; Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:01:57 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-12-07 (Squeamish Squirming [6.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071217190359.2bd7b21a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 18, 2007 (Rating 6.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's glorious (IMO) image lies in the decoration surrounding ; the large northwestern ring of the parent fractal for December. ; I named it "Squeamish Squirming" because the words sound rather ; comical when used together, and the image actually is a bit on ; the comical side. ; ; The rating of a 6-1/2 includes the usual half-point reward for ; my superb (once again IMO) coloring. And why not? After all, ; it really is difficult to achieve reasonably smooth gradations ; with only 256 colors to work with. ; ; After yesterday's fractal, which calculated about as fast as ; silly putty flows, today's image, with its FTL calculation time ; of 46 seconds, will seem like a well-earnrd reward. So why not ; reward yourself? Save this entire message in your Fractint ; directory in text format with a .par extension and run it like ; any other parameter file. ; ; Unfortunately, in this advanced computer age, DOS applications ; and the trimmings that go with them are about as up-to-date as ; magic lanterns. If your machine is over-qualified for Fractint, ; leaving you in the dark, the image may be viewed on the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; Cold biting winds, ice-covered pavements, and a temperature just ; below freezing made Monday a day to be forgotten here at New ; Fractal Central. The fractal cats forgot the day before it was ; half finished. They were more interested in keeping as warm as ; possible and being fed as often as possible. ; ; For me the day was uneventful. The necessary work was behind me ; by lunch time, leaving the afternoon for the un-necessary work ; of finding fractals. Today's image shows that I was moderately ; successful. The next in the long series of FOTD images will ; appear here in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and here on ; earth the universe is 13,700,000,000 years old. But in a proto- ; galaxy 12,000,000,000 light-years distant from earth it is only ; 1,700.000.000 years old. What then is the true universal age of ; the universe? (I suspect the question is meaningless.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= SqueamishSquirming { ; time=0:00:46.48-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=-162.263/97.246/36.71293/1/-165/0 params=-2.475/-1.05/-0.275/-5.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=255 logmap=56 periodicity=10 colors=000dVKdVKfWKfXKhYKhZKj_Kj`KlaKlbKncKndKpeKp\ fKrgJrhHtjEskCvmAtn7upQvp3wqXxq7yq_zqBzqYyqEyrRwrI\ urLsrLrrNorPmsRmsTlsUlsWksYks_jtajtbitditfhthhtifq\ heogcmfbjfahe_fdZddXacW_bVYaTVaST`RRZPPZOMXMKVLITK\ FSIDQHBPG9QJ8TL7VN6XR6ZW5aa4bj4ch3dm2fo2go1hm0ii0j\ e3da5ZV7TP9NP9NP9OO9PP9PQ9QR9RR9RS9ST9TU9TU9UV9VW9\ VW9WX9XY9YZ9YZ9Z_8_`8_`8`a8ab8ac8bc8cd8ce8de8ef8fg\ 8fh8gh8hi8hj8ij8jk8jl8km8lm8ln8mo8ns1ur3sq5qp6po8n\ nAmmBklDjkFhjGgjIeiJdhLbgNafO_eQZdSXcTWbVUcbPb_RbY\ SbWTbUUbRVbPWbNYbLZbI_bG`bEafGhdEfcDdbCbaB``CZYDVZ\ EW_FX_GX`HY`IYaJZaKZbL_bM_cN`dOadPaeQbeRbfScfTcgUd\ gVdhWeiXfiYfjZgj_gk`hkahlbilcigcdcc_Zc`WcaVcbVccVc\ cVccVccVccUccUccUccUccUccUccUccTccTccTccTccTccTccS\ ccSccSccSccSccSccSccRccRccRccRccRccRccQccQccQccQcc\ QccQccQccPccPccPccPccPccPccOccOccOccOccOccOccOccNc\ cNccNccNccNccNccMccMcczzz } 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