; Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:22:13 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-03-11 (Where in the World [No Rating]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110324122214.12679cc8@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 24, 2011 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Do not be alarmed when you run today's parameter file and the ; screen stays blank for a couple minutes. Due to the passes=t ; and the lack of detail at the edge of the frame, the image is ; a slow one to get started, but things pick up once the calcula- ; tion reaches the actual central crescent. ; ; Today's FOTD is an image of the entire Mandelbrot set. Well, ; the entire set is in there somewhere, but it has been so ; distorted by the 'invert' feature of Fractint that it has been ; reduced to a horse shoe crescent. ; ; The center of the scene lies somewhere in the Seahorse Valley ; area of the large minibrot on the main stem of the M-set, though ; one would never guess it from what appears on the screen. ; ; The name "Where in the World" refers to the difficulty of deter- ; mining exactly where in the M-set today's scene is located. ; ; Since I believe this is the first time I have used Fractint's ; 'invert' feature in an FOTD, I have almost no idea of what is ; possible with this option, so I could give today's image no ; rating. ; ; The rather slow calculation time of 11 minutes is mostly due to ; the very large maxiter of 2,500,000. This slowness may be ; avoided however by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; The old original FOTD web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; Wednesday began with slushy snow here at Fractal Central. By ; midday the snow changed to rain, which made the slush even ; slushier. To end the day with a grand finale, a thunder-shower ; passed over at 6pm. The temperature held steady around 34F +1C ; most of the day. The fractal cats took a few glances at the ; unpleasant outside conditions, but spent most of the time close ; to the heat. ; ; In the human department, our day was busy, yet under control. ; I'll try to post the next FOTD in 48 hours, but since the future ; is unpredictable, there are no promises. Until whenever, take ; care, and take a moment to wonder why there is a vast universe ; instead of simply nothing. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Where_in_the_World { ; time=0:11:03.50-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=t float=y center-mag=-16.8104/0.928124/0.06579086/1/87.5/0 params=0/0 maxiter=2500000 inside=0 outside=real invert=0.0001/-1.7685/0.0008 periodicity=0 colors=000VITUKUSNVRPWPSXOUYNXZLZ`KaaIcbHfcFhdEkeD\ mfFndHncInaKn`Mn_NnYPnXRnWSnUUnTWnRXnQZnP`nNanMcnL\ enJfnIhnGjnFknEmnConBpnAheH`YOTPULH`D8g50m82fA3`C5\ VE6PG9OHBNIDMKGLLIKMKJNNIPPHQRGRUFSWEUYDV`CWbBYdAZ\ g9_i8`k7bn6cp5dr4et4fr6gq8gpAhoChnEimGilIjkKjjMkhO\ kgQlfSleUmdWmcYnb_naao`co_enbameYlgTkjPjlLioHhrDgt\ 9fw5ey1hw8jvEluKntQprWrqatpgvomsmjqkhoifmgdkfbid`g\ bZe`WcZUaYS_WQYUOWSMURKWQJXPIYOIZOH_NHaMGbLFcLFdKE\ eJEgIDhICiHCjGBkGBmKAnO9pR8qV7sZ6ta5pb4mb4jb4gc4dc\ 4ac4Zd3Wd3Td3Qe3Ne3Ke3He3Kf7MgBOhFQiJTjNVkRXlVZmZa\ nbcofepjgqnfrlfsketjeuidvhdwgbkja_m`Op_Cr`Fs`Is`Ls\ `OtaRtaUtaXta_uabubeubhvbkvbnvbqvdntekrghqheojcnk`\ lmYjnVipSgqQfVyGXtHZpI_kJagKbbLdZMeVNgQOiMPjHQlDRm\ 8So4Tp0To4Tn7TmBTlETkITjLTiPTiSThVTgZTfaTeeTdhTclT\ boTbrTprJosKosLnsMnsMntNmtOmtOltPluQluQkuRkuShUeeN\ 9gWEhdJjmO6ayCdtIgoOjjUme } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;