FOTD -- December 13, 2005 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image we make one last return to the area of 'The Fractal' where the two critical point fractals overlap. We return to see the great-grandson of the original fractal. The resulting image resembles a spoked wheel, which I would have named it if I had not already chosen the name "Great-Grandson of the Fractal". The rating of a 5 indicates that I consider the image merely average. The render time of 1/2 hour on my old machine is rather slow for an average image, so I advise downloading the completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Mostly cloudy skies, a temperature of 36F 2C, and snow-covered ground kept all thoughts of an outdoor adventure from the cats' minds on Monday. They needed only to leap onto their window shelf and take a glance at the snow to know that it was too harsh out there for sensitive aged cats. I consoled them with a generous serving of tuna. My day was notably average. The next FOTD, which will certainly not be average, will appear almost by magic in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and string along with the latest fad in physics. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Great-Grandson { ; time=0:29:27.56--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.1466972846417/-0.75853723570345/7.45\ 3018e+008/1/57.5/0 params=1/2/-0.4/-0.8/0/0 float=y maxiter=3000 inside=0 logmap=583 periodicity=10 colors=000G00K00O00S50WA2_F4cK6iP8mUApZCscEvfGxiIz\ lKmUUVPPOKQNFRNASNAUNAXNA_NAbNAeP8hR6kT4mU2or9qkGr\ dNsYUtR`uWYv_WwdTxhRylPzqMzuKzyIziMzVPzWQzXRzYSzZT\ zZUzSTzMTzFQz9MzhKziKzjKzkKzlKzlCz`CzQCzECz3Cz6Ez8\ GzAIzCJzFLzHNzJPzLQzdIzxBziKzVTzHazNXzTSzYNzcIziLz\ nOztRzyUzqXzi_zaayVcxUewTgvSjuRmnQptPqrPoqPmpQkoRj\ nSimTilUkkVmjWoiXqhYsgPufHwe9ycFzaLz_QyXMxUIwRFuPB\ sQ8qRHoPQmOYmNHmdImYJmRQmWXm`cmejnj`oeRp`HqXcrVgsR\ ktNouJpvHqwFrxDsyCvzBxzBzzBzzHzzMzzRzzSzzSzzxzzizz\ Vzz4zzAzzszzIzzgzz`zzUzzNzzmzzwzzlzzazzRzzAzzDzzQz\ zLzzHzzGzzGzzGzzXzzSzzOzzKzzrzzlUwZQrPer6`r9WrBRrE\ JrHKrKLrPHrUJrZKrcLrhlrmZrrPrvXrzrzzizzazzUzzXzzRz\ zPzzNzzZzz_zzczzgzzkzzozzszzwzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, 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=========================================