; Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 17:39:21 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 01-06-07 (Searching for Silk [5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070531174400.2a2766de@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 01, 2007 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; It's a new month here at Fractal Central, where our job is to ; try to make silk purses out of the sow's ears some customers ; send in. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes not. In today's image ; I have tried once again to make something of nothing. ; ; The nothing is the midgets I have so far found in the Mandeloids ; between 1 and 2; the something would be to actually find a ; really great midget in one of these fractals. Today I tried, ; with only a bit of success, to make something of a tiny midget I ; found in the debris on the northern side of the main bay of the ; parent fractal that is generated when the formula Z^(1.5)+C is ; reiterated 439-1/2 levels down the infinite complex logarithmic ; ladder. ; ; What I got was just another bunch of broken filaments converging ; on a tiny midget in the center, which is so small that it might ; as well be invisible. By working on the coloring a bit I was ; able to rate the whole thing at a 5. But by FOTD standards, any ; rating below a 6 is unacceptable. I named the image "Searching ; for Silk", which was what I was doing when I stumbled upon the ; midget. ; ; Am I ready to give up the so-far-fruitless search? No way! But ; I will confine my efforts to the Z^(1.5)+C fractals until I find ; something worth the effort. In fact, I already have an idea for ; tomorrow's FOTD. ; ; Today's image is lightning fast. It calculates in under one ; minute. And just as fast and even more convenient is going to ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the completed image there. ; ; Let's face it, the weather has been a bit too perfect here at ; Fractal Central these past several weeks. True, the sunshine ; was plentiful on Thursday, but the high temperature of 91F 33C ; and noticeable humidity were just too oppressive to be called ; perfect, and the lack of rain is causing real concern among the ; area farmers. ; ; The fractal cats only concern was the noise from the road work ; 1/2 block up the street. But even that minor annoyance went ; away when the workers quit for the day at 5pm. ; ; As for me, the day was acceptable, neither great nor terrible, ; but simply acceptable. The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and when measuring the volume of ; a theoretically perfect vacuum, exactly what are we measuring? ; In other words, how can there be more or less of nothing? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Searching_for_Silk { ; time=0:00:52.35-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 center-mag=+0.3115167767\ 8686230/+1.075817196299104/5.097184e+008/1/-20/\ -0.00045278055760125 params=1.5/0/-439.5/0 float=y maxiter=800 inside=0 logmap=100 periodicity=10 colors=000W4kY5l_6m`7nb8od9pfAqgBriCskDtmEunFuoKqo\ PnoTkoYhobeofbok_opXotUpqQqnNqkKriHsfDscA`I5`F2YE3\ WD4TC5RB6OA6M97J88H89E7AC6A95B74C43D22E02E77DECCLG\ CSLBYQBdUAkZArc9xg9tcDq`HmYLjVPfRTcOW`L_XIcUEgQBkN\ 8oK5rJ6mJ7iI8dI9`qnWrpYrqZrr`rsartbrvdrwerxgryhrzi\ kugdpfZkdSfcLaaFX`EVaDUbCTbBScAQc9Pd9Od8Ne7Le6Kf5J\ f4Ig4HgDP`LXVUcPakJirDdsH`tKWuOSvROwUQsTRpTSlTUiTV\ eTWbTYZTZWT_ST`PT_RSZTSYUSXWRWYRVZRU`QTbQScQRePQgP\ PhPRgRTgTVgVXgXZgZ_f_afacfcefegfghehjejlelnenpepqe\ qfcnWakM`hBZe1YcTLkt9sholfnmemmclmbkmajm_imZhnXgnW\ fnVenTdnScnRbnWXl`SkdMjiHhmBgr6fv1em4_dAVWFQOKLQPK\ SUKUZJVcJXhJZmI`rIavIczHezHfzHbzKZzNVzQRzTNzVJzYFz\ `Bzc7zf4zh5zg5zg6zg6zg7zf7zf7zf8zf8zf9ze9zeAzeAzeA\ zeDzfGzgJzhLzhQz_UzSYzJazBXzHTzMOzSKzXGzaBzg7zl3zq\ 4zp4zo4zn5zm5zl5zk6zk6zj6zi7zh7zg7zf7zf9zgBzgDzgFz\ hHzhJzhLzhNziPziRziSziUzj } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|