; Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:01:05 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-03-12 (Cheap Satisfaction [7.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20120323220326.2b5f7ee2@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 23, 2012 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "Cheap Satisfaction". Unfortunately, the ; word 'cheap' often implies a lack of quality, so "Less Expensive ; Satisfaction" might have been a better name. This name would ; not have fit into the 18-character space however. ; ; The less-expensiveness refers to the parent fractal -- the one ; and only Mandelbrot set, which in the Fractint program has been ; programmed for top speed, and despite its almost hackneyed ; familiarity, still holds an infinity of unseen images. An image ; such as today's, with its calculation time of under 15 seconds, ; must certainly be considered cheap. ; ; The unusually rich minibrot in the image lies in a spiral in a ; mini Julia set on a filament in the south branch of the Seahorse ; Valley of the large minibrot on the west branch of the filament ; extending from the large period-3 bud on the north shore of the ; main bay of the Mandelbrot set. (Try to read this aloud without ; taking a breath.) ; ; I might have given the image a rating a point or so higher ; than the 7-1/2, but when I saw the final fractal, the colors ; impressed me as being somehow too busy and overly gaudy. ; ; One thing that no one can complain about however is the ; calculation time, which even at the indicated 15 seconds is far ; too slow. On many machines the image will be finished before ; the monitor can switch to super-vga mode -- an incredibly small ; price to pay for any fractal. ; ; For satisfaction that is even less expensive, check the finished ; image on the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; For more intense, equally inexpensive satisfaction, check the ; high-definition version at: ; ; ; ; All the thousands of past FOTD images and discussions are ; available online at: ; ; ; ; The day began with fog here at Fractal Central, giving the ; impression of a dreary day to come, but by late morning the fog ; cleared off, leading to a very pleasant afternoon with lots of ; hazy sun and a summer-like temperature of 79F 26C. The fractal ; cats enjoyed the sun while the humans, who were too busy to ; enjoy the sun, merely observed it. ; ; The next FOTD is due to be posted in 24 hours. But tomorrow is ; Saturday, and the Saturday FOTD's are often rather late, so ; there is no guarantee of promptness. Until then, take care, and ; strive to bring justice to others, but don't expect to receive ; it in return. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Cheap_Satisfaction { ; time=0:00:10.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-0.1623501688944\ 752/+1.035181817925384/1.317e+012/1/-8/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=8400 inside=0 logmap=1025 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00000800900A00B00C00D00E11F22G33H44I55J66K7\ 7L88M99NAAOBBPCCQDDPEEOGGNIINKKMMMLOOKQRJSTJUVIWXH\ XZGY`FdbFfdEkgDoiCpkBrmBwoAwq9ws8wu8ztAytCxtEwtGvt\ IusKusMusOusQusSzrUzrWzrYzr_zrazrczqdzqdzqewqewqev\ qfuqftqfspgrpgspgsphsphsphtpitpitoiuojuojuojuokvok\ vokvolwnlwnlwnmwnmxnmxnnxnnxnnvloujpshprfqpdqobrnY\ TbZ4Jn2c7sSsYESHxJvSlciEOb9GJ48RLYDAH8dM4KBOsFG`A8\ I5tjqaV_JFIEjuy3yi2iV1VF0FfEppWf1l10_00O00C0dg9FFQ\ l9qW6_G3IwGiU8N0kC0_90O60C3sjvSNTMSmVZJScKIWD9L6AH\ B7D85H52U2F_AV`7LP5AC2`0Jl2S_1LO1EC07IKh9AMCXs9Oe6\ GS3aESlQzzJESD7E64z92e61L3z5`e3OL1CdFuUBfK7TA3EnhN\ aXHPMBCB5a_UPOKCCALTOAECmJ6`E4P93C41l`mOIPgZqMHRha\ 0R39KK6Da46`2_B4OK2CU1HFvMUbBUJdVjeUjKYjUQjUajUbjU\ djUejmZzmWzmdz3nz2wFNoUfghz_vkmZYmBZmA_mA`mAamAam9\ bm9zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzizzjzzkzzlzzmzzmzznzznz\ zozzozzpzzpzzqzzqzzrzzrzz } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;