; Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:18:22 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-07-11 (Mandelbrot's Pride [8]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110719221822.145f929a@pop.earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 19, 2011 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is merely an everyday scene in the conventional ; math range of the overworked Mandelbrot set, yet it rates a ; lofty 8. This rating is justified because I awarded myself ; 1-1/2 extra points for the coloring, which occupied a full hour ; of my limited time. Without the fancy coloring the image would ; have rated no more than a humdrum 6-1/2. ; ; The scene lies in the spiral seahorse-like tail of a tiny ; period-38 bud on the northwest shore line of the main period-2 ; bud of the Mandelbrot set. ; ; The maxiter of 15000 is a bit too low to fully resolve the ; large, unusually spectacular minibrot at the center of the ; image, but it results in the best coloring, so I posted the ; image slightly under-resolved. ; ; The name "Mandelbrot's Pride" is likely true. Mr. Mandelbrot ; was surely proud of his accomplishment of bringing fractals to ; the public attention (around the year 1980). But fractals, at ; least in their Julia aspect, were actually discovered many years ; earlier by Mr. Julia, who unfortunately had no computers to show ; the world what he had found. ; ; The calculation time of 9 seconds is insignificant when compared ; to a lengthy human life span of about 3,000,000,000 seconds, so ; go ahead, run the included parameter file and enjoy the image. ; You'll never notice the lost time. ; ; Another way to enjoy the image is to view it on the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; or in high-definition at: ; ; ; ; and don't forget the original web site at: ; ; ; ; Monday here at Fractal Central was hazy and hot, with a tempera- ; ture of 95F 35C that kept the fractal cats stretched on the ; coolest floor they could find. But at 6pm a noisy thunder-storm ; moved in, which dropped about 2.5cm of rain and lowered the ; temperature to 73F 23C. The thunder caused the fractal cats to ; grow alert, though they did not become alarmed enough to dash ; for cover. ; ; Tuesday began hot and muggy. By midday the temperature reached ; 90F 32C, which sent the cats once again into hot-weather mode. ; But a cooling thunder-shower arose around 5pm, which brought ; them back to life. ; ; The humans had reasonably uneventful days, which is the kind of ; day we enjoy. The sick computer is once again in full health, ; though with all the viruses out there, no guarantee of continued ; health can be given. The next FOTD will be posted in 48 hours. ; Until then, take care, and we'll never reach the stars until we ; find a way to leave our bodies behind. But when we do this, the ; universe will be ours. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandelbrot's_Pride { ; time=0:00:09.66-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.1375835316682\ 11/+0.2095148760940262/7.282211e+011/1/137.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=-2227 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=0008LV8NV8OV8PV8RV8SV8TV8TV8SV8ST8QS8PQ7NO5\ MN4KL0LK1MQ7NWDObIPcOQcVRcVTcVScVRcVQcVPWVOQVNLV83\ V01T01Q01O01N01K01I11H31V4Dg4O_ATMENDCM00A05B3BD8H\ DENEKTFQ_FVozYzzjLzlLzxNzcNxWNtOWzINmBNj4Ng0Nc0N`0\ LW0NY0OY0OY0QY0S_0S_0T_0T_0V`0W`0W`0Y`0_b0_b0`b0Yg\ 0`b0bY0eV0gQ4hN8lIDmFHoBNs7St4Wx0`z0ez0jz0oz0xz0tz\ 0sz0ox0ms0ll0hg0gb0eY0bS3`N5_I7WEAV8DT4EQ0HO0KN0LQ\ 0KS0KT0KV1KW3KY5K_8K`AKbDKeEKgHKhIKjLKlOKmQKoTKqVK\ sYKveIt_KtVKtQKsLKsHKsDKs8Kq4Kq0Kq0Kq0Ks0Ls0Ls0Lt0\ Lt0Lt0Lt0Nv1Nv3Nv4Nx4Nx5Nx7Ox8OzAOzAOzBOzDOzEOzFQz\ HQzHbzIbzKbzLbzNbzNbzOszQszSszTszTsvSzvQzzVzzVzzVz\ zEzzHzzLzzKzzKzzKzzIzsIzsIzsIzsHzsHzsHzsHzsFzsFzsF\ zsFzsEzsEzsEzhEzhDzhDzhDzhDzhBzhBshBshBsjAsjAslAsl\ AsmAsmAso8so8sq8sq8ss8ss8st7st7sv7sv7sx7sx7sz7sz5s\ z5sz5sz5sz5sz5sz4sz4sz4sz4sz4sz4sz4sz5sz5jz5bz5Wz5\ Wz5Wz5Wz5Yz5Yz5YzD3zK3zS4 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;