FOTD -- March 22, 2003 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With no daily FOTD, the Fractint and philofractal lists are basically dead. But, as I have often said, there is no need for concern. I, for one, am not losing enthusiasm for fractals. I am simply in the tedious process of getting the FOTD-CD up to a level where it is worth spending 20 dollars for. This process is being complicated by a seasonal crush of other work, which must be given priority. Also, I must leave town for an appointment early next week, and I have decided to use the appointment as an excuse for a 3-day vacation. I realize that this will slow things down, but I have had no time off since September of 2000. This being covered, it is time to get to the day's image. It is a picture of a midget lying near a larger midget deep in a filament on the second bud out the main negative stem of the Mandelbrot set. Since the chances of this particular midget ever having been previously seen are in effect zero, I have named the picture "Unseen Mandelbrot". The magnitude lies in the upper range of arbitrary precision math, which results in an image that takes just over 1/2 hour to render on my machine. There is not much to be said about the image other than it is a typical deep midget on a filament. Due to its average nature, I gave the image an average rating of 5. The image may be seen by starting the attached parameter file and waiting 1/2 hour, but the better way of viewing it is to download the finished image file from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The week just ended was quite cold, damp and rainy here at Fractal Central. The fractal duo spent the week sitting by the window, wishing conditions were more pleasant. Much tuna and some turkey was needed to keep their moods liveable. Today (Saturday) is starting more pleasantly, with sun and warmer temperatures. I foresee better moods in the near future. As for myself, I'm going to take a well-earned 3-day vacation at the ocean Monday to Wednesday before getting back to work and doing the things that need to be done, such as the CD. The next FOTD will appear on March 29. Until then, take care, and keep fractals alive. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Unseen_Mandelbrot { ; time=0:37:32.66--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.77856519664430671896/0.0021083398799\ 35524981/2.360665e+016/1/-57.5033632547348361/0.00\ 244756560975039478 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2200 bailout=625 inside=0 logmap=432 periodicity=10 colors=0000U_0V_0W_0X_0Y_0Z_0__3`_6a`9baBcbEdcHedJ\ fdMhePifSjgUkhXli_mjanjdpkgqljrmlsnotoruptvpsuosto\ rtnrsnqsmqrmpqmpqloplopkooknnknnjmmjmmillilkikkhkj\ hjjgjigjigieehbcg_agX_fUYeRXdOVdLTcIRbFPbCOdEQeGSf\ IUgKWhLXiNZjP`kRblTdmUeoWgpYiq_kramsbntdpufrvhtwjv\ xkwwivvhvvgvufvudvtcvsbusaur_urZuqYuqXupVtoUtoTtnS\ tnQtmPtlOslNskLskKsjJsjIshJrfJqdJpbJo`JnZJnXJmVJlT\ JkRJjPJjNKiLKhJKgHKfFKeDKeBKd9Kc7Kb5Ka4Ka6N_8PYPK6\ 9RWBUVDWTEYRG_PIbOJdMLfKMhIOkHQmFRoDTqBVtAWv8Yx6eJ\ IdNHcQGcUFbXEb_DacCafB`jA`m9_p8_t7Zw6jzAhz9gz9fz8e\ z8dz7bz7az6`z6_z5onNmoLlpKkqJjqIirHhsGgtFftEeuCdvB\ cwAbw9ax8`t7_p6gftecicj_aqP_xFNpVOqTPqSPrRQrQQsPRs\ NRtMStLSuKTuJTuIUvGVvFVwEWwDWxCXxAXy9Yy8Yz7Zz67z09\ z1Bz1Dz1Ez2Gz2Iz2Kz3Lz3Nz3Pz4Rz4Sz4Uz5Wz5Yz5RzDSzC\ TzBUzAVz9Wz8Xz7Yz6Zz5szShzG2zIBzEJzBRz89zLCzJEzIHz\ GJzFLzDOzCCzkBzjAzi9zg8zf } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================