FOTD 29-09-04 (A Blobby Fractal [6])
FOTD -- September 29, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: When today's image appeared on the screen, it took me no more than 10 seconds to think of the name "A Blobby Fractal". The elements filling the screen reminded me of that old movie 'The Blob', one of my favorites. . . . Well, let's admit it, all the junky old movies are my favorites. (That original blob was finally done away with by electrocuting it, or was that how they eliminated 'The Thing'. Maybe I'm remembering wrong and it was 'The Thing' that was electrocuted, and the blob that was frozen. I guess I'll have to play one of my old videotapes.) Today's image is part of the fractal that results when 1/100 part of Z^(-100) is combined with (1/Z) before C is added. This parent fractal at first appears nearly hopeless, consisting of overlapping flat disks with scalloped edges. The few areas of interest appear where the scalloped disks overlap. Today's scene lies in one of these areas. The image is actually a rather attractive one, well worth its rating of an above-average 6. The render time of 10 minutes gives an overall value of 60. The completed image may be down- loaded from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Clouds moved in on Monday here at Fractal Central, but the rain held off until after dark, giving the fractal cats a full day in the yard. The heavy rain that fell most all day Tuesday caused much flooding in the local area and kept the duo confined to their shelf by the window, uncharacteristically resigned to their fate. Luckily, the fractal basement escaped with nothing more than a puddle along the side wall. Today is starting mostly cloudy and breezy. If no more rain breaks out, the duo will have a marginal day. For me, the serious work is basically caught up. All that needs to be done is to get the workplace in order and to keep things caught up. The next FOTD will appear on Oct. 1, when the every- day schedule will in all probability resume. Until then, take care, and enjoy the endless wonders. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ A_Blobby_Fractal { ; time=0:09:59.01--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.28034401046869440/+0.609333884977504\ 30/5.726332e+007/1/27.5/8.2436568175914271e-008 params=10/-1/0.01/-100/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=900 inside=0 outside=tdis logmap=79 periodicity=10 colors=000zzunOwjRwfUwbXwZZwVawRdwNfwJiwFlwBnw7qw3\ tw0ww0yw0zw0ys5xnCwlJuhQtdXsabqYipUppRnmRniRnfSnbS\ `G5aG7bG7eF7fF8hF8iF8lF9mF9nF9pF9tR7xa5zl3zw1nzKZz\ aJzs4zzEzzMzqUzhazZizQqzGyx8wy8uy8ty8sz8qz8nz8mz8l\ z8jz8iz8fz8ez8dz8bz8az8`z8VzBRzCNzEJzFFzIBzJ7zK3zM\ bu8YwBSxCOxFJyGFyI9zK4zM0zO0zQ0zR0yO1wM7tJCqGInENl\ BRh9Xe7ab4f`1lY0qV0uS0pR1lQ8hOEdNKZNQVMXRKaNJhJJmF\ z0QzGZzbhzxewfbsR`n9Zj0dl4hlEllNplYtlfxlpzlynmhbnR\ Qp9Eq0Fs0Gs0Is0Js0Ks0Ms0Ms0Nt1Ot3Qt4Rt5St7Ut8Ut8Xq\ EYpIZmM`lQbjUdhYefafdeibijamlZqmYunXyiUleRZ`QNXN9S\ M0eazfYxhVwiRtjOslMpmInnFlpCjjFmeGn`IpVKqQMsKNtFQu\ 9Rw5Sx1OzIUtXZjjdbbmSXuJOz9zf0zf0zJdzNfzQhzUjzXlz`\ nzbpyesyitxlwxpxwszwuzuqitnSsj9sh0pb0mZ0jV4hR8eMCb\ IG`EKY9NaIRdQVfYYiealmenthpuiqwiswiuxjwxjzyjzylwzl\ uzltyntxptxqswssutsuustwqsxqsyqqzppzppzpnzpnzzzzyz\ ztzElzEdzEXyEOxEGuE8tE0sE } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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==================================
Interesting, when I glanced at the subject line from the office via webmail, I thought it said "A Bloody Fractal" - and was looking forward to a possibly-colorful story about why a Brit was cursing about your fractal. ;-) Jim Muth wrote:
FOTD -- September 29, 2004 (Rating 6)
Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
When today's image appeared on the screen, it took me no more than 10 seconds to think of the name "A Blobby Fractal". The elements filling the screen reminded me of that old movie 'The Blob', one of my favorites. . . . Well, let's admit it, all the junky old movies are my favorites. (That original blob was finally done away with by electrocuting it, or was that how they eliminated 'The Thing'. Maybe I'm remembering wrong and it was 'The Thing' that was electrocuted, and the blob that was frozen.
You've got it right there. "The Thing" (based on a classic Clifford Simak science fiction short story) was electrocuted. The Blob was frozen. Decades later, they tried the same trick against the liquid-metal terminator in Terminator 2, only a fire that was going nearby thawed the bits out and they reformed. That idea was taken from another science fiction short story in which a ball-shaped liquid metal alien that had crashlanded on earth (and smashed to pieces during the crash) had been spending thousands of years slowly gathering bits of itself back together). When attacked, it defended itself with blasts of heat. Finally someone manages to blow it up ... and the story ends with two tiny droplets of it, that happened to be near each other, making their way together again.
I guess I'll have to play one of my old videotapes.)
Better than a lot of the current movies and junk that's on TV, IMHO. David gnome@hawaii.rr.com
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, David Jones wrote:
Better than a lot of the current movies and junk that's on TV, IMHO.
I like to think my own life is more interesting than television, and even when it's not, I wouldn't want it to be THAT interesting. _______ What do you call Michael Jackson with a dead baby?
On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, David Jones wrote:
SherLok Merfy wrote:
What do you call Michael Jackson with a dead baby?
And the answer is????
I can think of many good answers to the question, but my favourite is dijestible in my arrogant opinion, so I should give oracle@cs.indiana.edu a chance before I answer you. Try taking the question to a coffee shop. _______ Q: Why do things only get worse after we're born wet, naked and hungry? A: You owe The Internet Oracle something better than a hot-tub date with Shamira Jessa and a joint.
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