; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:46:31 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-09-07 (The Biggest Bang [8.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20070909174701.0d9f76ee@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 10, 2007 (Rating 8-1/2) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; For today's FOTD I decided to see what I could do with the ; parent fractal that has been the source of the images for the ; past several days, some of which have been unexpectedly good. ; ; To begin, I partially evaporated the parent fractal by raising ; the bailout radius to 1,000,000,000. Then I tried the different ; 'outside' options and found that 'mult' works best on the ; outside parts. Next I found that inside=bof61 works best on the ; inside stuff. Finally I colored the image with a rather harsh ; blue and gold palette. ; ; The result reminds me of a supernova, which is well enough. But ; why settle for half-way? Why not go all the way back to the big ; bang and make it an even bigger bang? I did just this, then I ; named the image "The Biggest Bang". And with a calculation time ; of 9-1/2 seconds, it would be hard indeed to get more bang for ; your buck. I did not want to rate today's image as high as ; yesterday's, one of the all-time best, yet I consider it above ; an 8, so I decided on a rating of 8-1/2. ; ; While searching for a name, I thought of the theory of ; inflation, which is the present explanation for the enexpected ; smoothness of the visible universe, but decided that a big bang ; was enough. Besides, I need some headroom if an even better ; cosmic-origin fractal comes along. ; ; Actually, no one was there at the real big bang, so anything we ; decide to say about it must remain an undemonstrated theory, ; backed by the mathematics of course. Speaking of numbers, as I ; watch the way we manipulate them until they prove our theories, ; I sometimes wonder whether the universe is made of numbers. ; ; To see the biggest bang take a few seconds to run the included ; parameter file, or go to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view the finished GIFimage there. ; ; Summer heat and humidity continued Sunday here at Fractal ; Central. With weakened sun and a temperature of only 86F 30C, ; it was not as oppressive as Saturday, but it was sultry enough ; to keep the fractal cats in lazy mode. My day was once again ; mostly adequate. ; ; The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, ; and make peace with your fractal formulas. They might be the ; root of the cosmos ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Biggest_Bang { ; time=0:00:09.30-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-12.0049/6.10011/0.03622717/1/-120/0 params=-5.5/-1.4142/-1.1/-4/0/1000000000.0/0/0 float=y maxiter=800 inside=bof61 outside=mult periodicity=10 sound=off colors=00000K0EZPM_VT_cZahcZkhWrlTvpiztszzzzvqzs_x\ pKzmIqiGjeEeaDZZBWX9TW7RV6PVENUMLUUKZaObdS_gVXjZVm\ bSpeQsiNvlLxkOsjRnjTiiWehY`h`WgbRfeNfgIejDel9Yg7Qb\ 6IY5BU4DW7EX9GYCHZEJ_HK`JMbMNcOPdRQeTSfWTgYShVSiTS\ jRSkOSkMSlKRmHRnFRnDRoARp8Rq6Rq4KiFDaQ6V`AWWEXRHYM\ LZHO_CS`7V`2TcESePRg_QijNhfKgbLf_MeYNdWOcUPbSQaQR`\ OS_MTZJUYHVXFWWDXVBYU9ZT7ZS5UPBQMHMKMIHSEEYACb69h2\ 7m99oFBpLDqSFsYHtcJuiKvkOrmRnnVjpYgqacsd_thWvkTwoP\ yrLzuIytKytLxtMxtOxtPwtQwtSvtTvtUvtWutXutYtt_tt`tt\ attastbstbstcstcstcstdstdrtertertertfrtfrtgqtgqthq\ uhquhquiquipujpujpujpukpukpulpuloumoumoumoun8S_9S`\ 9S`AT`AT`BTaBUaCUaCUbCUbDVbDVcEVcEVcFWdFWdGWdGWdGX\ eHXeHXeIYfIYfJYfJYgKZgKZgKZhLZhL_hM_hM_iN`iN`iO`jO\ `jOajPakPakQakQblRblRblQcmRblRbkSbkSbjSbjTaiTahUah\ UagUagVafV`eW`eW`dW`dX`cX_bY_bY_aY_aZ_`Z___Z__ZZ_Z\ Z`ZY`ZXaYXaYWaYWbYVbYUcYU } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), 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========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint