; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:48:01 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 27-07-10 (Wiggly Squiggly [5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100726224804.10c7f900@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 27, 2010 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; An image recently posted on the Fractint list resembles a fleet ; of shiny alien space craft deploying in outer space for an ; attack on earth. When I was a far younger person, (think age ; 20), I kind of believed in (or hoped for) aliens from space ; visiting earth. I assumed that all those reports of unidenti- ; fied flying objects and all those fuzzy photographs could not ; possibly all be wrong. I supposed that someone with a good ; camera would eventually take a clear photo of one of the alien ; ships and perhaps even a clear photo of an alien itself. Too ; bad I had to change my mind. ; ; The belief was a lot of fun. ; ; Today it is becoming blatantly obvious that all the reports of ; aliens and their ships, as well as all the fuzzy photographs, ; are nothing more than a lot of fun, and always have been. The ; thing that changed my mind is the fact that nowadays there are ; billions of people traveling about with ready-to-aim-and-shoot ; cameras, yet as far as I know, not a single clear picture of an ; alien space craft has ever been taken. By this time, if the ; aliens actually were here, the laws of chance alone would have ; produced hundreds, even thousands of clear photographs of the ; aliens and their ships. ; ; What a let-down. ; ; But there is a consolation prize. When I was a far younger ; person, (20), I thought all the reports of paranormal phenomena ; were a pile of wishful-thinking stuff. Since then however, I ; have had enough personal experiences to convince me, despite the ; rational disagreement of skeptics, that this universe of ours ; has more dimensions and more unknown stuff happening than we can ; imagine, and a growing number of physicists seem to share my ; opinion. ; ; See what a simple fractal fleet of alien space ships can do! ; ; Today's FOTD fractal makes no such grandiose claims. It is ; simply a scene in the Z^(2.5)+C Mandeloid as it appears 20 ; levels up the ladder when no function is applied. Being purely ; of average quality, the image rates a purely average 5. The ; name "Wiggly Squiggly" has nothing to do with an old cartoon ; rabbit. It simply describes a marginally impressive aspect of ; the image. ; ; The best feature of today's FOTD is the calculation time of ; 5-2/3 minutes, most of which can be saved by viewing the ; finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; BTW, I usually prefer simplicity in my designs, but the new FOTD ; logo might be a bit too simple. I might consider adding some ; interesting but not distracting fractal patterns to the sides of ; the central gothic arch. I am undecided. ; ; Absolutely perfect weather held forth all day Monday here at ; Fractal Central. The temperature of 81F 27C was made even more ; pleasant by low humidity, while the kodachrome blue skies and ; puffy white clouds added the perfect backdrop. (Too bad they no ; longer make Kodachrome film.) All this perfection passed far ; over the fractal cats' heads. They spent most of the day ; sleeping. ; ; My day was average; tomorrow will likely be a repeat. The next ; FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and ; keep looking up. You probably will see no alien ships, but the ; sky is filled with countless other equally interesting things. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Wiggly_Squiggly { ;_time=0:05:40.93-SF5_on_P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=bsoios.par formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.225325131960761/-0.2874129121123403/\ 1159076/1/102.5/0 params=2.5/0/20/0 float=y maxiter=12500 inside=0 logmap=425 periodicity=6 colors=000exzWIIVLIUNHUQGTSFSVERYDQ_CQbBPdBOgANi9M\ l8Mn7Lq6Ks5Jv4Jx4Lv5Mt5Or6Pp6Rn7Sm7Tk8Vi8Wg9Ye9ZdA\ _bAa`BbZBdXCeVCfUDhSDiQEkOElMFmLFsLHxLIvJJuIJsHKrG\ KqFLoDLnCMmBMkANj9Ni8NkAPlBQnCSoETqFVrGWsHXiNY_TZQ\ YZSX_TX`UXaVXbWXcXXdYXeZWf_Wg`WhaWibWjcWkdWlfQngKo\ hEpi8qj8qj8pj9pk9pk9pk9pkBnkDlkEjkGhkIfkJdkLbkMagO\ `cP_`QZXRYTSXQUWMVVIWUFXTBYS8ZRDaSIcTNfUShVXjWamXf\ oYkrZpt_tv`uwauwauwauwauwauwbvwbvwbvwbvwbvwcvwcvwc\ wwcwwcww9wwDwwdzwOwwdzjKon`cimWeXccV_XTWTRSOPOKNLG\ MLEJLCHLBFKCGKDHKEIJFIJFJJGKJHLIILIJMIJNIKOHLOHMPH\ NQHNRGORGPSGQTGQTFNYFLaFJfFHjENgESeDYbDb`CgZhmWhmU\ hmShqRhpRhpRmoQmoQmnQmnPmmPmmPmlOzkOzkOzjNzjNziNzi\ MzzMzzMzzLzzLzzLzzKzzKzzKzzJzzJzzJzzIzzIzzIzzIzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|