FOTD -- February 25, 2004 (Rating 2) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I am brimming over with philosophy today, both scientific and political, but unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, because of the general turmoil, I have no time to write it. So instead of blathering, we will go directly to the abbreviated discussion of the image. Today's image is a different view of the same scene that appeared in yesterday's image. The magnitude and maxiter are the same, but, using a different formula, the render time has jumped from 9 minutes to 95 minutes. This is a fine demonstra- tion of the efficiency of the Fractint Mandel formula, which was used to calculate yesterday's image. Yesterday's Mandelbrot image showed the real(c) and imag(c) axes of the scene. Today's image shows the imag(c) and imag(z) axes. I call this orientation the 'Rectangular' because the slice through the origin of the Julibrot in this direction is shaped quite like a rectangle. When seen from this particular direction, the hole that appeared as a midget in yesterday's image is shaped more like a bullet. In recognition of this fact, and considering the plight of the local school teachers, I have named the miserable picture "Bite the Bullet". Since today's image is basically a repeat of yesterday's, complete with the same color palette, I could rate it no higher than a 2, which, combined with the render time of 95 minutes, gives an overall value of a pathetic 2, perhaps the all-time lowest value. At times like this it is best to avoid needless frustration by giving Paul a chance to render and post the image, then download- ing it from his FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The weather was cold and rainy here at Fractal Central on Tuesday. The temperature of 36F 2C, while not quite cold enough for snow, was certainly cold enough to chill the whiskers and ears of the cats, who passed the day sleeping by the heat and glancing at the birds flying past. Today is starting sunny and cold, but promises to turn warmer. The cats have yet to make their judgement on the weather. For me, I've got quite a load of work to accomplish and the local agitation, (the fractal lady is involved in the school situation), is helping none at all. I'll try to have a fractal ready by post time tomorrow, but there is no promise. Until next time, take care. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Bite_the_Bullet { ; time=1:35:29.99--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=Rectangular passes=1 center-mag=0/0/2.171274e+008/0.002123/-0.035408778\ 9311406873/-89.8977468907879 params=-0.12942475461\ 27244/0.6495253624666402/-0.1294247546127244/0.649\ 5253624666402 float=y maxiter=100000 inside=0 logmap=5777 periodicity=10 colors=000NotLnuKmwJlxLkuMjsOipPhnRglSgiUfgVeeXdbY\ c`ZcZUcbPceKciGclEcbCcTBcJ9c98c0OcORcVTcaJcSFcWBc_\ 8cc7he7eg7ch7`j6Zl6Wm6Uo6Rp5Pr5Mt5Ku5Hw5Fx8LlBQ`FM\ cIJeMGgPDiSAlW7nZ4pa1rd4of7liAikDfmFcpI`rLYuOVwRSy\ TQcSXIRcNSfRTiVUkZUncVqgWskXvoXxlWviVugUtdTrbSq_Rp\ YQnVPmTOlQNjOMiLLhJKfGJeEIdHObJTaLZ_OcZQiXSnWUsVZH\ K_ML`QMaUNbYNcaOdePeiQfmQgqRhuShySbrQYkOSdNNYLHRKC\ KI7EHKKDWQ9gW5s`1jV8bPEUJLMDRD7Y52cD6YKATREOZIJeME\ lP9mNBgMCcLDmJFnIGnHHnFJnEKoDLoBNoAOo9PeGOWNNNUNUZ\ H`bBgf5nj0og0pd0qa0rZ0sX0tU0tR0uO0vL0wJ0xG0yD0zA0z\ 80rY1tI2qN2nS3lW3iZ6fX8dYAaYC_YEXZGUZIS_KP_MN_OPYM\ RWKTUIVTGXREYPC_NAaM8cK6eI4gG2hF1gF1gF1fG1fG1eH1eH\ 1dI1JEQJFPKGOKHNLIMLJMMKLMLKNMJNOINQIOSHOUGPWFPYEP\ _DQaDQcDReCRgBSiASk9Tm9Tm8UmAUm6Vm5Vm5Wm4Wm3Xm2Xm1\ FlAGk9Hj9Hi9Ii8Ih8Jg8Jf8Kf7Le7Ld7Mc6Mc6Nb6Na6O`5O`\ 5P_5QZ4QY4RY4RX4SW3PipOlr } frm:Rectangular {; Jim Muth imag(z),imag(c) z=flip(real(pixel))+p1, c=flip(imag(pixel))+p2: z=sqr(z)+c, |z| <= 16 } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================