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No FOTD for Feb 01
by Jim Muth 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Fractal fans: There will be no FOTD for Feb 1 because The fractal artist is under the weather. FL is doing her part with the steaming chicken soup. (She sure makes better chicken soup than I do.) The weather is also turning bad here at FC, with heavy snow and ice due on Tuesday and Wednesday. The fractal cats got their share of the chicken soup. The next FOTD will be posted as soon as I'm up and about. Jim Muth

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Re: [Fractint] FOTD 31-01-11 (For Those Cut Off [7])
by Jim Muth 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

At 07:37 PM 1/30/2011 -0500, you wrote: > >FOTD -- January 31, 2011 (Rating 7) > >Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: > >In today's image the bailout radius of the parent Mandelbrot set >has been reduced to two. This cuts off even more of the set, >but does strange things to the elements close to the cut-off >line. In today's image I zoomed into the point where the west >branch of the filament that extends from the large north bud >disappears behind the cut-off line. > >To add to the interest, I rendered the image with the outside >set to 'tdis', which does add some interest, though not enough >to raise the rating above a 7. > >The name "For Those Cut Off" has something to do with the near- >ness of the image to the bailout radius. I forget exactly what >I had in mind. > >The calculation time of just under 9 minutes is surprisingly >fast for arbitrary precision math. > >And calculation may be bypassed entirely by viewing the finished >image on the active FOTD web site at: > ><http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> > >The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: > ><http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> > >but it is not up to date. > >Sunday turned into quite a pleasant day here at Fractal Central, >with partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 37F +3C. There >was not quite enough sun to lure the fractal cats to their >window shelf. They found total comfort on their shelf over the >heat. My day was reasonably pleasant, but I think I'm feeling >the first signs of whatever laid FL low. It might be her turn >to keep the chicken soup coming. The next FOTD will be posted >in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if c plus c equals c, >then 1 plus 1 equals 1. (Just kidding. I know my relativity.) > > >Jim Muth >jamth(a)mindspring.com > > >START PARAMETER FILE======================================= > >For_Those_Cut_Off { ; time=0:08:53.64-SF5 on P4-2000 > reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.1711\ > 33664958944136896783/1.04584546042623033322051/\ > 1.057108e+019/1/-117.5/0 params=0/0 float=y > maxiter=2500 bailout=2 inside=0 outside=tdis > colors=000kmagiYbeTQDGTKJVQLXWNqpWmmUjkTghSdfRacQp\ > 9XUUZVWXWXVXYUY_SZ`Q8xACtDGqFKnHOjJSgLWdN2XK8YLDZM\ > J_NO`OUaPx`wqankaedaXr8w__xZ`sZ`oZ`jZ`fZaaZaYZaTEG\ > MPROgu1er4dp7cmAbkDahG`fJ_cMrz5h3lADbK00RUTA0KKALK\ > GMAMNKKOA9LAFMlLNgRObXPCR`FTZIUYLWWOXVRYTU_SX`QkFE\ > iJGgMIePJcTLaWM_ZOzbCzOFnRHjUJfXLb_N000965DB8UUUcc\ > cmomljeWYNBC5FG8IKBzxzPRHTVKWZNqBFgPKzzdtt`ndwiXVc\ > gwlxwgkwbrwG__DHXIMV55KRUSVYQXGGYKIYOiYRLZVMZZOkTV\ > iVUgWveXScZRa_Q_`PG1rNEhTQZKWeNXbPY_SZXU_UX`Rp1zjE\ > mdQ`gfbiaZkWVmRRoLNYGJsBFiFQmCPp9Oz7NoDOlIOhNOWWUe\ > SPaXPPMBRPDSRFUTHVWJXYLY_NX1ZY6XYBWYFVYKUZPSZTRZYQ\ > EDuPQdTt0Vo7WjDYeJ4MBCQFKUISYMOAjQEgRHdTLaUO_VSXXV\ > UYZRGnOuC6iPG6zfBvcFr`JoZNkWRhUVdR0szIjgKzTNvSPrRR\ > oRzzAVhQXdP6PdCS`IVYOXVU_SmpUilSehRadQmz4jv7hrAfoD\ > dkGbhJ`dMDr_JmXOiUUeRA26JEDRQJ9I4FM9KQDPUHUYLo76lB\ > 9zFBhJEfNGdRIbVL`ZNuukpqf } > >END PARAMETER FILE========================================= > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Fractint mailing list >Fractint(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint > >

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<Mike Frazier> Any other fractal programs use multiple cores?
by Hal Lane 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

> > That's an awesome image at e+129; the PAR info says > > it only took 8 minutes?!?! > > The time is correct for one non anti-aliased frame > at e+129 on my fastest 8 core computer. Mike, Congratulations on solving the big bottleneck in calculating fractals -- not enough CPU power! Your getting 8 CPU cores attacking the fractal simultaneously is really great -- and on a Mac, too! Anyone know of any other fractal programs that use multiple CPU cores? - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane(a)earthlink.net # #########################

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Re: [Fractint] Mike Frazier Question
by JackOfTradeZ＠comcast.net 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

. ""I looked at the Universe#3 one at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vnLG45dVPs That was awesome. A complete zoom on the negative x spike with over 5000 frames. There were several really nice fractals along the way. How long did it take you to do it? What was the final magnification? "" That was actually an earlier effort, not so good as you see "jerk" frames; that was before I learned to tweak the "bfdigits" parameter in fractint. That isnt my page BTW - someone "borrowed" it and posted - no problem as they give proper credit. Better versions are on the UFVP website or my page: youtube.com/fractalkemist That one goes to E+89, Universe-6Z goes to E+112. It took over 2 years on 4 systems. Interesting progression of concentric circles, getting ever more complex. The "kidney" and "Alien Eggs" are seen, and the Period Doubling effect is well illustrated. I think a zoom into Muth's fractal would look pretty much the same, so I decided not to do it. However, the E+129 Par you posted took me 2 hours and change, the E+140 about 6 hours. .

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Re: [Fractint] FOTD 25-01-11 (Hidden Minibrot [9])
by JackOfTradeZ＠comcast.net 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

. Hey Mike - if you want to see what a deep zoom into that type of fractal looks like checkout the UFVP web site or my YouTube page. Look for "Universe-3" and Universe-6" animations. .

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FOTD 31-01-11 (For Those Cut Off [7])
by Jim Muth 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

FOTD -- January 31, 2011 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In today's image the bailout radius of the parent Mandelbrot set has been reduced to two. This cuts off even more of the set, but does strange things to the elements close to the cut-off line. In today's image I zoomed into the point where the west branch of the filament that extends from the large north bud disappears behind the cut-off line. To add to the interest, I rendered the image with the outside set to 'tdis', which does add some interest, though not enough to raise the rating above a 7. The name "For Those Cut Off" has something to do with the near- ness of the image to the bailout radius. I forget exactly what I had in mind. The calculation time of just under 9 minutes is surprisingly fast for arbitrary precision math. And calculation may be bypassed entirely by viewing the finished image on the active FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> but it is not up to date. Sunday turned into quite a pleasant day here at Fractal Central, with partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 37F +3C. There was not quite enough sun to lure the fractal cats to their window shelf. They found total comfort on their shelf over the heat. My day was reasonably pleasant, but I think I'm feeling the first signs of whatever laid FL low. It might be her turn to keep the chicken soup coming. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if c plus c equals c, then 1 plus 1 equals 1. (Just kidding. I know my relativity.) Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= For_Those_Cut_Off { ; time=0:08:53.64-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.1711\ 33664958944136896783/1.04584546042623033322051/\ 1.057108e+019/1/-117.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 bailout=2 inside=0 outside=tdis colors=000kmagiYbeTQDGTKJVQLXWNqpWmmUjkTghSdfRacQp\ 9XUUZVWXWXVXYUY_SZ`Q8xACtDGqFKnHOjJSgLWdN2XK8YLDZM\ J_NO`OUaPx`wqankaedaXr8w__xZ`sZ`oZ`jZ`fZaaZaYZaTEG\ MPROgu1er4dp7cmAbkDahG`fJ_cMrz5h3lADbK00RUTA0KKALK\ GMAMNKKOA9LAFMlLNgRObXPCR`FTZIUYLWWOXVRYTU_SX`QkFE\ iJGgMIePJcTLaWM_ZOzbCzOFnRHjUJfXLb_N000965DB8UUUcc\ cmomljeWYNBC5FG8IKBzxzPRHTVKWZNqBFgPKzzdtt`ndwiXVc\ gwlxwgkwbrwG__DHXIMV55KRUSVYQXGGYKIYOiYRLZVMZZOkTV\ iVUgWveXScZRa_Q_`PG1rNEhTQZKWeNXbPY_SZXU_UX`Rp1zjE\ mdQ`gfbiaZkWVmRRoLNYGJsBFiFQmCPp9Oz7NoDOlIOhNOWWUe\ SPaXPPMBRPDSRFUTHVWJXYLY_NX1ZY6XYBWYFVYKUZPSZTRZYQ\ EDuPQdTt0Vo7WjDYeJ4MBCQFKUISYMOAjQEgRHdTLaUO_VSXXV\ UYZRGnOuC6iPG6zfBvcFr`JoZNkWRhUVdR0szIjgKzTNvSPrRR\ oRzzAVhQXdP6PdCS`IVYOXVU_SmpUilSehRadQmz4jv7hrAfoD\ dkGbhJ`dMDr_JmXOiUUeRA26JEDRQJ9I4FM9KQDPUHUYLo76lB\ 9zFBhJEfNGdRIbVL`ZNuukpqf } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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Re: [Fractint] FOTD 25-01-11 (Hidden Minibrot [9])
by JackOfTradeZ＠comcast.net 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

. Thats an awesome image at e+129; the PAR info says it only took 8 minutes ?!?! Is FRACTON better than FractInt or is the current MAC platform better than WinDoZe/DOS ? I was thinking of doing a zoom animation also, it is an interesting fractal. But I would expect many months to do it based on previous experience. .

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FOTD 30-01-11 (Star of Ambiguity [6.5])
by Jim Muth 29 Jan '11

29 Jan '11

FOTD -- January 30, 2011 (Rating 6.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Yesterday's scene was located in a side filament of the north- eastern period-10 bud on the main bay of the Mandelbrot set. Today's image is a close up of the 'star' on the main filament extending from that same bud. The color palette is a virtual repeat of yesterday's, with only a few minor changes. Once again, I rendered the scene with the outside set to 'tdis'. At this low magnitude the slow-down is still apparent, but with a calculation time of a mere 40 seconds, the delay is no problem. The rating of a 6-1/2 indicates that the image is worth at least a brief look, especially with a calculation time of 40 seconds. The name "Star of Ambiguity" implies that no one knows exactly what lies at the center of the 'star' in the image. Actually, the star has no limit, so all attempts to find what lies at its center are certain to be futile. The center always lies just beyond the limit of definition. With all the new-fangled programs inserting strange characters into text files, running parameter files from the internet can sometimes be tricky. The simplest way to avoid the problems caused by strange characters is to view the image already calcu- lated on the currently active FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original web site, currently inactive, may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Steady snow fell all day Saturday here at Fractal Central, while the temperature hovered around a reasonable 28F -2C. By night- fall about 3-1/2 inches or 9cm of fresh snow had piled up. As I cleared the fractal driveway, the fractal cats watched the action from their window shelf. They took to their warmer shelf over the heat when the outside show ended. My day was busy, mostly with keeping the fractal pavements cleaned and keeping the chicken soup coming for FL, who is back on her feet, but still not up to par. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if the theory of relativity is correct, one plus one does not always equal two. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Star_of_Ambiguity { ; time=0:00:40.42-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.33481377/\ +0.04702896/1696 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=24000 bailout=9 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=6 colors=000jjGkkJklMlmPlnTmoWmpZnqanrdoshcccwwzmmmh\ hhUUU3A6UUU68C77E87H96JA5MB5PC4RD3UE3WJ9YOF_SKaXQc\ aVde`fjehokjspknmhjjefgbbd`ZbYV_VRXTNUQJSNFPLBMI7J\ F3HD7FHAEKDDNFCQHBSJBULAWN9ZP9`R8bT7dV7gX6iZ5k`5mb\ 9lcDkdGjeKifNigRhhVgjYfkaeldemhdnlcoobpsaqvaru`ru_\ stZstZttYtsXusWusWvrVvrUwqTwqTxqSxpRypQypQunTrlVnj\ XkhZgf`ddb`bdY`fZ_e__d`_daZcbZccZbdZa`OaaO`bO`cO_d\ NZeMZfLYgKYfNVeLSdKPfJMgIJgHHfGEfFB`E8_D5ZC2ZB0_C2\ `D4aE6bF8cGAdHBeIDfJFgKHmLJnMKoNMpYOqZQr_Sr_TncVjg\ XfkZbt`_xaXv_UuZRtYOsWLrVIlUFkTIiWKhYNg`PebSddUcgX\ biZ`ka_ncZpfXrhWukVwmUyjTvhSteSrcRpaRnZQlXQiUPgSPe\ QOcNOaLN_JNYKT`LZcMdfNihOokPunQzpSvqUsqVpqXmqYir_f\ r`crb`rdYreUsgRshOsjLskIshHmeHgcHa`HXYGRWGLTGFRGAN\ JJKLSGN_DPhARpDRkGRgJRcLR_ORWRRSUROWRKZRGaRCcR8QHO\ C7b9Da7Ia5Oa3Ta6V`8X_BYZD_ZFaYIbXKdWMeW8m8G_OOMbV8\ qU7pU7pT6oT6oiiGihCih9jiD } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTD 25-01-11 (Hidden Minibrot [9])
by Jim Muth 29 Jan '11

29 Jan '11

FOTD -- January 25, 2011 (Rating 9) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Things were quite busy again here at Fractal Central on Monday, which left little time for an intensive fractal search, but the war-horse Mandelbrot set again rushed to the rescue with an infinitesimal minibrot in the East Valley of a larger but still infinitesimal minibrot at the tip of the main spike. Images of minibrots near the tip of the main spike are common, but today's image is colored well enough to raise the image to a superlative 9. And most surprising, the colors were created with a tap of the <enter> key and only a few small tweaks by the human fractal tapper. Way out here on the spike, the bailout radius has a great effect on the appearance of the image. Raising the bailout of today's image to 10 totally destroys the artistic effect. (Lowering it to 3 is even worse -- the image vanishes.) The name "Hidden Minibrot" is not the name of an upcoming Chinese movie. It refers to the minibrot at the center, which does not become visible until a magnitude of 10^100 is reached. Actually, I have already been down there, and can report that the minibrot has potential. One thing that could be improved is the calculation time of today's image, which at 1/2 hour, is inconveniently long. But, considering the image's magnitude of over 7*(10^93), this is not unreasonable. The calculation may be forgotten by viewing the finished image on the current FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> but before going there, allow a short time for Hal to calculate and post the image. The traditional FOTD web site is available at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Those wondering when my own FOTD web site will be up and running will be disappointed by the news that, due to the heavy graphic design work, we made no further progress on Monday. The temperature rose from a very cold start of -4F -20C to a not very balmy afternoon max of 19F -7C here at Fractal Central on Monday. The day began sunny, but by midday the clouds moved in, with a forecast of light snow to come at night. The fractal cats were disappointed when the sun failed to reach their window shelf before the clouds arrived, but they found comfort on the shelf by the heat. As reported above, my day was very busy. FL's day was even busier. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and try to keep your fractal politically correct. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Hidden_Minibrot { ; time=0:30:33.42-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.9999\ 99999999995570588474637616346760358903286522128797\ 5190794248519602192032643927978653766431435/0/7.09\ 7126e+093 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=12000 inside=0 colors=000SegQciPbjOakN`lM_nLZoKXpJWqIVsHUtGTuFSvE\ BIHDLKEONFROGSPHTQIU00URKWS0XTKYT0ZUO_VP`VQaYUYaYU\ wdppcgjbZdaQZ`HDT4LX7T`9`dBhhEplGxoIczERfK6`jFLPzz\ ce_CazfN63SBAWGH_DF_LN_SV__b`ij_fi_di_bhZ`hZZgZXgb\ Qm`TjZVgYYdW_aUbZTdWRgTXZGMhOLkLJnIIqFGtCFw9Ez6Mp7\ Tf7_X8fN8mD9t49r5Cq5Fp6Ho6Kn6Nm7Pl7Sk7Vj8Xi8_h8bg9\ df9ge9iUaOIz2Ty9czGnqNxmTnePdYLVQILIEBABR_GSaKSbOT\ cSTdVUeZUfbVgfVhi_ghdfhiehnehhajcZlZVnTSpOOrJLtEIu\ JOpOUlTWhYYdbk`gqXlzTmtWnrYnp_onapldpjfqhhqfjndkkb\ liamf_ndZoaXp_WqXUrUSsSRtPPuNOvKMwKMwFJUDIUFMUHPUJ\ TULWUN_SPbLQiDNeDLaEJUEGPFEMGCKGAIH7HI5GI3FJ1EJ30F\ 50B708A07C07EA6GF6JG6LI5NJ5PL4SM4UN4WP3YQ3_R3`NJaJ\ YaGlcHjdIheIffJdhJbiK`jK_kLYmMWpMUrNStNQvOOxONzY`m\ hmsghd_bX40O40G40840ZJEXHDSFDZDCeBBlKBsUAzcAuUEoKI\ jAMdCQ_ETVFbRHrMJzIKzKMzMOzOQzQSzSUzUVzWXzYZz_`Uab\ ObcMmWLzOLzGKz9KzdWze_zec } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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FOTD 29-01-11 (Party in Hyperspace [6])
by Jim Muth 28 Jan '11

28 Jan '11

FOTD -- January 29, 2011 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene in a side spiral of the period-10 bud on the northeast shore line of the Mandelbrot set. This area is very near the depth where the East Valley elephants start to appear, and hints of the ponderous pachyderms are indeed visible in the image. Most of the effect is a result of rendering the image with the outside set to 'tdis'. Setting the outside to 'iter' speeds up the image by 100 times, but also drops the acceptable rating of a 6 to an embarrassingly low 3. The name "Party in Hyperspace" does not imply 4-D festivities. It is merely some words that came to mind when I entered the 'naming' mode. The calculation time is a rather inconvenient 13 minutes. But a quick idea of the scene may be seen in 8 seconds by resetting the outside to 'iter' and the logmap to a negative 1916. All such calculation inconvenience may be avoided by surfing to the active FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> where the finished image is or soon will be posted. the original classic FOTD web site may be found at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Light snow fell all morning here at Fractal Central, though by the time it ended, only 1cm had piled up. The afternoon tempera- ture of 34F +1C quickly eliminated what had fallen in the morning. The fractal cats were ambivalent about the situation, and finally decided they would rather be well fed than cozy. With FL back in action, my day was improved, though there is still a backlog of stuff to clear up. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if you know what the stock market is going to do next, let me know. Jim Muth jamth(a)mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Party_InHyperspace { ; time=0:13:01.22-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=+0.3265\ 79110841169/+0.05200630315369301/8.263762e+010/1/\ -80/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=24000 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000ih9jiDjjGkkJklMlmPlnTmoWmpZnqanrdoshotkp\ unpvqpvtSYV3A659968C77E87H96JA5MB5PC4RD3UE3WJ9YOF_\ SKaXQcaVde`fjehokjspknmhjjefgbbd`ZbYV_VRXTNUQJSNFP\ LBMI7JF3HD7FHAEKDDNFCQHBSJBULAWN9ZP9`R8bT7dV7gX6iZ\ 5k`5mb9lcDkdGjeKifNigRhhVgjYfkaeldemhdnlcoobpsazvS\ zuRzuQztPztPztOzsNzsMzsMzrLzrKzqJzqJzqIzpHzpGzpHzn\ LzlPvjSrhVmfYhd`cbc``fZ_e__d`_d`Zc`Zc`Zb`ZaWOaXO`Y\ O`ZO__NZ`MZaLYbKYaNV`LS_KPaJMbIJbHHaGEaFB`E8_D5ZC2\ ZB0_C2`D4aE6bF8cGAdHBeIDfJFgKHmLJnMKoNMpYOqZQr_Sr_\ TncVjgXfkZbt`_xaXv_UuZRtYOsWLrVIlUFkTIiWKhYNg`PebS\ ddUcgXbiZ`ka_ncZpfXrhWukVwmUyjTvhSteSrcRpaRnZQlXQi\ UPgSPeQOcNOaLN_JNYKT`LZcMdfNihOokPunQzpSvqUsqVpqXm\ qYir_fr`crb`rdYreUsgRshOsjLskIshHmeHgcHa`HXYGRWGLT\ GFRGANJJKLSGN_DPhARpDRkGRgJRcLR_ORWRRSUROWRKZRGaRC\ cR8QHOC7b9Da7Ia5Oa3Ta6V`8X_BYZD_ZFaYIbXKdWMeW8m8G_\ OOMbV8qU7pU7pT6oT6oiiGihC } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================

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