FOTD -- June 18, 2010 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I spent almost no time on today's image. Most all day I was occupied with optimizing the fractal computer for the internet. But I did find a moment to dredge up an image that is just good enough to reach FOTD status. The parent fractal came about when I combined 0.1 part of Z^10 with 1 part of Z^1.5 and added straight C. This parent resem- bles a Mandelbrot set rotated about 180 degrees, with a large open area beyond its East Valley (in this case, West Valley) and a curly filament serving as its main stem. The image is located on this curly stem. The name "Zippy the Minibrot" refers to the extreme speed of the image, which at a mere 6 seconds, is one of the fastest of all time. Once again, I could not give the image an honest rating. The finished image is posted for all to see on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Partly cloudy skies, lower humidity and a temperature of 77F 25C made Thursday an ideal day here at Fractal Central. At least the fractal cats must have thought so. They deserted their cool spot on the kitchen floor and set up residence on the living room carpet. My day was average. Unless I get totally involved with the new computer arrangement, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and see you soon. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Zippy_the_Minibrot { ; time=0:00:06.97-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=+0.5547630297/-0.0077854361/190441/1/55\ /0 params=0.1/10/1/1.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=272 inside=0 logmap=17 periodicity=6 colors=000KH7GGmDFkAEh6De3Cb0BZ4EV7HRBJNEMHchBvz9m\ v8cr7dm7hh6mc6qZ5vU5zc5zeEeZMVRVLKbEPf7Ui1Zl9aeGc_\ NfTVhNakGhmAoo4rQ9tVMuZZvbktZerV_pRUoOPgIN_CLS6KQJ\ bOWuRYqU_nW`jZbg`ccce`efY_e`VdcQcfLbhRcfWce`cdedcj\ dbodahZdbTfWNhQHjJG`DGS7FI1F9EUHQgPauXxeljkiXpgJud\ 5zb4u_4pY3kV3gT2bQ2YO2UM9SPFRSLPUROXYM_cLaiJdoIfkO\ ggTgcYh_bhWgiSliOqjLvjXfOgR1OSD5SOARYEQgIPqMPzROrV\ NkZMdbLXfKQjJJhIPgIUfIZdHdcHibHndIofJohKojLplMpnNp\ oOpiG`c8LY05U14R13O12K22H21E20B20A61A919C19F18I28L\ 27O27R24IG29UBBQJDMRFIZHE`FCbEAdD8eC6FSvITpKUjNVdP\ WZRXTUYNWZHY_CUUDQPEMJFIEGHUIGiJGxKLwPQvTVuX_t`dsd\ hrhUqkFpm0oo8RdG3UK3XO3_S3bW3d_3gc3jg3mj3olGfmSYnc\ QphDrl1ifB``KTVTj9OV6GF38rUdRFK8x86h64U42F2CUg6FMz\ FKeADL56oOmbI`QCPD6Catav`ogRbTIQE9D`6DO48C24DDxSdD\ _izOUeCFLnqd8HP6CI48C24629t16e14S02EARp7Kb5DQ26DkG\ 6NmdayjSiZJVN9FB63U42M31F } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================