; Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:41:22 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 17-12-11 (Patriotic Overload [7.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20111218094307.37c7ae46@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 17, 2011 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image lies in the same parent fractal as yesterday's. ; But today, instead of checking East (actually west) Valley, we ; check the large minibrot on the main spike pf the parent, which ; is actually a positive spike. ; ; The first thing we find is that this is no ordinary minibrot. ; It is a strange thing consisting of a main bay with 3 large ; lobes -- a north lobe, south lobe and east lobe. The single ; main spike terminates in the East Valley of this minibrot, ; though two large secondary spikes shoot out northeast and south- ; east beyond it. Today's scene lies in the valley separating the ; east lobe of this minibrot from the south lobe. ; ; I named the image "Patriotic Overload" because of the red, white ; and blue color scheme. I rated it at a 7-1/2 because the colors ; are little more than a tweaking of the colors of yesterday's ; image. ; ; As for the image itself, it will take 2-1/4 minutes of running ; the parameter file to make a fair judgement. My own opinion is ; that the image is mostly splashy coloring rather than true math- ; ematical interest. ; ; To see the image without the task of calculation, surf over to ; the official FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Its hidden splendor, if any, may be viewed at: ; ; ; ; where it is posted in high-definition. ; ; The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: ; ; ; ; where the early years of the FOTD are posted. ; ; Clouds moved in just after sunrise to shut off the sun here at ; Fractal Central today, while the temperature reached a high of ; 43F +6C. With a brisk wind and obscured sun, this felt cold, ; but actually the day's temperature was well above normal, as it ; has been for several months. The fractal cats must have ; approved of things, for they chased each other up and down the ; long FC hallway for a good hour this evening. ; ; The FC people, FL and I, had an average uneventful day, which is ; just plain dull, but also real reality, and not the contrived ; reality they show on TV. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and some erudite scholars have shown that people believe ; in God because our race has evolved a 'god-module' in its brain, ; which causes us to believe in such irrational things as ; invisible magicians in the sky. I guess we must now believe ; that the universe was created by the sum of all 'god-modules'. ; Either this, or it 'just happened'. ; ; My belief is that we will need to transcend reason to solve such ; problems as creation. (Come to think of it, science has already ; gone beyond reason, but rationalists will not admit it.) ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Patriotic_Overload { ; time=0:02:15.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=+0.87405088849344960/-0.005293645937834\ 91/7.668013e+008/1/-55/0 params=11/1.9/-11/2.1/0/0\ /0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000A4EB7HFAIHFLJILKKLQSUUYcY`m_gvclzgozmoup\ ptrqxuqyvryuqyspypoymmtjknehh_ebV`YOVRKMMFEHABA487\ 0650320300300300800C20I93MG6SM8WTBaXEe`HkdJohMrlNr\ hOjbR`YUSTQLMMFHIBDK7AO37R22U00X00_00b00a00e0Ah0Gk\ 0Dn0Ap07r06t0Eu0Lx0Qy0Xy0`y2ew3jw4nw6tw7xw8ywAyv8y\ v7xv6ru4nu3iu2es0`s0Xs0Rs0Nm3Wf7a_BhUFnOJuRNvSRxUV\ yVYyXayYey_iyakyboycsyewyfzymsirmLwg0Xv56zD8zHBzLD\ vPFrRHnWJjZKfaNbeQZiRVlURpVNtYJvZFyaByb7y_ExYKpVRh\ SY`RbTmediabeYbaUaZRabVWfZPibImfCoj5sn0vq0yn1zk7zi\ GzfMzcUza`zZhzXnzUuzRvzOvvNvrKvnJvjHveEvaDvYAvU8vQ\ 6vM4vUIx_Vyggynuyuzyyqiz_RmJ9c30e40f60g76j89eAI_BL\ YDUUEXQFeNHhJIqEJtAKv4My0Ny0Ny0My6MyAMvFMtKKqOKnUK\ fYKdbJWgJMkJDqJ3uJ2f_QSqmEzyAfv6Hi30X20Z20a02d04e0\ 8h0Bj0El0In0Kq0Ot0Ru0Ux0Vy0Uy0Au0At0As0Ar0Aq0Ao0Am\ 0Ak0Ai0Ag0Ae0Ac0Aa0A_0AY0AW0AU0AR0AO0AL0AI0AF09C08\ 9076063050040040030020010 } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;