; Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:21:49 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 02-01-11 (The Least of the Beast [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110101202111.125fc1d2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 02, 2011 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is the parent fractal that results when 3 parts of ; Z^(-2.1) are mixed with 0.9 part of Z^(-4.2) and (1/C) is added. ; Actually, it is not accurate to call it a 'parent' because it ; has not yet produced any children. But this is no cause for ; alarm; the fractal is obviously filled with interesting nooks ; and crannies that hold infinite goodies. ; ; Perhaps the most interesting thing about the fractal is that it ; appears to be in 2 parts -- the chaotic low-iteration, greenish ; outer part and the far more organized high-iteration, brilliant- ; pinkish inner part. The overall impression is that the initial ; value of Z is not critical, though the abundance of minibrots ; indicates that it is indeed critical. Perhaps the generating ; formula has more than one critical value, but if this is so, I ; have yet to find the value that would clear away the overlying ; stuff and bring the ghostly submerged stuff to the surface. ; ; The name of the image -- "The Least of the Beast" -- originally ; had some meaning. Whatever it was, I have forgotten it. The ; rating of a 6 is above average but nothing to get excited about. ; ; The calculation time of 40 seconds makes running the included ; parameter file a very small chore. Those with machine problems ; such as incompatible operating systems, retarded vesa-impared ; video cards, or merely spoiled machines that panic at the sight ; of DOS will find their satisfaction in the form of the pre- ; calculated image at the currently active FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The original FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; is currently inactive, though when Paul recovers, it will be ; brought up to date. ; ; The first day of the new year started sunny enough here at Frac- ; tal Central, but clouds moved in before noon, and rain showers ; arrived later in the afternoon. The fractal cats approved of ; the temperature of 48F +9C but wished there had been more sun- ; light. (Actually their greatest wish is for someone to let them ; go into that immense forbidden area on the outside of the three ; doors they never get to go through.) ; ; The humans has a peaceful enough day. The new year arrived on ; schedule at FC and nothing much changed. The next FOTD image ; will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and: ; ; I never saw a Boltzmann brain, ; I hope I never see one, ; But I can tell you anyhow, ; I'd rather see than be one. ; ; (I'll have a lot to say about these strange creatures in a few ; days.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheLeastOfTheBeast { ; time=0:00:40.75-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=0.107083/0/0.6/1/90/0 params=3/-2.1/0.9\ /-4.2/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=22500 inside=0 logmap=yes symmetry=none periodicity=6 colors=000FEKFFKFGKFGKFHJFIIFJIFKHFKHFKHFKHFKHFLHF\ LHFMHLNGLMEMMKMMPNMUNLZPMcULhZLmcKrcKvcJzcKzcKzcLz\ cNz_dzaczbbzcazd_zeZzgYzhXziWzjUzlTzmSznRzoQzpOzrN\ zsMztLzuKzyIzwJzvJztJzsJzrJzpJzoJzmJzmJzmJzmJzmJzm\ KzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmLzmLzmLzmLz\ mLzmLzmLzmLzmLzmLzmLzmLzmLzmMzmNzmOzmPzmQzmRzmSzmT\ zmUzmVzmWzmXzmYzmZzm_zm`zmazmbzmczmdzmezmezifzjfzk\ gzlgzmgznhzoizpizqizrjzsjzsjzskztkztkzulzulzulzvmz\ vmzxlzwmzvmzvmzunztnztnzsozsozrozqpzqpzpozopzoqznr\ znszmtzluzlvzkwzjxzjyzizzizzhzzgzzgzzfzzezzezzdzzd\ zzczzbzzbzzazz`zz`zz_zz_zzZzzYzzYzzXzzWzzWzzVzzVzz\ UzzTzzTzzSzzSzzTzzTzzTzzTzzUzzUzzUzzUzzVzzVzzVzzVz\ zWzzWzzWzzWzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzYzzYzzYzzYzzZzzZzzZzzZ\ zz_zz_zz_zz_zz`zz`zz`zz`zz_zz`zz`zz`zzazzazzazzbzz\ bzzbzzbzzczzczzczzdzzdzzdzzezzezzezzezzfzzfzzfzzgz\ zgzzgzzhzzhzzhzzhzzizzizz } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;