; Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:13:59 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-03-12 (Cat's Cradle [7.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20120322081620.385f4c82@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 21, 2012 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The FOTD is late again. So what else is new? ; ; Today's image is named "Cat's Cradle". I gave it this name when ; the intricate network of filaments reminded me of the string- ; between-the-fingers pastime that so often kept me occupied as a ; child, when I had nothing else to do and had not even imagined ; fractals. ; ; The scene lies on the X-axis of its parent fractal, which is a ; Mandelbrot set so infected with Z^3 energies that even on its ; surface it is beginning to change into a cubic Mandeloid. The ; exact location is inside a valley that juts from the west into ; the second bud out the X-axis. ; ; There is little else to say about the image except to invite all ; fractal fans to sit back and enjoy it. ; ; The rating of a 7.5 has been raised from the 7 of an earlier ; version of the same image, which I changed because it had too ; much of a sickly green hue to it. ; ; The calculation time of a mere 20 seconds will pass in a flash, ; but the resulting image will be fully gratifying. ; ; Find instant gratification on the official FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Exult in the glories of the high-definition version online at: ; ; ; ; The entire collection of back images is online at: ; ; ; ; A pleasant mix of puffy clouds and brilliant sun made today an ; enjoyable one here at Fractal Central. The temperature of 70F ; 21C fully pleased the fractal cats, who spent the afternoon ; lounging in the sunlight. The humans had a day of minor ; political disagreement over what to do about the high cost of ; energy. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 12 hours, give or take a few. ; Until then, take care, and let's stop complaining about minor ; things like gay people getting married and the damage being done ; by hydraulic fracking, and start worrying about huge things like ; the potentially deadly pollution caused by motor vehicle exhaust ; in the large cities. (And I'm still searching for proof that ; the radiation emitted by cell-phone towers and by the wireless ; devices that are used addictively by so many children is totally ; safe.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Cat's_Cradle { ; time=0:00:20.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip center-mag=-1.317327697886724/0/3.826598e+010/1/90\ /0 params=3/10/0/0 float=y maxiter=200 inside=0 logmap=36 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000000001002203404625846A66D87GB8JE9MHAPKCS\ NFUQKUUPVXUX_Z_cccgchkcmocrscvvczxzzzzvvcrrUmoKhkB\ cgCZdCU`DPXDNUFMSHKQJJOKHMMGKOEIPDGRCDTACU9BW7AY69\ Z49`39b29c5Cd8FdBHdEKdGMdJPdMSdPTeSVeUWeXYe__eb`ee\ begcecag``hY_iVYkSXlPWmMVnKYjJ`gHcdGeaFhZDkWCmTApQ\ 9sN8uKBsLDrMFqNHoOJnPLmQNkRPjSRiTTgUVfVXeWZcX`bYba\ ZbaZcc_ce_cg_WifOkmHmsGooFqlEshEueDwbCxZCyWBzSAzPA\ zM9zI8zF8zCZzOUzZUzaUzcUzebzgYziSzkNzmIzoJzlKziKzf\ LzcMz`MzYNzVNzSOzPPzMPzJQzGQzEVzM_zUczahzimzqqzxrz\ qrzkrzerz_szUszOszIszCqzFpzHozJmzLlzNkzQizShzUgzWe\ zYd9`c9ba9d`9f_9hdIahQVmYOqeIrcGrbFraDr_CrZArY9rW7\ rV6rU5nQ9jNDfKHbGLZDPVASYDU_GWaJYcL_eOagRciUekWfmZ\ hoajqdlsfnuipwlrynswonupispdqq_oqVmrRkrMisHgsCet7d\ t3er4fq5fo6gn7hl8hk9iiAihBjgCkeDkdElbFmaGm_HnZInYJ\ l`MjbPhdSffUdhXbj_`laZndXpgVriUofUlcUi`TgYTdWTaTT_\ QSXNSUKSRIRPFRMCRJ9RH7YQJ } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;