; Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:46:28 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-01-10 (Brad and Angelina [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100111224702.233f15e8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 12, 2010 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; While waiting in line with FL at the local market this morning, ; a headline on one of the tabloids in a nearby rack caught my ; eye. It said something about Brad and Angelina. I wondered who ; the quarreling couple are and why so many otherwise sensible ; people are so concerned about what other people are doing behind ; their closed doors. ; ; After pondering the situation for a few minutes, I came to the ; conclusion that all the celebrity pseudo-excitement is nothing ; more than a way for us to distract ourselves from the scientifi- ; cally-implied hopelessness and ultimate meaninglessness of our ; earthly lives. And the ever increasing flood of technological ; gadgets is also little more than a more costly way we might ; forget for a brief time the future with its looming darkness. ; And as for fractals . . . what are they if not just another ; distraction? ; ; In view of this not-so-cheery situation, I decided to name ; today's image "Brad and Angelina". (Who cares what the quarrel- ; ing couple do next?) Anyway, ten years from now the name of ; today's FOTD will be equally meaningless. ; ; But a silly name is no reason to skip a rating, so I rated the ; image at a 6, which is just the slightest above FOTD average. ; ; The image lies in the East Valley area of the parent fractal ; that appears when 0.05*Z^(-2) is mixed with Z^2, and C is added. ; The pastel colors create a rather feminine effect that reminds ; me of the dynamic celebrity duo. ; ; The calculation time of 12 minutes will give the enthusiastic ; fractalist ample time to wonder why I have no intention to turn ; to religious 'faith'. ; ; Those who would rather not spend time wondering may take the ; easy way to fractal satisfaction by viewing the finished image ; on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Monday here at Fractal Central was mostly cloudy and cold, with ; a high temperature of exactly freezing, which left a chill in ; the hearts of the fractal cats, who spent most of the day ; seeking more warmth. Things went downhill after dark when light ; snow began to fall. ; ; Workwise, my day was back to normal, though the day's fractal ; could have been a bit better. Improvement will hopefully be ; achieved in the next FOTD, which will appear at this same spot ; in 24 hours, give or take a few. Until then, take care, and ; concentrate on the important things, most of which make science ; look like a helpless retard. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Brad_and_Angelina { ; time=0:12:06.68-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.1105807706285532/-0.0000521139337279\ /1.57171e+011/1/-13/0 params=1/2/0.05/-2/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=7500 inside=0 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000jJOiNMgRLfUJeYIcaGbeFahEbeGcbId`KdYMeWNf\ TPfRRgOThMUhJWiHYjE_jC`gF_dH_aK__M_XP_UR_RU_PW_MZ_\ J`_Gc_Ee_Bh_Bj_Bl_BgZDcZGZYJVYMRYNSZOS_OT_PT`PT`QU\ aQUaQVbQVbQWcQXcQYcQZbQ_aQ``Qa_QbZQcYWcXacWgcVncUt\ fZzkbui_qgYmfVidTebRaaOX_MTZJPXHLVFHUCDSABR8GP9NOA\ UNA`LBgKBnJCtICsJBsJAsK9rK8rL7rL6qM5qM4qM4oL3mK2kK\ 1iJ1gI0eI0cH0aG0_G0YF0WE0UE0WH0XJ0YL0_O1`Q3aS4bU5d\ X7eZ8f`AhcBieDjgEkiFljFmkGnlGomHpnHqoIqoIpnLpmOplR\ pkTpjWpiZph`pgcoffochmaek_biY`gVYeTWcQT`ORZLOXJMVG\ JTEHRBEP9CQGGRMKSTOTZRVWQXUPZRP`PObMOcKNeHNgFMiCMk\ ALl8LfJNaUOWdQRnRSlPTkNTjLUhKVgIVfGWeEXcDXbBYa9Z`7\ ZZ6_Y4`X2`W1cY2e_3ha4jc5md6of7rh8tj9vkAseEp_ImUMkO\ QhIUeCYb6a`peapccpbepagp_ipZkpYmohonmnmqmlulkukiuj\ huiguhfugdtfbqe`nc_kbZiaXf_VcZUaYSZWQWVOTUNRSLORJL\ QIJSHKTHLUHLYIIaJFdJDhKAlL7oL5lN4jP3gR3eT2bV2`X1YZ\ 0W`0Tb0Rd0Of0Mh0Jj0mCRlFP } 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