; Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:50:26 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 05-02-11 (On What Y-Axis [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110204195020.16efddf4@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- February 05, 2011 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is a dip into one of the axes of the Mandelbrot ; set. We've had a lot of these axis-dips lately, but as far as I ; know, almost all of these dips have been into the X-axis. The ; reason is that the X-axis is a well-defined line of symmetry, ; while the Y-axis, the axis of today's dip, is a vague thing, ; with nothing to point it out amid its chaotic surroundings. ; ; The minibrots along the X-axis have an orderly arrangement that ; makes them quite interesting and artistically rewarding. Mini- ; brots along the Y-axis do not exist. The Y-axis does pass ; through some (an infinity) of minibrots, but it does so by acci- ; dent, and the minibrots can lie in any orientation. ; ; Today's minibrot lies not exactly on the Y-axis, merely very ; close to it, which explains the name "On What Y-Axis?" I could ; have found a minibrot that is actually intersected by the ; Y-axis, but I ran out of patience when, what I hope was one ; final fit of coughing erupted and put me in a cranky mood. If ; I had found a minibrot that actually intersected the Y-axis ; however, it would have looked almost like today's. ; ; The rating of a 5 is an admission that I could have done better. ; ; The calculation time of exactly 6 seconds will pass like an ; evening in June (in the Northern Hemisphere). The trip to the ; currently active FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; will take a somewhat longer time, but it will totally eliminate ; the small task of running the included parameter file. ; ; Meanwhile, keep in mind the original FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; I'm not sure what will eventually become of the original site, ; but it still holds all the images and discussions prior to ; November 2010. ; ; The cloudy sky in the south gave stark contrast to the clear ; blue sky in the north here at Fractal Central on Friday, with ; the dividing line directly overhead. The temperature rose from ; a daybreak low of 9F -13C to an afternoon high of 30F -1C. Un- ; fortunately, the clouds in the south blocked most of the sun, ; driving the fractal cats to their shelf by the heat. They ; leaped down only to help finish the latest bowl of chicken soup. ; The forecast is for more snow and ice on Saturday. ; ; The rest of the day was spent getting the routine work caught ; up and pondering a philosophical question raised by FL -- what ; is wrong with people in the world? The next FOTD will be posted ; in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and look alive even if ; you're not. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= On_What_Y-Axis? { ; time=0:00:06.00-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.0000000009492\ 813/+0.6374553763585818/2.9e+010/1/157.5/0 float=y params=0/0 maxiter=32000 inside=0 logmap=-1400 colors=000zzzNNwC4IC6KC9MCBOCDQCGSDIUDLWDNYDPcDScD\ UmDXmEKzEMzEPzERwEUsKWqUUxebsponzrizzfzuezqdzmdzhc\ zdbK`bHWaFS`DO`BJ_9FZ4CW7BZ9B`BAbDAdG9fI9hK9kM8mP8\ oR7qT7sW3xV7uUAsTDqSGoRJmRNkQQiPTgOWeNZcMaaMe_LhYK\ kWJnUIqSItQLqRNnRPkRRiRTfSVcSXaSZZS`WScUTeRTgOTzzT\ zzTzzUzzUzzUzzUzzTzzUzzUzzVzzVzzWzzWzzWzzXzzXzzYzz\ YzzZzzZzzZzz_zz_zz`zz`zz`zz_zz_zz_zzZzzZzzZIzZIzYI\ zYIzYIzXIzXIzXIzXHzXGzXGzXFzXFzXEzXDzXDzXCzXCzXLzS\ TzN`zIhzEazAVz5Oz1Pz3Qz4Qz6Rz7Sz8SzATzBTzDUzEVzFVz\ HWzIWzJ`zOdzThzYmzbqzguzlvzetzWqzMozCmz2gz2bz2Yz2T\ z2Vz5Xz7Zz9`zCbzEdzGfzJhzLjzNlzPjzOhzOfzNdzNbzMazM\ bzQczUdzXez`fzcbze_zfXzgUzhRzjOzkLzlIzmFznCzp9zq6z\ r3zs0zt4zq8znBzlFziJzfMzdJzbHzaFz_CzZAzX8zW6zV7zU8\ zSAzRBzQCzODzNFzMGzKHzJJzIKzGLzFMzELzJKzNJzRJzVIzZ\ HzbHzfJzgLzgNzgOzgQzgSzgUzgVzgXzgZzg`zgazgczgezggz\ ghzgezibzk_zmYzoVzqSzsPzu } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;