FOTD -- October 31, 2005 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It's Halloween here at Fractal Central, the day when ghosts come alive. Of course ghosts can not come alive. They are firmly dead. Skeptics who have never seen a ghost do not believe in them. They know that ghosts are entertaining figments of the imagination. Those who have seen a ghost do not need to believe. They know that ghosts do exist. Those who watch all the TV reality shows about hauntings don't know what to believe. My own opinion is that where there is such a widespread belief in ghosts, there must be something other than the currently understood and accepted psychological phenomena involved. This might or might not be actual disembodied spirits. And after today's image we might have a few more believers, for a kind of toy vampire-like ghost lies spreading its cape near the center of the scene. It is the blackest part of the fractal, and decorated by a pair of greenish, demon-like eyes. The image shows a Julia set of the Z^(1.618)+C Mandeloid as it appears 16 levels down the hyperspiral. The image consists partly of normal outside stuff and partly of inside stuff made more interesting by the 'bof61' inside fill. Unable to decide whether I like the image, I have rated it at a 5. The render time of 1-3/4 minutes is fast enough for all but the most impatient. The impatient can find relief for their impatience on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Warm sun, gentle breezes and a temperature of 66F 19C made the cats' day quite enjoyable here at Fractal Central on Sunday. They spent the entire afternoon lurking in the holly bushes, watching for something that never came. My day was reasonably good. Today is starting sunny and chilly, but another quick warm-up is expected. Until the next FOTD appears in 24 hours, take care, and fractals are good for the spirit. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Julia_Variation-8 { ; time=0:01:43.88--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=JuliaBC center-mag=0.0839311/0.0751566\ /0.9861933 params=1.618034/0/-16/0/0.0151917/-0.17\ 77604/0/0 float=y maxiter=255 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000KDg000QDITDHWHGZLFaOEdSDhWCiZCkXFiVIhTLg\ SOfQReOUdNXcL_aJb`He_GhZEkYCnXBqW9tV7wU6yS5xR5wP4v\ O4uM4tL3sJ3rI2qG2pF2oD1nC1mA0l90k80jMDi_Qimain`jn_\ kn_loZmoZnoYopXppXppWqqWrqVsqUtrUurTvrTvqSwpSwpRwo\ RxnRxnQxmQymPylPykPzkOzjOzjOzgPyePxcQxaQw_RvYRvWRu\ UStSStQTsOTsMTrKUqIUqGVpEVoCVoAWn8Wm6Xm4Xl2XlLURNW\ SOXTQZUR_VS`WVZXXYXZXY`WYcUYeTZgSZiR_lP_nO_pN`rM`t\ L`pOZlQXhSVdVU`XSXZQT`PUYQUWRVUSVRSWPTWNUXKUXIVYGW\ YEXZBXZ9Y_7Z_4Z`2_`0``0`i8iqHroKmmNilPejS`iUXgXTfZ\ PgWQhUQiSQjQQkNRlLRmJRnHRoFRe_HXs8VpETnJRlOPiUNgZL\ ecJchH`nFZsDXxBVzDXzEYyGZxH_vJauKbsMcrNdpPfoQgmShl\ TijUjiVigVifVhdWhcWgaWg`WgZXfYXfWXeVYeTYdSYdQYdPQl\ bJspMrmPqkSphUpfXoc_naanZdmXglUilShkUhkVhjWhjYgjZg\ i_giagibfhcfhefhffggfgiefjefkefmeendeodeqddrddsddt\ YjvRoxLtyMquNnrOknOhkPehQbdQ_aRXYSUVSRSTOOULLUJISG\ JREJPCJOAJN7K2Cg0Dj0Dm0Dp } frm:JuliaBC { ; Formula by Andrew Coppin e=p1, p=real(p2)+PI, q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q, C=p3, Z=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|< p4+100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================