FOTD -- February 26, 2010 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I see signs of fractal discontent brewing on the list. To set things straight, I saw no undue criticism in Paul's note, nor did I imply any criticism in my reply. If my writing sometimes gets a bit sharp, it is usually due to irritating events here at FC or to world events in general (politics). I am sure the same is true for Paul. Today's image is a harmless thing -- a scene in the parent fractal that comes into existence when equal parts of Z^3 and Z^5 are combined and straight C is added. This parent fractal consists of two large but rather squashed bays sitting one on top of the other. Today's scene is located in an arm inside a non-critical appearing bud on the western shore line of the northern bay. A good part of the image consists of 'inside' stuff made visible by the 'bof61' inside fill. The name "The Sixteenth Inning" is one of the least relevant of all time. The rating of a 6 is all I consider the image to be worth. The calculation time of just under 7 minutes is a ittle too much for an image that rates a six. The easiest way to see the image however is to traipse out to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view the finished product there. Light snow fell all day Thursday here at Fractal Central, but with the temperature just above freezing it melted as fast as it fell. The fractal cats paid more attention to the heat than the outside weather. The forecast is for a foot (30cm) or more of snow by this time tomorrow, but in my opinion, this is greatly exaggerated. The next FOTD is due in 24 hours. With any luck, it will be posted on time. Until then, take care, but do what you will. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheSixteenthInning { ; time=0:06:55.03-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.4553952536679694/+0.7983146768617765\ /8.667638e+011/1/-33.75/0 params=1/5/1/3/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=750 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000ccGacF_cEYcCVbBSaBP_DNYEKWFHVGETIBRJ8PK4\ NK6OL8OL9OLBOLCOLEOLFOLHPLIPLKPLLPLNPLOPLQPLSQLTQL\ VQLWQLYQLZQL`QLaRLcRLdRLfRMgRNiROkQPmOUlMZlKckIhkF\ mjAvhHtgOsfVqe_oe`pe`pe`pe`peaqeaqeaqeaqebrebrebre\ brecsecsecsecsedtedtedtedteeueeueeueeuefvefvefvefv\ egwegwegwfhxegwdfvdfuceubetbdsadr`cr`cq_bpZboZaoYa\ nX`mX`lW_lVZkVZjUYiTYiTXhSXgRWfRWfQVePVdPUcOUcNTbN\ TaMS`LR_MS`NTaNUbOVcPWcPWdQXeQYfRZgS_gS`hT`iUajUbk\ VckVdlWemXenXfoYgoZhpZiq_jrZjs_jr`hp`fm`dk`bh_`f_Z\ c_Xa_VZ`TXaRU`PS`NP`LN_JK_HI_FFZDDZBA_98`76ZA7ZC8Y\ F9YH9XJAXMBXOCURCTTDRVEOYFM_FKbGIdHAdDGfHLiLQjO`mS\ `nWgo`epZdlYclXbjWahV_fUZdTYbSX`RV_RWZQX`QX`QYaQYb\ QZcQZdQ_eQ`fQ`gQahQahQbiQbjQckQdlQdmQenQeoQfpQfqQg\ rQgrQhsRisRisSjsSktSktTltTmtTmuUnuUouUouVpvVpvVqvW\ rvWrwXswXtwXtwYuxYvxYvxZwxZxyZxy_yy_yy_wtYvpWulUtg\ SseQqcOocMmcLkcKicJgcIecH } 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=========================================