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fractint-digest       Thursday, August 27 1998       Volume 01 : Number 281




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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 14:34:36 -0700
From: kathy roth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) sending images

Hi- I'm getting my contest entries ready to send,
and I sent them to myself as a 640x480 both
anti-aliased and not anti aliased to check the
appearance.  I sent them as a gif .
I have not done this before and I know that
a lot of you have done work with web
pages and reducing images to thumbnails etc.
I was surprised at how much the images suffered.
They lost a lot of the detail, and these were images
where a lot of the interest was in the detail rather
than in the big composition.  I guess this was because
I sent them as 640x480 and when you view them as
an attachment in netscape it blows them up.  I liked
the images as viewed in PaintShopPro better not
anti-aliased but as sent they looked better anti-aliased.
Anyone have comments?


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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:40:15 -0500
From: "Damien M. Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) sending images

Kathy,

 - I'm getting my contest entries ready to send,
 - and I sent them to myself as a 640x480 both
 - anti-aliased and not anti aliased to check the
 - appearance.  I sent them as a gif .

That might have been part of your problem. :-)  After you're done
anti-aliasing the images, they will be 24-bit, so when you save them in
.GIF format, you are reducing back to 256-color.  This will normally
introduce considerably more loss than saving the anti-aliased image as a
JPEG file.

For some general guidelines on saving fractals in JPEG format, try this page:

    http://www.fractalus.com/misc/png-jpeg.htm

For tips on anti-aliasing images, try this page:

    http://www.fractalus.com/misc/antialias.htm

Damien M. Jones   \\
[e-mail]  \\  Fractalus Galleries & Info:
                    \\  http://www.fractalus.com/

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:40:04 -0400
From: Peter Jakubowicz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) What is a fractal?

Is a fractal an object of a process, or is looking at it this way like
trying to prove whether the continuum hypothesis is true of false? TIA






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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:16:24 +0200
From: "Hans Bomers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) click for larger version

Ellaine Tillinghast wrote:

But a question
>I have wasted too much time on so far arises. What size is the most
>popular to have come at you when you check out somebodies' sites. The 3
>most common seem to be 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. If you feel like
>answering, you may send directly to me and I'll be happy to post a tally
>in a few days.

I think you would best use 1024*768 pictures in jpeg-format:
Most people use *at least* 800*600 as their desktop-resolution. When you
save the pictures in jpeg they won't be too big anyway, so why not use a
bigger resolution? I would think that especially whit fractals it's much
nicer viewing the pictures in a big resolution.
By the way; fractals made in fractint are 256 colors anyway, so why not use
gif: maybe that's even smaller than jpeg in that case.
I hope I understood your question well, and that my answer is usefull :-)

cubic



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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:30:00 +0200
From: "Hans Bomers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) click for larger version

Ellaine Tillinghast wrote:

But a question
>I have wasted too much time on so far arises. What size is the most
>popular to have come at you when you check out somebodies' sites. The 3
>most common seem to be 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. If you feel like
>answering, you may send directly to me and I'll be happy to post a tally
>in a few days.


Most people use *at least* 800*600 for a desktop-resolution, but 1024*768 is
a bit much for ictures on a site. And jpeg is the most space-saving format,
so I think 800*600 jpeg is an excellent format: Smoothe pictures that are
not too big.
Fractals made in fractint are 256 colors anyway, so you could use gif. But
the pictures will be smaller when saved as jepg.
I hope I understood your question well, and that my answer is usefull :-)

cubic




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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:35:20 +0200
From: "Hans Bomers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Page experiment

Jim wrote:

>   I've finally begun to get the hang of it......slightly.  Here's a new
page
>with my images.  I can't figure out why *Inner Peace* appears the way it
does,
>but it's kind of neat actually.<G> And I still need to align the
>thumbnails....maybe. Enjoy~
>   http://members.aol.com/JimBeau549/jim3.htm


To the opposite of some other fractal-sites , your site doesn't only contain
very nice fractals: The site looks very friendly too. The layout is simple
but nice.
I like the site.

cubic


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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:40:45 +0200
From: "Hans Bomers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Sorry for sending a message twice

Hi all
(especially Ellaine)

I send a reply on Ellaines message twice.
The last one is the one I *meant* to send:
the first one should be in my recycle bin, actually.

appologies,

cubic


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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 18:39:14 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fwd: The Beatles Updated  <VERY Funny!>

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In a message dated 8/23/98 8:26:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, FAQ-
[e-mail] writes:

>                   The Beatles Updated  <VERY Funny!>
>                    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>         Yesterday
>         ---------
>
>   Yesterday,
>   All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
>   Now my database has gone away.
>   Oh I believe in yesterday.
>
>   Suddenly,
>   There's not half the files there used to be,
>   And there's a milestone hanging over me
>   The system crashed so suddenly.
>
>   I pushed something wrong
>   What it was I could not say.
>
>   Now all my data's gone
>   and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
>
>   Yesterday,
>   The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
>   I knew my data was all here to stay,
>   Now I believe in yesterday.
>
>
>    ====================================
>
>         Eleanor Rigby
>         -------------
>    Eleanor Rigby
>    Sits at the keyboard
>    And waits for a line on the screen
>    Lives in a dream
>    Waits for a signal
>    Finding some code
>    That will make the machine do some more.
>    What is it for?
>
>    All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
>    All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
>
>    Guru MacKenzie
>    Typing the lines of a program that no one will run;
>    Isn't it fun?
>    Look at him working,
>    Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
>    It takes a while...
>    All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
>    All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
>
>    Eleanor Rigby
>    Crashes the system and loses 6 hours of work;
>    Feels like a jerk.
>    Guru MacKenzie
>    Wiping the crumbs off the keys as he types in the code;
>    Nothing will load.
>    All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
>    All the lonely users, why does it take so long?
>
>    ====================================
>
>         Unix Man
>         --------
>    He's a real UNIX Man
>    Sitting in his UNIX LAN
>    Making all his UNIX plans
>    For nobody.
>
>    Knows the blocksize from du(1)
>    Cares not where /dev/null goes to
>    Isn't he a bit like you
>    And me?
>
>    UNIX Man, please listen(2)
>    My lpd(8) is missin'
>    UNIX Man
>    The wo-o-o-orld is at(1) your command.
>    He's as wise as he can be
>    Uses lex and yacc and C
>    UNIX Man, can you help me At all?
>
>    UNIX Man, don't worry
>    Test with time(1), don't hurry UNIX Man
>    The new kernel boots, just like you had planned.
>    He's a real UNIX Man Sitting in his UNIX LAN
>    Making all his UNIX .plans For nobody ...
>    Making all his UNIX .plans For nobody.
>
>    ===================================
>
>         Write in C ("Let it Be")
>         ------------------------
>    When I find my code in tons of trouble,
>    Friends and colleagues come to me,
>    Speaking words of wisdom:
>    "Write in C."
>
>    As the deadline fast approaches,
>    And bugs are all that I can see,
>    Somewhere, someone whispers:
>    "Write in C."
>
>    Write in C, Write in C,
>    Write in C, oh, Write in C.
>    LOGO's dead and buried,
>    Write in C.
>
>    I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
>    For science it worked flawlessly.
>    Try using it for graphics!
>    Write in C.
>
>    If you've just spent nearly 30 hours,
>    Debugging some assembly,
>    Soon you will be glad to
>    Write in C.
>
>    Write in C, Write in C,
>    Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
>    BASIC's not the answer.
>    Write in C.
>
>    Write in C, Write in C
>    Write in C, oh, Write in C.
>    Pascal won't quite cut it.
>    Write in C.
>
>    ==========================
>
>         Something
>         ---------
>    Something in the way it fails,
>    Defies the algorithm's logic!
>    Something in the way it coredumps...
>    I don't want to leave it now
>    I'll fix this problem somehow
>    Somewhere in the memory I know,
>    A pointer's got to be corrupted.
>    Stepping in the debugger will show me...
>
>    I don't want to leave it now
>    I'm too close to leave it now
>    You're asking me can this code go?
>    I don't know, I don't know...
>    What sequence causes it to blow?
>    I don't know, I don't know...
>
>    Something in the initializing code?
>    And all I have to do is think of it!
>    Something in the listing will show me...
>    I don't want to leave it now
>    I'll fix this tonight I vow!
>


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Subject: The Beatles Updated  <VERY Funny!>
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                  The Beatles Updated  <VERY Funny!>
                  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

       Yesterday
       ---------

 Yesterday,
 All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
 Now my database has gone away.
 Oh I believe in yesterday.

 Suddenly,
 There's not half the files there used to be,
 And there's a milestone hanging over me
 The system crashed so suddenly.

 I pushed something wrong
 What it was I could not say.

 Now all my data's gone
 and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.

 Yesterday,
 The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
 I knew my data was all here to stay,
 Now I believe in yesterday.


  ====================================

       Eleanor Rigby
       -------------
  Eleanor Rigby
  Sits at the keyboard
  And waits for a line on the screen
  Lives in a dream
  Waits for a signal
  Finding some code
  That will make the machine do some more.
  What is it for?

  All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
  All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

  Guru MacKenzie
  Typing the lines of a program that no one will run;
  Isn't it fun?
  Look at him working,
  Munching some chips as he waits for the code to compile;
  It takes a while...
  All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
  All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

  Eleanor Rigby
  Crashes the system and loses 6 hours of work;
  Feels like a jerk.
  Guru MacKenzie
  Wiping the crumbs off the keys as he types in the code;
  Nothing will load.
  All the lonely users, where do they all come from?
  All the lonely users, why does it take so long?

  ====================================

       Unix Man
       --------
  He's a real UNIX Man
  Sitting in his UNIX LAN
  Making all his UNIX plans
  For nobody.

  Knows the blocksize from du(1)
  Cares not where /dev/null goes to
  Isn't he a bit like you
  And me?

  UNIX Man, please listen(2)
  My lpd(8) is missin'
  UNIX Man
  The wo-o-o-orld is at(1) your command.
  He's as wise as he can be
  Uses lex and yacc and C
  UNIX Man, can you help me At all?

  UNIX Man, don't worry
  Test with time(1), don't hurry UNIX Man
  The new kernel boots, just like you had planned.
  He's a real UNIX Man Sitting in his UNIX LAN
  Making all his UNIX .plans For nobody ...
  Making all his UNIX .plans For nobody.

  ===================================

       Write in C ("Let it Be")
       ------------------------
  When I find my code in tons of trouble,
  Friends and colleagues come to me,
  Speaking words of wisdom:
  "Write in C."

  As the deadline fast approaches,
  And bugs are all that I can see,
  Somewhere, someone whispers:
  "Write in C."

  Write in C, Write in C,
  Write in C, oh, Write in C.
  LOGO's dead and buried,
  Write in C.

  I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
  For science it worked flawlessly.
  Try using it for graphics!
  Write in C.

  If you've just spent nearly 30 hours,
  Debugging some assembly,
  Soon you will be glad to
  Write in C.

  Write in C, Write in C,
  Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
  BASIC's not the answer.
  Write in C.

  Write in C, Write in C
  Write in C, oh, Write in C.
  Pascal won't quite cut it.
  Write in C.

  ==========================

       Something
       ---------
  Something in the way it fails,
  Defies the algorithm's logic!
  Something in the way it coredumps...
  I don't want to leave it now
  I'll fix this problem somehow
  Somewhere in the memory I know,
  A pointer's got to be corrupted.
  Stepping in the debugger will show me...

  I don't want to leave it now
  I'm too close to leave it now
  You're asking me can this code go?
  I don't know, I don't know...
  What sequence causes it to blow?
  I don't know, I don't know...

  Something in the initializing code?
  And all I have to do is think of it!
  Something in the listing will show me...
  I don't want to leave it now
  I'll fix this tonight I vow!


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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:15:37 -0700
From: kathy roth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) sending images

Thanks, Damien. Great page.  And
thanks for hosting the contest.

 http://www.fractalus.com/misc/png-jpeg.htm



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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:12:46 -0700
From: Ray Montgomery <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Spam?


    Opinion?

    Just read a posting from Damascena.  Maybe humorous, maybe not - but ended
up as spam.  Am I wrong?

    One of the joys of this message list has been freedom from advertisers.
No magazine or newspaper ads, no commercial breaks, no posters - just
people with common interests exchanging opinions and advice.

    Am I wrong?  Don't want to impose a view but the end of that posting
seemed dangerously close to an ad.  The humor was the come-on leading to
the advertisement.

    I DID think the parodies were amusing.  What a shame it was not left at that.

                        Ray


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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:22:34 -0700
From: "Mike and Linda Allison" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Spam?

Hi, Ray!

> . . . the end of that posting
>seemed dangerously close to an ad.  The humor was the come-on leading
to
>the advertisement.
>
> I DID think the parodies were amusing.  What a shame it was not left
at that.


I don't object to the mailing.  Even the "advertising" related to a free
mailing of jokes and humorous materials.  I might feel differently if
there was a charge involved.

I do see your point, though.  If everyone posted their interesting and
humorous thoughts instead of just their fractal info, the mailing list
could get out of hand in a hurry!

Linda


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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:07:20 +1200
From: "Morgan L. Owens" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Spam?

At 16:22 26/08/98 -0700, Linda wrote:
>
>I don't object to the mailing.  Even the "advertising" related to a free
>mailing of jokes and humorous materials.  I might feel differently if
>there was a charge involved.
>
There was an ad for a book in there as well; but I'm prepared to let this
one pass this time - it may well have been a mis-addressing (something I've
done in the past myself!) and giving the benefit of the doubt.

Morgan L. "Munificence Incarnate" Owens


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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:15:09 -0400
From: Paul DeCelle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) New Images on Web

Hello, All--

I've added a new page to my site (No pop-ups!) and have resized my
full-size 1024 X 768 images to 640 X 480 in an attempt to cut down on
load time.  I'd be interested in feedback on the relative merits of the
different image sizes for browser viewing.

My PAR and FRM files are specific to each image, uploaded at TXT files.
Question:  Would it work better to combine all the PARs and all the FRMs
for the images on each page into just a single PAR file and a single FRM
file at the bottom of the page?  The way I have it set up now requires
some file manipulation to set them so Fractint recognizes them.  Any
suggestions?

New page:  http://members.xoom.com/PaulDeCelle/Exhibit4.html
Contains six images so far, heavily inspired and influenced by Sylvie
Gallet's wonderful formulas..

Regards, Paul

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:57:00 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Pickover's Book "Chaos and Fractals"

Chaos and Fractals: A Computer Graphical Journey


Chaos and Fractals: A Computer Graphical Journey
A 10 Year Compilation of Advanced Research
Edited by Clifford A. Pickover
Elsevier, August, 1998, ISBN 0-444-50002-2
Lots of Color Plates and Computational Recipes!
Book can be ordered from www.amazom.com, or from
http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/6/0/1/2/5/9/



Overview:

These days computer-generated fractal patterns are everywhere, from squiggly designs on computer art
posters to illustrations in the most serious of physics journals. Interest continues to grow among scientists
and, rather surprisingly, artists and designers. This book provides visual demonstrations of complicated
and beautiful structures that can arise in systems, based on simple rules. It also presents papers on
seemingly paradoxical combinations of randomness and structure in systems of mathematical, physical,
biological, electrical, chemical, and artistic interest. Topics include: iteration, cellular automata, bifurcation
maps, fractals, dynamical systems, patterns of nature created through simple rules, and aesthetic graphics
drawn from the universe of mathematics and art. Chaos and Fractals is divided into six parts: Geometry
and Nature; Attractors; Cellular Automata, Gaskets, and Koch Curves; Mandelbrot, Julia and Other
Complex Maps; Iterated Function Systems; and Computer Art. Additionally, information on the latest
practical applications of fractals and on the use of fractals in commercial products such as the antennas
and reaction vessels is presented. In short, fractals are increasingly finding application in practical products
where computer graphics and simulations are integral to the design process. Each of the six sections has
an introduction by the editor including the latest research, references, and updates in the field. This book
is enhanced with numerous color illustrations, a comprehensive index, and the many computer program
examples encourage reader involvement.

Bibliographic Information: Beautiful-Quality Large Hardbound, High-Quality Paper and Color.
ISBN: 0-444-50002-2, 448 pages.

Contents

Introduction

Part 1. Geometry and Nature
Chaos game visualization of sequences (H. J. Jeffrey). Tumor growth simulation (W. Dⁿchting).
Computer simulation of the morphology and development of several species of seaweed using
Lindenmayer systems (J.D. Corbit, D.J. Garbary). Generating fractals from Voronoi diagrams (K.W.
Shirriff). Circles with kiss: a note on osculatory packing (C.A. Pickover). Graphical identification of
spatio-temporal chaos (A.V. Holden, A.V. Panfilov). Manifolds and control of chaotic systems (H.
Qammari, A. Venkatesan). A vacation on Mars - an artist's journey in a computer graphics world (C.A.
Pickover).

Part II. Attractors
Automatic Generation of strange attractors (J.C. Sprott). Attractors with dueling symmetry (C.A. Reiter).
A new feature in HΘnon's map (M. Michelitsch, O.E. R÷ssler). Lyapunov exponents of the logistics map
with periodic forcing (M. Markus, B. Hess). Toward a better understanding of fractality in nature (M.
Klein, O.E. R÷ssler, J. Parisi, J. Peinke, G. Baier, C. Khalert, J.L. Hudson). On the dynamics of real
polynomials on the plane (A.O. Lopes). Phase portraits for parametrically excited pendula: an exercise in
multidimensional data visualisation (D. Pottinger, S. Todd, I. Rodrigues, T. Mullin, A. Skeldon).
Self-reference and paradox in two and three dimensions (P. Grim, G. Mar, M. Neiger, P. St. Denis).
Visualizing the effects of filtering chaotic signals (M.T. Rosenstein, J.J. Collins). Oscillating iteration paths
in neural networks learning (R. Rojas). The crying of fractal batrachion 1,489 (C.A. Pickover). Evaluating
pseudo-random number generators (R.L. Bowman).

Part III. Cellular Automata, Gaskets, and Koch Curves
Sensitivity in cellular automata: some examples (M. Frame). One tub, eight blocks, twelve blinkers and
other views of life (J.E. Pulsifer, C.A. Reiter). Scouts in hyperspace (S. Shepard, A. Simoson). Sierpinski
fractals and GCDs (C.A. Reiter). Complex patterns generated by next nearest neighbors cellular automata
(W. Li). On the congruence of binary patterns generated by modular arithmetic on a parent array (A.
Lakhtakia, D.E. Passoja). A simple gasket derived from prime numbers (A. Lakhtakia). Discrete
approximation of the Koch curve (S.C. Hwang, H.S. Yang). Visualizing Cantor cheese construction (C.A.
Pickover, K. McCarty). Notes on Pascal's pyramid for personal computer users (J. Nugent). Patterns
generated by logical operators (M. Szyszkowicz).

Part IV. Mandelbrot, Julia and Other Complex Maps
A tutorial on efficient computer graphics representations of the Mandelbrot set (R. Rojas). Julia sets in the
quaternions (A. Norton). Self-similar sequences and chaos from Gauss sums (A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier).
Color maps generated by "trigonometric iteration loops" (M. Michelitsch). A note on Halley's method (R.
Reeves). A note on some internal structures of the Mandelbrot set (K. J. Hopper ). The method of
secants (J.D. Jones). A generalized Mandelbrot set and the role of critical points (M. Frame, J.
Robertson). A new scaling along the spike of the Mandelbrot set (M. Frame, A.G. Davis Philip, A.
Robocci). Further insights into Halley's method (R. Reeves). Visualizing the dynamics of the Rayleigh
quotient iteration (C.A. Reiter). The "burning ship" and its quasi-Julia sets (M. Michelitsch, O. E.
R÷ssler). Field lines in Mandelbrot set (K.W. Phillip). A tutorial on the visualization of forward orbits
associated with Siegel disks in the quadratic Julia sets (G.T. Miller). Image generation by Blaschke
products in the unit disk (H.S. Kim, H.O. Kim, S.Y. Shin). An investigation of fractals generated by z 1/z
- -n + c (K.W. Shirriff). Infinite-corner-point fractal image generation by Newton's method for solving
exp[-a ( + z)( - z)] -1 = 0 (Y.B. Kim, H.S. Kim, H.O. Kim, S.Y. Shin). Chaos and elliptic curves (S.D.
Balkin, E.L. Golebiewski, C.A. Reiter). Newton's methods for multiple roots (W.J. Gilbert). Warped
midgets in the Mandelbrot set (A.G. Davis Philip, M. Frame, A. Robucci). Automatic generation of
general quadratic map basins (J.C. Sprott, C.A. Pickover). Part V. Iterated Function Systems. Some
nonlinear iterated function systems (M. Frame, M. Angers). Balancing order and chaos in image
generation (K. Culik II, S. Dube). Estimating the spatial extent of attractors of iterated function systems
(D. Canright). Automatic generation of iterated function systems (J.C. Sprott). Modelling and rendering of
nonlinear iterated function systems (E. Gr÷ller).

Part VI. Computer Art
Automatic parallel generation of aeolian fractals on the IBM power visualization system (C.A. Pickover).
Julia set art and fractals in the complex plane (I.D. Entwistle). Methods of displaying the behaviour of the
mapping z z2 + (I.D. Entwistle). AUTUMN - a recipe for artistic fractal images (J.E. Loyless).
Biomorphic mitosis (D. Stuedell). Computer art representing the behavior of the Newton-Raphson
method (D.J. Walter). Systemized serendipity for producing computer art (D. Walter). Computer art from
Newton's, Secant, and Richardson's methods (D. Walter). Author index. Subject index.

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:10:28 -0700
From: Ray Montgomery <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) DeCelle site address

    Went to Paul's new page site, got a drop-down box, 'address not found.'
    Checked both my typing and the address as posted and both were the same,
so there is a problem, - somewhere.
    Paul, is the address as posted correct?

                    Ray


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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:48:37 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) DeCelle site address is okay as typed

Ray Montgomery wrote:
>
>         Went to Paul's new page site, got a drop-down box, 'address not found.'
>         Checked both my typing and the address as posted and both were the same,
> so there is a problem, - somewhere.
>         Paul, is the address as posted correct?
>

After reading your posting, Ray, I went to the original message and clicked on
the indicated Web site. Got to it with no problem at all.

Bob Margolis

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:52:05 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New Images on Web

Hi Paul!

In a message dated 98-08-26 22:15:30 EDT, you write:

<< I've added a new page to my site (No pop-ups!) and have resized my
 full-size 1024 X 768 images to 640 X 480 in an attempt to cut down on
 load time.  I'd be interested in feedback on the relative merits of the
 different image sizes for browser viewing.   >>

I find 640 x 480 more compatible with my monitor (15") size and of course
quicker to download!

<<My PAR and FRM files are specific to each image, uploaded at TXT files.
Question:  Would it work better to combine all the PARs and all the FRMs
for the images on each page into just a single PAR file and a single FRM
file at the bottom of the page?   >>

Definitely!

<<New page:  http://members.xoom.com/PaulDeCelle/Exhibit4.html
Contains six images so far, heavily inspired and influenced by Sylvie
Gallet's wonderful formulas..>>

Ahhh... Sylvie Gallet!!   I like your bat image and Hurricane at Midnight.


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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:23:34 +0200
From: "Dean-Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Spam?

I don't object to this particular mail. If such mail is occasionally posted, I
don't mind.

I don't mind the 'ad'. Remember, the ad was inside the att. If the mail isn't
interesting to you, I reckon you don't take a look at the att (and so the
ad) --- at,add,ad --- and don't see the ad then.

So, IMHO, there's no need to complain about the ad. Actually, the real ad was
at the beginning, not at the end.


Christian

PS.: Don't think I've added additional adds, ads, ats and atts :-)

Add. PS.: I only know the Beatles from a previous lifetime. Of the original
songs mentioned, I know only titles (except for Yesterday, which I can even
sing along). So to me the texts were somewhat humorous, but I missed the full,
hmm... well, atmosphere, I guess.




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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:30:26 +0200
From: "Dean-Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New Images on Web

Paul wrote:

>My PAR and FRM files are specific to each image, uploaded at TXT files.
>Question:  Would it work better to combine all the PARs and all the FRMs
>for the images on each page into just a single PAR file and a single FRM
>file at the bottom of the page?  The way I have it set up now requires
>some file manipulation to set them so Fractint recognizes them.  Any
>suggestions?


I'd say there definitely needs to be a par file containing all par entries.
And a separate file for the frms (instead of frm: entries in the par file).

Depending on the size, it *might* be a good idea to *also* provide a zipped
version of the par file.

Christian








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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:33:41 +0200
From: "Dean-Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) New Images on Web

Mark wrote:

>I find 640 x 480 more compatible with my monitor (15") size and of course
>quicker to download!


If you find 640x480 "more compatible with your 15" monitor", I wonder what
you'd think suitable for a 12" laptop screen :-)

You either have a real bad monitor or really underestimate your monitor. :-)

Christian




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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:57:21 +0200
From: "Dean-Christian Strik" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) click for larger version

Hans wrote:

>By the way; fractals made in fractint are 256 colors anyway, so why not use
>gif: maybe that's even smaller than jpeg in that case.
>I hope I understood your question well, and that my answer is usefull :-)


Although fractint images are actually 256-color, more and more people are
starting to anti-alias their images -- see
www.fractalus.com/misc/antialias.htm for details -- and then get true color
output. Of course gif can't be used anymore then.

Christian




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