; Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:58:13 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-01-10 (Active Lima Beings [8.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100127235900.2a7f1624@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 28, 2010 (Rating 8.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In yesterday's discussion I said that the "AllNewDivideBrot2" ; formula has only one change -- the change of a plus sign in the ; iterated expression to a minus sign. Actually there is another ; small change. I changed the Z^2 to z*z. The z*z images are ; identical and z*z runs a tiny bit faster on my machine ; ; I have no idea why I named today's image "Active Lima Beings". ; I guess it's partly because of the brilliant blue, lima-bean ; shaped patches scattered around the scene. ; ; The parent fractal is in the shape of an oversized Mandelbrot ; set rotated 180 degrees, with a grossly enlarged period-2 main ; bud and much extra detail in the vicinity of East (or in this ; case, West) Valley. Today's image is located in this extra ; detail. ; ; In my opinion, the image rates an 8 and the coloring adds an ; extra half-point for a total rating of 8-1/2. The calculation ; time of 4-1/2 minutes is slower than ideal, but still within ; reason. ; ; Perhaps the most reasonable way to see the finished image is to ; visit the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and view it there. ; ; While we were watching the news at lunch today, FL asked one of ; those questions that gets my philosophical energies active. In ; all honesty she asked me what's the real difference between a ; 'liberal' and a 'conservative'. At the time I whimsically said ; we might find out during superpresident's big speech later this ; evening, but right now, almost 12 hours later and after the big ; speech, I am still trying to think of a simple reply to such an ; apparently simple question that would satisfy everyone. ; ; Lots of clouds, a temperature of 30F -1C and occasional flurries ; of snow made Wednesday an uncomfortable day to be outside here ; at Fractal Central. The fractal cats, who rarely venture ; outside, spent the day in cozy indoor comfort next to the large ; warm radiator in the hallway. The only interruption was when FL ; stepped on Cassie's tail just after lunch, but a quick treat of ; tuna made the hurt go away. ; ; My day was average. The next FOTD, politics free, will be ; posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be liberally ; conservative. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Active_Lima_Beings { ; time=0:04:31.65-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot2 function=recip center-mag=-0.997560494837219/-0.111301117906617/\ 1.137571e+007/1/31.25/0 params=1/1.01 float=y maxiter=2800 inside=0 logmap=700 periodicity=6 colors=000uzzAQmFPeJPYNOQSOIWNA_N3bS4dX5ga5if6kj6o\ `ArRDuHGx7JpDMiIObOQWTSPYUNWTMUSLSRKQQJOPIMOGBCF01\ K16O2BT3FX4Ka5Pe6Tj7Yn7akOehdhfukDKSKRTQYTWdUbkUhr\ VbgVhoMnvDinLdfT_Z_VRgRKnIFq9At16wAFqJNkRVe_b_gjUp\ rOxzIvwFttCrq9qn7poIopToqcnrnnrygmv`isUdpN`nPVoQPo\ SJpTDpU7pQDqNIqJNqGSqCXq9aqCepFhpIlpKopUZlcIim1fj6\ igAkdFmbJo_NqXSsUWuS_wTXtUUqVSnWPkXMhYKeZHc_F``CYa\ 9Vb7Sc4Pc2N8oABlEDiIGgMIdQLaUN_YQXaSUeUSiGdjqqz8ri\ EzzKseQtcZuaat`bs_crZdqDcmEcjFcgGbdHb`IbYJaVKaSLaO\ M`LN`IO`FP`CQbGSdJUfMVhPXjSZlV_mYaoacqddsgfujhwmiy\ pkzslyomxlmwimvfmucmt`msYmrVmqSmpPmoMmnKmlKciKmUER\ dKhgKoiKbkKrmKtoKvqKwrKysKzrKwrKtrPrzQoqRmzSjqThzU\ eqVbzW`pXYzYWpZTz_Rq`UzaWrbZzc`scczczschzdjtezzfou\ gzzitokkzmzcozzqLTszzuWXwzzzUzzLzzCzz3zz3izzzz3dzz\ zz4Gzz4z55zz6zA7zz8zF9zzAzKBzNCzPDzSEzUFzXGzZHzaIz\ cJzfKzhLziJzjHzkFzkDzlBzm } frm:AllNewDivideBrot2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=(-b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint