FOTD -- February 15, 2013 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In today's image we dive into a variation of the Z^(2.5)+C Mandeloid, checking the area of the infinitely divided main stem that lies just east of the siamese-twin main minibrot, where we find an area crawling with fuzzy yellow caterpillars. The name "Hairy Caterpillars" refers to the flock of them infesting today's scene. The central minibrot is a quadratic one starting to morph into an order-2.5 minibrot. The surrounding pattern is mostly quadratic, but with breakdowns in the symmetry everywhere. The rating of a 7 is boringly average. Even the blue-and-gold color scheme does little for it. But the calculation time of 45 seconds is brief enough to justify expending the energy to view just another average fractal. Visiting one of the web sites will expend even less energy. The finished image is online at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> Variations are posted at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The FOTD back images are available at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Today was quite pleasant here at Fractal Central, with ample sunshine and a temperature of 46F +8C. Heavier clouds moved in toward sunset, but by then the pleasant day was in the bag. The fractal cat passed a good part of his day chasing catnip balls up and down the hallway. The humans passed the day working. The next FOTD will be posted in the proper time. Until whenever, take care, and environmentalists are crying that climate change is real and we must do something now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as switching to renewable energy sources such as solar or wind energy. The same environmental- ists are also crying that we must stop cutting down trees. I agree with their concern, but I wonder if they have ever done the math to see how many trees we would need to cut down to make room for the solar panels, and-or how many bird-killing wind generators we would need to replace our present fossil-fuel energy sources. IMO, the problem is the overpopulation of earth. And forget high technology, which would ultimately fail. If we wish to maintain our present life style, a permanent and universally acceptable solution to the population problem does not and never will exist. As silly as it might seem, we would have a better chance of bringing everlasting happiness to mankind by launching a scientific search for heaven. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Hairy_Caterpillars { ; time=0:00:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-3 function=recip float=y center-mag=-3.426640077239256/+0.00001363879827702\ /4.535646e+007/1/-97.5/0 params=2.5/100/50/100 maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=85 periodicity=6 colors=00000J00D00K00F00O00H00S00J00P00L00M02O04Q0\ 6S08U0AX0A`08c06`04Y02V00T00P00Uwz2ww5ts7qoAmkCigF\ gcHcZKZWMUPPPKRKEUFEWBBZ97`74c51eIAmK9oM8qO7sQ6uS5\ wsq`tqazqczqdzqezlfzhgzjczlUznOzpQrqRmqSkqUmqVnqXz\ qYzqZU8YU8ZU8_U8`U8aU7bU7cU7dU7eU7gU6hU6iU6jU6kU6l\ U6mU5nU5oU5qU5rU5sU4tU4uU4vU4wU4xccYbbZba_b`_b_`a_\ aaZaaYbaXbaWc`Wd`Vd`Ue`Tf_Sf_Sg_Rg_Qh_PiZOiZOjZNkZ\ MkYLlYKlYKmYJnYInXHoXGpXGpXFqWEqWDrWCsK6gK5fL8gMBh\ MDhNGiNIiLKgKMfJOeIQdHScFUaEW`DY_C_ZBaYAcXEeWHfWKg\ VNiVQjVTkUWlUZnUaoTdpTgrTjsSmtSpuSnrRloRjlRhiRffRd\ cRb`R`YQZVQXSQVPQTMQRJQPGQNEQQHPSKOUNNWQKYSK_VKaYU\ c`UecUgeUiackZcmWcoTcqPmsMmuJmvGmcQzzSzcUzzWzcYzz_\ zcazzczcezzgzcizzkzcmzzozcqzzszmtzzuzmvzzwzmxzzyzm\ zzzzzmzzzzzmzzzzzmzzzzzmzzzzz9zz7zz5zz3zz1zz0zz1zz\ 1zz1zz2zz2zz2zz4zz5zz6zz7zz8zzAzzBzzCzzDzzEzzGzzHz\ zIzzJzzKzzPzzUzzZzzczzgzz } frm:FinDivBrot-3 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(imag(p2)+16), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2)+1: z=(d)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================