; Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:53:20 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-04-08 (Mix and Match Them [8.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080425175602.2bc7b1ee@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 26, 2008 (Rating 8.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In today's paper I saw a column about a comedian who made fun of ; the pope on his recent visit to america. The columnist thought ; it was an inappropriate thing to do, and commented that such ; mockery could weaken or destroy someone's faith in the existence ; of God, a belief that makes life endurable, and without which we ; would face the specter of meaninglessness and oblivion. ; ; When I read this, I smiled and thought, "if one's faith is so ; weak that it could be thrown into doubt by a second-rate ; comedian, that doubter should already be considered an Atheist." ; (Atheists get along well enough without faith in a supernatural ; God, BTW, but they substitute faith in science and reason for ; faith in God.) ; ; I am promoting neither Atheism nor Theism. I am merely telling ; my thoughts about a newspaper column. IMO, the evidence, or ; lack thereof, is equally unconvincing on both sides. But what I ; am promoting is fractals. And today we have one that came about ; when 0.8 parts of Z^sqrt(3) was subtracted from 0.8 parts of ; Z^sqrt(2) and C was added. ; ; The parent fractal closely resembles a Mandelbrot set rotated ; 180 degrees. But a closer examination shows that both the east ; and west sides along the X-axis of this parent are much changed. ; The main stem has degenerated into little more than a tiny nub, ; and East Valley has broadened into a wedge. Today's scene lies ; near the northern edge of this eastern (western) wedge. ; ; I named the image "Mix and Match Them". I had a reason when I ; gave it this name, but I have since lost track of the reason. ; Regardless, it's a very unusual image, especially for one that ; calculates in only 46-3/4 seconds, and well worth the small bit ; of effort needed to see it. ; ; The rating of 8.5 is well-earned. ; ; Almost no effort will be needed to visit the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and enjoy the completed image there. ; ; A thin veil of clouds made Friday less than perfect at Fractal ; Central, but the temperature of 77F 25C and blossoming trees ; gave compensation for the weaker sun. The fractal cats agreed. ; ; My day was appropriately busy. The next wonderful FOTD is due ; in 24 hours. Until then, take care and prepare. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mix_and_Match_Them { ; time=0:01:15.85-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident inside=0 center-mag=-0.3488069853915473/+0.123787083556466/\ 57322/1/42.5/0 params=0.8/1.414/-0.8/1.732/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=2100 logmap=75 periodicity=10 colors=000878A78C78E78G78LDDPJHUOLYUPbZTfdYljapoev\ uizzmysgxlbveYuZTsSNjLIbEDX78T13Y14b15g16l17p18tK9\ xPAzUBzPCvKDrFEmAFm5Gm1Gh3Hd4Ie6Jf7Jf8KgALhBUiCcjE\ mjPzkGzlImmJcmKUlQSlWTlaVlgWdZSXROQIKIAGB2CD3DF4EH\ 5EJ5FL6GN7GP8HR8IT9IVAJXBKZBK`CLbDMdDMbGKaII_KHZMF\ XOEWQCUSBTU9RW8QY6P_5N_CM_JK_QJ_WI_bG_iF_pE_vIXuLV\ tOSsSQrVNqYLpaIodGngDmkBln8kq6jhFi`OiTXhLehDnhBofA\ pe9pd8qb7qa6r`5r_4sY3sX2tW1tV5pW9mWDjXGgXKdXO`YRYY\ VVYZSZaPZeL_iI_lF_pC`t9`w6`tBbrFdpJenNglSijWjh_lfc\ mdhoblq`prZttXxuYuqYrnZojZlgZic_f`_cX_`U`YR`VNaSKa\ PGaMDbJ9bG6bE3_H8XJDULIRNMOPRLRWIT`FVeOfgWriZskatm\ dtnguoiupfrqdorbls_itYfuWcvU`wRYxPVzNSzLQzNRzORzQU\ zRXzS_zUbzVezXhzYkzZnz`qzatzbwzczzdzzezzfzzgzzhzzi\ zzjzzkzzlzzmzznzzozzpzzqzzAzzCzzDzzEzzFzzGzzHzzIzz\ JzzKzzLzzMzzNzzLzzKzzIzzHzzFzzEzzDzzBzzAzz8zz7zz5z\ z4zz3zzczz_zzWzzTzzRzzPzz } 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