; Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:18:22 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 01-03-13 (Zombie Apparition [Not Rated]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20130301161712.3877b942@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 01, 2013 (No Rating) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Be warned! Prepare! The zombies are coming! No one is safe! ; They are being spotted more often in large cities such as New ; York, and I hear reports of scattered zombie outbreaks in other ; parts of the country. These reports would be about as amusing ; as the reports of space aliens if the zombies were not real and ; did not have the unpleasant habit of arising at night to stumble ; around the neighborhood and feed upon any living beings they ; might find. And we all know what happens when a living being is ; fed upon by a horde of zombies -- the being dies! ; ; But the situation is not totally hopeless. Protective measures ; are available. A few days ago I spotted a hungry zombie ; stumbling along the street near FC in search of food. Before I ; fled in terror, I managed to take a fractal photo of its gaunt ; face. Today's image shows a close-up of the creature's face ; just as it pops from its grave. So if you spot anything like ; this in your neighborhood, be aware that your life is in dire ; danger. Do not try to fight it off. You cannot kill it -- it ; is already dead. Run, do not walk to the closest zombie shelter ; and start to pray. ; ; Hey, maybe I'll make March fractal zombie month. ; ; To bring the unworldly demon to light and warn the world of what ; is coming, I simply raised the escape radius of yesterday's ; image to 1,000,000, and there the monster was, in his full ; horror. ; ; The name "Zombie Apparition" says it all. ; ; Since ratings mean nothing to those who have been devoured by ; zombies, I did not bother to rate the scene. ; ; The calculation time of 45 seconds is optional. A shift to ; passes=g will cut the time notably but miss a lot of the smaller ; debris, while the shift to passes=1 will double the time but ; reveal all the zombie debris. ; ; The finished image in 640x480x256 GIF resolution is posted at: ; ; ; ; Higher definition versions are available at: ; ; ; ; The back images are available at: ; ; ; ; Lots of clouds, a brisk north wind and a temperature of 41F +5C ; kept today feeling like a midwinter one here at Fractal Central. ; The fractal cat was unconcerned with the temperature, since he ; was on zombie watch all morning. When nothing showed up by ; lunch time, he glommed my favorite chair and turned defiant, ; making me sit elsewhere. FL had a bad day, with her flu bug ; hanging on longer than we think it should. ; ; The next FOTD, hopefully zombie free, will be posted when the ; time is right. (I couldn't be any more vague than that.) Until ; whenever, take care, and if God is asleep, as I hear the ex-pope ; sometimes wonders, maybe someone had better wake up the Deity. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Zombie_Apparition { ; time=0:00:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=t center-mag=0.201835/0.00487195/0.4183674/1/103.75/0 params=-1.4/-7.4/-7.4/-1.4/0/1000000/0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 periodicity=6 colors=000000000FDF00N00h01Q03l15T27p20_2Bt31d3Fx3\ CV3Jv3Dc3Mm4Gh5Oc6PZ7VUKYWX_YiaZlcasccvdfxghzijwfh\ ucgzafzeezQczRbzTazU`zVZzXYzYXzZWz_VzaXzcYzdZzf`zh\ azibzkdzleznfzphzqizsjztkzslzsmzsmzsnzsnznzznzzmzb\ hzgmzpwzkrzjrzjrzgqzdpzaozZnzWmzUlzRkzOkzLozIizGZz\ DgzAfz7ez4_z2dzFazRZzbWznTzzGzxazvPztPzsPzqPzoPzmP\ zlPzjPzhPzgPzeOzcNzZWzUdzPmzPlzQjzQhzQfzQdzQczYazd\ `zkZzrYzyXzrXzkXzdXzYXzRXzKXzDXz6Xz0Xz3_z5az7czAez\ CgzEizGkzJnzLpzNrzQtzSvzUxzWzzXxzYwzZvz_t_`s`araaq\ b`qdZrfYrhXrjVslUsnTspSsrUnkWjeYf__bUYmRWmNVmKUmJU\ mIUmHUmGQmCMm8Im5FmBDmHAmM8mS6mXCm_HzbMzezzhzzkzzn\ zzqzzszztzzuzzwzzxzzyzzzzzwzztzzszzrzzrzzlzzgzzbzz\ YzzTzzOzzXzzezznzzwzzuzzszzrzzpzzozzmzzlzz`zzYzzWz\ zUzzSzzQzzbzznzzczzUzzJzz9zzIzzRzzZZzQkzHxz8RzKNzK\ JzLGzLCzMBzIAzK9zM8zO7zQ6zS6zT5zV4zX3zZ2z`2za5zV8z\ PBzIEzCCz2Jz1Jz1Jz1Gz4Dz6 } 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 ;