; Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:32:45 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 01-09-06 (The very last Midget [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20060901003337.29c7daec@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 01, 2006 (Not Rated) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "The Very Last Midget". No, it is not ; the last midget I will ever find, but it is the last midget that ; will appear in a FOTD for the rest of September. In fact, ; today's image with its midget was originally scheduled to be ; posted on August 31, but a heavy load of work prevented me from ; posting it on schedule. Tomorrow's FOTD, and those for the rest ; of the month, will hold no midget. ; ; Today's scene is located in the oversized fractal that results ; when Z^(1.7) is subtracted from 1/10 part of Z^(-1.7) and (1/C) ; is added. Since I do not think too much of the image, I did not ; bother giving it a rating. But it is still worth a quick look, ; especially if that look is on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the image can be found, ready for easy download. ; ; Crop circles and fractals -- an interesting combination. My ; opinion is that most crop circles are created by clever human ; pranksters, but like with UFO's there is a small but puzzling ; residue of unexplained circles. Are the unexplained circles ; caused by visitors from space? Most likely not. Are they ; caused by supernatural forces? Probably not. Are they caused ; by as yet undiscovered natural forces of earth? Probably so. ; But whether crop circles are real or fake, in my opinion, there ; are far more interesting and mysterious things that exist in the ; ultra-large realms of the cosmos and the ultra-small world of ; the atoms. ; ; A cloudy somewhat chilly day here at New Fractal Central on ; Thursday went un-noticed by the new fractal cats, who spent the ; day looking for and finding trouble. Nico somehow got himself ; shut up in the coat closet this evening, where he spent about ; two hours. When we noticed him missing and checked the closet, ; he strolled out, looking at us as if to ask, "what took you so ; long?" Cassie watched with interest, wondering what all the ; excitement was about. ; ; My day was quite busy, but the work is nearly caught up, which ; means the next FOTD should appear on schedule in 24 hours. ; Until then, take care, and could crop circles actually be the ; physical manifestation of fractals? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheVeryLastMidget { ; time=0:07:48.13--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+4.51597914219008500/-18.05143327549904\ 000/2692.853/1/170/1.00111906334299228e-008 params=0.1/-1.7/-1/1.7/0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 logmap=115 periodicity=10 colors=00029G4BH7DJAFKDHLFJNILOMOQQRRTUTXYU`bVdgXg\ kbknnpqyrsztqvupsvnowmlxkhxjexjaxiZyiVyhSyiOyjLxiN\ xhOxgPxfQxdRxbSxaTx_UxYVxXWxVXxTZxR_xQ`xOaxMbxLcxJ\ dxHexGfxEgxChxBiuFgrXfoTelTciUbfYac```dZYhYVlXSoVP\ sUMwTJzSJzSJvRJrQJmQJhPJcOJ_OJYNJWMJUMJSLJQKJOKJMJ\ JKIJIIJGHJEGJCGJAFJAEJAEJADJACJACJABJAAJAAJA9JC9LE\ CNGEPIGRKISMKUOMWQOYSQZUS`WUbYWd_Yea_gcaieckgelign\ kipmkromsqousqwusywuzxwtqsokpjemd_j_TfVNcPH`KBYF5V\ H7XI8YK9ZLB_NC`ODaQFbRGcTHdUJeWKfXLgZNh_Oi`PjaOkaO\ kaOkaOkaOkaOkaOlaOlbOlbOlbOlbOlbOlbOmbOmbOmbOmcOmc\ OmcOncOncOncOncOncOncOnaQl`Rj_TiZUgYVeXXdWYbVZ`U`_\ TaYSbWRdVQeTPfROhQNiOMjNNkONkPNkQOkQOkROkSOkSMjRLj\ QKjPJjOIjNHjMGiLFiKEiJCiIBiHAiG9hF8hE7hD6hC5hB4hA3\ h92UN2G`22m55i78fABcCE`FHYHKVKNSMQPPTMRWJUZGWaDYcA\ ZdBZdCZdDZdEZdFZdG_eH_eI_eJ_eK_eK_eL`fM`fN`fO`fP`f\ Q`fRagSagTagTagUagVSKaUMb } 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========================================= ; ;