FOTD -- December 25, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The rush here at FC is extreme, so the discussion is correspond- ingly brief. Today's image is nothing more than an interesting network of filaments near the tip of the main stem of a distorted Mandelbrot set. The image takes almost no time to calculate, so any disappointment will be limited to the nuisance range. I gave the image no rating. The name "Ultra-Quickie" refers not to a high-speed super-hero like The Flash, but to the 20-second calculation time. As always, the completed image is posted to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Total sun and a temperature of 36F +2C here at Fractal central on Thursday made the fractal cats very happy as they tried to help wrapping the presents. When Nicholas started eating a bow however, we had to tell them we needed no help. The next FOTD is due in under 12 hours. If all goes well, it will be posted on time. Until then, take care, and be conservatively liberal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ultra-Quickie { ; time=0:00:21.24-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip center-mag=-1.611636285272985/+0.00000015695683192\ /3.8164e+012/1/66/0 params=3/2 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000YMSXKQXJPWINWGLVFJVEIRFGNFEJGCBL4CK5CK5C\ K5CK5CK6CK6DJ6DJ6DJ6DJ7DJ7DJ7EI7EI8EI8EI8EI8EI8EI9\ FH9FH9FH9FHAFHAFHAGGAGGAGGBGGBGGBGGBwIOuHNsHMqHMoH\ LnHLlHKjHKhHJgHJeHIcHIaHH`GHZGGXGGVGFUGFSGEup`zo`y\ m_xkZwiYvgYueWqcUmaSi_QeXOaUMYRKUOIQLGMIEIFCFCBKBG\ OALT9QX8Ua8Ze7cj6gn5ls4qw4uhIoVViHgcLh`OhYRiVUiSXj\ Q_jNbkKekHhlEklCnm9qm6tn3wn1vl3vk5vj7vi9vgBvfDueEu\ dGubIuaKu`Mu_OtYPtXRtWTtVVtTXtSZsR_sQasOcsNesMgsLi\ sKjqJhoJfmJelJcjJbhI`KLIfI_eIYcIWaIV_ITZHSXHQVHPTH\ NSHLQHKOGIMGHLGFJGEHGCy1`u3Zq4Xn5Vj6Tg7Rc8P`ANXBLU\ CJQDHNEFJFDW7IV8HU9HT9GSAGRAFQBFPBFOCENCEMDDLDDKED\ JECIFCHFBGGBYvqWsnVpkUmhTjeSgbQd_PaXO_VNXSMUPKRMJO\ JILGHIDyakqYdiUZbRTVNNNJHY4KU7IQ9GNCEJECHQJGPIGPIG\ PIGOHGOHGOHGNHGNGGNGGMGGMGGMFGLFGLFGLFGKEGKEGKEGJD\ GJDGJDGIDGICGICGHCGHCGHBGGBGGBxW2pT4iQ5aO7VL8NIAxB\ PqCNkDLdEJ`dc_Z`ZUYZPWYNU } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================