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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: A heat wave and power shortage struck Fractal Central today, with the local power company continually cutting off the Fractal Central air-conditioner via a remote signal. We get power at a reduced rate in return for giving the power company the ability to cycle the area air conditioners on and off in an organized manner. But this cycling caused FC to heat up to such a degree that the computers could be used only intermittently. It is a rather curious situation we're in, with ads on the TV telling us to turn off our air conditioners when it gets very hot, then turn them back on again when it cools off. An appliance that can be used only when it is not needed is a logical absurdity. A business that must tell the public to *not* purchase its product is equally absurd. Today's image is not absurd however. It pictures a quadratic midget in the fractal created when 1/2 part of Z^4 is subtracted from Z^3. Since the scene is fairly routine, I livened it up with an inside fill of <fmod> and an outside of <tdis>. Then I noticed the somber, somewhat mysterious colors and named the result "Mood Indigo". I rated it an average 5. The attached parameter file runs on my machine in 11 minutes and 47 seconds. The GIF image will soon be available on the internet at: The fractal weather today here at FC was hazy, and extremely hot and humid, with a temperature of 105F (40.5C) and a ridiculous dew-point of 82F (28C). The fractal cats became totally lethargic, and passed the day asleep. It's now time to see how much I can get done before the power company starts cutting off the air conditioners again. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com |
START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================
Mood_Indigo { ; time=0:11:47.00--SF5 on a P200
reset=2001 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm
formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1
center-mag=+0.46289397986149020/+0.044064680123738\
56/4.127056e+009/1/-154.999 params=1/3/-0.5/4/0/0
float=y maxiter=1200 inside=fmod
proximity=0.35 outside=tdis
colors=000D_J9VE6R95T84V83X83Z72`71b71d7JW9`NBqFCJ\
SRMQOPOLSMJUKGXIE_GBaE9VC9OB9I99B89579BAFGDLMGQRJW\
WMaaPffSlkVqjTojSmjRkiQjiPhiOfiNelPcnRbpSasU_uVZwX\
YyYXxV`wSdwPgvMkvJnuGruDuvQevbQvoAQOQPVLOaHNhDMo9L\
u5GaBBIGKHKSHO`GRhGVqFZyFapL_hQY_VWS_UXZX`Z_eZbiYe\
nYhrYkvYngUeTRXEOO0LG8QIGUKNYMVbOafQijSpnUmfVk_WiT\
XfLYdEZb7_`0_Z1VY1RW2MV2IT3DS39RFHQQPPaXOlcLi_IfWF\
cSC`O9YK7VGIZQTb_cfiace_abZZ_XXXWVUVTOVRIUPDUN7UM2\
VI3VF3VC4V94V64Y89_ADaCIcEMfGRhIVjK_lLcqH_uDWyATk8\
VY6WK4Y62Z65j67vKCgYGUkKGyO2pP7hQB`QFTRJLRNIVSFZWD\
b`Afd7ji5nm2rr0uv8qoGniOkbWgXcdQkaKrZElaCgcBbeAYg8\
Ti7Ok63fW7jQAnLDrFGvAJz5Hx5Fw5Du5Ct5Ar58q57p5LlWYi\
vXgoWfiWecVcYVbSUaMU`GXXLZTPaPTcLXeH`hDdj9hl6lc5oW\
5qO4tG4vLHqPTlTegXqbZcS`QHbD7MAD67JHDbSJuKWxDgz9Zp\
5Qf1HXkNwWJvHFv2BvKQz`mAYhFWdJT`ORWSOSXMO`KKdMJZNI\
UPHPQGKRFFWFCSQIO_OLiUHdO
}
frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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,
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==================================
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