; Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:15:12 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-10-10 (Star of the Spike [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20101022191517.112f00a6@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 23, 2010 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The 2-second calculation time of today's image is no mistake. ; The image is a scene in the best-known fractal of all -- the ; Mandelbrot set. And on my particular fractal dedicated machine, ; the Mandelbrot set runs at faster-than-light speed. ; ; I originally planned on naming the image "Not Quite Dead Yet" ; to indicate that the M-set is no tired warhorse on its last lap ; around the track. It is chock full of interesting and lively ; scenes, not only of minibrots, but of countless other undiscov- ; ered wonders. But then I decided that such a name was much too ; downbeat for such an upbeat image. I finally decided on the ; name "Star of the Spike", which has a far more positive sound ; and also indicates the location in the M-set. ; ; The image rates an 8. I'm not sure how much of that rating is ; due to my coloring, but I did work on the colors for well over ; an hour. ; ; The scene lies on a filament extending from the Seahorse Valley ; of a minibrot located on the main spike of the M-set, not far ; west of the main body of the set. ; ; As I said earlier, the calculation time is an incredibly brief 2 ; seconds. But there is still the hassle of copying this letter ; into your parameter file in text mode with a .par extension, ; hoping that no spurious characters get inserted, then running it ; as you would any other parameter file. ; ; This minor inconvenience may be avoided by going to the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; and viewing the finished image there. ; ; A mixture of clouds and sun, a brisk wind from the northwest and ; a temperature around 52F 12C gave Friday a very autumnal feeling ; here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats enjoyed the sun when ; it was shining and the house heat when the clouds prevailed. ; ; My day was slow enough to put the extra coloring work on the ; FOTD. FL had a slightly more active day. I think a trip back ; to Old Fractal Central, 130 miles (200km) south of here, is ; coming up on Saturday, so do not be surprised if the FOTD for ; October 24 is late. Until whenever, take care, and wouldn't it ; be great if humans had designed the laws of the natural world ; instead of the great unknown? (But could we have done it with- ; out fighting?) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Star_of_the_Spike { ; time=0:00:02.11-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.40473711526\ 07/+0.0001010790714/8e+008/1/180 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5200 inside=0 logmap=538 periodicity=6 colors=0000AL0AM0AN0AO0AP0AQ0AR0AS0AT0AU0AV0AW0AX0\ AY0AZ0A_0A`0Aa0Ab09c08d07e06f07g08h09i0Aj0Bk0Bl0Cm\ 0Dn0Eo0Fp0Gq0Gr0Hs1It2Ju3Kv4Iy5Kv5Ms6Nq6Pn7Ql7Si8T\ g8Vd9Wb9Y_AZYA`VBaTBcQBdOEcQHcSJbUMbVPbXRaZUa`WaaX\ bbXbcXbcXbdXbdYbeYbeYbfYbfYcgZcgZchZchZciZcgZcd_ca\ ZdZYeWXfTWgQVhNUiKUjHUkEUlCUm9Uo6Uq3Us1Ut2Ut3Yt4bu\ 5fu6ju7ov8tv9zz8zvAztBwrCwpDwnEvlGvjHvgIveJvcKvaLu\ _NuYOuWPuTQuRRtPTtNUtLVtJWtHXyA`tFYoJWkOUfSSaXQY`O\ TeMOiKKmILlKLlMMkOMkPYkA_hB`eBbbBc_CeXCfUEgPIhKMiF\ QjAUk6Yk1an9epHhsOluWoxcszevzUWm85cKX1Vx4_t7dq9grC\ ivEmzDrzDqzDovDcmCbaCSVCHRCANJNMQWBkd0zc0qlFejEbiD\ XgDVfCUeCVaAWY9XV7YR6ZN4ZK3T_COoLRkITgGVcEX`C_X9aT\ 7cP5eM3cOCaQK_SSZU_XWgVYoU_wbbskdotfkqkXnpIku4ovOR\ wP2xQ5tI8qAAn3CoBEpIGpPIqXPmTSlNVkGfzzczzazzZzzXzz\ UzzSzzPzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;