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fractint-digest        Saturday, June 16 2001        Volume 01 : Number 573




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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:12:50 -0500
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [ultrafractal] Re: [fractal-art] Copyright infringement

Bob Margolis wrote:
>
> I was just curious as to why his age,
> country of origin and religion were
> of importance to the discussion.
>

If you are trying to read something into this that is not and was not
meant, then you should do so off-list privately where others will not be
bothered by an ongoing discussion.

And I wish to thank Daniel Kuzmenka and David E. Shanholtzer for
replying to the UF-List, and understanding that nothing negative was
meant.  Only a very short explanation about the person and his
statements.     :-)

Sincerely,
P.N.L.
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:19:44 -0400
From: Sylvie Gallet <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) tantrapages

Damien,

>> I offered to help him identify the remaining images in his collection =
so
>> that he can properly obtain permission; I expect he is contacting anyo=
ne
>> he doesn't have permission from yet.

  This is probably why he contacted me.  Thank you.

        - Sylvie

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:19:40 -0400
From: Sylvie Gallet <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [fractal-art] Copyright infringement

Hi Paul,

>> The site appears to have been recently established.  So that person ma=
y
>> truely be attempting to contact everyone.

  It has also been recently updated!  The About page I have in my cache
has:

"I respect copyright of any web artist. That is why I confirm that no one=

of the fractal images on these pages was created by me and I also provide=

links to pictures sources. Unfortunately I had not registered specific
artist for each image in due time, so sometimes it is quite difficult to
identify the specific picture. I plan to do this in the future."

  Cheers,

        - Sylvie

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:19:47 -0400
From: Sylvie Gallet <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Copyright infringement

Caren,

>> there were a few there that looked like they could have been some of m=
y
>> very early work, but had different names (and authors)...  i saw a few=

>> by damien jones, too, attributed correctly...

  There's also images that come form the fractal art contests, I don't kn=
ow
if they were attributed correctly because I didn't download the large
images.

>> while i generally like his taste/choices, i suppose someone will have =
to
>> go in there and explain to him what copyright infringement is all
>> about...

  It has probably been done.

  Cheers,

        - Sylvie

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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:21:57 -0500
From: Tim Lavoie <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) XFractint, disk video, true color, shell

Hello,

I'm recently starting to use XFractint under Linux, Version 20.01.11. I'm
new at using the program, but am trying to RTFM and so on, and I realize
that the DOS heritage changes some things for me.

I've heard of the program for years, but never tinkered too far with it.
Still, I start drooling over the goodies, and have decided to go at it
again.

That said, there are some quirks that I've run into so far. If they're mere
ignorance, that's OK too.  <grin>

 - The docs say to press <del> to use disk video mode, but this does nothing
 for me other than re-drawing the image. The man page that I've got claims
 that DELETE and D are Dos <--> Unix equivalent key mappings, but they don't
 appear to be. 'D' redraws, and 'd' goes into shell mode. I also tried the
 -disk command-line flag, and the program died immediately with a seg fault
 and core dump.

 - How do I get true-color to work? Should it appear in my View Window
 Options screen? I see nothing there for either image size or true-color
 options.

 - While I don't need the 'd' shell command, I do whack it by accident.
Typing "exit" as usual to get out of the shell also causes a
segfault/coredump.

 - I get some strange rendering artifacts in some fractals, and weird stuff
that ends up in saved images as well. The rendering-time one is a grid
pattern of dots on the left-hand side, say with the default mandel as an
example. I can avoid this if I switch from "guess" to another pass type in
the 'x' option panel, so no big deal there. The other appears as a vertical
line travelling down the display window when I save to a .gif, and it
appears in the saved image as well. Along with that, the sides of the image
look like they're out of sync with the middle, with the left one bordering
on that vertical line I mentioned. I can also see this weird look if I
switch to a different virtual desk top and back again, without saving.

       So, any suggestions out there? I'm itching to play!

  Thanks,
  Tim

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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:39:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  14-06-01  (Cerberus [4])

Classic FOTD -- June 14, 2001 (Rating 4)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's FOTD is named "The New Thing".  This name could possibly
lead to questions such as: 'what is the *Old* Thing?', or 'where
is the Old Thing?'.  The answer is there never was an *old*
thing.  I gave today's image its name when I could think of
nothing better.

The image is another venture into the world of bof60 bubbles,
this one created by number 5 in my series of MandNewt formulae.
We'll be seeing more of this type of image in the future, since
I feel that the string of images with midgets is growing a
little too routine.

Due to too little time to work on it and too much other stuff to
do, today's image rates only a 4.  But better things are to
come.  The parameter file renders in 5 minutes; the GIF image
downloads in 1/4 of the time.  The GIF file is available at:

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

and at:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

The fractal weather was typical of summer -- hazy, hot and
humid.  The temperature of 92F (33C) caused the fractal cats to
slip into their lazy mode, though it would take a careful
observer to notice the difference.

I'll return in the allotted time.  Until that time comes, take
care, and be of good cheer.


Jim Muth
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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:41:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  14-06-01  (The New Thing [4])

Classic FOTD -- June 14, 2001 (Rating 4)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's FOTD is named "The New Thing".  This name could possibly
lead to questions such as: 'what is the *Old* Thing?', or 'where
is the Old Thing?'.  The answer is there never was an *old*
thing.  I gave today's image its name when I could think of
nothing better.

The image is another venture into the world of bof60 bubbles,
this one created by number 5 in my series of MandNewt formulae.
We'll be seeing more of this type of image in the future, since
I feel that the string of images with midgets is growing a
little too routine.

Due to too little time to work on it and too much other stuff to
do, today's image rates only a 4.  But better things are to
come.  The parameter file renders in 5 minutes; the GIF image
downloads in 1/4 of the time.  The GIF file is available at:

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

and at:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

The fractal weather was typical of summer -- hazy, hot and
humid.  The temperature of 92F (33C) caused the fractal cats to
slip into their lazy mode, though it would take a careful
observer to notice the difference.

I'll return in the allotted time.  Until that time comes, take
care, and be of good cheer.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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z=z-1*a/b
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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:26:58 -0500
From: "Jonathan Osuch" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) XFractint, disk video, true color, shell

Tim,

> - The docs say to press <del> to use disk video mode, but this does
nothing
> for me other than re-drawing the image. The man page that I've got claims
> that DELETE and D are Dos <--> Unix equivalent key mappings, but they
don't
> appear to be. 'D' redraws, and 'd' goes into shell mode. I also tried the
> -disk command-line flag, and the program died immediately with a seg fault
> and core dump.

I haven't tried the <del> key to use disk mode, but I knew that -disk was
broken.  I'm looking at it now.

> - How do I get true-color to work? Should it appear in my View Window
> Options screen? I see nothing there for either image size or true-color
> options.

If you are running Linux in a true-color mode, then Xfractint will run in
the same mode.  There are some issues with this.  Like people expecting the
colors to be saved in a PAR even though they are in a true-color mode and
this doesn't necessarily make any sense.

> - While I don't need the 'd' shell command, I do whack it by accident.
> Typing "exit" as usual to get out of the shell also causes a
> segfault/coredump.

I'll have to look into this one.  Thanks.

>  - I get some strange rendering artifacts in some fractals, and weird
stuff
> that ends up in saved images as well. The rendering-time one is a grid
> pattern of dots on the left-hand side, say with the default mandel as an
> example. I can avoid this if I switch from "guess" to another pass type in
> the 'x' option panel, so no big deal there. The other appears as a
vertical
> line travelling down the display window when I save to a .gif, and it
> appears in the saved image as well. Along with that, the sides of the
image
> look like they're out of sync with the middle, with the left one bordering
> on that vertical line I mentioned. I can also see this weird look if I
> switch to a different virtual desk top and back again, without saving.

I'll have a look at this.  If I can't reproduce it, I'll get back with you.

Jonathan



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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:40:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  15-06-01  (The Unseen Midget [6])

Classic FOTD -- June 15, 2001 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I have decided that the month of July will me a midgetless
month.  I need a break from the unending string of midgets.  But
July is still 2 weeks away, and there's lots of time for midgets
before then.  And don't worry all you fans of the mighty
midgets, the midgets will return in August, when they will
appear much fresher due to the month's absence.

I sometimes hear it said that nothing of interest remains to be
discovered in the classic Mandelbrot set.  I find this statement
to be rather puzzling in view of the fact that the set is
infinite, and Fractint can enlarge it to a size nearly one
googol times that of the visible universe.  (If not larger!)

Today's image pictures a midget in the classic Mandelbrot set,
which holds more midgets than one can shake anything at.  This
midget is located in the northwest suburbs of a larger midget in
a high-iteration area of a second-order valley of a small bud on
the west-northwest shore of the main bud of the M-set.  The
scene is actually in double-scepter valley.

I named the picture "The Unseen Midget".  Almost certainly, this
particular midget has never before been seen, a fact that
inspired the name.  The scene proved to be a particularly
difficult one to color.  Nothing worked until I tried the -nnn
logmap option, which causes a quadratic compression of the
iteration values.  This particular compression reveals the
unusual pattern of twisting, folding arms surrounding the midget.

Considering the fact that the image is part of the warhorse
M-set, and not part of some exotic formula, I could rate it no
higher than a 6, which is still above average.  The render time
is a short 5 minutes; the download time of the GIF image file is
even shorter.  And in an hour or so, that image file will be
available on Paul Lee's web site at:

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

and on Scott Boyd's site at:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

The fractal weather today was near perfect, with blue skies and
a temperature of 86F (30C).  Only the unusually high humidity
kept it from being absolutely perfect.  The cats showed their
approval by resting in the yard for a good part of the afternoon.

My urge to philosophize is once again rising.  This time I'm
thinking of my favorite form of mental exercise -- the fourth
dimension.  About 10 years ago I wrote a novelette about a man
who got snatched into hyperspace, and was lost there until he
found his way back into his home space.  Unfortunately, he
returned as his mirror image.  I ignored the fact that his body
would have appeared as anti-matter and the resulting explosion
would have wiped out half the state, but this did not mean that
all was well for him, because his reversed body could not digest
the normal unreversed food, and he nearly starved.  I think the
story, which after much struggling turns out well, is still on a
disk somewhere in my vast archives.  Maybe I'll dig it out and
re-write it one of these days.

But for this evening, I'll do nothing but take it easy and
supply the pesky fractal cats with a bedtime snack.  Until next
time, which will arrive sooner than suspected, take care and see
you then.


Jim Muth
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:07:08 -0000
From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD 15-06-01 (The Unseen Midget [6])

>From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>CC: [e-mail]
>Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  15-06-01  (The Unseen Midget [6])
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:40:02 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>Classic FOTD -- June 15, 2001 (Rating 6)
>
>Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
>
>Considering the fact that the image is part of the warhorse
>M-set, and not part of some exotic formula, I could rate it no
>higher than a 6, which is still above average

I don't follow that logic; for me, I rate an image by how good it looks,
not how it was made (or how hard it was to make!)

>My urge to philosophize is once again rising.  This time I'm
>thinking of my favorite form of mental exercise -- the fourth
>dimension.  About 10 years ago I wrote a novelette about a man
>who got snatched into hyperspace, and was lost there until he
>found his way back into his home space.  Unfortunately, he
>returned as his mirror image.  I ignored the fact that his body
>would have appeared as anti-matter and the resulting explosion
>would have wiped out half the state, but this did not mean that
>all was well for him, because his reversed body could not digest
>the normal unreversed food, and he nearly starved.  I think the
>story, which after much struggling turns out well, is still on a
>disk somewhere in my vast archives.  Maybe I'll dig it out and
>re-write it one of these days.

Erm... wouldn't this poor sod also be unable to breathe unreversed air and
thus instantly sufforcate?!?!

Thanks.
Andrew.

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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:09:42 -0000
From: "Andrew Coppin" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) XFractint, disk video, true color, shell

>From: "Jonathan Osuch" <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>To: <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Re: (fractint) XFractint, disk video, true color, shell
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:26:58 -0500
>
>Tim,
> >  - I get some strange rendering artifacts in some fractals, and weird
>stuff
> > that ends up in saved images as well. The rendering-time one is a grid
> > pattern of dots on the left-hand side, say with the default mandel as an
> > example. I can avoid this if I switch from "guess" to another pass type
>in
> > the 'x' option panel, so no big deal there.

I've seen this one too. It didn't happen under RadHat 6 / GNOME, but it did
show up with SuSE 7.1 / KDE.

Thanks.
Andrew.

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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:49:06 +0200
From: Guy Marson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) evolver

Hi Fractint developers,

Since a few weeks I am playing around with Fractints Evolver. That's the
most powerful tool I ever found to demonstrate Evolution and Darwinism.
Ideal to show Kids what 'Selection' in Nature (etc..) is.

It'll be the moment to kindly ask the insertion of p4 and p5 into the Evolver?

Thanks for the good work to all of you!!


Cheers,

Guy


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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:22:15 +0200
From: Ralph Feltens <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD 15-06-01 (The Unseen Midget [6])

Hi there!

(lurk mode off)

Andrew Coppin wrote:

> >My urge to philosophize is once again rising.  This time I'm
> >thinking of my favorite form of mental exercise -- the fourth
> >dimension.  About 10 years ago I wrote a novelette about a man
> >who got snatched into hyperspace, and was lost there until he
> >found his way back into his home space.  Unfortunately, he
> >returned as his mirror image.  I ignored the fact that his body
> >would have appeared as anti-matter and the resulting explosion
> >would have wiped out half the state, but this did not mean that
> >all was well for him, because his reversed body could not digest
> >the normal unreversed food, and he nearly starved.  I think the
> >story, which after much struggling turns out well, is still on a
> >disk somewhere in my vast archives.  Maybe I'll dig it out and
> >re-write it one of these days.
>
> Erm... wouldn't this poor sod also be unable to breathe unreversed air and
> thus instantly sufforcate?!?!

No, all the gases (O2, CO2, N2) and other small molecules such as H2O would
pose no problems, since they possess no chirality. So breathing or drinking
water would be okay for a mirror-image person. Food, of course, would be a
different matter altogether (but one would be warned by a strange smell or
taste of an apparently normal looking beefsteak - it will taste only as sour
or salty as it used to be). And you would probably never be able to appreciate
the smell of a flower again ...

The advantage of beeing a mirror-man would be that no human pathogen will be
able to cause you any harm (no viruses, no bacteria), so you will never become
ill again. And you will be rid of your allergies (of course, you can start to
acquire new ones immediately).

Funny that a lot of other people are doing these mind-experiments.

>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
>
> "Life is only hopeless if you stop hoping" - My new slogan. Like it?

Sounds nice!

Regards

            Ralph


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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:57:01 +0200
From: Guy Marson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD 15-06-01 (The Unseen Midget [6])

At 09:07 15/06/01 -0000, you wrote:
>"Life is only hopeless if you stop hoping" - My new slogan. Like it?


not bad..




life_is1           { ; Version 2001 Patchlevel 10
                     ;  Version 2001 Patchlevel 10
  reset=3D2001 type=3Dformula formulafile=3Dla-life2.frm
  formulaname=3Dla-life2 function=3Dtanh/cabs/tan/sinh passes=3D1
  center-mag=3D-0.172865/-0.23958/1.349211
  params=3D4.517972350230415/-2.57126682332835/-1.829798272652363/-3.2219519=
\
  63866085/-0.1/-0.1/16/3/0.1/1 float=3Dy maxiter=3D200 inside=3Datan
  outside=3Dfmod decomp=3D64 symmetry=3Dnone periodicity=3D0
  colors=3D000yqQ<3>xmNxlMwkM<3>ueJudItbI<3>pVGoTGnRF<7>TD7QB6OA5<3>D21A00B0=
\
  0<3>F00G00I00J00K00M30P60R90<14>lgfmiiokl<3>uuxstx<24>clqblqalq<3>_jo_io\
  Zio<3>Wgm<3>bkodlpemp<3>lqsnrtpst<3>www<4>gindfladk<3>QUcNRaKO_<2>AFU<15\
  >`bibdjcek<3>jlolnpnoq<3>uvv<5>kloijnghm<5>Z_gXYfWWe<3>PP`NNZLLY<5>BBS99\
  R77Q<3>00L<3>66P88Q99R<2>FFUGGVIIWJJXLLY<15>llonnpooq<2>uutwwvwwt<11>xub\
  xuayu_<2>ytWytUyrRyqQ
  }

frm:la-life2   { ; lake-transformation =3D Sylvie Gallet, Jan 16, 2000
; requires: float=3Don, Fractint 20.0.6, periodicity=3D0' and 'passes=3D1'
; real part of p1: merging/position of text (x and y)
; imag part of p1: merging/position of text (x and y)
; real part of p2: merging/position of text (x and y)
; imag part of p2: merging/position of text (x and y)
; real part of p3: x-position of text bailout versus background fractal
; imag part of p3: y-position of text bailout versus background fractal
; real part of p4: 0 =3D lake transform disabled
;                  any value between 0 and 100: water level in % of
;                  the screen height (0 =3D bottom, 100 =3D top)
; If (B=3DA*C) then text=3Dinvisible, else=3Dvisible!
; imag part of p4: A (diameter of picture bailout)=20
; real part of p5: B (diameter of text bailout)=20
; imag part of p5: C (position of picture bailout -try '1'-)=20

pp_p3 =3D (0.2,300) ;  0.2=3Damplitude  and  300=3Dfrequency of the lake

; Lake transformation
; -------------------

if (real(p4) > 0 && real(p4) <=3D 100)
  level =3D real(p4) / 100            ; water level
  ampl =3D real(pp_p3)                ; amplitude of the wave
  freq =3D imag(pp_p3)                ; frequency
  angle =3D real(rotskew * pi / 180)
  exp_irot =3D exp(-flip(angle))
  h =3D 1 / real(magxmag)
  w =3D h / 0.75 * imag(magxmag)
  tanskew =3D tan(imag(rotskew * pi / 180))
  u =3D 2 * w * exp_irot
  v =3D 2 * h * (tanskew + flip(1)) * exp_irot
  z3rd =3D center + (-w-h*tanskew - flip(h)) * exp_irot
  z =3D pixel - z3rd
  b =3D imag(conj(u)*z) / imag(conj(u)*v)
  if (b <=3D level)
    dy =3D level - b
    z =3D z + 2*dy * (1+ampl*sin(freq*dy^0.2)) * v=20
  endif

 pixel =3D z + z3rd

endif

;hei kennt d'Formel hin.. an vergiess n=EBt, den Numm ze aenneren.(GM)
;life-is1 { ; using a standard Mandelbrot formula..
; text generated with FRACTEXT.EXE (by J.M.v.d.Walk & Sylvie Gallet

  z=3Dfn1(fn2(pixel-p3))*fn3(fn4(pixel-p3))-p2/p1

    x=3Dreal(z), y=3Dimag(z)
  chrL1 =3D x<-0.33362||y<0.5565&&x>-0.34012&&x<-0.31362
  chri2 =3D x>-0.30612&&x<-0.29962&&(y<0.587||y>0.5935)
  chrf3 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.27373,-0.58353))-0.01009)<0.00325&&y>0.58353|\
  |(x>-0.28707&&x<-0.28057&&y<0.58353)||(x>-0.29212&&x<-0.27048&&y>0.\
  57175&&y<0.57825)
  chre4 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.23413,-0.56875))-0.0155)<0.00325&&(x<-0.23413\
  ||y>0.56767||y<0.56442)||(y>0.56767&&y<0.57417&&x>-0.24963&&x<-0.21\
  863)
  chri6 =3D x>-0.18288&&x<-0.17638&&(y<0.587||y>0.5935)
  chrs7 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.15788,-0.5765))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x<-0.15788|\
  |(abs(cabs(z+(0.15288,-0.5765))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x>-0.15288)&&(x<-\
  0.15788||y>0.5765)||((abs(cabs(z+(0.15788,-0.561))-0.00775)<0.00325\
  &&x<-0.15788)||(abs(cabs(z+(0.15288,-0.561))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x>-0\
  .15288)&&(x>-0.15288||y<0.561))||(x>-0.15788&&x<-0.15288&&(y<0.5565\
  ||(y>0.581&&y<0.5875)||(y>0.5655&&y<0.572)))
  chro9 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.09063,-0.56875))-0.0155)<0.00325
  chrn10 =3D x>-0.06438&&x<-0.05788&&y<0.5875||(abs(cabs(z+(0.05104,-0.\
  57416))-0.01009)<0.00325&&y>0.57416)||(x>-0.0442&&x<-0.0377&&y<0.57\
  416)
  chrl11 =3D x<-0.0237&&x>-0.0302
  xy=3D2.5*x
  chry12 =3D y<xy+0.55299&&y>xy+0.53549||(y>-xy+0.54701&&y<-xy+0.56451)\
  &&y>xy+0.53549&&y<0.5875&&y>0.525
  chrh14 =3D x>0.05331&&x<0.05981||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.06665,-0.56875))-0.0\
  1009)<0.00325&&y>0.56875)||(x>0.07349&&x<0.07999&&y<0.56875)
  chro15 =3D abs(cabs(z+(-0.10624,-0.56875))-0.0155)<0.00325
  chrp16 =3D x>0.13249&&x<0.13899&&y<0.5875&&y>0.53125||(abs(cabs(z+(-0\
  .14837,-0.56875))-0.0155)<0.00325&&x>0.13899)
  chre17 =3D abs(cabs(z+(-0.19337,-0.56875))-0.0155)<0.00325&&(x<0.1933\
  7||y>0.56767||y<0.56442)||(y>0.56767&&y<0.57417&&x>0.17787&&x<0.208\
  87)
  chrl18 =3D x<0.22612&&x>0.21962
  chre19 =3D abs(cabs(z+(-0.25237,-0.56875))-0.0155)<0.00325&&(x<0.2523\
  7||y>0.56767||y<0.56442)||(y>0.56767&&y<0.57417&&x>0.23687&&x<0.267\
  87)
  chrs20 =3D abs(cabs(z+(-0.28962,-0.5765))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x<0.28962\
  ||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.29462,-0.5765))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x>0.29462)&&(x<\
  0.28962||y>0.5765)||((abs(cabs(z+(-0.28962,-0.561))-0.00775)<0.0032\
  5&&x<0.28962)||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.29462,-0.561))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x>0\
  .29462)&&(x>0.29462||y<0.561))||(x>0.28962&&x<0.29462&&(y<0.5565||(\
  y>0.581&&y<0.5875)||(y>0.5655&&y<0.572)))
  chrs21 =3D abs(cabs(z+(-0.32412,-0.5765))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x<0.32412\
  ||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.32912,-0.5765))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x>0.32912)&&(x<\
  0.32412||y>0.5765)||((abs(cabs(z+(-0.32412,-0.561))-0.00775)<0.0032\
  5&&x<0.32412)||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.32912,-0.561))-0.00775)<0.00325&&x>0\
  .32912)&&(x>0.32912||y<0.561))||(x>0.32412&&x<0.32912&&(y<0.5565||(\
  y>0.581&&y<0.5875)||(y>0.5655&&y<0.572)))
  test1 =3D chrL1||chri2||chrf3||chre4||chri6||chrs7||chro9||chrn10||ch\
  rl11||chrh14||chro15||chre17||chrl18||chre19||chrs20||chrs21&&y>0.5\
  5||chry12||chrp16&&y<0.6
  chri22 =3D x>-0.37014&&x<-0.36234&&(y<0.4644||y>0.4722)
  chrf23 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.33128,-0.46024))-0.01211)<0.0039&&y>0.46024|\
  |(x>-0.34729&&x<-0.33949&&y<0.46024)||(x>-0.35334&&x<-0.32738&&y>0.\
  4461&&y<0.4539)
  chry25 =3D y<xy+1.06566&&y>xy+1.04466||(y>-xy-0.22566&&y<-xy-0.20466)\
  &&y>xy+1.04466&&y<0.465&&y>0.39
  chro26 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.20036,-0.4425))-0.0186)<0.0039
  chru27 =3D x>-0.16886&&x<-0.16106&&y>0.43601&&y<0.465||(abs(cabs(z+(0\
  .15285,-0.43601))-0.01211)<0.0039&&y<0.43601)||(x>-0.14464&&x<-0.13\
  684&&y<0.465)
  chrs29 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.08464,-0.4518))-0.0093)<0.0039&&x<-0.08464||\
  (abs(cabs(z+(0.07864,-0.4518))-0.0093)<0.0039&&x>-0.07864)&&(x<-0.0\
  8464||y>0.4518)||((abs(cabs(z+(0.08464,-0.4332))-0.0093)<0.0039&&x<\
  -0.08464)||(abs(cabs(z+(0.07864,-0.4332))-0.0093)<0.0039&&x>-0.0786\
  4)&&(x>-0.07864||y<0.4332))||(x>-0.08464&&x<-0.07864&&(y<0.4278||(y\
  >0.4572&&y<0.465)||(y>0.4386&&y<0.4464)))
  xt=3D1*x
  chrt30 =3D abs(cabs(z+(0.03437,-0.43601))-0.01211)<0.0039&&y<0.43601|\
  |(x>-0.05038&&x<-0.04258&&y>0.43601)||(x>-0.05644&&x<-0.03047&&y>0.\
  4572&&y<0.465)
  chro31 =3D abs(cabs(z+(-0.01314,-0.4425))-0.0186)<0.0039
  chrp32 =3D x>0.04464&&x<0.05244&&y<0.465&&y>0.3975||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.0\
  6369,-0.4425))-0.0186)<0.0039&&x>0.05244)
  chrh34 =3D x>0.12519&&x<0.13299||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.14121,-0.4425))-0.01\
  211)<0.0039&&y>0.4425)||(x>0.14942&&x<0.15722&&y<0.4425)
  chro35 =3D abs(cabs(z+(-0.18872,-0.4425))-0.0186)<0.0039
  chrp36 =3D x>0.22022&&x<0.22802&&y<0.465&&y>0.3975||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.2\
  3927,-0.4425))-0.0186)<0.0039&&x>0.22802)
  chri37 =3D x>0.27077&&x<0.27857&&(y<0.4644||y>0.4722)
  chrn38 =3D x>0.28757&&x<0.29537&&y<0.465||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.30358,-0.44\
  899))-0.01211)<0.0039&&y>0.44899)||(x>0.31179&&x<0.31959&&y<0.44899\
  )
  chrg39 =3D x>0.36234&&x<0.37014&&y<0.465||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.35109,-0.44\
  25))-0.0186)<0.0039&&x<0.36234)&&y>0.41092||(abs(cabs(z+(-0.34937,-\
  0.41092))-0.01687)<0.0039&&y<=3D0.41092)
  test2 =3D chri22||chrf23||chro26||chru27||chrs29||chrt30||chro31||chr\
  h34||chro35||chri37||chrn38&&y>0.42||chry25||chrp32||chrp36||chrg39\
  &&y<0.48
  test=3Dtest1||test2
  test0=3Dtest0&&whitesq
  test0=3D((test0||test)=3D=3D0)
  f1=3Dconj(imag(p5))*conj(imag(p4))*pixel
  f2=3Dreal(p5)*pixel
  pixel=3D(test=3D=3D0)*f1+test*f2
  z=3Dc=3Dpixel:
  z=3Dz*z+c
  |z| <=3D4
  }


cheers,


Guy

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Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:51:02 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  16-06-01  (Midget [5])

Classic FOTD -- June 16, 2001 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's midget lies in the classic Mandelbrot set, way out at
the tip of the long filament extending northwest from the
prominent midget on the negative stem.  It lies in the East
Valley area of a larger midget, which accounts for the East
Valley type features that appear at the break about halfway in
toward the center.

The scene is located quite deep in the M-set, causing the
relatively simple image to be burdened with a render time of
almost 20 minutes.  This is because of the need to shift to
arbitrary precision math.

Being unable to think of a better name, I gave the picture the
most simple and straightforward name possible.  I named it
"Midget".  Since it's pretty much an average image, I rated it
at an average 5.

The download will be available in an hour or so at the URL's:

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

and:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

The fractal weather today was cloudy and very humid with
occasional showers.  The fractal cats, who dislike wet grass,
got grumpy.  And I've got some unexpected work to do, so until
next time, take care, and pray for science.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


START 20.0 PARAMETER FILE==================================

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