; Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:18:33 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 18-07-09 (Knotted Trunk [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090717232024.2abfc9fe@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 18, 2009 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image returns us to the elephant menagerie. While ; wandering aimlessly through the zoo, I stumbled upon the strange ; elephant in todays image, which is one in a series of similar ; elephants lined up along the shore line of East Valley of a ; minibrot on the main filament of the fractal that results when ; the formula Z^(1.1892)+C is calculated 4 levels up the logarith- ; mic ladder. BTW, 1.1892 is the 4th root of 2. ; ; The elephant in the image, as well as the unseen ones on either ; side of it, has its trunk apparently tied in a knot, or at least ; a spiral. Actually, it takes quite a bit of imagination to see ; an elephant in the image at all. The most striking feature is ; the sawtooth pattern that pervades the scene, and the almost too ; intense colors. ; ; The name "Knotted Trunk" refers to the trunk of the unfortunate ; elephant in today's image. The rating of a very mediocre 5 ; indicates that I don't give a croak about the trunk. ; ; But the calculation time of 30 minutes is indeed a problem. The ; image is hardly worth the wait, so I recommend viewing the ; already finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; While stuck in a traffic backup today, FL found herself next to ; a car playing a Hip Hop 'song' at ear-splitting volume. A white ; woman was driving the car and FL was shocked at the violence and ; anger expressed in the shouted words. ; ; When FL returned to FC, she asked me how such unpleasant 'music' ; could be so popular. How, she asked, can people stay so angry ; that they enjoy listening to such stuff all day. Not wanting to ; get into a philosophical discussion, I went to the book shelf in ; my workroom, picked up the book "Patterns in the Void" by Sten ; Odenwald, and told FL to read the epilogue, which describes the ; rational but hopeless view of the world that I feel is largely ; responsible for the festering anger and depression that makes ; such violent music not only acceptable but actually fulfilling. ; But the last time I noticed, she had not opened the book. ; ; Clouds and light rain spoiled the day on Friday here at Fractal ; Central. The fractal cats enjoyed the much cooler temperature ; of 72F 22C. My day was average. The next FOTD will be posted ; in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and I hear that the aliens ; are softening us up so we'll be unable to resist when they ; arrive in force to carry us off as slaves. But then, why would ; an alien race so technologically advanced as to be able to ; navigate interstellar space need something as primitive as slave ; labor to do their menial tasks? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Knotted_Trunk { ; time=0:30:06.87-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=floor passes=t center-mag=-6.050216876515906/+7.990641684923723/\ 2289070/1/-140/0 params=1.1892/0/4/500 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=255 logmap=457 periodicity=10 colors=000Acw7cw4cw2cw5ev7fv9huBiuEjuGltImtKosNpsP\ qsRsrTtrVur`omejiYmkQomJqoOmZTiIYe1Xc3Xb5W`6W_8VYA\ VXBUVDUUEUTGTRITQJSOLSNNRLORKQRJRQKPQLOQLMPMLPMKPN\ IPNHOOGOOEOPDOPC_VBj_BudBvbCvaDw`Ew_FwZFxYGxXHyWIy\ VJyUJtb9ok0E`yD_vDZtDYqDYoCXmCWjCVhCVfBUcBTaBSZBSX\ ARVAQSAPQAPOEQQHQSLQUORWSRYVR_YR`aSbdSdhSfkThoTjrT\ luTmrUjpVgnWdlWajXZhYWfYTdZQa_N__KY`HWaEUaBSb8Qc5O\ c3Vf6`i9flCmoFsrIytKvqLtnMrkMohNmeNkbOh`OfYPdVPaSQ\ _PQYMRWKRXPVXUZYZbYbfZgjZlnZpr_nq`mp`loakoajnbirbk\ vcnzchzdesddqeciebic`ja_k_ZlYYlkcpxitwgrvepvcnuamu\ _ktYitWgsVfsTdrRbrP`qN_qLYpJWpHUoGToERnCPnANm8Mm6K\ l4Il3Hk5Gk6Gj7Gj8Gj9GiAFiBFdPFiCFhDFhEFhFFgGEgHEfI\ EfJEfKEeLDeMDeNDdODdPDWvEXtDXsDYqDYpDYnDZmDZkD_jD_\ iD_gD`fD`dDacDaaDa`Db_DbYDcXDcVDcUDdSDdRDtaAu`Bw_B\ w_CxZEyZGzYIzYKzXMzXOzWQzWRzVSzWTzYUz_VzaWzcXzdYze\ Zzf_zgazhczihzjmzkrzlzKFK } 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|