; Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:59:14 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-12-07 (The Truth Lies Within [9.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071206160106.2b9785f4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 07, 2007 (Rating 9.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Only rarely do I find a fractal image worthy of an ionospheric ; rating of 9-1/2, but today I have one. (at least IMO) It is a ; scene in the East Valley of the largest midget on the main spike ; of the fractal that will be the parent for the rest of December. ; ; Don't think that this main spike is anything like the very ; prominent main spike of the Mandelbrot set. This main spike, ; along with its entire period-2 radical, is misplaced so far to ; the right that it actually lies in kind of an East Valley, and ; it is so small as to be invisible unless it is magnified. ; ; The extra half point rating was earned by the semi-expert (IMO) ; coloring. As for the name, "The Truth Lies Within", I chose it ; because it sounds kind of new-agey, and the world of fractals is ; close to the same age as the 'New Age', (read age-old), ideas. ; And there is also something a bit mystical about the calculation ; time of 4:44.44 on the P4. ; ; I notice another peculiarity in the image. There are 12 purple ; elements forming the square, rather that the 2,4,8, . . . that ; would be expected. ; ; I could go into detail about why I consider the image so good. ; It has something to do with the large expanse of near-neutral ; colors. But the best way to see the reason for the astronomical ; rating is to ponder the image, which speaks loudly for itself. ; (Hmmm . . . we seem to have a talking fractal!) ; ; The calculation time of 4-3/4 minutes is a bit slow, but relief ; is at hand on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the completed image is posted for instant viewing. ; ; The Wednesday snow ended, and the sky cleared at nightfall here ; at Fractal Central. The clear skies and light winds let the ; temperature drop to 12F -11C by sunrise Thursday. The rest of ; Thursday was chilly, but with light wind and full sun the after- ; noon temperature of 32F 0C felt rather pleasant. The fractal ; cats, whose motto is 'the warmer the better', hung out by the ; radiators all day. ; ; Once I finished the small amount of work on Thursday, the day ; was pretty good, with lots of spare time, as the quality of the ; day's fractal shows. I expect a repeat tomorrow. Until next ; time, take care, and if the earth were turning in the opposite ; direction, the stars would still rise in the east. We would ; have to switch the names of the east and west directions. We ; would also have to switch the names of the northern and southern ; hemispheres, and redraw our maps upside-down, which would make ; Australians and New Zealanders very happy. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheTruthLiesWithin { ; time=0:04:44.44-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=-3.216611489264438/+0.5748460602506118/\ 3.553654e+011/1/66.5/3.88578058618805e-016 inside=0 params=-2.475/-1.05/-0.275/-5.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=2000 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000hfcfdbecadb`ba_a`Z`_YZZXYXWXWVVVUUUTTTSS\ SRQRQPQPOOOMNNLMMKLLIKKHJJGIIFHHHJJJLKLMMMONOPOQRQ\ RSRTUSVWUWXVYZW__YaaZbb_ddaffbggciielkgnniqpltsnww\ wwwwwwwwwwwwwrrrrrrmmmmmmamlemljmlnhlrhlmhlihmfhmc\ hm`imYimVinSjnPjnLjnIknFkoCko9lo6lo3lo0lo2kn4jn6jm\ 8imAhmChmEgmFfmHfmJemLemNdmPcmRcmSbmUamWamY`m__ma_\ mcZmdZmbYlaXk`Wj_WiZVhYUgXUfVTeUSdTScSObRQaQM`PF_N\ LZMAYLJXKAWJHTIAUHARGASDA9FACHFFKGKMHPRIUUKZYLc_Lh\ cMmfMrhNvjNzmOzpOzsOzvOzuOzlHtgGobFiYEdTDZOBUKAOG9\ JC8D87846355555655855955A55C55D54F54G54H54J54K54M5\ 4N54OA8PFCQKGRPKRUOSZSTcWUgZUfYTfYTb_W_`YWa_TcbPdd\ MefBSIBTJBUJAUKAVKAWLAXLAXLBWMCVNCUNDTODSPERPEQQFM\ RGIR0ES0AT00T00A00A00A00A00A00ALEmMDZMCmLDYKUzJDYJ\ EmIEYHUzGFXGFmFFXEUzDGXDGmDESDDmDCmDBmDAmD96D82F76\ H79J6CL6FN5IP5LR4OT4RV3UX3XZ2_`2bb1ec1hb3ga5f`7e_8\ d_AcZCbYEaXFaeRSfVVgZYhb` } 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