FOTD -- January 10, 2007 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's FOTD image combines 0.5 part of Z^(-1.7) with an equal amount of Z^(1.7) and adds (1/C). The parent fractal is a sprawling, hugely bloated thing, a universe of debris infested with Mandelbrot sets of all shapes and sizes. Today's scene was found deep in the East Valley area of one of the moderate sized Mandeloids. I named the image "Fractal Eructations". I'm not sure what an eructation is, but the word sounds like it must mean something. Basically, what we have in today's FOTD is a brilliant and lively midget with a bad case of the zits. When the time came to rate the image, I thought long and hard. Then 20 seconds later I decided against letting it go unrated. I gave it a rating of a 6, which is just a wee bit above average. The render time of 7-1/4 minutes can be avoided by visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and enjoying the already-rendered image which is posted there. Partly cloudy skies and seasonably cold temperatures prevailed here at Fractal central on Tuesday. Temperatures in the 30'sF, around 3C, bothered the fractal cats not at all. They stayed comfortably within range of the heat from the large radiator in the hallway. My day was properly busy, and more of the same is expected tomorrow, when the next FOTD will appear as scheduled. (I am writing this at 9pm of Tuesday, so tomorrow is Wednesday.) Until then, take care, and if you don't turn aside, you'll get where you're going. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FractalEructations { ; time=0:07:15.06--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip center-mag=+0.14630328800809230/+0.535995994629530\ 40/4.027844e+008/1/-47.5/-1.51483415074954442e-006 params=0.5/-1.7/-0.5/1.7/0/0 float=y maxiter=2500 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=0000Us0Ls0Es08q01n00l00j00h08h0Ih0Uh0dh0nh7\ qfEsdNsaWsafs_nsYssYssWssUssUssdssljnsWhsIas7WsEPs\ LJsUFsaAsh7sq1ss0ss0ss0ss0qhFa7nN0sA0sF0sL0sR3sYAs\ dIsjRsq_nshjsqfssassYsslals0saRsUEsN1sF0sA0sC0sC0s\ E0sE3sF8sFFsILsIUsIasJhnJqjLsfLsaNsYNsWNsRRsPWnN_W\ LaFJdLJfRJfYJhdJhjIjqIjsIlsIlsInsInshfssYssPssUssW\ ss_ssalsffsh_slUsnNssIqsCls7hs1ds0as0as0as0_s0_s0_\ s0Ys0Yq0Yq0Wn0Wl0Wl0Uq0Rs0Ps0Ns3LsAJsIIsPUshfsshss\ jsslnsljsnfsq_sqWssRssLssIssEss8ss5ss1ss3sn3sh3sd3\ sY3sR3sU0qN3sJCsELsANs5ss0ss1ns3Vs5Ts7Sr8RqAQpEPoF\ OnINnJMnLLnNKnPJnLFlICiE8fC5e83b50`30Y00W00R00P00L\ 00J00E00I00J00L00P00R05U0AW0EY1I_7JaANaFRdJUfPYhU_\ h_djdhljjnzznzzqzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzlzzjjshfsfasdYsaR\ s_NsYJqWFqUAqR7nP3nN0nL1qI3sF5sC7sA8s8As5Cs3Es1Fs0\ Is0Js0Ls0Ns0Ps0Ls0IsCEsPCsd8ss5ssCCsFFsJJsNNnRPjWU\ d_YYdaRhfLljFqnAsq0ss0afL } 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=========================================