FOTD -- January 02, 2002 (Rating 3) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I'm suffering a bit of a post-holiday let-down. And since there's nothing better than a fractal search to treat the post- anything blues, I treated myself to a round of fractals and found today's midget. The fractal did not totally erase the blues, but they're now less obvious. It's a humble scene I found, which I can rate no higher than a 3, a picture of a midget in a valley of the Z^(sqrt(2))+C Mandeloid. I chose this particular fractal to explore because the midgets it holds are often surrounded by features with 2-way symmetry, and like midgets in the classic Mandelbrot set, are therefore relatively easy to find. The image might be worth more than the lowly 3 I assigned it, but in my depressed condition, I could rate nothing much higher. The name "The Violet Flame" came to mind when I noticed the violet fringe surrounding the midget. There is little in the image to suggest an actual flame. With its render time of 16 minutes, running the parameter file is one way of seeing today's scene. A better way is to go on the internet and download the finished GIF image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> Once again Tuesday the 32F 0C cold kept the fractal cats confined to quarters, where they forgot their troubles in a long sleep by the radiator. When they finally stirred, it was past nightfall, and a good meal kept them content. The philosophy I accidentally posted to the Fractint list seems to have taken on a life of its own. If anyone taking part in the off-topic discussion is subscribed to the philofractal list, let's move the discussion there, where we can rant and rave to our hearts' content. If no one cares enough to have re- subscribed to that quirky list, perhaps it's time to forget the philosophy and let the list die an overdue death. As for myself, I'm going to forget fractals for a few minutes, and despite my down mood, tackle the other work that needs to be done around here. Holidays are great, but they sure disrupt the work routine. Until next time, take care, and fractals inspire, but what do they inspire? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ The_Violet_Flame { ; time=0:16:04.44--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC1 function=floor passes=1 center-mag=-1.19336408751704900/+0.404860208006386\ 40/1.398672e+007/1/15/-2.53604046138167227e-007 params=1.414213562373/0/-30/0 float=y maxiter=6000 inside=0 logmap=464 colors=000AJUAITAGSAFRAEQADOAC\ MABKAAI98G96GC4KF5OI6RL7VO8YR8aU9eXAh_BlbCoeDshDvj\ IrlMomQloViqZfrbctf`vkYwoVysSzwPyvSyvVyvYyu_yubyue\ yuhytjytmytpytrtnupixojrnklmlfmlalmWknQknLikNhhPge\ RecSd`UcYWaWX`TZ_Q`YOaXLcWIeVGfMKfNLcOLaPLZQLXRLVS\ LSTLQUMNVMLWMJXMGYMEZMB_M9`M7dQFhUMlYUpa`tehwhovil\ ujitjgskdrkaql_plXomUnmSllQjlOhkNfkLekKcjIajH_iFZi\ EXiCVhBTh9Sh8YaBbWDgPFlJIqCKv6MtLWsZeqlopzyorqnjim\ balVVkNNjFFi78_DCRIGINK9SO0XR1WP1WN2VL2VJ3UI3UG4TE\ 4TC5SA5S9BR8HQ7MP6SO5XO4bN3gM2mL1rL1eI3TG4GE54C6K_\ JZwVWoTTgRR_QOTOMLNJDLH6KK8NN9PQBSTCUWEWZFZaH`dIbg\ KejLglMidNcXNYPOTHON9OIAQMASPAUSAWWBYZB_aBaeBchBek\ EbhG`eIYbKW_MTXORUQORSMOUJLWHIYFGPKCHO88S40W1BiULv\ uQsqVtr_usdvtiwumwvewwYwxQwyIwzAwz9wz8wz8wz7wz6wz6\ wzPwzTwzXwz_wzIwz1wzxwzwwzvwzuwztwzswzLwzPwzSwzVwz\ Ywz`wzcwzgwzjwzmwzpwzswzvwz0wz1wz2wz2wz3wz3wz } 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==================================