; Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:13:40 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-01-11 (FMOD on the X-axis [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110127181346.16872680@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 28, 2011 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Things were very hectic here at FC again on Thursday. (And I ; thought we were in a recession.) But at least FL is on the ; mend, and will likely be back in action by Friday, which will ; relieve the pressure on me and allow more time for a proper ; fractal search. But most likely, we will remain in the M-set. ; ; Today's image is another very deep scene at the end of the nega- ; tive X-axis of the Mandelbrot set. But today, the image has a ; difference. The bailout radius of the M-set has been set to 3, ; which causes the X-axis to be cut off at a point around sqrt(3). ; The tiny minibrot at the center of the image is located very ; near the end of this shortened main spike. ; ; The basic equal-iteration rendering of the scene was very dull, ; so I livened things up by rendering the scene with the outside ; set to 'fmod'. The result earns a rating of an honest 7. ; ; The name "FMOD on the X-axis" simply tells it like it is. ; ; Though the magnitude of the image is well within the range of ; arbitrary precision math, the actual magnitude of around 10^21 ; is much less than the magnitude of the images of the past few ; days, cutting the calculation time to a much more reasonable ; 9-1/4 minutes. ; ; But a calculation time of over 9 minutes is still a lot of time ; to devote to an FOTD image. The remedy is to surf down to the ; active FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the finished image is or soon will be posted. ; ; The original FOTD site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; A mix of clouds and sun, occasional flurries of snow, and a temp- ; erature just around freezing made Thursday a typical midwinter ; day here at Fractal Central. Two inches of fresh snow piled up ; overnight Wednesday, but on top of the foot (30cm) or so of old ; snow, made little difference. ; ; The fractal cat duo tried their window shelf, but soon decided ; the sun was too irregular, and took to the shelf over the heat. ; With FL feeling better but still out of action, my day was ; another hectic one, doing double duty. Luckily, the Mandelbrot ; set once again came to the fractal rescue with a quick image. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Most likely it will ; be another scene in the infinitely complex and extremely fast ; Mandelbrot set. Until then, take care, and what is wrong with ; the current world? (Maybe it's that I'm nearing codgerhood.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FMOD_on_the_X-Axis { ; time=0:09:15.35-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.7320\ 4993548250847092178/0/9.545e+020 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 bailout=3 inside=0 proximity=0.0003 outside=fmod symmetry=xaxis periodicity=6 colors=000zZKyYIwWGuSErPCoMBlGAfC9`88U37KA0G70C508\ 92830410EzzMzzWzwVyuVxsUwqUvqUvqTupTupTtoStoSsoRsn\ RrnRqnQqmQpmQplPolPolPnkOnkOmjNmjNljNliMkiMjiMjhLi\ hLigKhgKhgKgfJgfJffJfeIeeIedIddHcdHccGbcGbbGabFabF\ `aF`aE_aE_`DZ`DZ_DY_CX_CXZCWZBWZBVYBVYAUXAUX9TX9TW\ 9SW8SV8RV8QV7QU7PU6PU6OT6OT5NS5NS5MS4MR4LR5JO4KP4L\ Q4LR4MS4NT4NT4OU4OV4PW4QX4QY4RY4RZ4S_4T`4Ta4Ua4Vb4\ Vc4Wd4We4Xf4Yf4Yg4Zh4Zi4_j4`j4`k4al4bm4bn4co4co4dp\ 4eq4er4fs0ev1fu2ft3ft4fs5fs5gr6gq7gq8gp9gpAgoAhnBh\ nChmDhmEhlFhlFikGijHijIiiJiiKihKjgLjgMjfNjfOjePjeP\ kdQkcRkcSkbTkbUkaUl`Vl`Wl_Xl_YlZWjWXkXYkYYlZZl_Zm`\ _ma_nb`nc`odaoeapfbpgbph`ng_lfYkeXidVhdUfcSdbRcaPa\ aO``MZ_LXZJWZIUYGTXFRWDOXEPWEQWEQWFRVFSVFSVGTUGTUG\ UUGVTHVTHWTHWSIXSIYSIYRIZRJZRJ_RJ`QK`QKaQKaPKbPLcP\ LcOLdOMdOMeNMfNMfNNgMNgMNhMOiLOiLNonNonNonNonNonMo\ nMonMonMonMonMonMonMon6ag } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;