FOTD -- April 23, 2013 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's quick fractal diversion shows a minibrot in the East Valley area of what is left of the large minibrot on the skeletal main stem of the fractal that results when 3 parts of Z^(-2) are combined with 0.333 parts of Z^2 and straight C is added on each iteration. The rating of a meager 5 shows that the image is little more than a filler to help bring the lagging FOTD up to date. The name "A Long Journey" came to mind when I had the impression of a wheel with 16 spokes surrounding the minibrot, with a shoe attached to each spoke. There is little else to be said about the image except that it is fireball fast even on non-SOTA units. And the web sites are always ready to simplify things by eliminating the need to run the parameter file. The official web site may be accessed at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The augmented versions of the image are at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> and the thousands of FOTD back images are at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The morning was dreary here at Fractal Central today, with low clouds and a temperature of 43F +6C. But at noon the clouds evaporated, leading to a sunny afternoon with a temperature of 61F 16C. The fractal cat tried to enjoy the sun on his shelf, but the sun angle is so high in spring and summer that it mostly misses the shelf. The humans spent the day at work with no play. The next FOTD will be posted before long. In all likelihood, it will have a higher rating than today's. Until whenever, take care, and why don't we all try to stop fighting about religion? We could begin by agreeing that the deep truths of all religions are the same even as the surface details differ widely. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= A_Long_Journey { ; time=0:00:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident float=y center-mag=-7.041083174077353/+0.03648089706941075\ /1.598147e+009/1/32.5/0 params=0.333/2/3/-2/0/0/0/0 maxiter=750 inside=0 logmap=44 periodicity=6 colors=000F00K25P4AU6FZ8KcAPhCUmEcrGlvIuoJkhKb_KSU\ FIOAAH50000UzzUmzAczDZmGUcAUU0QK0UAAXCA`EAcGAgJAjL\ KnNmuRGzQmzPOoORmNVkMZiLZlFagLdcQjdKg_VeWdbRo`NyXT\ iUYVRbGUcPWcXYceXorZio_cmaYjbShcMfeGcfAag4_dCYaKXZ\ RWWZVTeUQmTcsJWtOOtSGuX8u`1ud9`QGGBFGBDGBCGBBGBBGC\ BGDBGFBGGBFGBDGBCG000000000000000000000000SkYSkYRk\ YQlYPlYPlYOmYNmXMmXLnXLnXKnXJoXIoXHpWIoXJoXKoXLoXM\ oXNoXOoXPoXQoXRoXSoXToXUoXVoXWnYXnYYnYZnY_nY`nYanY\ bnYcnYdnYenYfnYgnYhnYimXilXilXikXikXijXjiXjiXjhXjh\ XjgXjgXkfXkeXkeXkdXkdXkcXkcXlbXlaXlaXl`Xl`Xl_XmZXm\ ZXmYXmYXmXXmXXmWXnVXnVXnUXnUXnTXnTXoSXoRXoRXoQXoQX\ oPXoPXkNShLOdKKaIFYHBVF7QD2RE3SE3SE3TF4UF4VF4WF4XG\ 5YG5ZG5_G6`H6aH6cH6eH7gI7iI7kI8mI8mJ8mJ8mJ9mJ9mK9m\ K9mKAmKAmLAmLBmLBmLBmMBmMCmMCzMCzNDzNDzNDzNDzOEzOE\ zOEzNFzOEzOEzPEzPEzPEzQEzQEzQDzRDzRDzRDzSDzSDzSDzT\ CzTCzTCzUCzUCzUCzVCzVBzWB } 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=========================================