; Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:28:07 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 08-08-09 (The Good Old Days [Rating Green]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090808163014.2b772170@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- August 08, 2009 (Rating Green) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Alert! There is a minor crisis here at FC. When I turned on my ; fractal-dedicated Dell P4-2000mhz unit this morning, it beeped ; 1...3...2 and did nothing more. The 1...3...2 is obviously some ; kind of code indicating what the problem might be, but I have ; been unable to find what the code means. Meanwhile, the FOTD is ; once again being created on my 14-year-old P200mhz unit, which ; for all its years still works perfectly. So as not to create ; confusion, I have edited the calculation time to what it would ; have been on the P4-2000mhz machine. ; ; The computer problem is why this FOTD is late. ; ; As for today's FOTD image, it is 100-percent natural, with abso- ; lutely no artificial stuff. It is also organic. In addition, ; for every person who views the image, a stalk of corn will be ; planted, which will help feed a starving child somewhere. But ; view the image NOW. Don't let this opportunity to reverse the ; environmental decline slip by. The ice caps are melting, the ; polar bears are dying, the coastal cities are flooding, children ; are starving everywhere. Only you can save the earth. ; ; But wait! If you view the image in the next 10 minutes, two ; stalks of corn will be planted, and will save the earth in half ; the time. ; ; The image lies in the parent fractal that results when 8.8 parts ; of Z^(1.11) are subtracted from 8 parts of Z^(1.1) and straight ; C is added. This parent fractal closely resembles the fractals ; that result when formulas such as (-Z)^1.25+C are calculated, ; but instead of minibrots of the same low order, the parent holds ; perfect quadratic minibrots. ; ; Today's image shows one of these minibrots, this one buried very ; deep in the chaos on the southern shore line of the parent, ; which is actually the northern shore line when the parent is ; rotated 180 degrees to its true orientation. ; ; I named the image "The Good Old days" and rated it at a rating ; of 'green'. The rating shows that fractals are good for the ; environment, since even though they are infinite in number, they ; do no environmental damage at all. ; ; The calculation time of 3 minutes and 30 seconds is one quarter ; of the actual 14 minutes and 09 seconds the image took to calcu- ; late on the P-200 machine. My advice is to avoid time confusion ; by going to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the finished image there. ; ; Near perfect conditions prevailed here at Fractal Central on ; Friday, with ample sun and a temperature of 81F 27C. The ; fractal cats enjoyed it, but I was too busy to do so. Despite ; all the adversity however, a fractal did appear, and another ; one will appear in 20 hours or so. Until then, take care, and ; does anyone know what that 1...3...2 signal from the sick Dell ; P4-2000mhz machine means? ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Good_Old_Days { ; time=0:03:30.00-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-1.717978244060236/-3.465927070574558/\ 4.1068e+012/1/41.5/0 params=8/1.1/-8.8/1.11/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=2100 inside=0 logmap=264 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000KK2LJ3MI4OG4PF5QE6RD7TB8UA9V9AW8AYAD_CFa\ EHbGJdIGfJIgLKiNMkPOlRQnSSpUUqWWsXYtY_tZYsYVnXTjTM\ fRFdN8aK2WI1QH1LG1GF5CE5AD5AD4BE4BF4CG8CH8DH8DI7EJ\ 7EK7MJ9THB_GDfEFmCHtBJqIHoPFlWEjbKgiUepccwmZvwVvzR\ vzNzzIzzEzzAvz6uu2sm7pcBmUFhKJeHNaIRZJVVKZSKbQIfPH\ jNGnMErKDvJCwKGwLKwMNwNRwOUwPYxQ`xRdxSgxTkxUnxVrxV\ uvWrtWpsWnqXlpXjnXglXekYciYahY_fYXdZVcZTaZR`ZPjfUs\ mZoj`kgbgedcbf__hWYjSVlOSnKQpGNrDLtwIuvQguXUtdGtk3\ lkAekHYkORkVJkaCkgFmiHokKpmMroPsqRusTvuKflBSc2DV6C\ Y9B_CAbF9dI8gL7iO6kMCmKHnIMoGRqFWrD`sBeu9jv7ow6txA\ qvEouImtLksPhrTfqWdo_bnc_mfYljWknUjqSiYm2Ti8PeEKaK\ GZQBVW7Ra3Of6dV9uJHoCOj6VaA`TEfLIlCMr4QuCFxK4tL8qL\ BmMzjMzgNzcNz`zzYzzzzzRzzOzzzzzzzzEzzDzzzzzDzzCzzz\ zzCzzBzzzzz9zz9zzzzz7zz6zzzzz5zN4zM3zL3zK2zJ1zI0zH\ 0zG6zJBzMGzPLzSQzVVzYjzkyzypzuhzr_zoSzlJziBzf3zc7z\ aAz`Ez_HzZLzXOzWSzVVzUZzT } 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