; Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 22:42:53 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-05-08 (Lack of Symmetry [7]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080521224557.2c1790dc@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 22, 2008 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal was generated when I iterated Z^(1.14)+C at ; ground level of the complex logarithmic ladder with no function ; applied. The parent fractal resembles a distorted extracted ; tooth with an unusually large area of debris spread well to the ; southwest of the main bay. Today's image is located far out ; near the edge of this debris field. ; ; I named the image "Lack of Symmetry". The name is was inspired ; by the distorted-tooth shape of the parent fractal. Then, when ; I saw the finished scene, I rated it at a 7. The image is just ; another star-burst low-order minibrot, but it is a better-than- ; average one, IMO worth its rating. ; ; The calculation time of 1-1/2 minutes will be easy going. ; Equally easy will be downloading the finished image from the ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; but Paul is very busy, so there might be a delay before it is ; actually posted. ; ; The older and more experienced people grow, the more cynical ; they tend to become. It must be a hazard of old-age. But ; whatever it is, it is certainly happening to me. I wish I could ; believe that a certain candidate for the US presidency really ; would bring a change for the better if elected, but I have heard ; this promise and been disappointed too many times to have any ; hope of meaningful change. ; ; I also wish I could believe that those corporations who claim to ; care about global warming were truly concerned with warming and ; not with their profits. In fact, if global warming actually ; exists, I wish it were possible to do something about it. The ; fuel situation is little better. ; ; A few weeks ago a customer stormed in the front door, complain- ; ing that he could no longer pay the high cost of gasoline. He ; supposed that the service stations were getting rich at the ; consumer's expense. I replied that the money we pay for fuel ; untimately ends up in the hands of the petroleum suppliers and ; speculators, and I doubt that even they are getting as rich as ; it appears. ; ; When he asked what I thought we could do about it, I told him to ; stop driving his oversized van and get a bicycle. If enough ; people stop driving large fuel-hungry vehicles, the demand for ; fuel will drop and the cost will soon follow. When he said he ; needs his large van to make his living, I told him that in that ; case he must continue paying the high price of fuel, and he ; should bite the bullet and stop complaining. I doubt that my ; comments made him happy. Luckily, the weather is much more ; enjoyable than the customer was. ; ; The partly cloudy skies here at Fractal Central on Wednesday ; were interrupted in the afternoon by a brief thunder-shower, ; which is pretty routine for this time of year, but the tempera- ; ture of 55F 13C was much too chilly for late May in central ; Pennsylvania. The fractal cats, who have still not remembered ; where they hid their catnip rat, agreed. ; ; My day was as close to average as a day could be. The next FOTD ; will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be assured ; that truth will prevail. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Lack_of_Symmetry { ; time=0:01:33.23-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-6.983235396309989/-8.54444043927656/\ 1.817357e+010/1/-85/0 params=1.14/0/0/525 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 symmetry=none periodicity=10 colors=000mTTjWReZRaaQYeQTgOOkOKmOLkQLjRLgTLfULdWL\ bXL`XLZYLXZLW`LTaLRbLOdLNdNQfNRiNTkNWmOXpOYrOZtOav\ ObyQezQgzQjzQlzQnzOqzOszOuzOxzOzzOzzOzzOzzOyzOzzOz\ zOzrOzqOzpHt`BjHEXYGHjTBZH0uL0tN2sO2rQ4qR4pT7nU7mW\ 9lX9kYBjZBi`CgaCfbEef4`dEdbLfaTi`YkZbmXiqWmsUsuTxx\ BzzRzzdzynvxztvzruzmuvjupfuibuaYuUUuLQuBLuKKvQHxWG\ yaGzfEzkCzqBzuBzz9zz7zz4zz4zz9zvCsnGkeKbWNULOLOROR\ URUXUXZXZaYad`dfbfieikgkmimpkprmrtptvrvzzuxstkdsYN\ uK0sH0qG2nG7lE9jECgCGeBHbBL`9OY4NZ9QZCRZGTs0dZHU0e\ HBZKOTKiEKkCKq2Ku0Hy0Kt0Kp0Lk0Lf4Na7NXBORCOLGQGENE\ HQELREOTEQWETYEW`EXbEZeEagEbjEelEgnEiqBem9aj4Yf2Wb\ 0RZ0NW0HR0EO0GR0GU0GY2Ga7He9HiCHlEHnKGmOGmTGlXEl`E\ kdEkgCjkCjnCirBiuBgyBgz9fz9fz9ez9ezLjxUnqasjivfeqd\ alaZgYflUlqQruLxyKzqHziHz`GzREzGEz2Qz4Ys4fj4mZ7uO7\ zB7z07z0Nz0Zz0jz2tz2zs2rg2fX2UH2E020K00X00i04s07z0\ 9z0Zz0Xz2Wz7WzCUyGUuLTqOT } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|