; Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 22:28:03 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-05-07 (Little Snub-Nose [7]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070523223235.0d674260@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 24, 2007 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's parameter file has no formula included. It needs none, ; since it was created with the built-in manzpower formula of ; Fractint. The image features a mis-shapen midget that lies in ; one of the seven-tenths-there elephants that line the southern ; shoreline of East Valley of the parent fractal. ; ; Since the East Valley elephants are only seven-tenths there, we ; know that the formula that created the image is Z^(1.7)+C. I ; could have found the same image just as easily with any number ; of formulas in my basic 'allinone' formula file, but I wanted to ; keep the process as simple as possible. I dislike complexity, ; except in fractal images, of course. ; ; I named the image "Little Snub-Nose". That's what I thought of ; when I saw the midget trying so hard but not quite making it to ; quadratic status. The rating of a 7 reflects my sympathy for ; the little fellow. The calculation time of 2-3/4 minutes is ; true on the 2000mhz machine. The 200mhz unit would take around ; 10 minutes to finish. ; ; Yes, I know that the high-speed machine is only 4 times as fast ; with today's fractal as the old machine that runs at only 1/10 ; the speed, but apparently a Pentium-4 is not as efficient with ; 16-bit applications as a 10-year-old first generation Pentium. ; ; Strangely enough, the new 2000mhz unit is 20 times as fast as ; the old 200mhz machine when calculating Fractint's built-in ; Mandelbrot and Julia formulas, which I suspect are programmed ; to use machine language. ; ; Technical issues aside, the quickest way to view today's image ; is to visit the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the image is posted for full and immediate enjoyment. ; ; A beautiful day here at Fractal Central was not appreciated by ; the fractal cats, who spent most of yet another day in the din- ; ing room window, watching the squirrels go about their business ; in the yard. The sunny skies, light winds and temperature of ; 82F 28C hold too little interest for young cats as active as ; cats can be (which, to be honest, is not very active). ; ; My day was moderately busy. Tomorrow will probably be the same. ; The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, ; and do fractals have the equivalent of genes and DNA? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Little_Snub-Nose { ; time=0:02:47.08-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=manzpower passes=1 center-mag=+0.19808636348652430/-0.000607045523257\ 75/2.74925e+008/1/175/1.48558646113905457e-007 params=0/0/1.7/0 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=0 logmap=226 periodicity=10 colors=000DChCDfBDdAEb9F`8FZ7GX6HV5HT4IR3JP2JN5LM8\ MMBNMDOMGQMJRMLSLOTLRVLTWLWXLZYL`ZLaWJaUIaSGaQFaOE\ aMCaKBbHAbF8bD7bB6b94b73b52dA8eFEgKKhOQeWNbcK`kIYh\ MVfQSdUPbYM``JZdGXhDVlATo9Si9Rd8Q_8PV7OQ7OL9PQAQVC\ R_DRcFShGTmIUrJUvKXwKZwK`wKbwKdwLfwLhwLjwLlwLnwLpw\ KquJqtIrrHrqHsoGsnFtlEtkDuiDuhCvfBveAwc9wb9waFrc`V\ AaV9bV7cV6cV5YaPSggMmzXoqfqipraqp`rn_smZtkYtiYuhXv\ fWwdVwcVtdUqeUnfTlgTihSfiSdiSaXMZKGW8AVPsURqTSpTTo\ SUnRVmRXkQYjPZiP_hO`gNbeNcdMdcLebLfaVSPdDDfCKgCQiC\ WjCalBhmBnoBtpBziOfb`NWm4j_8zcziOEWPGVOHVNHmNHVMIw\ MIwLIVKJwKJwJJwJKwIKwHKVHLVGLVGLVJJVLHVNKVPNVRQVTT\ VVWXWZYXaZYd`Zga_jb`mdapebsfcvhdwiexjfymbzoZzrVztR\ zwwzyKzzzzzHzzzzzNzzzzzTzzzzzZzzzzzdzzgzzjzzmzzmzz\ mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint