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fractint-digest        Sunday, October 29 2000        Volume 01 : Number 504




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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:15:11 -0600
From: Tim Wegner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) On topic please

Looks to me like the various parties have already decided to drop
the off-topic discussion, so this is probably a redundant reminder.

If you are not the list moderator (and if you are not me you are not
the moderator), posts policing other users posts are off topic. The
reason for this is simple. If Joe Blow posts a silly message and
acts like a jerk, your post correcting him just adds to the off-topic
noise, even if you are right. There is just no way to complain about
another post without being off topic. Can't be done.

Even posts responding to THIS post on the list are off topic, even if
you say "Right on, Tim, wow are you ever a moderating genius!!" :-)

If you really feel a thread is out of hand, alert me by private email. I
moderate the list with a very light hand. As lists go, this is a pretty
civil one. Very occasionally I quiet people down by private email,
and even more occasionally I've been known to boot people off the
list (almost never happens). If you do email me privately requesting
that something be done about some list management issue, I'll
always look into it.

I am certainly glad Jim posts his fractal of the day. A lot of people
get a lot of pleasure out of it. Now that everyone understands the
mechanics of what happens first, second etc. etc. in the FOTD
posting process, that matter has been laid to rest.

Happy fractalling ...

Tim






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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:39:10 -0500
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: Your FOTD post

Karl Simanonok wrote:
>
> Understandably, as the owner of the list ....

I assume you are being sarcastic with this remark, since he is not the
owner nor administrator (or are you completely unaware?).

>
> I wrote Jim Muth shortly after subscribing to your
> list about the poor links in his FOTD posts and he
> indicated that it had something to do with how his
> ISP operates (if I remember correctly).

I seriously doubt that you remember anything what so ever, since Jim
hasn't established his own website yet.  And I feel that Jim would not
even indicate such things to you.

>
> There are many sites which do offer ample free space....

You'll need at least 200-MB to start off with, for that is approximately
what is being used at the moment.


Sincerely,
P.N.L.
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:56:49 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) Enough Already

What a tempest in a teapot.
I just had to change my subscription to digest mode.

Jim Muth and Paul Lee do us all a great service and I'm sure I speak for most
members in saying how much I appreciate their efforts.

It takes a while after Jim posts the FOTD before Paul can update his site,
which Jim is now trying to make as clear as possible in his notes.
This is a simple concept. Deal with it.
If not, then just bookmark Paul's site and go there whenever you wish and
enjoy whatever is there.

Everybody has had their say. Now can we please let this topic just die a
merciful death.

Thank you,
Lee Fairbanks

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 20:08:43 -1000
From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) (Fwd) Re: Wired News Daily [Broadband Could be Hackland  - 10/

On 23 Oct 00 at 17:49, TipWorld wrote:

> Blurring the Lines of Digital Art (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
> http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39558,00.html?tw=wn20001023
> The Whitney Museum of American Art's BitStreams will
> focus on the ways in which artists are creating a new
> and extraordinary range of artistic expression out of
> the myriad capabilities of digital technology. Reena
> Jana reports from New York.

Another blast of bits from David
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/aliasjj/   http://www.hawastsoc.org/
For the best Hawaii & Pacific Basin surf forecast:
    http://www.surfreporthawaii.com

Random Thought for this Nanosecond
When I grow up, I want to be a crackpot! (D.Jones)



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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:01:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD  25-10-00  (Fractal Peanuts [7])

FOTD -- October 25, 2000 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's fractal, which pictures a tiny midget surrounded by a
neon-like series of arcs, with electric blue spots of color
scattered about, rates a slightly exaggerated 7.  I named the
picture "The Wheel Invented" because of the roughly circular
pinkish ring around the midget.  The expression that created the
image, 1.11Z^(-11.1)+11.1Z^(-1.11)+(1/C), which is almost
impossible to type accurately, is a result of my indefatigable
whimsy.

The magnitude of today's scene is actually slightly beyond the
limit of resolution, and had to be forced by setting the
mathtolerance command to /1.  I have included this command in
the parameter file so that it will render the scene correctly.
The slight degradation is visible at the edges of the bands,
which are slightly jagged.  At a resolution of 640x480 this
degradation is barely noticeable, but at higher resolutions it
becomes more noticeable.  Therefore rendering today's image at a
resolution greater than 640x480 is pretty much a wasted effort.

Having such a high magnitude, the image renders slowly from the
parameter file, requiring a 23 minute wait that would try the
patience of a yogi.  But the file of the GIF image downloads in
less than one minute from:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

if your ISP carries the binary groups and if your news-reader
can decode binary attachments.

The GIF file will also soon be available on the Web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

as soon as Paul can get it posted.

The fractal weather today was less than perfect, with the
variable cloudiness, occasional spits of rain, and temperature
of only 65F (18C) keeping the fractal cats in a foul mood.
Their surliness finally erupted late this afternoon in a noisy
squabble that left Thomas with a nicked ear.  The dynamic duo
spent the rest of the afternoon sitting back-to-back, actively
ignoring each other.

As for me, I'm certainly not going to ignore shut-down time here
at Fractal Central any longer.  The day is done, I'm exhausted,
the cats are still moody, and the TV is playing downstairs.
It's time to call it a day and slump into my TV chair to watch
something -- the junkier the better.

Until tomorrow, take care, and start looking for pictures of
Fractal Central, the fractal cats, and maybe even myself.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:03:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD  25-10-00  (The Wheel Invented [7])

FOTD -- October 25, 2000 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's fractal, which pictures a tiny midget surrounded by a
neon-like series of arcs, with electric blue spots of color
scattered about, rates a slightly exaggerated 7.  I named the
picture "The Wheel Invented" because of the roughly circular
pinkish ring around the midget.  The expression that created the
image, 1.11Z^(-11.1)+11.1Z^(-1.11)+(1/C), which is almost
impossible to type accurately, is a result of my indefatigable
whimsy.

The magnitude of today's scene is actually slightly beyond the
limit of resolution, and had to be forced by setting the
mathtolerance command to /1.  I have included this command in
the parameter file so that it will render the scene correctly.
The slight degradation is visible at the edges of the bands,
which are slightly jagged.  At a resolution of 640x480 this
degradation is barely noticeable, but at higher resolutions it
becomes more noticeable.  Therefore rendering today's image at a
resolution greater than 640x480 is pretty much a wasted effort.

Having such a high magnitude, the image renders slowly from the
parameter file, requiring a 23 minute wait that would try the
patience of a yogi.  But the file of the GIF image downloads in
less than one minute from:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

if your ISP carries the binary groups and if your news-reader
can decode binary attachments.

The GIF file will also soon be available on the Web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

as soon as Paul can get it posted.

The fractal weather today was less than perfect, with the
variable cloudiness, occasional spits of rain, and temperature
of only 65F (18C) keeping the fractal cats in a foul mood.
Their surliness finally erupted late this afternoon in a noisy
squabble that left Thomas with a nicked ear.  The dynamic duo
spent the rest of the afternoon sitting back-to-back, actively
ignoring each other.

As for me, I'm certainly not going to ignore shut-down time here
at Fractal Central any longer.  The day is done, I'm exhausted,
the cats are still moody, and the TV is playing downstairs.
It's time to call it a day and slump into my TV chair to watch
something -- the junkier the better.

Until tomorrow, take care, and start looking for pictures of
Fractal Central, the fractal cats, and maybe even myself.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:25:04 GMT
From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Somewhat off-topic

Helpful_message01: If you are not a maths buff, delete this now.

Does anyone out there know how to rotate something through an arbitary plane
in 3D space? If you do, send a private message to me at [e-mail].

Thanks in advance.
Sorry for wasting fractal bandwidth.
Andrew.

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:26:41 -0700
From: "John Wilson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) FOTD  25-10-00  (Fractal Peanuts [7])

You really were exhausted, weren't you?   :-)
This morning, btween the Fractint and Philofractal mail, I have three
similar files, two Fractal Peanuts and a Wheel Invented, but thank you
anyway!

John W.


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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:39:39 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) Re: FOTD  25-10-00  (Fractal Peanuts [7])

John Wilson wrote:

You really were exhausted, weren't you?   :-)
This morning, btween the Fractint and Philofractal mail, I have three
similar files, two Fractal Peanuts and a Wheel Invented, but thank you
anyway!

You should have had four identical files.  Yeah, I clicked the send button
before changing the name.  I think that's two days in a row I've done that.
It must be the recent fulrry of activity on the Fractint and Fractal-Art
lists.
It won't happen again unless it happens again.   :-)

And if it does happen again, delete the spurious posts without delay.

Jim M.

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:34:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Thomas Bennett <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Contest 2K CDROM Orders

Hi
   I would be most interested to learn who will be
handling orders for the 2k competition site C D from
U.K. residents.
    Thanks
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 02:40:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD  26-10-00  (Pink Fractal Clouds [6])

FOTD -- October 26, 2000 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I have always been fascinated with the unknown, and to me
nothing is more unknown than the fourth dimension.  When I first
learned of the fourth spatial dimension, I tried to picture
four-dimensional objects as extremely convoluted shapes, with
surfaces that were measured by their areas.

Of course, the objects I pictured were not 4-D objects at all,
but rather very complex 3-D objects.  Actual four-dimensional
objects have surfaces that are measured by their volumes.  This
surface volume is for me the most difficult thing to imagine.
Logically, I know that a 4-D man seeing a 4-D hypersphere would
observe an image of a 3-D sphere with every point of its opaque
interior immediately visible.  The four-dimensional effect would
be achieved by the shading of the interior of the 3-D image of a
sphere.

If I could picture just this one 3-D surface, the rest of the
4-D oddities would seem simple.  Two planes intersecting in a
point would be no problem.  Axis-planes would be no problem.
Double rotation would be no problem.  Visualizing the curvature
and infinite extent of the pseudosphere would be no problem.
But alas, I shall never picture a surface with volume, and all
these four-dimensional wonders must remain forever a mystery.

Today's fractal is no mystery however.  It is another in my
ongoing series of fractals with neon-tube-like elements.  Its
formula, Z^(-11)+11Z^(-1.1)+(1/C), is yet another example of my
whimsy in action.  I have named the picture "Pink Fractal
Clouds", though the clouds are as much blue as pink.  I would
have given the image another rating of 7, but a second look
convinced me that the colors are a bit garish, which dropped the
rating to a 6.

The running time of the parameter file is 3-1/2 minutes -- not
too bad as fractals go.  But if even this causes impatience, the
completed GIF file of the image may be downloaded from Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

or from the Web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

If Paul's web site is not yet updated, try again in an hour or
so.  It soon will be up to date.

The fractal weather today here at Fractal Central was just about
perfect, with partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 74F
(23C).  The cats, who have forgotten yesterday's squabble,
enjoyed their run in the sunshine.

I would say more, but the fractal time is past 2am -- most certainly time to
shut down the fractal shoppe and call it a night.  But I'll return tomorrow
about 3 hours earlier with more fractal news.  Until then, take care, and
see you soon.


Jim Muth
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|z| < l
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:58:54 -0400
From: "Barry N. Merenoff" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Message to Andrew Coppin

A vector v, rotated by an angle theta around a plane P (unit normal
pseudovector), becomes
(v dot P)P+(v cross P)Sin[theta]-((v cross P)cross P)Cos[theta]

Thank you.

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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:45:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD  27-10-00  (The Right protocol [4])

FOTD -- October 27, 2000 (Rating 4)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's fractal rates a somewhat below average 4.  I just
couldn't turn on the fractal intuition that leads me to many of
the midgets that ultimately appear as the FOTD.  Possibly the
reason is that I'm disgusted with the bickering over on the
Fractal-art list -- the list to which I originally posted the
FOTD's.

Oh BTW, we have a Fractal of the Day today.  I stumbled upon it
while playing around with the zexpe fractal.  It's a picture of
a midget surrounded by concentric rings of holes -- exactly what
would be expected of a midget.

I named the picture "The Right Protocol", heaven knows why.  I
rated it a 4, and even the 4 may be too high.  The parameter
file takes 2-1/2 minutes to render; the GIF image downloads in
half that time.

The GIF image has been posted to Usenet at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and in an hour or two will be posted to the Web at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

The fractal weather today was foggy in the morning and cloudy in
the afternoon.  The fractal cats disapprove of damp weather, so
they remained indoors for the entire day.  A surprise treat of
tuna kept them from becoming irritable.

My next spate of philosophy is nearing completion, though due to
my depressed mood I got little accomplished on it today.  Still,
I expect it to be ready for public consumption in a few days.

For now it's getting late and I'm feeling the urge for a junky
old movie.  So I guess I'll shut down the fractal shoppe and
call it a day and a night.  Until tomorrow, same time same
place, take care, and be wise.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
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  .517641e+007/1/169.999 params=1/2.7175/-1/2.7185/757\
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:54:20 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Pickover seeks fractals articles

This was in sci.fractals in case any one here is interested.

Bob




From: Cliff <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: sci.fractals
Subject: Call for Papers
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:52:33 -0400

You are cordially invited to submit interesting, well-written articles
for the "Chaos and Graphics Section" of the international scientific
journal Computers and Graphics (Elsevier).  I edit this section, which
appears in each issue of the journal.  Topics include the
mathematical, scientific, and artistic application of fractals, chaos,
and related.  Your papers can be quite short if desired, for example,
often a page or two is sufficient to convey an idea and a pretty
graphic.  (The journal is peer-reviewed, which means that several
reviewers will judge whether the paper is suitably written,
attractive, relevant, or novel.)  I publish color, where appropriate.


GOALS

The goal of my section is to provide visual demonstrations of
complicated and beautiful structures which can arise in systems based
on simple rules.  The section presents papers on the 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 from
simple rules, and aesthetic graphics drawn from the universe of
mathematics and art.


Write to me for submission guidelines.

Regards, Cliff Pickover, http://www.pickover.com

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:48:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD  28-10-00  (North East South West [5])

FOTD -- October 28, 2000 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Sometimes I venture into the cubic Mandeloid for a midget or
two.  On a few occasions I have delved into the quartic
Mandeloid to see what if anything of interest lies there.  But
in today's fractal I have gone all the way to the quintic figure.

Finding nothing of interest in a quick trip through the M-Mix4
formula, I unpacked one of my Julibrot rotation formulas and
searched for a midget to rotate in the minus-quintic figure.
When I found a midget, (quite an easy task in this fractal), it
turned out to be so striking that no rotation was necessary.
When I noticed that the midget seemed to be pointing to the four
directions of the compass, I named the picture "North East South
West", gave it a jazzy coloring, and declared it FOTD of October
28.

In the quintic Mandeloid, the features split into powers of 5 as
they approach the 4-lobed midgets.  The outer pattern around the
midget is obviously 5-sided.  A count will reveal that the
prominent green ring contains 25 elements.  And a barely
discernible ring of 125 elements lies closer to the midget.

The parameter file dawdles along and finishes running in a
little over 5 minutes.  The GIF image file downloads in far less
time.  The GIF file may be found posted to the Usenet group:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

and in a few hours will be posted on Paul Lee's web site at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

Although I did not rotate the midget today, it does some unusual
things when rotated.  I may devote a future FOTD to one of the
odd slices through this midget.

The fractal weather today was extremely perfect, with sunny
skies and a temperature of 77F (25C) that drove the fractal cats
to a state of ecstasy.  They meditated in the sun the better
part of the afternoon, while I was searching for fractals.

And now the day is winding down, the fractal shoppe is dark, the
cats are resting, and all else is quiet.  It's the perfect time
to call it a night and shut down.  But I'll return tomorrow with
more goodies.  Until then, take care, and don't let a lost
fractal spoil your day.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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  formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-min function=ident/flip
  passes=1 center-mag=-1.07712932560607900/-0.00275300\
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  }

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;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J
;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J
a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994,
z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3,
c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4:
z=(-z)^(p2)+c,
|z| <= 36  }

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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 02:12:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) FOTD  29-10-00  (The Green Goblet [5])

FOTD -- October 29, 2000 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The usual discussion will not appear today with today's fractal.
I had it written, but the file vanished.  Or maybe I never saved
it.  Regardless, the fractal itself has survived.  I named it
"The Green Goblet" after the vague goblet-like shape that
extends beyond the borders of the image.

The formula that created the image mixes a part of Z^0.75 with
Z^1.25.  The resulting fractal has no midgets, but its overall
shape, which appears as today's FOTD is unusual.

I rated the picture an average 5.  The runtime for the parameter
file is a somewhat above average 16-1/2 minutes, so the better
way of seeing the image is to download the GIF file from Usenet
at:

          <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>

or from Paul Lee's web site at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

after Paul has a chance to post it.

The fractal weather today was mostly sunny, but breezy and
chilly, with an afternoon temperature in the mid-50'sF (13C).
It was just a bit too chilly for the cats, who ventured no
farther than the porch.

And that's it for this very late evening.  Until tomorrow, take
care, and don't give up the fractal.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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  reset=2001 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1
  center-mag=-2.09556/0.0139982/0.2675064/1/-90
  params=1/0.75/1/1.25/-1.58/0 float=y
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  GNAIOAIQKDUKFTFISAKR<15>hlBjnAlo9<3>tw5uz0<10>vjYvi`\
  vgc<2>vclvboxdswfu<5>uTluRjtOhtMftKe<3>rAZr8Xs2Y<25>\
  hfChhBgiA<2>fn7fo6gp4<9>daTd`WcZY<2>cVebTgcSjdUleWkf\
  Ykg_nharhbwhcv<8>kdokdnkcm<3>mcjmcimchncgncghKs<3>hG\
  umFy<17>MKeKKdJKc<3>DL_B0KA0K
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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================


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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:58:27 EST
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Ken,

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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:39:27 -0200
From: "Fernando Bresslau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) FOTD  29-10-00  (The Green Goblet [5])

What is necessary for an image to have midgets? should the power o Z be
greater than 2??

Fernando Bresslau
http://www.fractal.art.br

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From: "Jim Muth" <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Cc: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 5:12 AM
Subject: (fractint) FOTD 29-10-00 (The Green Goblet [5])


>
> FOTD -- October 29, 2000 (Rating 5)
>
> Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
>
> The usual discussion will not appear today with today's fractal.
> I had it written, but the file vanished.  Or maybe I never saved
> it.  Regardless, the fractal itself has survived.  I named it
> "The Green Goblet" after the vague goblet-like shape that
> extends beyond the borders of the image.
>
> The formula that created the image mixes a part of Z^0.75 with
> Z^1.25.  The resulting fractal has no midgets, but its overall
> shape, which appears as today's FOTD is unusual.
>
> I rated the picture an average 5.  The runtime for the parameter
> file is a somewhat above average 16-1/2 minutes, so the better
> way of seeing the image is to download the GIF file from Usenet
> at:
>
>           <alt.binaries.pictures.fractals>
>
> or from Paul Lee's web site at:
>
>           <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
>
> after Paul has a chance to post it.
>
> The fractal weather today was mostly sunny, but breezy and
> chilly, with an afternoon temperature in the mid-50'sF (13C).
> It was just a bit too chilly for the cats, who ventured no
> farther than the porch.
>
> And that's it for this very late evening.  Until tomorrow, take
> care, and don't give up the fractal.
>
>
> Jim Muth
> [e-mail]
>
>
> START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================
>
> The_Green_Goblet   { ; time=0:16:29.36 -- SF5 on a P200
>   reset=2001 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
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>   center-mag=-2.09556/0.0139982/0.2675064/1/-90
>   params=1/0.75/1/1.25/-1.58/0 float=y
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>   RgBRfB<6>RXFQWFQVG<3>PPIKOIKLJFLJFFKFCFFDHADIAEK5FL5\
>   GNAIOAIQKDUKFTFISAKR<15>hlBjnAlo9<3>tw5uz0<10>vjYvi`\
>   vgc<2>vclvboxdswfu<5>uTluRjtOhtMftKe<3>rAZr8Xs2Y<25>\
>   hfChhBgiA<2>fn7fo6gp4<9>daTd`WcZY<2>cVebTgcSjdUleWkf\
>   Ykg_nharhbwhcv<8>kdokdnkcm<3>mcjmcimchncgncghKs<3>hG\
>   umFy<17>MKeKKdJKc<3>DL_B0KA0K
>   }
>
> frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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,
> k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
> z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
> |z| < l
> }
>
> END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================
>
>
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