; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:34:55 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-08-06 (Total Reality [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20060825223543.2bd7fce8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 26, 2006 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I see in the news that the planet Pluto has been demoted to the ; ignominious status of a dwarf. This means that what I learned ; in school is no longer valid. There are no longer nine planets ; in the solar system, but only eight. I should not be too upset ; about learning the wrong thing however. I also recall being ; taught that Piltdown Man was the missing link, and the solar ; system is a unique thing which formed when the gravity of a ; passing star pulled blobs of material from the body of the sun. ; ; I'm not sure what the astrologers, who need Pluto to make their ; charts work, will do now that they have lost one of their ; planets. Maybe I'll check the internet to see what they make of ; it. My own view is that we might have lost a planet, but we have ; gained the world of fractals. ; ; Today's image would have remained forever undiscovered if I had ; not calculated the fractal that results when Z^(1.1) is subtrac- ; ted from Z^(-1.1) and (C) is added. The odds of this particular ; scene ever seeing the light of day are infinitesimal, yet here ; it is -- today's FOTD. ; ; How could such an unlikely thing possibly have come to pass? ; The answer of course is that there are an infinity of almost- ; impossible things that can happen in the world of fractals. And ; unless I am mistaken, which I often am, infinity multiplied by ; an infinitesimal equals unity. ; ; Today's image rates a 7, and it is worth it. The scene was ; rendered in the traditional manner, with outside=iter and ; inside=0. The unusually decorative effect is a natural part of ; the scene, not a result of program trickery. I named the image ; "Total Reality" because it is totally real. ; ; The render time of the included parameter file is just over 4 ; minutes, but the wait may be avoided by going to the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; and downloading the completed GIF image from there. ; ; The temperature on Friday reached only 82F 28C, but the day was ; a bit too humid for perfection. The fractal cats didn't mind ; however. Their big excitement came when Nico leaped onto the ; table and knocked over a lamp. We forgave him. After all, it's ; a cat's duty to get into trouble. The day ended peacefully with ; tuna and cheese in the cats' food dishes. ; ; My day was reasonably relaxing. The work was finished before ; noon, leaving me with nothing to do in the afternoon but search ; for fractals. With only a few exceptions, nothing in the world ; is more interesting than searching for fractals. The next FOTD ; will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and for your ; answers, look beneath the surface. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Total_Reality { ; time=0:04:11.42--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.72855285500812400/-1.644842873009020\ 00/1039023/1/152.5/-1.05321999605001437e-006 params=1/-1.1/-1/1.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=750 inside=0 logmap=73 periodicity=10 colors=00058d35R12DM4BA27513lVM_NGOFBC75fa1yA6V53h\ OKMCAOX`GMOe`CAVBmcW29GMmUBMF8w`wQmzjAi0fY0AH05X7f\ O5WG3L81AGrpCdb8RQYTSKe`7riBkkFelJZmMTn_oaRbSIQJ9D\ 9vHgbBTJ5EvGvbAbJ5Jn5VP2FsfS`SIIE9ju0Va0FJ0uIyhJh5\ wR2UDuXopBvsdNeUHSKBEA5DDc0ekq93_62I31qh0cX0RM0DB0\ XNCMF8B74zZXVHGJs7Ee59S34E1YxdHUKQ0FDSf8IS49EaxF81\ cElb9WQ4GDA1_50I0Cm08X04GxAZh7QU5HF28CkuUhEKU9AF4c\ 2GLc3EQ27D1EsFAeB7S73E3d79K34Dw7VzjFVNsEB3PH4kj3_Z\ 2ON1CBPY5IP3CH2681BS`l`n_RaOIPC9Ct2De19S16E03deGKL\ 8U9WP06gWFOE0PF3GA28511eY0LHdO3RG2D816v_4bO2JCcMFU\ GBKB7A532_P1RI1IC096xjEhZAUN7FB3ZiUHUFrUu_UaIUJ3Ui\ 1UNkw_OTIdUXUUOKUGAU8ccbUUTKUJAU9jbFNU7xt2ca1KU0Ia\ ZDUQ9UH4U8DrQ8_H4U8gUBTU7EU38WZ6YQ4_H2a8HcPBeG5h8T\ koOn9Cq4RtwIwc9zK9zh6zX4zM2zBzzdzzUzzKzzAzz4zzjzzr\ zzRzzuzzzzz7zz5zz3zz1zzozzdzzUzzKzzAzz0zz0zz0zzjzz\ VzzFzz0zz0Ez07z0izrNzRnz6 } 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========================================= ; ;