This seems as good an opportunity as any to pass along how I name Jim Muth's images in my Fractint folder on my computer where they are currently mixed in with other .GIF fractal image files. When I calculate one of Jim Muth's Fractal of the Day images I name it: FYYMMDD[n].GIF The 'F' identifies it as a FotD image and groups all the FotD images together. The 'YYMMDD' automatically sorts the FotD images into correct ascending date order. And I can create 36 or so variations or zooms of Jim's image by optionally appending: '[n]' -- a single letter or number to identify a new image as my own -- but still show that the base source image was from a particular image of Jim's. The resulting file name is either seven or eight characters long, allowing Fractint to show the full name and not an eight character name created by Windows -- e.g. where: MyFractal.gif becomes: MYFRAC~1.GIF as displayed by DOS programs such as Fractint. A downside of this scheme is that it gives different 'date numbers' than Jim uses ( "FOTD 02-09-06" for Sept. 2nd, '06 ). Paul N. Lee who puts copies of Jim's images on the web at: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html uses YY-MM-DD format to name his web pages -- e.g.: FotD_06-09-02.html - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane@earthlink.net <mailto:hallane@earthlink.net> # #########################
-----Original Message----- From: Paul N. Lee [mailto:Paul.N.Lee@Worldnet.att.net] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 1:02 AM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com Subject: [philofractal] Re: FOTD 02-09-06 (New View of SeahorseValley [6])
David wrote:
John W.,
I file the fractals by date and what you call FOTD 02-09-06, I file as 090206.par. I occasionally forget that America writes the date backwards
The only rational way to write the date is YYYY.M.D (2006.9.2) or YYYYMMDD (20060902). Either one lets you append the time (HH.MM.SS or HHMMSS), and both produce a very sensible and easily sorted date/time. ;-)
So very true!! And definitely the best way when using computers to store such values.
The thing America has failed to do right is use the Metric system.
Later, P.N.L.
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