; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:40:34 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-06-11 (Crack in Ringworld [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110622194039.150f8acc@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- June 23, 2011 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; When I wrote the description of the 'On the Wrong Track' image ; of June 21, I assumed that when the sequence of elements ; switches to order-7, the series increases in powers of 7. But ; when I checked, I found that the series actually grows by ; doubling the 7 elements, making a 7,14,28... sequence. My hasty ; error, which was first noticed by Hal, is made obviously clear ; in today's image, where the continued doubling of 7 is quite ; apparent. ; ; The scene is the area immediately surrounding the central ; minibrot of the June 21 image. I have intensified the colors to ; bring out the background pattern, where smaller order-7 ; minibrots fill the scene to infinity. Unfortunately, the ; magnitude of the image is at the limit of resolution, and these ; smaller minibrots are mostly beyond reach. ; ; The rating of an 8 includes a generous full-point reward for my ; coloring work, which I admit did make use of another program, ; but also manages to bring out some otherwise almost invisible ; inner detail and fills the screen with rarely seen shades of ; intense blue. ; ; The name "Crack in Ringworld" gives recognition to one of my ; favorite sci-fi series. It also refers to the crack in the ; expected smooth 'powers of two' sequence. ; ; The calculation time of just under 5 minutes is a bit on the ; slow side. Boredom may be held at bay however by viewing the ; finished image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and by viewing it in high-definition at: ; ; ; ; The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; A typical summertime day passed uneventfully here at Fractal ; Central on Wednesday. The temperature of 88F 31C was a little ; too warm for total comfort, while the clouds were a little too ; prevalent for sun lovers. The forecast of numerous showers ; proved to be a scare tactic, as not a single drop of rain fell. ; ; The fractal cats alternated between taking it easy and chasing ; each other up and down the hallway. The humans had a typical ; uneventful day. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. ; Until then, take care, and Atheism is doomed to forever remain ; an unconfirmed philosophy. (Just like Theism?) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Crack_in_Ringworld { ; time=0:04:54.05-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.1962128361703373/+0.6526484177635142\ /6.174367e+012/1/-51/0 params=7/1e+017/0/0 float=y maxiter=7200 inside=0 logmap=415 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000zz05Nb5Nb5Ne5Ne5Ng5Ng5Ng5Nj5Nj5Nl5Nl5Nl5\ No5No5jo5jqzzzzzzzzzzzzzzyzzxvzwpzvhzubztPzsKzoFzj\ GzeSxGNuEIsCGoCCg99`75X73S50N30I30E109005001000000\ 00000000000000000000000000100300500710910C10E30G30\ I50I50L50N70N70P90P90SC0VC0VC0XE0XE0ZG0`G0`G0bI0eI\ 0eL0gL0gL0jN0lN0lP0oP0oP0sS0sV0uX0uZ1x`3x`5zb7ze9z\ gCzjGzjLzlPzoXzq`zsezsjzuoxxsuzxszzqzzqzzqzzqzzqzz\ qzslzjgz`bzPZzGVz7Sz0Nz0Iz0Ez09z09z07z07z0Xz0hz0Xz\ 0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0h\ z0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Xz0oz0Xz0hz0Xz0hz0Qz0Qz01k01k01a00z0\ 0k00a00k00k00a00a00z00k10a10k10a10a10X10k10k10a10k\ 10i10f10d10d10b10`10Y10T10W10T10T10e10b10`10`10Z10\ X10X10V10S10S10P10P10N10N10L10LN0zN0GN0zN0Ej0zj0Cj\ 0zz09z0zz07zjzz05z0zzj3z0zzj1z0zzj0z0zzj5z0zz0Izjz\ z0Xz0zzjjz0zz0uz0zzjxz0zzjxz0xzjxz0xzjxz0xzjxz0zzj\ zz0zzjzz0zzjzz0zzjzzS`zjb } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;