; Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:31:17 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 09-07-11 (Wheel of Misfortune [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110709203117.146f4538@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 09, 2011 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Problems mount here at Fractal Central. The machine that was ; doing the work on the FOTD web site has come down with a rather ; nasty virus of the 'fake alert' variety, which left it unable to ; do anything but give fake warnings that it was infected with a ; virus. The stated cure was to go to a web site and download a ; certain program, which was certainly useless and would require ; that we give a credit card number, which would certainly be ; stolen. The machine is now in the shop, where the technician ; will try to clear out the fake alert virus, which is certainly ; no fake. ; ; Today's image is a scene quite deep in the period-26 radical on ; the north-by-west shore line of the main bay of the Mandelbrot ; set. ; ; The name "Wheel of Misfortune" refers to the out-of-action ; computer that is hopefully on the road to recovery. ; ; After careful consideration, I rated the image at an honorable 8. ; ; Since the image is a very deep one, the calculation time is a ; slow 18 minutes. And to make things worse, the finished image ; will NOT be posted to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; until hopefully some time next week. ; ; But salvation is at hand, for the image will soon be posted in ; high definition on Hal Lane's web site at: ; ; ; ; And don't forget the traditional web site at: ; ; ; ; Rain fell most all day Friday here at Fractal Central, with a ; temperature of a cool but very humid 73F 23C. The conditions ; were perfect on Saturday however, when the clouds of Friday gave ; way to Kodachrome blue skies, with cottonpuff white clouds, much ; lower humidity and a temperature of 86F 30C. The fractal cats ; were cat-like all day. ; ; The humans waxed angry when the computer got sick on Friday, but ; things settled down on Saturday. The next FOTD will be posted ; in 48 hours. Until then, take care, and let me know when (if ; ever) man reaches out toward the stars. The harsh fact is that, ; as long as we need to take our cumbersome bodies along, with all ; the necessary life-support equipment, we'll probably never get ; beyond the moon. It's just too damn expensive and the financial ; problems here on earth are too damn serious for us to waste ; money on such childish space-cowboy stuff. Too bad it was all a ; dream. So suck up, stop crying, and take it like a man. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= WheelOf_Misfortune { ; time=0:18:13.46-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 float=y params=0/0 center-mag=-0.1937408443716777257397830313851/0.65\ 43465677029328435966803440113/4.3905e+026/1/-19.5/0 maxiter=6000 bailout=6 inside=0 logmap=780 colors=00000A01B02C02D03E03F14G24H35I45J56K67L78M8\ 9N9AOAAPBAQCARBCSAEV9GY8I`7Kc6MhCOmIQrOSvUUzZVzcZz\ cczchzcmzcrzcvzeHUbGX`FZYEaWEcTDfRChOBkMBmPGkRLiTP\ gVUeXYcZba`f_bkYdoXamYZkZXi_Ug`SeaPcd_`hccmkhntmow\ rpzsqzurzwszxtzyuzzvzzwzzzP77N43M10WK0db0ea4fa7g`B\ h`Ei`Ii_Lj_Pk_SlZWmZZmZajYZgXXdWVbVT_URXUOVTMSRKPP\ INNGKMDHKBFI9CF79C57C39A9B9FC8KE6QF5VH4`I2eKBkLApJ\ IqIPqGWqFbrDirCprBwrIrpPmnWhlbdji_hpVfvResPcpOamN_\ jLYgKWdJUaISZGQWFOTEMQDKNBIKAGH9EE8CFHIFQOFYUFf_Fo\ eFwjPvknvktvtwvwzzzwrwuowslrpionfpldpjaqgZreWscTta\ Rt_SnZShYTbWTYVUSNHI0CI3LQ6UY9bsCqzIgeclYUcQ_aIWUF\ TNCQF9N87XPhYMYQ9BZKNgjldbcbWV`PM4YlCUcKQVSMM_76ZD\ A3IPBVvNc_Lc3WcONc`TcPRcoVcWmcFimEemEamDvmypmljm`d\ mPLmoSmWTm5Vm8XzBdztUzGWzFYzEzzIzzGzzEzztzzZzzSzzK\ zzIzzmzzmzzmzzmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;