; Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:43:48 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-04-11 (Star of Something [New 4, Old 6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110410124355.1547dd30@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 10, 2011 (Rating New-4, Old 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have seen rumors floating around the area that Fractint is ; dead. Well, maybe it's not the program itself that is supposed ; to be dead, but at least the Fractint list, where the traffic ; sometimes slows to nearly nothing. And I also see regrets about ; the vanished 'good old days', when every new image was an object ; of wonder and every new scene in the Mandelbrot set, a major ; discovery. ; ; Myself, I wonder what all the excitement over Fractint's demise ; is about. I have never lost the awe and wonder that came and ; still does come with every new image. All of my present-day ; images are not located in the Mandelbrot set, the fractal that ; brought the first fractal excitement, but most are created by a ; small group of simple, short formulas. ; ; One thing I have never been tempted to do is write one of those ; mini-program formulas with hundreds of lines, which in the end ; draws just another complex fractal image. I am more concerned ; with the things complex numbers do on their own, without human ; intervention. ; ; A number of years back I experimented with the black-square- ; white-square capability of Fractint, which divides the screen ; into a checkerboard pattern and draws pseudo-multi-layered ; images like those created by some of those 'other' Windows-based ; fractal programs. But like what happened with the old Fractint ; 3-D transforms, my interest in the black-white checkerboard soon ; waned. All I saw was double exposures. ; ; So how can I regret the passing of the 'good old days' when ; fractals were new? Here at Fractal Central, the old days have ; never departed, and every fractal still is new. (If this were ; not true, what has kept the FOTD going for 14 years?) ; ; As for today's image, it is a scene in the Mandelbrot set, at ; just about the limit of the range of the conventional math ; routine. It is located on a filament on the northwest shore ; line of the main bay, just beyond the tip of the spike of a ; minibrot. ; ; The rating of a 4 on the new scale is equal to a 6 on the old ; scale. ; ; The calculation time of one second is insignificant. The name ; "Star of Something" refers to the star-like appearance of the ; pattern surrounding the central minibrot. ; ; The finished image is available on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; The address of my new FOTD web site will be announced April 12. ; ; As suspected, an antiquing trip did erupt on Saturday, which ; explains the lateness of today's FOTD. The weather on Saturday ; was cloudy and chilly, with a temperature of 48F +9C. With no ; one around FC to keep the fractal cats occupied, they spent most ; of the day doing what cats do best. They slept. ; ; The next FOTD, a much deeper and improved version of today's ; image, will be posted in about 8 hours. Until then, take care, ; and every person's idea of what made the 'good old days' so good ; is different. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Star_of_Something { ; time=0:00:01.43-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-0.6960909132026\ 418/+0.4750231045822381/1.412646e+013/1/-87.3/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 logmap=286 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00050I50J50K51L52M53N54O55P56P57P58P6AQ7CR8\ ES9GVAIYAJ_AKaALcAMeBNgCOiDPkEQmFUoGXqH`sIbtJdwKcz\ L_zKazIUqFKhDGZCEPBEFAGF9IF8JF7LFANFFPAKR5PS1U_CZg\ NcoYhvhmrZroQvkHzh8vdCr`GmYJhUNcQRZNUUJYPFaLCdIFZQ\ IUYLOeOJmRDuU8hNAWHCJBE65GB9HFDHKHHOLHSPHXTH`XHe`H\ idHmhHrlHvpHzsHvpIsmJpjKlhLieMfbNb_O_YPXVQTSRQPSNN\ TJKUGHVDFWCN_CUcCagChkConBniAme9ma8lY7lU6kP5kL4jH3\ jD2i91i53g65f77e89c9BbADaBF`CGZDIYEKXFMWGOUHQTISSJ\ TRKRLBPF3OK9NOFNSKMWQL`WLd`KhfKlkIecGZXESQCLJAECBH\ ABK9CN8CP7DS6DV5EX4E_3Fb2Fd1HVTJMtMNpOOlROhTPdWQ`Y\ QX`RTbSPeSLgTHiTDjZKkcRkhYlmdlrkmninjgogfpcdq_brXa\ sT_tPYtMXeM`SMdEMh0MlQIknFjpGdrGZsGTuHNvHHxHByH6tG\ 8oGAkGBfFDbFFYFGUEIPEKLELODMQCNTBOVAOX9P_8Qa7Rd6Rf\ 5Sh4Tk3Um2Up1Vr0Wt0Wr8TqGRoOPnWNmcKkkIjsGizEhxGhzI\ gzJgzLfzMfzOezQezRdzTdzUezTezSezSezRezRezQfzPfzPfz\ OfzOfzNfzNezUcz`bzgaznUzi } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;