FOTD -- October 12, 2002 (Rating 5)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's fractal takes around 0.7 part of Z^(-0.05) and adds
1/10th as much Z^(-11) to it before adding 1/C. The resulting
fractal is a grossly bloated empty circle on the verge of
turning inside-out, with a bit of chaos on its western shore.
Today's image focuses on this chaos, which is filled with
curiously twisted quadratic midgets. I may investigate these
midgets further in the days to come. Today however, I have
concentrated on the entire area of chaos.
At first glance, today's scene appears to have L-R symmetry.
But the symmetry is an illusion. A second glance will reveal
small differences in the left and right halves of the picture.
Today's image is rotated 90 degrees and stretched in its
vertical direction. This stretching of the chaos distorts it
into something that vaguely resembles a rack of moose antlers.
When searching for fractal names, if I see even the slightest
resemblance to something, that is enough to supply a name. In
today's case, it justified the name "Antlers in Sight".
The background of the image consists of bof60 inside fill; the
ground at the bottom is normal outside material. The whole
thing is of average FOTD quality, and in fact, much like the
images I produced so many of in the early FOTD's. I rated it at
an average 5.
The 2-1/2 minute render time is reasonable for such an average
image, and that time can be reduced by 40 percent by changing
the passes from 1 to g. But even 1-1/2 minutes is a bit longer
than would be required to download the completed image from:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
or from:
<http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
The temperature Friday here at F.C. reached 68F 20C, but the
weather was terrible. It poured rain all day, accumulating over
4 inches (or 10cm) by evening. The cats of the fractal variety
sat all day on their shelves by the windows, watching the rain
and sulking because they could not go out. A treat of tuna in
the evening cheered them somewhat, but could not come close to
making up for the day of forced confinement.
It's still cloudy this morning, though no rain is falling. As
soon as the grass dries, the dynamic duo will be unleashed into
the yard. (Dynamic fractal cats do not like their paws wet.)
As for me, I'm going to take it as slow as possible and enjoy
the temporary lull in the work load as much as possible. But
unless the world ends, I'll return tomorrow with a new and
hopefully better fractal. Until then, take care, and relax.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
jimmuth(a)aol.com
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FOTD -- October 11, 2002 (Rating 6)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's FOTD image is named "Complexity" not because it was
created with complex numbers, but rather because it is a very
complex image. Much of the complexity has been achieved by
rendering the scene with the outside set to <atan> and the
inside set to <bof61>. These settings are a departure from my
usual equal-iteration bands on the outside and a blank black on
the inside.
The parent fractal takes 0.0145 part of Z^(11) and adds 1.6095
parts of (1/Z) to it before adding (1/C). The resulting fractal
appears as a somewhat distorted M-set rotated 180 degrees.
Today's scene is located in some unlikely chaos on a filament of
a bud in the East Valley area of the parent, which in today's
case is located on the west side of the main bay.
In addition to the unusual inside and outside fills in today's
image, the bailout also plays a part in the final appearance. I
have set the bailout radius to 2.076, which is just above the
point where the scene goes totally blank. Unlike fractals with
negative exponents of Z, fractals with positive exponents do not
evaporate when the bailout is increased. They do change however
as the bailout is reduced to near the cutoff point, though to a
lesser degree. To see the unchanged version, reset the imag(p3)
parameter to zero and recalculate the image.
I was about to toss aside today's image with a rating of an
average 5, but then I stepped back from the screen and noticed
that, from a distance, the image looks surprisingly good. I
finally settled on a rating of 6.
The render time of 8 minutes from the parameter file is a bit
slow. The better way to see the image is to download it in
completed form from Paul's web site at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
or from Scott's site at:
<http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
The weather Thursday here at the Fractal Central was simply
terrible. It rained steadily from dawn until midnight, with a
temperature around 61F 16C. This kept the cats confined to the
indoors and resulted in them being quite unhappy through most of
the day. In the evening, I gave them a treat of turkey, which
lightened their moods -- at least a bit.
For a change, I have very little to do today, except search for
fractals. Since it's still raining, that's probably what I'll
do. Until tomorrow, take care, and keep your spirits up -- if
you can find them that is.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
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At 10:07 AM 10/11/02 +0200, Mike Weitzel wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The chapter about DOS in computer history is about to be finished.
<details snipped>
I would say the DOS era ended a number of years ago. We all
realize that Fractint is limited because of its dependence on
an obsolete OS. The problem is that no one has volunteered
to accomplish the monumental task of updating the program to
a modern OS.
Jim M.
At 06:12 PM 10/10/02 +0100, John Lewis wrote:
>Let me see. There is Glenmorangie, McAllan, Famous Grouse and that's
>only a tiny percentage of the Scotch spirits....
As I wrote, my opinion depends on the definition of 'spirit'.
Jim M.
FOTD -- October 10, 2002 (Rating 8)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Do human beings have spirits? The religious say yes, scientists
say they have found no evidence, skeptics say probably not,
Atheists say no. I say it depends on the definition of the word
'spirit'. But one thing certain is that some fractals, (those
with negative powers of Z), do have spirits, and those spirits
remain behind when the original fractal evaporates.
As the mention of spirits and the outrageous value of imag(p3)
should have made apparent, today's FOTD is another of my
'evaporated' fractals. (To see the unevaporated version, change
imag(p3) to 0.) There are no escaping points at all in the
image, which consists entirely of trapped inside points made
visible by the inside fill of bof61.
I used an inside fill of bof61 in today's image because that
fill works best with this particular image. I have found no way
to predict which inside fill will work best with particular
evaporated fractals. The best fill must be found by trial and
error.
The parent fractal consists of a Mandeloid shaped like a bloated
queen termite, with an immense area of chaos to its east. This
chaotic area contains regions where the chaos becomes lace-like
and converges in nodes. Today's scene lies near one of the most
prominent nodes. The actual node of course has long since evap-
orated from the world of fractal reality.
Since the image is something relatively unique, I rated it at an
8, which is a great improvement over yesterday's miserable 4. I
named it "Inside Fantasy" as a description. Considering the
much-above-average worth of the finished product, the render
time of 6 minutes is reasonable. And as always, the finished
GIF image is available for near-instant download on Paul's web
site at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
and on Scott's site at:
<http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
The Wednesday weather here at Fractal Central was of the dull,
dreary variety. The lack of sun, temperature of 61F 16C,
occasional spits of rain, and the wrong flavor cat food left the
fractal cats very testy. In the evening, Tippy defiantly en-
sconced himself in my favorite chair, and dared me to try to
dislodge him. Tippy won the battle.
My next battle will be won when I finish the work now before me.
But to finish I must first start, so until tomorrow, when an
even better fractal might appear, take care, and prepare for
the war against obese fractals.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
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FOTD -- October 09, 2002 (Rating 4)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Despite the ridiculous media attention the local area is getting
due to the sniper roaming the vicinity, the fractals continue
without interruption. (And why are six shootings in a week so
newsworthy when we have had 23 shootings in the area on a single
week-end, which have received less news coverage?)
Before I get side-tracked into social commentary, let's get to
the fractals.
The name of today's fractal, "Floating Garden", appears rather
Japanese, but the image has little in it that could be connected
to the orient. It's actually a scene in the fractal created by
adding Z^(3) and 3Z^(0.1), then adding C and iterating with the
bailout radius set at an unusually low value of 5. (The low
bailout makes very little difference.)
The resulting fractal appears as a shattered Mandeloid with its
main stem pointing north and its East Valley totally broken up.
Today's scene is located at the tip of a filament attached to a
bud in a spurious valley that lies in the area where East Valley
of the parent fractal would normally be located.
When rendered in the usual manner, with the outside set to
<iter> and the inside set to zero, today's image rates only a 4.
With the departures from the normal rendering methods which I
used in today's image, it still rates only a 4.
When I found the scene, I felt it had a 6 or 7 rated fractal in
it. But regardless of what I tried, the stubborn scene just
would not improve. I finally settled on the inside fill of
bof60, with the outside decorated by the decomp option, which is
a feature I have almost never used since I first tried it and
quickly grew bored with its effect of curved, shiny metallic
surfaces.
The name "Floating Garden" was inspired by the curved bits and
pieces that appear to be floating in front of a background of
infinite space. The visual effect unfortunately does not live
up to the above description of the image.
The render time of 10 minutes from the parameter file is a bit
too much for such a mediocre image. A download of the completed
image file is a far more efficient way of seeing the garden.
The download may be found at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
and at:
<http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
On Tuesday the fractal cats enjoyed the sun, but the temperature
in the 50's F, low teens C, was a bit too chilly for their
sensitive ears and noses. They spent only 1/2 hour in the yard.
Later in the evening, Tippy defiantly grabbed my favorite chair
and told me to not even think of moving him.
Today it's once again chilly, and with less sun than yesterday,
the duo will likely once again be testy. As for me, when undone
work lies before me, I'm always testy, so I'd best get started
on that undone work. Until tomorrow, take care, and be happy
when your work is finished.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
jimmuth(a)aol.com
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Tony,
Thanks for this info. Running in a DOS box is what I did. I need to get
myself a floppy drive (don't ask) and then I'll do as you suggest. Your help
is really appreciated!
Bill
FOTD -- October 08, 2002 (Rating 5)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Today's quickly-found fractal is a simple thing. With the
MandelbrotBC1 formula I calculated the Z^(3.01)+C Mandeloid and
examined the area of the negative X-axis where the western
'Seahorse' valley is beginning to split. I really had no need
for the M-BC1 formula, since I could have done the same thing
with Fractint's built-in manzpower formula. The resulting
figure would not have been exactly the same, but the character-
istics of the midgets in the area would have been similar.
As I studied the image, I fancied myself looking down through a
jungle of fractal material, toward a cubic midget on the forest
floor. I considered naming the image "Fractal Jungle", but the
name seemed so obvious that I finally decided on "Fractal
Vines". And the name is not too far off the mark. The tangles
and loops do resemble vines hanging from trees. Unfortunately,
the end result is once again only of average fractal quality,
and I could rate it no higher than a 5.
While working with fractals, I like to consider the outside
parts as material and the inside as empty space, which is why I
usually color the inside parts of my fractals a dead black.
This viewpoint has become my basic fractal world-view. Surpris-
ingly, such a view is not too far removed from what is commonly
known as the 'real' world-view, in which a vast empty space is
seen as filled with tiny islands of material known as stars,
planets, etc., all of which, for convenience, is granted an
attribute known as objective reality. And the more one studies
the current theories of physics, such as super-strings and super-
symmetry, the more one realizes that the 'real' world appears to
be made of numbers.
Why, I wonder, can't the world of fractals also be considered
'real'. It also is made of numbers; it has its empty spaces and
its clumps of 'material'. As the 'real' world needs the human
senses to make itself manifest, the fractal world needs compu-
ters to make itself manifest. Are the two worlds as different
as they seem? Would it truly be so surprising if, when the much
publicized 'theory of everything' is finally found, (if it is
ever found), it turns out to be a fractal?
If all this speculation seems confusing, relief may be found in
5 minutes by rendering the parameter file and watching the
festooned vines come into existence, remembering of course that
they are vines only because I have declared them to be vines.
A quicker, simpler method of viewing the image is to visit
Paul's web site at:
<http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
and download the completed GIF image from there.
On Monday, Scott's site got its script signals crossed, but I
assume his site is up and running today at:
<http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>
The image may also be downloaded from there.
Except for a brief period of cloudiness in the afternoon, the
fractal weather Monday here at Fractal Central was ideal. The
fractal duo would rather have had more sun, but the temperature
of 77F 25C was good enough to keep them in a good humor.
Today promises to be a near-perfect repeat, so the dynamic duo
should stay happy most all day. My own happiness will come when
I finish a bit of work that seems to always appear when I expect
a slow day. Until 24 hours or so from now, take care, and think
for yourself.
Jim Muth
jamth(a)mindspring.com
jimmuth(a)aol.com
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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==================================
I suppose there's no chance fractint could be made to
run on XP (nt file system)? Am I really and truly
stuck with having to repartition and to dual-boot into
Win98/DOS in order to keep fractint? It seems so, as
I've been trying hard enough to make it run on my
newly purchased machine running xp but it refuses to
do so with reports of missing fractint.cfg. I guess
no one has a trick up his sleeve that would save me
the trouble of wiping off my new system?
Cheers, Anna.
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Anna,
I have the same video card as you. I tried various things that folks on this
lost suggested to me. I have Fractint working on XP, but I can only get 640
x 480 resolution.
I will forward to you the emails with the suggestions.
Bill
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