FOTD -- December 04, 2003 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's discussion will be short, as I must get things wrapped up before the fifth storm of the century to appear this century arrives. At least that's the way the local media is presenting the coming period of unpleasant winter weather. Today's silvery image lies in the fractal that results when 0.39 parts of Z^5 are subtracted from 1.3 parts of Z^3. The 'tdis' outside coloring option created most of the sinuous silvery effect. The name "Silver Journey" was the first thing that came into my mind while I was contemplating the image. I will not concern myself with the question of where the name was located before I thought of it. When rating the image I was undecided between a 6 or a 7, and to do myself a favor, finally decided on a 7. The waiting time of 5 minutes to run the parameter file can be eliminated by down- loading the completed image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> Wednesday here at Fractal Central was mostly sunny but quite cold and blustery, with a temperature that barely reached freezing, and a wind that let no one forget the arrival of winter. The once-dynamic cats tested the outdoors only a few minutes before deciding that such conditions are best appreciated from their window shelves inside the house. In the evening we gave them a treat of tuna to ease their frustrations. Today is starting cloudy and just as cold, though the wind is gone. Snow and sleet are due later today. We'll see how the dynamic cats adjust. I'm going to adjust by finishing the small amount of work now on the shelf and getting any chores done before the predicted bad weather appears. If I finish early enough, I'll check the latest issue of "Skeptical Inquirer", which has sat unread on my shelf for several weeks. When tomorrow arrives, the next FOTD will appear regardless of the weather. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Silver_Journey { ; time=0:05:20.98--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=mandelbrotmix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.36324468569947000/+0.001674684322820\ 00/2.470857e+008/1/115.00000007684983/1.2494980819\ 9409373e-006 params=1.3/3/-0.39/5/0/0 float=y maxiter=700 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000N3SL6VJ8XIAZGC`FEbDGdBJgALi8Nk7Pm5Ro4Tq7\ DW92AF6ILDPRLWXScb_jhfqmmxdbwWSwNHvE6v52v42m32e22X\ 14P06H5BL9GODKSHPVMUYSYaXbeagifknkprptvlothjscer_`\ qYXqXTqWPqVLrVHrUErUArU6sU2sU2sU2sW2tX7tYDuZJu_OuX\ ViV`YSgMQmAPpGOqMNsRMuXLwaKxgKzlLzkMOiNMgOKePIdQGb\ RE`RD_RJYROXRUVRZURcTRiRRnQRsPJiLC_I5RFBPJGONMNRRL\ VXKZaJbfIeeLgdOhcRibUjaXka_l`bn_eoZhpYkqXnrXpsVmqU\ jpTgnSemRblP_jOYiNVhbg8`h9YiBWjCUkDRlFPmGNnHKoJIpK\ GqLJoNLmONkQPiRSgTUeUWcWYbX_XU`SSaMQbHOcBMd6KbAJaE\ J`HJZLJYPJXSJVWJU_JTbJUaKU`LU`LU_MU_MVZNVYOVYOVXPV\ XPWWQWVRWVRWUSWUSXWYXYcX_hXanXcsZ`t_Yt`VtaStbPtcMt\ eJufGugDuhAui7uj5ukGokQjk`dkj_ktVjtTjtRitQitOitNht\ LhtKgtIgtHgtFftEftCetBet9et8cpAblCaiE`eF_bHZZJYWKX\ SMWOOVLQUHRTETSAVR7WQEYPKZPQ_OW`NaaNgbOceO`hOYkOVn\ OSqOPtPTrQWqRZpSboTenUhmVllWokXrjXuiSuhOufKXdGUbCS\ `8Q_ANZCKYEHXGEWIBVK8UM5T } 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==================================