; time may be saved by going to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and downloading the completed GIF image from there. ; ; With a high temperature of 91F 33F, things were a bit sultry ; here at New Fractal Central on Monday. The new fractal cats ; must have agreed. Except for Nicholas scratching around his ; ears, they kept their activity to a minimum. And I must keep an ; eye on the scratching. Nicholas could have picked up fleas. ; The evening treat of tuna went peacefully, with no one trying to ; steal the other's food. For me the day was un-notable. The ; next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ; everything that exists is a paradox. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Iterative_Blues { ; time=0:09:03.38--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+3.90926221344914200/-0.000896083401516\ 61/203745.3/1/-45/1.64728598817109884e-009 params=1/-1.4/0.14/-7.4/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000MRcOOfPLhRIjSFmUCoV9qW7sMZpDymIscNmUSgLX\ aB`W2XhsLsMJhNHYNGVLFRJDNGCJE1nA2jB3gB4cB5`B6XB7UC\ 8QC9NCAJCEk6Dh7Df7Dc8Da8CZ9CX9CUACSABPBBNBBKCBICDh\ dUfBRbCP_CMWCKTCIQCFMCDJCYJYTITOHPKHKFGG1Vx5Qg8LSD\ slCoiClfCicCf`CcYC`VBYTBVQBSNBPKBMHBJECzXBuUBpSBkQ\ BgOBbMBYKBUIBPGBKEzv3jSigRfdQcaP`ZOYWNVTMTQLQNKNKJ\ KHIHEHEIPaHNYGMVFLSEKPDJLCIIBHFI2iH3fH4dG5aG6_F7XF\ 8VE9TEAQDBODCLCDJCEGBFE2SKUZ0SX1RW2QV3PU3OT4MR5LQ6\ KP6JO7IN8GL9FK9EJADIBiHCi`JmaFrcBvd7xp1qo6koAenF_n\ JTmNNmSHlWBl_QYUcJOq4Jn9GkEDiJBfO8dT6aY3_a1PREEGR3\ 6bCCcLIdUNebTfkZgscgiz0kx5mvAotFqrKspPuoUtgQt`MtUI\ sMFsFBs87s14UpIVqHWqGWqFXqEYrDYrCZrBZrBblBefBh`BkV\ BnPBqKBpJBoICoHCnGCmFDmEDlDDkCEkBEjAFi9Fi8Fh7Gg6Gg\ 5Gd6Fa7F_8FBJCX9EVAESBEQBDNCDLDDIECGFCDGCATtBSqBRn\ BQkBPhBOeBNbBL_BKXBJUBIRBHOmbJi`If_IcYH`XHZVGHVDLW\ CPWCTWBXWBVVGTULRTQPSVNR_ } 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========================================= ; ;