; Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:25:45 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-02-10 (Pi in the Formula [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100212132647.2b9f4eb6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 12, 2010 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is late. No excuse. I simply never felt like ; writing a discussion. ; ; Forget + and - Epsilon! We have moved on to + and - Pi. ; ; The Pi parent fractal is basically the same as the Epsilon, ; with today's scene located on the northern edge of the wedge ; where East Valley would be expected. ; ; The rating is another 6, and why not? The image is of average ; quality. Ten years or so ago, today's image might have rated a ; 7 or an 8, but while the world of fractals has moved on, the ; FOTD images have remained pretty much the same. ; ; Actually, I have had my share of 'progress'. The definition of ; progress is an advancement toward a goal, and I seem to have ; lost track of the goal. Oh well, if so many think progress is ; such a great thing, who am I to differ. And what would be the ; alternative? . . . Regression? (Maybe this would not be as bad ; an idea as some would have us believe.) ; ; My first idea of a name for today's image was 'Pi in the Sky' ; but I suspect I might have already used that name, so I named ; the image "Pi in the Formula". ; ; The calculation time of 6-1/2 minutes is slower than recent ; images, but still fast enough to avoid wasting too much time. ; And no time at all will be wasted when the finished image is ; viewed on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Total sunshine here at Fractal Central on Thursday made the ; fresh snow sparkle. The temperature of exactly freezing made it ; pleasant to enjoy the sparkle. The extra serving of tuna and ; cheddar made the fractal cats' eyes sparkle. ; ; My eyes sparkled this morning when I finished the snow-removal ; job and came inside to find FL had prepared a large mug of hot ; chocolate topped with whipped cream. ; ; The remaining eyes will hopefully sparkle when they see today's ; fractal. If not, perhaps tomorrow's fractal will do the job. ; For continuing sparkle, check back at this same spot in about 24 ; hours. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Pi_in_the_Formula { ; time=0:06:25.51-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinalDivideBrot function=recip center-mag=+0.3686175025182685/+0.0374022990253012\ /3.491618e+010/1/-22.5/0 params=3.14159265358979/\ -3.14159265358979/0/0 float=y maxiter=12000 inside=0 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000`7Fc7Cf7Gi7JlDMoIPrOSuUVxZYzd`zjczofznez\ ndznczmbzmazm`zl_zlZzlYzkXzkWzkVzjUzjTzjSziQziPziO\ zhNzhMzhLzgKzgJzgIzfHzfGzfFzeEzeDzeCzdBzdAzd9zc8zc\ 7zc6yb4zpkzokzojznjznizmizmhzlhylgxkgwkfvjfujeties\ idrhdqhcpgcogbnfbmfaleakeajd`id`hc_gc_fbZebZdaYcaY\ b`Xa`X`_W__WZZVYZVXYUWYUVXTUXTTWSSWSRVRzpkzokzokzn\ kzmkzmkzlkzkkzkkzjkyikyikxhkwhkvgkvfkufkteksdksdkr\ ckqbkpbkpakoakn`km_km_klZkkYkjYkjXkiWkhWkgVkgVkfUk\ eTkdTkdSkcRkbRkaQkaPk`Pk_OkZNjzpjzpizpgzpfzpezpczp\ bzp`zp_zpZzpXzpWzpUzpTzpSzpQzpPzpNzpMzpLzpJzpIzpGy\ pFypEypCxpBxp9xp8wp7wp5wp4vp2zokzmkzlkxjkviktgkrfk\ zpjodjmcjkaji`jfZjdYjbWj`VjYTiWSiUQiSPiPNiNMiLKizW\ SzUQzTPz70z90zB0zC0zE0zF0wH0tI0qK0nK0kK0BK0hK0gK0f\ K0eK0cK0aK0_K0YK0WK0VK0WK0WK0WK0WK0XK0XK0XK0XK0XK0\ YK0YK0YK1YK2YK2fL0H70H70H80FB0IE0KG0NI0PK0RN3UP6WR\ 9YTC`WFbYIe_LgaOidRlfUnhX } frm:FinalDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=(-b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))-c |z| < esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint