FOTD 02-10-04 (Broken Symmetry [5])
FOTD -- October 02, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal takes us to the second escape-time fractal of the large built-in library of Fractint, the barnsleyj2 formula, which like yesterday's formula, the barnsleyj1, first appeared in Barnsley's book "Fractals Everywhere". The fractals produced by the barnsleyj2 formula are quite like those produced by the barnsleyj1 formula, at least this is how it appears to me. I have done only an insignificant amount of exploration however, and have almost certainly missed the most interesting fractals these formulas can draw. I might have done better if I had started with the Mandelbrot versions of the Barnsley formulae. Then I would have formed some idea of the variety possible before jumping right into the Julia sets. But my intention is to work through all the escape-time formulas in order, and this clueless rambling is how it goes at the start. Like yesterday's image, today's image is centered on one of the points of symmetry that fill the parent fractal. And once again I could give a rating no higher than an average 5. The coloring helps a little, the blue background giving the impression of bits and pieces of fractal debris swirling in infinite space -- one of my favorite themes. After a short consideration, I named the image "Broken Symmetry". After short trips into the first two of Barnsley's Julia formulae, I am only mildly impressed by their potential. I have seen similar and even far more interesting 'bits-and-pieces' images created by the MandelbrotBC2 branch-cut formula when it is used to investigate the Mandeloids that result when powers of Z between 1 and 2 are iterated. Perhaps the best feature of today's image is its lightning speed. Less than 28 seconds to render a fractal is unusual, even in this day of gigahertz machines. And this speed raises the humble rating of 5 to a whopping overall value of 1087. I can already see the world's fractalists rushing to their computers to render the image. But unfortunately, some modern computers do not support the old DOS video modes used by Fractint. Those with such new-fangled, over-featured, under-performing machines can still see the image however by downloading it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The weather was totally perfect here at Fractal Central on Friday. What could be better than light winds, a cloudless sky, and a temperature of 77F 25C? The fractal cats fully agreed. They spent the afternoon lounging in the holly thicket at the bottom of the yard, not showing themselves until I rang the dinner bell (a spoon on a can of cat food) at sundown. Today is starting cloudy and drizzly, with heavier rain due in a few hours. The fractal duo have not yet seen the deteriorating conditions. Hopefully, they had such a pleasant time yesterday that they will not mind a few drops on their ears today. With about three hours effort, I should be able to empty the in-shelf beside my desk of all waiting work. Then I will have no excuses for submitting less-than-perfect fractals. Until tomorrow, take care, and when a fractal goes sour, sprinkle a little sugar on it. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Broken_Symmetry { ; time=0:00:27.63--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=barnsleyj2 passes=1 center-mag=+1.09808811220341800/+1.103806763054818\ 00/75.43892/1/62.5/-1.14117049143658278e-013 params=0.52/1.22 float=y maxiter=500 bailout=100 inside=0 logmap=19 periodicity=10 colors=000YA_XAZWBYVCXUCWTDVSDUQKTOQSMTRKXQF`LRdHb\ hCnm8zu4vnArgGn`LkVRgOXcHa_AgX4lU8kSCjPGiNKjKOkISl\ FWmD_nAco8gp6jq8irAisCitEhuGhvIhwKgxMgyOgzQfzSfzUf\ zSdzRbzP_zoZzmZzkZziZzg_ze_zc_za_z_`zY`zW`zU`zS`zQ\ azOazMazKazIbzGbzEbzCbzBbzD`zE_zGZzHYzJXzKWzMUzNTz\ OSzQRzRQzTPzUNzWMzXLzZKz_Jz`Iz_Nz_RzZVzZZzYbzYgaXk\ gXomWssWwycdqkNir5al6df7g`7jV8mP8pJ9sD9uCAvCBvCBvC\ CvCDvCDvCEvCFvCFvCGvCHvCHwCIwCJwCJwCKwCLwCLwCMwCNw\ CNwCOwCOwEQxGRxISxKTxMUxOVxQXxSYxUZxW_xY`x_axacxcd\ xeexgfxigxkhxmixu9AvGLvMVwSewYowcyvdwveuvfsvgrvgpv\ hnvimujkukiukgulfumdunbunatmcslerkgqjipjkoimnhomgq\ mgskhtjhtiithiugjufjuejudkvckvblvalv`mw_mwZmwYnwXn\ xWoxVoxUoxRlzPizNfzLczJ`zHYzFVzDQzBMzAHz8Dz68z54zE\ MzNczWtzXrzXqzYozYnzYlzZkzZjzZhz_gz_ez_dz`bz`az``z\ a_zaZzaYwaXtaWqaVnbUmbTnbTobSpbRqbQrcPscOtcNucMvcL\ wcLwWGzOCzG8zHGzHOzHVzOAz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================
On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Jim Muth wrote: (...)
But unfortunately, some modern computers do not support the old DOS video modes used by Fractint. Those with such new-fangled, over-featured, under-performing machines can still see the image however by downloading it from the FOTD web site at:
On this topic, my index pointed to http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/fractint/drivers.htm as the "FracTint video driver research" page (There _is_ actually a search-link on it, but hopefully you don't find it useful). It was supposed to link to: http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/FRACTINT/drivers.htm in case you thot that the server was telling you of a temporary condition. (...)
(a spoon on a can of cat food) (...) On the subject of canned cat food...there's no question that my cats would prefer the live stuff in the aquarium, and I just _wish_ that the choice between live and canned entertainment was so easy for people (their food dish is in front of the aquarium).
On the contest between dry and canned cat food, I wonder if my kitten, Gremlin, got a sample of that artificially mutant pesticidal corn in his diet, because every other time he eats dry food he gets diarrhea, and it gets worse every time (a progressively intensifying allergy, if you ask me). Both cats will eat oatmeal, but not the whole day (I tried that once -- all they had done was sample it after eight hours). And all that it seems to do is fill their stomach like a soother, so that I can sleep when they don't, because they eat just as much tuna as they did before. And yet, arrowroot is the only starch I know that's easier to digest. (I don't bother with the big names in Tuna, because they're too complicated). _______ They say that Occam died one day of too much simple stuff, but how would you and those you knew be sure that he was wrong. It lives. He lives. I know that Occam's razor lives...Somehow! I know! I know that Occam lives! _______ <a href="http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/">BrewJay's Babble Bin</a>
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