FOTD -- September 10, 2003 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It appears the booming design business is having an effect on the quality of the FOTD. For about two weeks I have been unusually busy, and the FOTD fractals have suffered from a lack of attention. I'm not sure whether this is good news or bad, but I would rather concern myself about a less-than-great FOTD than a lack of money. The only thing I am certain of is that the FOTD will continue appearing almost every day for the foreseeable future. Today's image of a midget surrounded by a brightly glowing aura was created by mixing various portions of Z^2, Z^3, Z^4 and Z^5. I named it "Mystic Mandel Vision" because it reminds me of something a meditating mystic with an interest in fractals might see in his mind while he meditates. This particular mystic vision is of only average quality, and it rates only an average 5. It deserves nothing more. Mystical visions are true, though they are not real in the generally accepted sense of the word. The same is true of fractals. Much can be learned through mystical visions; much can be learned through fractals. Much of what is learned through both means has no apparent practical value. Today's image requires 27 minutes to render on my tired machine, which is almost 10 years old and still humming. The image downloads in far less time from the FOTD web sites at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> With a temperature of 75F 24C and lots of sun, the day remained perfect from noon until night on Tuesday here at F.C., as did the fractal cats. Even the work went well. There is no cause for complaint. Today is starting the same. It's almost too good to be true, so check the next FOTD to see what goes wrong. Until that next FOTD appears in 24 hours, take care, and who says there's a Murphy's law? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ MysticMandelVision { ; time=0:27:24.69--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix3a function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.43234523371375270/+0.001248383281929\ 91/1.149306e+008/1/30/-1.61624185861242164e-007 params=1/2/-0.2/3/0.03/4/-0.03/5/0/0 float=y maxiter=2400 inside=0 logmap=186 periodicity=10 colors=00086TA6UC6WE6XG6ZI6_K6aM6bO6dQ6eS6gU6hW6jY\ 6k_6ma6nW9gQBaKEVFGPJHTNIXRJ`VKdZLhbLlcKneIpfHrqMb\ qMbjI_dFXYBUS8RL4OF1LE3PE5SD7VD9ZDBaCDdCFhCHkBJnBL\ rANuAPxARz9Tz9Vz9XzBYzDZzF_zG`zIazNbzRczVezYgz`jzc\ lzemzgnziozkqzmrzhqzcpzZozUnzTmzRlzQkzPkzNkzMkzKkz\ JkzIkzGkzFkzEkzHfwKarNXmQShTOcWJZZEUa9Pd4Kg0Ff2If3\ Lf4Oe5Qe6Te7We8Yg8Wi8VeCTbGR_KQXOOUSMRWLTUOUTRWSUX\ QXZP__Ob`MegFsbLhcKkeInfHq_KfgMZgJi2dz6bz9`zCZzFXz\ JVzMTzPRySPxWNwZLvaJudHtcURcUWcU_cUccUgaUkdWocUedW\ WdYYd__ea`ecbecdecffcgfcifckfcmgcngcpgcrecafcefcig\ clgcpccctciqckocmlcoicqhctfcugctgctgctgctgcsgcsgcs\ BcqEcrGcrIcrKcrMcrPcrRczTczVczXcz_czaczcczeczKczMc\ zOczQczSczUczWczXczZcz`czbczdczfczSczUczVczWczYczZ\ cz_czaczbczcczeczfczPczRczTczVczXczZcz`czbczdczfcz\ BczGczKczOczSczWcz_czcczQczSczUczWczYczZczSczUczXc\ zZcz`czbczdczfczUczIcz6cz } frm:MandelbrotMix3a {; Jim Muth z=real(p5), c=fn1(pixel), a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=real(p3), h=imag(p3), j=real(p4), k=imag(p4), l=imag(p5)+100: z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+(g*(z^h))+(j*(z^k))+c, |z| <=l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================