; Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:44:30 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-06-05 (Many Ways to Go [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20050610114610.2aa7dc9c@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 10, 2005 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In today's modern world, there is simply too much information. ; No one can know everything about a single topic. One must ; specialize in a narrow area if they hope to break new ground, ; make new discoveries, become famous and perhaps rich. Except ; for the riches, the same is true of the field of fractals, ; which is infinite in an infinity of ways. ; ; For some reason, I became fascinated with midgets, (or atoms, ; minibrots, or molecules, as they are sometimes called), soon ; after I discovered the world of fractals. I did not do it ; intentionally. The world of fractals certainly extends far ; beyond midgets. But to me, a midget kind of defines the nature ; of the particular area of the particular fractal in which it ; lies. ; ; For example, today's image shows a midget in the fractal that ; results when portions of Z^(-1.6) and Z^(-8.5) are mixed and ; (1/C) is added. I named it "Many Ways to Go" because when ; searching for it, I had many opportunities to take a wrong turn, ; yet somehow found the right path to the midget. ; ; The scene has the typical nondescript appearance of scenes in ; inside-out fractals with negative exponents of Z. It is rather ; chaotic, the chaos mostly hiding the inevitable discontinuities. ; I have emphasized the different levels by varying the colors. ; But colors alone do not make a great fractal, and I could rate ; today's image no higher than average, which is a 5. ; ; To make matters worse, the render time is a dragging 29 minutes. ; But things can be made to go faster by downloading the finished ; image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The temperature reached only 88F 31C here at Fractal Central on ; Thursday, but the humidity was very high, which made it feel ; worse than yesterday. The cats are not bothered by high ; humidity however, and chose to stay outside until a shower came ; up at 3pm, when they scampered for cover indoors. Despite ; having their day cut short, their moods were unexpectedly good. ; With the work pretty much up to date, my mood was good also. ; Today is starting cloudy and muggy. With the work still under ; control, I expect a similar day ; ; The next FOTD will appear in 34 hours. Until then, take care, ; and what path would the sun describe in the sky of a four- ; dimensional planet? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Many_Ways_to_Go { ; time=0:28:43.01--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.61173239305630500/-0.154330402516033\ 00/3.041086e+012/1/122.5/-0.0365804834360021272 params=-0.8/-1.6/-0.2/-8.5/-3/100 float=y maxiter=3600 inside=0 logmap=560 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000hPugPufPuePtdPtcPtbPtaPs`Ps_PsZPsYPrXPrW\ PrVPrUPqUPqUPqUPqUPpTPpSPpQPpOPoNPoMPoLQoKSnJTnHVn\ FWnDYnBZn9`o7ao5co3dp1fp0gp0hp5eqCcrKarRZsZXteVt`X\ rXZqT`pObnKdmGflChk7ji3lh0ng0nf0me0id0gc1cb3aa4Za6\ W`7T_9QZANYBLYJMRzdLzaEzY8zV1zS0yP0wQ0uN0sM0qL0mK0\ iJ0eI0aH0YG0WF0UE0SD1QC1OB2NA2M93L83K73I64G54E45C3\ 5A358F70Q80RB0RE0SG1SJ2SM3TO4TR4TT5UW6UZ7V`8Vc9VfA\ WhBWkBWmEYjH_hK`fNbdQdbTe`WgZZiWajUdlSgnQjoOmqMprK\ mmMjiNgePd`QbXR_TTXOUUKWRGXPCYUMTYVPacKelGU`NIPU6D\ `01g03h15i47j79jABkDDlGFlJHmMJnPLnSNoVPpYRp`TqcVrf\ Xzi_zlczohzimzcbiZbcTbZObTIlOCfI7rD1c70c22a18`0D_0\ JZ0OY0UX0_W0dV0jU0oT0kS5gREcQM_PVWObSNkPMsQOqQPpQR\ oQSnQUmQVlQWkQYiQZhQ`gQafQbeQddQecQgaQh`Qi_QkZQlYQ\ nXQoWQpVPoUOoTNoTMoSLoRKnRJnQInPHoPGpOFqNErNDsMCtL\ CuLFvNHwPKxRMyTOzURzWTzYVz_Yz`_zbazddzffzghzikzkmz\ mozndziVzeFzT0zH0za0zT1zL } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;