; Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:15:26 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-12-10 (The Great Pyramid [4+4=8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20101205221530.103fb536@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 06, 2010 (Rating 4+4=8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image has a strange rating. In my opinion, the image, ; which shows a surrealistic view of a pyramid, is worth a rating ; of an 8. But I found the image on the 'Fractal Creations' CD, ; in the 'dodson' directory, under the name 'Martian'. I could ; not take full credit for the image, so I split the difference, ; giving half the credit to Dodson and the other half to myself. ; ; I have no idea who Dodson is, but some real person certainly ; created the original image, which is a modified rendering of the ; Sierpinski Gasket. All I did was take that image and make a few ; coloring changes, which made the triangle more closely resemble ; an actual pyramid. ; ; The name "The Great Pyramid" refers not to the one in Egypt, but ; to the one we once hoped existed on Mars, next to the hill that ; resembled an alien head. The Martian head and pyramid have ; since been found to be merely light-and-shadow effects, but it's ; still fun to imagine they were sculpted long ago by a vanished ; race of Martians. ; ; The image finishes in a miraculously brief one second. This ; short time leaves no excuse for failing to render the image from ; the parameter file, unless, that is, the fractalist is burdened ; by a DOS-illiterate computer or an e-mail program that insists ; on inserting nonsense characters into the e-mail. ; ; If the image is yet not available on the original FOTD web site, ; there is a chance I will soon be able to put up a new FOTD web ; site and keep it current until Paul gets back on his feet. The ; original site can be found at: ; ; ; ; The cold, blustery conditions continued here at Fractal Central ; on Sunday, which was a virtual repeat of Saturday. The fractal ; cats had a virtual repeat of their Saturday, though with more ; human company to observe their displeasure. ; ; My day was spent getting caught up in various non-work things. ; The next FOTD, almost certainly an original, will be posted in ; all of 24 hours. Until then, take care, and then take even more ; care, but do not take too much care, or nothing will be left. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Great_Pyramid { ; time=0:00:01.01-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=0 type=sierpinski center-mag=0.245756/0.2509\ 58/1.155207/1/-135/0 float=y maxiter=1000 bailout=9999 inside=253 outside=summ logmap=yes finattract=y periodicity=0 colors=0AKO9WO8WO8WO8WO8WO8WO8WOAWO9WOBWOAWODWOCWP\ CWQEWREWSFWTFWTGWUGWVHWVHWWIXXJXYJXYKXZLX_LX_MX`NX\ aNXaOXbOXcPXdQXdQXeRYfSYfSYgTYhUYiUYiVYjVYkWYkXYlX\ YmYYnZYnZYo_Yp`Zp`ZqaZrbZrbZscZtcZudZueZveZwfZwgZx\ gZyhZzi_zi_zj_zj_zk_zl_zl_zm_zn_zn_zo_zp_zn_zq_zn`\ zq_zq_zo_zpZznZzoZzoYznYznYzmXzmXzlXzlWzlWzkWzkVzj\ VzjVzjUyiUyiUxhUxhTwgTwgTvgSvfSufSueRteRsaRsdQsdQq\ bQrcPqbPqbPpbOpaOoaOo`On`Nn`Nm_Nm_MlZMlZMkYLkYLjYL\ iXKiXKhWKhWJgVJgVJfVIfUIeUIeTIdTHdTHcSHcSGbRGbRGaQ\ FaQF`QF`PE_PE_OEZODZODYNDYNCXMCXMCWLCWLBVLBVKBUKAU\ JATJATJ9SI9SI9RH8RH8QG8QG7PG7PF7OF6OE6NE6I92KB4MC5\ NE6PF7RG8SI9UJAWKBXMCZND`OEaQFcRGeSIfUJhVKjWLkYMm_\ Nn`OpaPrbQtcRueSwfTyfTxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUx\ gUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgUxgVxgVxgVxgVxgVwgV\ wgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgVwgWwg\ WwgWwgWwgWwgWwgWwgWwgWwgW } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;