; Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:31:51 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 25-01-11 (Hidden Minibrot [9]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110124223152.13cf41d0@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 25, 2011 (Rating 9) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Things were quite busy again here at Fractal Central on Monday, ; which left little time for an intensive fractal search, but the ; war-horse Mandelbrot set again rushed to the rescue with an ; infinitesimal minibrot in the East Valley of a larger but still ; infinitesimal minibrot at the tip of the main spike. ; ; Images of minibrots near the tip of the main spike are common, ; but today's image is colored well enough to raise the image to ; a superlative 9. And most surprising, the colors were created ; with a tap of the key and only a few small tweaks by ; the human fractal tapper. ; ; Way out here on the spike, the bailout radius has a great effect ; on the appearance of the image. Raising the bailout of today's ; image to 10 totally destroys the artistic effect. (Lowering it ; to 3 is even worse -- the image vanishes.) ; ; The name "Hidden Minibrot" is not the name of an upcoming ; Chinese movie. It refers to the minibrot at the center, which ; does not become visible until a magnitude of 10^100 is reached. ; Actually, I have already been down there, and can report that ; the minibrot has potential. ; ; One thing that could be improved is the calculation time of ; today's image, which at 1/2 hour, is inconveniently long. But, ; considering the image's magnitude of over 7*(10^93), this is not ; unreasonable. ; ; The calculation may be forgotten by viewing the finished image ; on the current FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; but before going there, allow a short time for Hal to calculate ; and post the image. ; ; The traditional FOTD web site is available at: ; ; ; ; Those wondering when my own FOTD web site will be up and running ; will be disappointed by the news that, due to the heavy graphic ; design work, we made no further progress on Monday. ; ; The temperature rose from a very cold start of -4F -20C to a not ; very balmy afternoon max of 19F -7C here at Fractal Central on ; Monday. The day began sunny, but by midday the clouds moved in, ; with a forecast of light snow to come at night. The fractal ; cats were disappointed when the sun failed to reach their window ; shelf before the clouds arrived, but they found comfort on the ; shelf by the heat. ; ; As reported above, my day was very busy. FL's day was even ; busier. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, ; take care, and try to keep your fractal politically correct. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Hidden_Minibrot { ; time=0:30:33.42-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.9999\ 99999999995570588474637616346760358903286522128797\ 5190794248519602192032643927978653766431435/0/7.09\ 7126e+093 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=12000 inside=0 colors=000SegQciPbjOakN`lM_nLZoKXpJWqIVsHUtGTuFSvE\ BIHDLKEONFROGSPHTQIU00URKWS0XTKYT0ZUO_VP`VQaYUYaYU\ wdppcgjbZdaQZ`HDT4LX7T`9`dBhhEplGxoIczERfK6`jFLPzz\ ce_CazfN63SBAWGH_DF_LN_SV__b`ij_fi_di_bhZ`hZZgZXgb\ Qm`TjZVgYYdW_aUbZTdWRgTXZGMhOLkLJnIIqFGtCFw9Ez6Mp7\ Tf7_X8fN8mD9t49r5Cq5Fp6Ho6Kn6Nm7Pl7Sk7Vj8Xi8_h8bg9\ df9ge9iUaOIz2Ty9czGnqNxmTnePdYLVQILIEBABR_GSaKSbOT\ cSTdVUeZUfbVgfVhi_ghdfhiehnehhajcZlZVnTSpOOrJLtEIu\ JOpOUlTWhYYdbk`gqXlzTmtWnrYnp_onapldpjfqhhqfjndkkb\ liamf_ndZoaXp_WqXUrUSsSRtPPuNOvKMwKMwFJUDIUFMUHPUJ\ TULWUN_SPbLQiDNeDLaEJUEGPFEMGCKGAIH7HI5GI3FJ1EJ30F\ 50B708A07C07EA6GF6JG6LI5NJ5PL4SM4UN4WP3YQ3_R3`NJaJ\ YaGlcHjdIheIffJdhJbiK`jK_kLYmMWpMUrNStNQvOOxONzY`m\ hmsghd_bX40O40G40840ZJEXHDSFDZDCeBBlKBsUAzcAuUEoKI\ jAMdCQ_ETVFbRHrMJzIKzKMzMOzOQzQSzSUzUVzWXzYZz_`Uab\ ObcMmWLzOLzGKz9KzdWze_zec } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;