FOTD -- January 17, 2013 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's FOTD is one I found almost automatically in the brief periods of free time that somehow worked their way into an otherwise very busy day. The rating of a 6 might be considered a gift, since I can see little of note in the image. The image is a near-Julia scene in the easternmost East Valley of the Z^9+C Mandeloid. (The parent Mandeloid has eight East Valleys.) The name High-Order Hijinks" refers to the order-9 Julibrot as well as the orientation of the slice, which lies only 0.00003,0.00003 degrees from the true Julia orientation. The 'outside' parts of the image were colored by the 'imag' option, which adds somewhat more life than the flat straight 'iter' coloring. The calculation time of 7 minutes is more than the image is worth. I strongly recommend trying one of the FOTD web sites. Be free of calculation inefficiency! View the finished image online at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> And enjoy the hi-def versions at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> Thousands of back images are at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> A mix of sun and clouds with a temperature of 41F +5C made today bearable if not exactly pleasant here at Fractal Central. The fractal cat was more interested with the unwanted cats prowling about than with the weather. The humans had another average day -- pleasant to live through but boring to write about. The next FOTD will be posted within a reasonable time. Until whenever, take care, and always do good, but before doing it, be sure to find out exactly what defines good. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= High-Order_Hijinks { ; time=0:07:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=1 float=y center-mag=0.13128/0.748246/8.950949/1/-87.5/0 params=89.99997/0/89.99997/0/0.67545/0/0/0/9/0 maxiter=5000 inside=0 outside=imag periodicity=12 colors=000nZqmYplXokWnjWmiVlhUkgUjgTifSheSgdRfcQeb\ QdaPc`Ob`Na_N`ZM_YLZXLZWKYVJXUJWUIVTHUSHTRGSQFRPEQ\ OEPNDONCNMCMLBLKAKJAJI9IH8HG6FH8HH9IHAJICKIDLIEMIG\ NJHOJIPJJQJLRKMSKNTKPUKQVLRWLSXLUYMVZMW_MY`MZaN_bN\ acNbdNceOdfOfgOghOhiPjjPkkPllPmmQnjQnhRnfRodSoaSo_\ TpYTpWUpTUpRVqPVqNWqKWrIXrGXrEYsBYs9Zs7_u4Zs5Zr5Zq\ 6Zp6Zo7Zn7Zl7Zk8Zj8Zi9Zh9Zg9ZfAZdAZcBZbBZaBZ`CZ_CZ\ ZDZXDZWDZVEZUEZTFZSF`UBZRFYPIXNLWLOVJRUGUTEXSC_RAb\ Q8eQ1jP4iP6hP9hPBgPEfPGfPIeOLdONdOQcOScOUbOXaOZaNa\ `Nc_Ne_NhZNjYNmYNoXOqZNqXMqWLqVKqTJqSIqRHqPGqOFqNE\ qLDqKCsIDqJDpJDoJDnJDmJElJEkJEjKEiKEhKFgKFfKFdKFcK\ FbKFaLG`LG_LGZLGYLGXLHWLHVMHUMHTMHRMHQMIPMIOMINMIM\ NILNJKNJJNJINJHNJGNKDOJENJFNJFMJGMJGLJHLJILIIKIJKI\ JJIKJIKIILIIMIIMHHNHHNGHOGHPGHPFHQFHQEHREGRDGSDGTD\ GTCGUCGUBGVBHUCGVBGWBGWBGXBGYBGYAGZAF_AF_AQKKJFANH\ FQJJTLNWNSZPWaR_dTdgVhjXl } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws all slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9 c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(real(p5))+c |z|< esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================