; Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:47:20 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 29-05-09 (Deep in a Lost Valley [7]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090528224831.2e87747c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- May 29, 2009 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Sometimes I get an urge to return to the beginning, so in ; today's image we return once more to the greatest of all ; fractals, the Mandelbrot set, where we check rather deep in the ; second valley inside a tiny bud on the northern shore line of ; the third bud out the negative stem. ; ; With the ultra-fast math of the type=mandel, (I think it uses ; pure machine language.), the image finishes in a mere 13 seconds ; despite the maxiter of 32767. (This was the maxiter limit of ; the first version of Fractint I tried.) ; ; I named the image "Deep in a Lost Valley", which describes its ; location quite accurately. Considering the dark colors and ; somber mood, the rating of a 7 could be a bit liberal, but that ; is what I think it's worth. ; ; The calculation time of 13 seconds seems almost impossibly fast. ; That's how fast the parameter file runs on the P4-2000mhz unit ; however. Out of curiosity, I checked the time on the old 200mhz ; machine and found it to be 3-1/2 minutes, about 16 times slower. ; This means the type=mandel algorithm works especially well with ; the P4-2000mhz processor. (Strangely, type=formula images run ; only 4 times as fast on the 2000mhz unit.) ; ; Why not forget all this nerdy stuff and trek out to the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; to view the completed image in total comfort there. ; ; Heavy clouds and frequent showers spoiled the very pleasant ; temperature of 75F 24C here at Fractal Central on Thursday. The ; fractal cats were more concerned with the unwanted stray cats ; prowling the area than with most of the day's weather, but when ; the showers culminated in a heavy thunder-shower at 8pm, they ; grew a bit apprehensive. ; ; My day was about average. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and despite appearances, I'm not ; really that much of a nerd. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= DeepIn_A_LostVally { ; time=0:00:13.12-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.3819196009748/+0.014504692704645/\ 6.637531e+009/1/140/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=32767 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=-3314 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000XqvWqvVqvVpvUpvTpvSovRovRnvQnvPnvOmvNmvN\ mvOksOipPgmPejQcgQadR_aRYZRWWSUTSSQTQNTOKUMHUKEUJC\ SIBRHBPG0OF0ME0LE0KD0IC0HB0FA0E90D90B80A7086075065\ 0GA0mUOzwYzrczmmvjhrgcmdZhaUcYQZXPUWOQVNNUMOUKOTJO\ bIOjHPfGPcFPVEPSDQMCQLBQKAQK9RJBSQzSczTUzTKzUFzVEH\ VEIWDJWCKXBLYBMYANZ9OZ9Pa8Nd8Lg8Jj8Hm8Fp8Ds8Bv89kE\ 8`J8QP8GU8FZLEcXEghFdfGbeH`dIZcIXbJVaKS_LQZLcYMcXN\ cWOcVOcUScSWcQZcPbczecziczmczpcztczwczwczzczzczzcz\ zczzczzczzczzczzczzcLzcMzcOzcPzcRzcSzcUszzzzXzzYzz\ _zz`zzbzzczzezzfzzdzzczzbzz`zz_zzZzzXtzztzztzztzzu\ zzvzzwzzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzFzzEzzEzzDzzC\ zzBzzAzz9zz9zz8zz7zz6zz5zz5zz6zz7z78z99zAAzCBzDCzF\ DzGDzIEzKFzLGzNHzOIzQJzRKzTLzULzWMzYNzZOz`PzaQzcRz\ dSzfTzgTzfSzeRzdRzcQzbQzaPzaPz_OzZNzXMzWLzUKzTJzRI\ zQHzOGzNFzLEzKDzICzHBzFAzE9zC8zB7zEAzGCzJFzLHzOJzQ\ MzTOzVQzYTz_VzbXzd_zgazic } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint