; Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:17:39 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 13-03-08 (The All-Seeing Eye [?]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080312221943.0d672c0a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 13, 2008 (Rating ?) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's curious image reminds me of the pyramid with the all- ; seeing eye on top, which appears on the back of the U.S. one- ; dollar note. There are all kinds of legends as to exactly what ; the symbol means. One of my favorites is that the world's most ; powerful governments are secretly under the control of space ; aliens from the Sirius or some other nearby star system, and the ; eye represents the watchful eye of the aliens, who keep constant ; watch over us to prevent us from destroying ourselves. ; ; This might or might not (probably not) be true, but one thing ; for certain is that the empty area in today's image is not your ; everyday minibrot. The image lies in the handle of the fan of ; the parent fractal, which is the same parent that gave us the ; past two day's images. For added interest, the scene has been ; evaporated and the remaining inside stuff resurrected by the ; bof61 inside fill. There is also a bit of skewing in the image, ; to straighten the all-seeing pyramid. ; ; I had no luck at all trying to decide what rating to give the ; image, so in the end I let it go with a question mark. The ; calculation time of 13 minutes is admittedly a bit burdensome ; for an image of such questionably quality. But if curiosity ; gets the better of you, and you have no desire to calculate, ; your desire may be satisfied at the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the image is or soon will be posted for immediate viewing ; satisfaction. ; ; Well, my thunder was stolen by the 'dark and stormy night' web ; site. Yes, the line first appeared as the opening of the 1830 ; novel "Paul Clifford" by Lord Bulwer Lytton. But I have a 100- ; year-old book of the entire novel lying next to me as I write ; this, and the last sentence of the novel is almost as hilarious- ; ly terrible as the first sentence. In fact, the whole novel is ; hilariously terrible. The last sentence, which is printed in ; capital letters, reads, "THE VERY WORST USE TO WHICH YOU CAN PUT ; A MAN IS TO HANG HIM!" ; ; But my favorite version of the opening sentence, perhaps penned ; by snoopy on his dog house, perhaps partly altered by myself, ; reads, "It was a dark and stormy night -- a door slammed, the ; maid screamed, a pirate ship sneaked into the harbor, guns ; blazing!" ; ; A cloudy morning, partly cloudy afternoon, and a temperature ; of 45F 7C made Wednesday notably un-notable here at Fractal ; Central. The cats of F.C. were not at all impressed. ; ; I am enjoying the return to near normalcy here at F.C., and if ; nothing goes awry, tomorrow will be another near-normal day. ; The next FOTD will appear in 24 or so hours. Until then, take ; care, and what if time has no end, but what if it does? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_All-Seeing_Eye { ; time=0:13:07.30-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=-0.23700214367252690/+0.051971778823846\ 56/3.277993e+009/1/-17.4999973863296674/-24.921469\ 1935744206 params=-5/-1.15/-0.75/-7.5/0/9.99999999\ 9999999e+074/0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000C16603RHQIBH958NKPHFIBAC5561QoNmnH`aBPPl\ RhMEsbJtsOurMpqKlpIhoGdn3YoF`pRcrhcpafoWhmQjlKljEn\ i8ph2rb5lY8fTB`OEWJHQEKK9NE2FA4Q95_80g96i7Ck5Il3On\ 1CDiLXNTo0NeUWStIXwK9PCNg4`zDWrMRjVMccHWlCOt8H9QxI\ bqRokSiiTdgU_eUUcVPaWK_yOujJiWFYp04Z6EHBNLDLOFJSHH\ VIFZKDaMBeO9xH3hP8IU0TPAUWCVbEZk9VhGReMMfPNcSN`UOY\ XOVZPSaAMnPQcbTTBYUpWJnTGlQEjNBiK9gH6eE4i91fB2dC2b\ D2`F2ZG2OagTRNXH2ZF4`E5bD7dC8fB9hABj9C4Z`k8DeBI_DM\ UFQOIUIKYCMaIEm1Vm6OeBHYB6RGBQKFQPJQTNQYm4XaFXRQXF\ `a0mX4jS8hNCeIGcDK`8OZ4SXIOWuslVLWXNYYOZ_P_`RabSbc\ TcJutUgldUdpDhoFbnHYmJSmLNlNIkPCjR7jT2UT3DT3_TeKgY\ 4vQPldicrbepXfnRglLhkQVmVIo_5q0J78U7Gd7No7Qm4Tl1Qd\ BNYLMdRLkWKr`JxeOlfTafXRfkgbyxZt`lpEyoMjoUWoaHwwzH\ ELwZBcN72KKKB3TbUEJFY5NM3FB17lhf_XWOMLCBAz7gV3MH_I\ 8I9SafEJL8VxBvphnSMPEPAoC5QJfzCSe6ELrQ5dJ3RD2D61TA\ TL7LE5E727zSMxEybMYO2DI19 } 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