; Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:18:45 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-11-12 (Total Absurdity [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20121123191611.0d9770a8@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 23, 2012 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image places the emphasis on the large minibrot on the ; main stem of the Mandelbrot set. Yes, that is the large ; minibrot itself, appearing as the two large bays at the top of ; today's image. The M-set is the half-squashed thing at the ; bottom right of the frame. ; ; The name "Total Absurdity" refers to the ridiculous distortion ; of today's image, and also to a comment I heard on the lunch- ; time news show. ; ; The image rates a 6, a point above the most recent Mandelbrot ; distortion, yet well below FOTD average. ; ; The calculation time of 1-1/4 minutes is mercifully brief. The ; image is also avaliable on the web sites. ; ; See the finished image online at: ; ; ; ; Check the hi-def variations at: ; ; ; ; And return to the past where the back images are posted at: ; ; ; ; Morning sun gave way to afternoon clouds here at Fractal Central ; today. The temperature of 54F 12C was mild enough, but a cold ; front is drawing close, and by Saturday we'll be lucky to see a ; high of 41F +5C. The fractal cats spent the day taking it easy, ; while the humans tended to human chores. The next FOTD will be ; posted when the time is right. ; ; Until whenever, take care, and believe it or not, on the lunch- ; time news show today, a so-called 'scientist', (I wonder if he ; really was a scientist.), was asked what we might do about ; global warming. He ignored the question and replied 'put the ; electric wires underground'. If this were economically ; possible, which at a cost of several million dollars per mile, ; it is not, it would certainly improve the appearance of our ; surroundings, but it didn't seem to prevent a massive outage in ; Manhattan when they were flooded, and I'm not sure how it would ; fight global warming. The question of what the 'scientist' ; thought we might do about global warming, remained unanswered. ; ; BTW, my solution to the problem of power outages is to return to ; the instruction book and trim *all* the trees that might fall on ; power lines in a wind or ice storm. My solution to global ; warming is to stop debating whether it exists, (it does), and to ; spend our money preparing for it instead of wasting energy ; trying to pass futile laws to slow or stop it. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Total_Absurdity { ; time=0:01:15.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandelbrotFNC function=exp center-mag=-4.32344/-1.39951/0.1838365/2.1609/-90/0 params=2/0/0/0/-1.768651397/0.001551282 float=y maxiter=7500 inside=0 logmap=yes periodicity=0 colors=000iaQibQhcRheRgfSggTfiTfjUekUemVdnVdoWcqXc\ rXbsYbuYavZcyYawZ`vZ_uZYsZXr_Wq_Up_Tn_Sm`Ql`Pj`Oi`\ MhaLgaKeaJdaHcbGbbF`bD_bCZcBXc9Wc8Vc7Ud5Sd4Rd3Qd2P\ d5Qc7Rc9SbBTbDUaFVaIWaKX`MX`OY_QZ_S_ZU`ZXaZZbY`cYb\ dXddXfeWifWkgWmhVoiVqjUskUukUsjWriYqh_pgaofcneemdg\ ldikckjbmiaoh`qg_sfZugYweZvcZvbZu`Zu__tY_tX_sV_sU_\ rS`rR`qP`qN`qM`pKapJaoHaoGanEanDbmBbmAbl8bl6ck7bl7\ bl7bl7bm8bm8bm8bm8bn8bn9bn9bo9bo9boAboAbpAbpAbp9`t\ AbpAdmAfiAgfAicBk_BmXBnTBpQBrNCtJCuGCwCCy9Cz6Hs8Ll\ 9QfAU_BZTDbNEgGFk9Gq2Eo3Hn4Jm5Ll6Nk7Pi8Sh9UgAWfBYe\ C_cDbbEdaFf`Gh_HjYHmZIlZIl_Il_Ik_Ik`Ik`Ij`IjaIjaIj\ bIibIibIicIhcIhcIhdIgdIgeIgeIgeIffIffIffIegIegIegI\ edKbbM_`OXZQUXSRVUOTWMRYJP_GNaDLcAJe7Fk6Hg5Ic5J_4L\ W4MT3NP3PL2QH2RE2YAWd6x`AsYEnVHiSLdPP_MSVJWQGZLEXN\ DWPCVRAUT9TV8RX6QZ5P`4Ob3Nc5Oa6P`7Q_8QZ9RYASXBTVCT\ UDUTEVSFWRGWQHXPJYNKZMLZL } frm:MandelbrotFNC {; Jim Muth b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+fn1(pixel): z=z^(b)+c, |z| <= 16 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; > ; > ; >_______________________________________________ ; >Fractint mailing list ; >Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ; > ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;