; Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:55:52 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 12-01-08 (Ultra-Extremism [10]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080111184539.0d97e1f2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 12, 2008 (Rating 10) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image rates a 10. This is no mistake. To find it, I ; went as deep as possible into Seahorse Valley to highlight one ; of the things there that I call peanut holes. ; ; I named the image "Ultra-Extremism" because it takes everything ; to the extreme. To start, the maxiter of 2,147,483,647 is the ; program's limit, and even with this maxiter there are open holes ; in the image. Next, the magnitude of 1.7*10^13 is at the limit ; of the conventional math routine, and finally, the calculation ; time of almost 7 hours is the limit of practicality. (Arbitrary ; precision math would finish the image in about 700 hours, or one ; month.) ; ; Since the image sets a new record in so many aspects and also is ; artistically pretty good, I decided to give it a rating of a 10, ; the highest possible rating, very rarely achieved. ; ; Perhaps the most interesting thing in the image is its lack of ; resemblance to anything that might be expected in a typical ; Seahorse Valley image. The net-like features, for one thing, ; are nowhere in evidence in the normally explored parts of the ; valley. ; ; I strongly advise against calculating the image yourself. The ; calculation time of almost 7 hours on my fastest machine will ; stretch into days on anything slower. The way to view the image ; is to go to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where I have already sent the image for rapid posting. ; ; Friday started with heavy low clouds and rain here at Fractal ; Central, but at noon the rain ended and the sky cleared, leading ; to a most pleasant afternoon with a temperature of 48F 9C. The ; fractal cats celebrated by sleeping. ; ; My day was rather busy during the 7 hours the fractal cooked. ; But the wait was worth it. The next FOTD, probably not as good ; as today's but still worthwhile, will be posted in 24 hours. ; Until then, take care, and be thankful. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ultra-Extremism { ; time=6:57:45.09-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.75000000009776880/+0.000007999957639\ 72/1.702597e+013/1/15/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2147483647 bailout=9 inside=255 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0000If0Gf0Ef0Cf0Af08f06h04h02h00h00h00h00f0\ 0d00a00Z00W00T00Q00O00N00N00N00P00R00T00W00Z00a00c\ 00d00d00d00d00d00d00d01d02d03d04d05d06d07d08d09d0A\ d0Bf0Cg0Dh0Ei0Fj0Gk0Hl0Im0Jn0Ko0Lp0Mq0Nr0Os0Pt0Qu0\ Rv0Sw0Tx0Uy0Vz0Wz0Xz0Yz0Zz0_z0`z0az0bz0cz0dz0ez0fz\ 0gz0hz0gz0ez0cz0az0_z0Yz0Wz0Uz0Sz0Qy0Ov0Ms0Ks0Is0G\ s0Eq0Cn0Ak08h06f04d02b00_00Y02Y04_06Y08W0AT0CR0EP0\ GN0IK0KI0MG0OG0QE0SC0UW0ZW0cT0hT0qT0yR0vR0vR0sR0sP\ 0qP0qP0qN0nN0nN0kK0kK0hK0hI0fI0fI0dG0dG0bG0bE0bE0_\ E0_C0YC0YC0WC0WA0TA0TA0R80R80P80P60P60N60N40K40K40\ I20I20G20G10E10E10N00I00E10A208404601800A00C00G00I\ 00K00N00P00R00T00Y00W00W00W10W40WA2WE8WKCWPIWTPW_W\ WdbWkhWqqWvvWzzWzzfzzszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzszzfz\ zWzzWzzWzzWzuWzpYzkYzfYzaYzaYzfYxkYwp_uu_sz_qz_oz_\ mz_kz_izbgzcezhczmazw_zzYzzWzzUzzSzvQzrOymMshKnfIk\ dGfdEddC_dAWd8Td6Qd0Nd0Kf } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint