FOTD -- September 09, 2004 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene on a filament of a small midget on a larger filament on the northeast border of the largest bud of the Mandelbrot set. On my tired old P200 machine it renders in 32 minutes. On the new 3200mhz unit it renders in just under 8 minutes, and that is without any optimizing. The new machine properly displays the VESA super-VGA resolutions up to SF7, which is 1024x768x256. It almost manages SF9. Since I have done no optimizing, I could probably get Fractint running significantly faster if I tried. I could also probably make the SF9 resolution work. I have noticed several program quirks, such as sudden slow-downs in the rendering speed, which likely could be worked out. Since the new unit probably will not be used for fractals for some time yet, I have not yet decided to exert the effort of optimizing it for Fractint and working out the quirks. But when things get caught up, I probably will. I named the image "Mandel Paw-Prints". And why not? The name is as good as any other I might have thought of. When adjusted for the render time of 32 minutes, the rating of 6 gives an overall value of 19. As I remarked above, the image renders in 32 minutes. I have been reading of some access problems with the FOTD web site, but I have had no problems in accessing the site. If all goes well, much time can be saved by downloading the finished GIF file from the web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> If all does not go well, the parameter file is included below. Unsettled weather over the past few days made for unsettled cats. For some reason they got into a tussle Wednesday after- noon -- a very undignified thing for such aged cats to do. Luckily the treat of tuna topped with cheddar cheese restored their good moods. I'll try to have the next FOTD ready by Saturday the 11th. Until then, take care, and Saturday will be the third anniversary of the day on which I realized that pre- cognition, which is intuitively impossible, does in fact exist. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mandel_Paw_Prints { ; time=0:31:58.17--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.89182353338998202751172445/0.2449367\ 0082753657586271102/1.912854e+021/1/-27.5/3.715271\ 14628733557e-012 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=00054477889B9CEBFICIKEKNFNQGQUISXJVZKYbM`eN\ bhNdjMahK`fKYeJXdIUaIS`GQZFOYFMXEKUCISCGRBEQBCOR5G\ f09w01z00x03l09Z3IN7OBBVFFYJJ`NMbRQeVUhZXjb`mfbnhe\ pifpjhpliqmjqnlqpmsqnsspstqtustwttwutttuqtuptumswl\ swiswfsxeqxbqxaqyZqyXpyVpzSpzRpzOtyMxxKzxNxqOwlRte\ Ss`VqVXnOZmJ`lEZiGZfJZdKZaNZZOZXRZUSZRVZOXZMZZJ`ZG\ bZFdXJfUNiRQlOUnMXqJ`tGdwEfyBjz8mzBidEfFJbKO`OUYSY\ VYbSahQelNjqKnwIszFwjxqhwifubdtXbtQ`sJZqCYq5FaK0NY\ 0OX0QX0RX0SV0UV0VV0XV0YU0ZU0`U0aU0YV0UX4QY8MZCI`IF\ ZNEYSCYXBX`9Vd8Vh7Ul5Un8Uq9UtBUuEUwFUwGUxJUyKUzMUz\ OUzQUzRUzUUzVUzXUzYUz`YtaambdhehafjVhnOjsJluCmy5oz\ 0qz0sz4uzFxyQzt`zpjzjuzfzzbutijep`SuQEzG0zE1zC3yB4\ u95q87m78i49e3Ba1CY0EU0FQ0GM0KI3QK8TMEWNJZQOaRUdSZ\ gU`jValXbjXbiYdhYefZfeZfd`hb`iaaj`ajZblYbmXdmfdlmY\ jpRiuKhxEfw7fr9fmCfhFfcIfZKfUNfPQdJRaGRZESXBSV9US7\ UQ4VN1Vzq3wh4l`4aS4RK4GC4 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================