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fractint-digest          Tuesday, May 1 2001          Volume 01 : Number 555




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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:20:26 -0500
From: Programmer Dude <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

Jonathan Osuch wrote:

> Features in this patch:
> Added truecolor support...
> [....]
>     Saving the image still only produces a 256 color GIF

???  So you can look, but not save?

Given that you've GOT an image and that free PNG libraries exist, I'm
curious why you can't save a t/c image?

Not raggin' on ya, just curious...

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:08:29 -0300
From: "Fernando Bresslau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

isn┤t there a way of capturing the screen? maybe some third party software?
Fernando Bresslau, who hasn┤t tried it yet.
http://www.fractal.art.br


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> Jonathan Osuch wrote:
>
> > Features in this patch:
> > Added truecolor support...
> > [....]
> >     Saving the image still only produces a 256 color GIF
>
> ???  So you can look, but not save?
>
> Given that you've GOT an image and that free PNG libraries exist, I'm
> curious why you can't save a t/c image?
>
> Not raggin' on ya, just curious...
>
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:20:46 -0500
From: "Jonathan Osuch" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

Chris,

> ???  So you can look, but not save?

Not exactly.  The images you can currently generate are still using the 256
color palette.  So, to save the image, the truecolor pixel on the screen is
read and converted to an index value into the 256 color palette.  This
conversion may make the saved image look different than if it were done
directly in a 256 color mode.

> Given that you've GOT an image and that free PNG libraries exist, I'm
> curious why you can't save a t/c image?

Memory.  Because of the memory model we are using (medium), we can't fit the
PNG libraries into Fractint.  There are solutions.  We have tried compiling
the Xfractint code using djgpp, but it needs work.  Any volunteers?  We have
the experimental code which incorporates the Allegro graphics package but no
way as yet to save images.  We could add the PNG libraries to Xfractint and
stop developing the DOS version.

We will eventually have to dump the current DOS source code, but would like
to at least have something place for Windows before we do this.

Jonathan



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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:02:36 -0500
From: "Jonathan Osuch" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

Lee,

> I presume that there is no way to save a true-color par file yet either.

The images that can currently be generated still use the 256 color palette,
and will generate the corresponding PAR.  Once we add different coloring
schemes I don't see any way to generate a PAR that makes sense.  Depending
on how the coloring schemes are generated.

> Is there any mechanism yet for manipulating the true colors?

No.

Jonathan



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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:55:13 -0400
From: Lee Skinner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

Jonathan,

>> I presume that there is no way to save a true-color par file yet
either.<<

> The images that can currently be generated still use the 256 color
palette, and will generate the corresponding PAR.  Once we add different
coloring schemes I don't see any way to generate a PAR that makes sense. =

Depending on how the coloring schemes are generated. <

I am not an Ultra Fractal user, but doesn't it generate par files of
true-color images?  (Perhaps some UF user could shed light on how this
might be implemented.)

Lee

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:01:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  01-05-01  (Decorative Minibrot [6])

Classic FOTD -- May 01, 2001 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Before attempting to run the parameter file of today's image,
notice that it has been drawn by an updated version of the
MandelbrotBC formula, which I have named MandelbrotBC1.  This
new version is identical to the old version except that I have
replaced the fixed <trunc> function with a variable function,
and replaced the fixed bailout radius of 100 with a variable
parameter entry.  Since I've lost all track of those who worked
on this formula, I have credited it to 'several Fractint users'.

Today's image uses the <floor> function, which curiously enough
draws exactly the same images as the <trunc> function.  I have
not yet tested the various trig functions, though hopefully they
will draw some interesting if not quite correct variations.  The
variable bailout is useful mainly with negative-exponent
fractals, which I have not yet worked with.

I also see that a developer's version of Fractint with
rudimentary true-color capability is available, though at the
present time, one can only see the image on the screen, say
'wow', stare at the image a while, and then shut down their
computer.  It's a start, but before I switch the FOTD to a true-
color version of Fractint, the program will need the ability to
cycle and change the colors, to save the image in true-color
with data intact, and also to save the true-color image as a
parameter file.  And there's also the possibility that my
stripped-down computer, used only for finding fractals, will not
be able to display true-color with its meager 1 meg of video
memory.  But that's a problem I'll concern myself with if and
when it arises.

Today's fractal is quite decorative, an attribute that inspired
the name "Decorative Minibrot".  The irrational number entered
as the real(p1) parameter may appear familiar.  Actually, it is
familiar.  It is the square root of 3, a number I entered hoping
to create midgets with 3-way symmetry.  As of yet, I have found
no such midgets, though I did find today's midget, which bears a
curiously close resemblance to a standard quadratic midget.
Only the chopped-off main bud reveals the midget's true nature.

The parameter file is unusually fast, rendering in under two
minutes.  Of course, the download, which may be found at:

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

and at:

          <http://home.swbell.net/sdboyd56/fotd/>

is equally fast.  I leave it to the viewer what route to take.

The fractal weather today was clear as a crystal, with a
temperature of 77F (25C), conditions that Thomas and Tippy, the
fractal cats, consider ideal.  Since they were deprived yester-
day of their rightful time outdoors, I treated them to all the
outdoor time they wanted today.  My only concern is about a fox
that has been seen lately in the neighborhood.  The cats haven't
confronted it yet, and I have no idea of what might happen if
they meet.

But right now, the dynamic duo are sleeping in their beds, a
sign that it's time for me to shut down the fractal shoppe and
call it a night.  Until next time, take care, and if true-color
is true, does that mean that 256-color is false?


Jim Muth
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START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

DecorativeMinibrot { ; time=0:01:52.60--SF5 on a P200
  reset=2001 type=formula formulafile=critical.frm
  formulaname=mandelbrotbc1 function=floor passes=1
  center-mag=-0.73763/0.15494/2498.371/1/-124.999
  params=1.732050807569/0/28.4/0 float=y maxiter=1000
  inside=0 logmap=36 periodicity=10
  colors=000mA9jBPnCHqDHtFDwGAzH5zH2zM4zS5zW7za8zeAz\
  jMzp_zzmzzzbsfFPO0D70ID1PK4YP8cWClaGrhIwmMriPmeUha\
  WcZ__VbVQfQOiMKmHGpDCuAAw45z12z00z11z42z83zC4zG4zK\
  5zO7zS8zW8y_AycByhCylClSPaAaQ0mS0pU2rU7sVCuWHvWMwY\
  SyZYzZazeVmjO_pIMpMLpPKpUKpWIp_HpbHQYP2SW1WS0ZO0bL\
  0eH0hD0lB0o70s40v10y00z00z00z0ovzpszrryrpwsouumsul\
  rvjpwhmwflyejzcizbfzaez_czZbzYazW_yVZwVYvUWuSVuSUs\
  QSrPQpOPoOOmMMlLLlLLhKMcKOaIPYIQUHSQHUMGVKGWGFYCFZ\
  AD_5Da2Cb0Cc0Be0Be0If0Pf0Wh1ch3ji4ri7sf8ueAvcCvbDw\
  aFyZGzYIzWKzVLzUMzSVzKbzDiz5rz0yz0wv3vsDupOulZsiir\
  furczsczscyucvucsvcpvcmwcjwchyceycbzc_zcYzcVzcUwcZ\
  sccpchycfzcfzc_zeUzfMzhHyiKsjMmlO0m02o04p27r3Bs4Du\
  5Hv8KwAMyBQzCUzFYzG_zHbzIZzFWzBSz8Pz4Lz1Iz0Fz0Cz0A\
  z0Dz2HzGKzUFzLAzD4z57zB8zFBzICzMFzOHzPKzPMzQPzQSzS\
  VzSYzU_zUbzVezVhzWizWjzUjzQlzPlzMmzLmzImzHozGpzFpz\
  DlzFWzHWzHVzIVzIVzKUzKbzY
  }

frm:MandelbrotBC1   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a
}

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


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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 17:23:57 +1200
From: "Morgan L. Owens" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [philofractal] C-FOTD  01-05-01  (Decorative Minibrot [6])

At 15:01 01/05/2001, Jim Muth wrote:

>Classic FOTD -- May 01, 2001 (Rating 6)
>
>Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
>
>Today's image uses the <floor> function, which curiously enough
>draws exactly the same images as the <trunc> function.  I have
>not yet tested the various trig functions, though hopefully they
>will draw some interesting if not quite correct variations.  The
>variable bailout is useful mainly with negative-exponent
>fractals, which I have not yet worked with.

Not that surprising: trunc((28.4+PI)/(2*PI)) = floor((28.4+PI)/(2*PI)). The
two functions differ in how they deal with negative numbers (trunc rounds
towards 0, floor rounds towards -infinity).

Morgan L. Owens
"I remember when all we had to worry about was good old Int."



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Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 03:26:32 -0400
From: "Zorba the Hutt" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) No hard feelings

> >Zorba generated the hi-res images with UF instead of
> >Fractint - they appeared differently (having a different texture)than
> >Sylvie originally generated - and so she had them removed mainly for that
> >reason - they were no longer her images, and so Zorba's saying that they
> >were her images was inaccurate.  Had he generated them with Fractint, she
> >may have approved, assuming that her permission was obtained first.
>
> Why ask for permission?  The images were different and "no longer her
images"!
> Zorba gave acknowledgement that the .par files had been produced by Sylvie
> but he *did* feel that it was the right thing to delete them.  I really
don't want
> to put Zorba on the spot over this, so Zorba, if you're listening I'm not
asking
> you to reply!  I just don't understand; but then I'm probably being thick!

I'm listening, and I don't mind replying :) Here's my basic take on it - I
have a very liberal idea of open information. For example, IMHO the GPL
license is TOO RESTRICTIVE because it forces any derivative libraries or
anything that makes use of it to be GPL as well. Even LGPL is stretching
things. The license I personally use for writing software is, as far as I
know, called the libpng/zlib license, and basically comes down to "this is
ours. Don't claim it's yours. Beyond that, though, go for it! It'd be nice
if you mentioned us when you make ten billion dollars off it, but, hey, no
worries." So now you know where I'm coming from :)

Now, as for why ask permission/remove on request, it's because I didn't make
those .par files. Sylvie Gallet did. And she might not (and clearly doesn't,
actually) agree with my views. I don't feel right imposing my views on
others, though due to the nature of the Internet doing such things would be
basically unstoppable (yeah, I've got your images on a server in Russia. And
I claim they're mine, too. Whatcha gonna do about it?). If anything, that
makes it *worse*, because I don't have any measure of how much you care
(since you really *wouldn't* be able to do anything about it.)

So, yes, it might be my CPU cycles, it might be my time spent, it might even
be my slight modifications, as I had to shift the viewport slightly to
accomodate a different aspect ratio without stretching. But the base images
were Sylvie's, and I don't feel right to put them up there if she doesn't
want them up.

Now, there *is* a point at which I say something like "well, tough", and
that's when it's essentially no longer the creator's creation. For example,
putting me in Sylvie's place, if Jim Muth had said "no, I don't want you
using my original fractal to work off of" (remember, the fractals of
Sylvie's in question were further explorations of one of the FOTD) I would
have said something along the lines of "well, I respect that you might want
them removed, but these aren't even remotely similar to yours and are only
based off a mathematical formula that you happen to have discovered a
particular permutation of. I'll happily give you credit, and I'm not going
to make any money off them, but they're *my* art and I'll put them up if I
want."

So there you have it. This might also explain why the "oh, by the way, do
you mind?" was tacked on to the original posting of mine - it's because it
really didn't occur to me up until just before I hit "send" that she
*might*. I mean, it's fanart, really - my CPU cycles and webspace (okay,
Geocities's webspace) devoted to her work :)

Anyway. On a slightly different note, it's pretty unlikely that I'll do the
re-rendering with Fractint, for multiple reasons - no built-in antialiasing,
for example, and it multitasks pretty badly with Windows. If I can figure
out how to duplicate the exact images in Ultrafractal (I haven't even gone
back to see the differences yet, actually) I might try, but considering that
one complaint was the color banding (which I can't imagine how it could
possibly be *worse* on UF than Fractint) and the antialiasing (which I
consider totally incomprehensible from an artistic standpoint - if anything,
it makes it *more* detailed, IMHO, but, hey, some people like abstract art
too, so who am I to judge?) it's not very high on my list.

Anyway, I'm curious about any replies people might have - if you don't want
to spam the list with an age-old question, I'll cheerfully take private
comments also.

- -Zorba

(oh, and sorry for the delay, was out of town for an anime convention :D  )


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Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 03:30:40 -0400
From: "Zorba the Hutt" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

> I am not an Ultra Fractal user, but doesn't it generate par files of
> true-color images?  (Perhaps some UF user could shed light on how this
> might be implemented.)

I'm not a UF expert by any means, but as I understand it UF bases its color
maps off of curves - for example, you'd say "position 0 is rgb(0, 0, 0),
position 128 is rgb(255, 255, 255), position 255 is rgb(0, 0, 0)", and it
interpolates from there. UF can actually load Fractint pars, and it snags
all the color values and sets them. I can't remember what it does from
there - I *think* it discards redundant entries (i.e. "0 is (0, 0, 0), 1 is
(1, 1, 1), 2 is (2, 2, 2)" - why not get rid of 1?) but I could be
misremembering. IMHO, UF's method isn't even close to ideal, but it works,
and I can't think of anything better right now :)

- -Zorba


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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:45:03 -1000
From: "David Jones" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Linux Fractint

Where'd you get Fractint for Linux? Would love to see how
it goes on my 700MHz Duron box ...

David
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On 30 Apr 01 at 14:50, Andrew Coppin wrote:

> I don't know who did the Linux Fractint post, but HATS
> OFF TO THEM!
>
> Yesterday, after wanting to have a Linux Fractint for
> AGES, I got someone to download the source for me. I let
> him compile it, thinking it would be a nightmare. The
> guy typed "make", half a million lines of text flew
> past, and an executable appeared. He executed it, and it
> just worked.
>
> I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it for
> myself!
>
> BTW, this was on an Athlon 1GHz machine. Once I reached
> arbitary precition mode, it was *still* rapping off 2
> lines per second! Man, I *want* his machine!!!
>
> Once again, a big thanks to whoever it was who made this
> thing!
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 07:30:36 -0500
From: "Scott D. Boyd" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Linux Fractint

David,

Xfractint is available at the usual locations:

The main Fractint website:
http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractint.html

The Fractint DevelopmentTeam homepage: http://www.fractint.org

and I offer a precompiled binary package of Xfractint 20.1.04 at my
Website: http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/xfractint/xfractint.html

On Tuesday 01 May 2001 03:45, David Jones wrote:
> Where'd you get Fractint for Linux? Would love to see how
> it goes on my 700MHz Duron box ...
>
Scott Boyd
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 14:05:29 -0000
From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Linux Fractint

The best part is that I can now *finally* run Fractint on my Amiga... Well,
I can assuming 1) I can fix my floppy drive and 2) it compiles there as
easily as it did on my associate's PC...

Thanks.
Andrew.

PS. Maybe I'll wander though the source code some time...

>From: "Scott D. Boyd" <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: Re: (fractint) Linux Fractint
>Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 07:30:36 -0500
>
>David,
>
>Xfractint is available at the usual locations:
>
>The main Fractint website:
>http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractint.html
>
>The Fractint DevelopmentTeam homepage: http://www.fractint.org
>
>and I offer a precompiled binary package of Xfractint 20.1.04 at my
>Website: http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/xfractint/xfractint.html
>
>On Tuesday 01 May 2001 03:45, David Jones wrote:
> > Where'd you get Fractint for Linux? Would love to see how
> > it goes on my 700MHz Duron box ...
> >
>Scott Boyd
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 14:08:28 -0000
From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: C-FOTD 18-04-01 (Fractured Fractal [6])

>From: "Morgan L. Owens" <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: Re: (fractint) Re: C-FOTD 18-04-01 (Fractured Fractal [6])
>Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 17:07:15 +1200
>
>At 23:51 25/04/2001, Andrew Coppin wrote:
>
>>PS. Hey Morgan... What the hell _are_ "sheets in the Riemann surface"?
>
>One of the hassles involved with many functions is that they are many-
>valued (and hence, strictly speaking, not functions at all).

I have another even more technical question... How do you pronounce
"Riemann"?!?!

Thanks.
Andrew.

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use average(x, y, z) = (x*y*z)^(1/3)?


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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:05:32 -0400
From: Lee Skinner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Acknowledgments due?

Hi Chris,

>> Poor old, (young), Zorba the Hutt who spent hours generating high
resolution versions of fractals to delight others with slower machines, i=
s
then shamed into deleting them because they are the 'property' of the
esteemed Sylvie Gallet, (may her .map files continue to delight us all). =

<<

Fractint and Ultra Fractal do not always generate identical images from t=
he
same par file. In this case, Sylvie generated the images with Fractint an=
d
posted Fractint pars.  Zorba generated the hi-res images with UF instead =
of
Fractint - they appeared differently (having a different texture)than
Sylvie originally generated - and so she had them removed mainly for that=

reason - they were no longer her images, and so Zorba's saying that they
were her images was inaccurate.  Had he generated them with Fractint, she=

may have approved, assuming that her permission was obtained first.  I
don't think Zorba was aware of the differences when he posted them.

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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 12:19:11 -0500
From: Programmer Dude <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD  22-04-01  (Minibrot with Aura [7])

Jim Muth wrote:

> If I can find a trashy enough old sci-fi movie to watch, the day will
> be complete.

Ever seen ZARDOZ ??

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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 12:29:11 -0500
From: Programmer Dude <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD  28-04-01  (Semi-Chaos [4])

Jim Muth philosophized:

> ...I pondered about gravity and dark matter.  The problem is that
> the outer parts of the galaxies are rotating too fast to be caused
> by the gravity created by the visible matter of the galaxies.  To
> account for this discrepancy, astronomers have hypothesized that
> the galaxies are filled with large amounts of undetectable
> material they have named dark matter, and this unseen material
> is causing the excess gravitational acceleration.  But this
> explanation is not satisfactory, since if the matter cannot be
> detected, it will be most difficult if not impossible to confirm
> its existence.

Just a note: we can't detect it only because it does not emit light that
we can see.  Dark matter *could* just be ordinary, cold matter, and we
would never be able to see it...from earth.  If we can ever get out into
the galaxy and universe, THEN we'd probably have no problem detecting it.

> ...and this is to assume that, like so many other natural phenomena,
> the Newtonian law of gravity is valid only within a limited range,...

This is already known, established fact.  For example, Newton's laws
cannot quite account for the orbit of Mercury.  You need to use Albert's
GR (General Relativity) laws to precisely figure the orbit.  This is
because of the gravitational force from the nearby sun!

So we *know* Newton is a 'special case' version of the full laws of
motion.

On the other hand, a great deal of modern physics is based on the fact
(or more properly, assumption) that the laws of the universe are true
throughout the universe.  This assumption has been explored in a variety
of ways, and largely seems to be taken as fact.

But who knows what really lies across the dark void, eh?

> Since this alternate explanation is so obvious, it must have
> already been thought of by many astronomers, and probably
> discarded because it contains a fatal flaw.

'Fraid so.  ;-(

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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 12:32:49 -0500
From: Programmer Dude <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

Jonathan Osuch wrote:

>> Given that you've GOT an image and that free PNG libraries exist, I'm
>> curious why you can't save a t/c image?
>
> Memory.  Because of the memory model we are using (medium), we can't fit
> the PNG libraries into Fractint.

Wow!  You ARE up against the limit!!

Wonder if it'd be worthwhile having the program start some sort of separate
"image server" process you could hand off the t/c image to for saving?  It
could be a quick fix way to implement saving....

[shrug]  But whaddo I know about the intricacies of FractInt.

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Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 15:04:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: C-FOTD  22-04-01

At 12:19 PM 5/1/01 -0500, Programmer D. wrote:
>Jim Muth wrote:
>
>> If I can find a trashy enough old sci-fi movie to watch, the day will
>> be complete.
>
>Ever seen ZARDOZ ??

Yes!  wiZARDofOZ is one of my favorites.  I play it at least once a
month.  It's plenty trashy.  Rambling story, flying heads, men in
diapers, topless women -- it has everything.  And Beethoven's 7th,
the second movement of which serves as the main theme music, is one
of my favorite symphonies.  I also have spotted many fractal-like
figures in the background, though I believe the film was produced
before the awareness of fractals became widespread.

BTW, have you ever seen the 1970 Soviet production of SOLARIS?

Jim M.



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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:50:31 -0000
From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Linux Fractint

I don't know who did the Linux Fractint post, but HATS OFF TO THEM!

Yesterday, after wanting to have a Linux Fractint for AGES, I got someone to
download the source for me. I let him compile it, thinking it would be a
nightmare. The guy typed "make", half a million lines of text flew past, and
an executable appeared. He executed it, and it just worked.

I would never have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself!

BTW, this was on an Athlon 1GHz machine. Once I reached arbitary precition
mode, it was *still* rapping off 2 lines per second! Man, I *want* his
machine!!!

Once again, a big thanks to whoever it was who made this thing!

Thanks.
Andrew.

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:01:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  30-04-01  (A Ghostly Spectre [4])

Classic FOTD -- April 30, 2001 (Rating 4)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's hasty fractal was created by the formula
2Z^(-2.1)-2Z^(-1.9)+(1/C).  I named it "A Ghostly Spectre" when
I noticed that the seahorse-like detail surrounding the midget
is clearly visible only when certain broad color palettes are
applied to the image.  With a narrow color scheme such as F2,
the detail vanishes and the image becomes a featureless screen
full of fractal sand.

The location of today's image is in an elephant trunk in the
East Valley area of a larger midget, which is resting in a
chaotic part of the parent fractal.

I rated the image at a 4.  This is all I could give to a fractal
that I found and colored with so little effort.  With a running
time of exactly 15 minutes, the parameter file might not be the
best way of viewing the image, which will be available for
download and viewing in an hour or so at:

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

and at:

          <http://home.swbell.net/sdboyd56/fotd/>

One of these days when things settle down, I'm going to gain
convenient access to ABPF, and resume posting the images there.
But so far I haven't had the chance to recover from the move of
Fractal Central auxiliary.

With sunny skies and a temperature of 68F (20C), the fractal
weather today was so good that I took the day off.  When I
returned, the cats scolded me for not being there to let them
out to enjoy the fine weather.  To soothe them, I gave them a
treat of tuna and promised to do better next time.

And speaking of next time, it will come in about 13 hours.
Until then, take care, and watch out for those fractal ghosts.


Jim Muth
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START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================

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  zz8zz8zzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzzAzz\
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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: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:05:33 -0400
From: Lee Skinner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Fractint version 20.1.08

Jonathan,

>> Fractint version 20.1.08 is now available at the developer's web site.=

>> Features in this patch:
>> Added truecolor support to Fractint thanks to Bert Tyler.  =


I presume that there is no way to save a true-color par file yet either.

Is there any mechanism yet for manipulating the true colors?

Lee

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