; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:23:56 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 15-03-10 (Blades of Passion [7.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100314212525.2b9fdf24@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 15, 2010 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is titled "Blades of Passion". But do not expect ; anything connected with a hot backstage romance at the figure- ; skating competition. The name refers to the windmill-like ; blades in the lower half of the image. (Fine-Tooth Comb" might ; be a good name for the upper half of the image.) ; ; The parent fractal is an almost-Julia set of a tiny spurious ; valley on the positive X-axis of the Z^(2.07)+C Mandeloid, with ; the grossly enlarged mandel part rotated 90 degrees. Today's ; image is located where the mandel stuff intersects the northern ; edge of the almost-Julia set. In the image, the upper half is ; made of the mandel stuff, while the 'blades' in the lower half ; are made of the almost-Julia stuff. ; ; The rating of a 7.5 includes 1/2 point for the coloring, which ; makes the top half almost look like a net. ; ; The calculation time of just over 5 minutes is well within ; reason for such a complex image. Those who become mentally ; congested at the thought of complexity may make things simple ; by viewing the finished image on the new FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; I will no longer include the address of the old web site, which ; will soon be discontinued, though the address is still readily ; available in the back-dated FOTD discussions. ; ; After watching one manmade-global-warming-doomsday program after ; another on Sunday, I am fast becoming convinced that the whole ; warming thing is more politics than fact. I doubt that I have ; ever seen so much mis-represented stock film footage. (I should ; keep a list of the misleading statements.) Almost certainly ; someone has much to profit if we are led to take panicky actions ; to fight this grossly-overblown threat, but who is behind the ; big scare, hoping to make the huge profits? ; ; Maybe the phone companies are behind it. As long as we're so ; occupied with global warming, we'll have less time to be con- ; cerned about more immediate threats such as the non-ionizing ; radiation given off by the toy-like and now absolutely neces- ; sary 'wireless' devices that are overwhelming our culture. ; ; Yes I know that no study sponsored by a phone company or wire- ; less-device manufacturer has ever found a harmful effect of the ; radiation. But the devices have also never been demonstrated to ; be safe, and what about those studies sponsored by independent ; sources, which do find harmful effects? ; ; Now on to the weather report. ; ; Heavy clouds with occasional periods of rain prevailed here at ; Fractal Central on Sunday. The temperature of 48F +9C was fair ; enough, but the fractal cats still complained about the lack of ; sun. My day was about average. In the evening I got a phone ; call from my sister back at Old Fractal Central, who told me ; that Thomas the one remaining original fractal cat is in failing ; health. Thomas is over 20 years old, so we'll have to see how ; it goes with him. Tippy, the other original fractal cat, went ; to the eternal lap two years ago. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. And who knows, it ; might even rate an 8 or 9. Until then, take care, and wait ; patiently. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Blades_of_Passion { ; time=0:05:05.72-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot5 passes=1 float=y center-mag=0.11405/0.89808/12.43585/1/82.5/0 params=89.999/0/89.999/90/0.2627/0/0/0/2.07/0 maxiter=1220 inside=0 logmap=-7 periodicity=10 colors=000hAwiAujAskAqlAomAmoAkp9iq8er6bt5_u3Xv2Uw\ 1Rn8PfFNiKOlPPoUPrZPtcPvhPwhRvgSvfUudWucXtbZta_rWZ\ pRZnMZmHZkCZi7Zh2Za6YVAXPEWIIVCLVDMXDMZDN_DNaDNcEO\ dEOfEOgEPiEPkFQlFQnFQpFRqFRsFRtDNlCJdAFX9BQIHRRMS_\ RTgWUhWUiWTiWTjWTkVTkVTlVSmVSmVSnVSoVRoVRpURqU0qUR\ zUQsZQs0QtUmcNklR`pJDrPKnKhoUgocfo0ep0zpNcpNbkUFmV\ EnXEpYDqZDoXEmWEkVEiTEgSEeRFcQFaOF_NFYMFXLFVMHUNIS\ OJRPKQQLORNNSOLTPKUQJVRHVTGWUFXVDYWCZXA_Z9`_8a`6ba\ 5cb4ccIVeVMfgDgfCffCffCefCefCdfCdfBcfBcfBcfBbfBbfB\ afAafA`fA`fA_fA_fA_hDYiEXjFXkHWmJVnMUmOUhNYcMaZLeU\ KiPKmKKmJJmLIlOHkQIiSIhUJgVKeXLdZMc`MbbN`dO_fPZhQX\ jQWlRVnSTpTSrURyiZxfXwdWvbVv_TuYStWRJPdNQbQQaTR`WR\ _ZSYaSXeSWhTVkTTnUSqURMGRQIQUKQYLQaNQeOQiQQmRQqTQY\ CO`EPbGPdIPgKPiLPkNQnPQpRQrTQ6N5AO7EP9IPAMQCQQEURF\ YRHaSIeSKiTMmTNqUP4v_7tZxrYuqYqoXmnWjlVfkUbiT_gSWd\ RU`QRXPNTOKPNDLM6HLFDKO9K } frm:SliceJulibrot5 {; draws all slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=(-z)^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint