; Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:37:48 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-09-09 (Terrible Terraces [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20090918174026.2ad75c30@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- September 19, 2009 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; We're still in the same area of the same parent fractal of the ; past 3 or 4 days. The little minibrot at the center has been ; livened up by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'tdis' ; and the inside colored a brilliant white. ; ; The rating of a 7 is becoming so average that I might change the ; rating system to make such images rate an average 5 rather than ; an above-average 7. The name "Terrible Terraces" makes little ; sense, but then fractals and even life itself make little sense, ; so why not give the image such a name. ; ; The calculation time of 1-1/2 minutes is fast enough to prevent ; impatience yet slow enough for a bit of enjoyment. Total enjoy- ; ment may be found on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the image is posted fully finished for total satisfaction. ; ; Mostly sunny skies and a temperature of 77F 25C here at Fractal ; Central on Friday made up for the fractal cats' disappointment ; on Thursday. They enjoyed their sunny shelf to the maximum. My ; day would have been average if one of the customers had not ; unexpectedly added a full-page ad to his 16-page program, which ; made it necessary to re-work 8 of the 16 pages. ; ; When the late ad came in, I showed a bit of temper and FL asked ; if I thought my angry outburst would help the situation. When I ; said that temper displays only make things worse, she asked me ; why then was I wasting so much energy. I told her that I had ; gotten angry not to help things, but because we had to do half ; the already-finished job over, which put the discussion back ; where it started. To keep the argument from going in a circle, ; we let it drop and got to work, me grumbling and FL remaining ; silent. But I think I should have answered her with something ; like, "since you have reminded me that anger will do no good, I ; now realize that I am only making things worse. I have decided ; to calm down and do the job in a sensible manner . . . and after ; all, we *will* get extra money for re-doing half the job." ; ; Now that the silly "Dear Abby" style advice is out of the way, I ; must disclose the great news that the next FOTD is scheduled to ; be posted in 24 hours. But since perfect weather is expected on ; Saturday, do not be surprised if it fails to appear until some- ; time Sunday. Until whenever, take care, and I hear the world ; will end in 824 days. Hmmmm . . . maybe I'll do a count-down. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Terrible_Terraces { ; time=0:01:29.37-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=-0.3519918957555/-0.0011234773843/\ 1.42084e+008/1/161/0 params=1/4/2/3/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=255 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000VwHUuSTtbSrmRqxNnwJkwFhvBev7bvJWkVQ`eKRb\ PN_UKXZGVbDSg9Pl6Np3No5No7Nn9NnBSgJW`R_UZcNfgGnkAu\ eAo`AiWAcRAYMASHAMCAHSdfdefpefumkztpmjoaanQSmEcl2c\ k7UgBKdFH`KKYOMUSORWQOSRMPRLLRJIRIESGBSF7SD4SC9XHD\ `MIeQMiVRnZVrcZvgQqhHmh8ii0ei9imHmpQpsYtvewy_vlVu_\ QtNRoORkORgORcOR_ORWORSOROOZWNfcNnkNurNomQihTdcWZZ\ ZUUaOPdJKfFUfCcf9mfJneSodapcjqbsqamgUgZNaPFXG8fEOo\ CbxBqtDlpEglGbhHZdJU`KPXMKTNGOSNJWTE`_AdeFjdKpcOub\ LkVIaNFSFCI7A80BFBCMMDTWE_fFfpPUcZIS`ORaTQbYPcbOdg\ NelMfqLgvLWYTLA`ZR_kgZxxYpvUhtR`rOTqKLoHDmE5lB7mL9\ mUBmbCmkMpmWsodvqbxoazn`qj_if_`cZT_ZKXYCTY4QTBMOII\ JOEEVA9a64g2Bc9I`FPXMVUSaQYhNdoJjuGpqJknLfkNbhPYdS\ TaUPZWKWYGNSYENoJJqOGrTDtY9ub6wg3xl0yaBXSM5QP9ORDM\ UHLWLJYPH`TFbXEd_OcUXbOeaIn`Cw_7v`Jv`Vu`fu`rvZpvXo\ wVmwTlxRjxPiyNgyMfsJcnG`iEYcBWZ9TU6QP4OYF_fQjn`uA9\ MjzEVV`UWYT_WjrfetV`wIzzz } 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