FOTD -- December 13, 2004 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I'm a bit behind in the real work today, so the discussion will be short. Today's image shows what happens to a sub-midget on a filament of the large midget at -1.75,0 of the M-set when the real(p3) parameter is changed very slightly from 0,0. The result is two midgets that are seen partially overlapping -- just what would be expected, which is why I named the image "The Expected Thing". The fiery red colors have no special signifi- cance. The color palette is simply the one that I happened to find first. The 'expected thing' is worth a rating of no more than 4, but the render time of just over 2 minutes raises the overall worth to a respectable 167. The image may be seen by running the attached parameter file or by downloading it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Partly cloudy skies and chill, 48F 9C, winds kept the cats snug indoors for all but a brief 20 minutes here at Fractal Central on Sunday. They seemed to understand that I was not respons- ible, and were in surprisingly good moods. I gave them extra tuna as a reward. Today is starting sunny, but the chill winds are still blowing, and even colder air is on the way. The cats' moods will once again be tested. For me, the work is rather heavy, but well within the range of being finished in time for tomorrow's fractal, which will likely be a return to the MandelbrotMix4 formula, one that I have not used in over 2 months. Until then, take care, and conspire with fractals, but don't get caught doing it. A fractal is hard to keep in jail. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Expected_Thing { ; time=0:02:23.46--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot passes=1 center-mag=-1.74896259724174100/+0.013770090116703\ 98/1.034694e+010/1/-67.5/5.275598745684007e-005 params=0/0/0/0/10e-012/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=133 periodicity=0 colors=000j04h05g05e06c07b07`08Z09Y09W0AU0BT0BR0CP\ 0DO0DM0EK0FG0GJ0FM0FP0FS0FU0EX0E_0Eb1Ed2Dg3Dj4Dm5D\ o6Cr5Cu4Cx3Cz2CxBDvKEtTEraFpjGonFnqForGopGonHomHok\ IoiIohIofJodJobKoaKo_LoYLoXLoVMoTMoRNoQNoOOoMOoLOm\ NPlPPkQPjSPiUPhVPgXPfZPe_PdaPcbPbdPafP`gP_iPZkPYlP\ XnPWpPVqPUsPXtCVuJTtPRsWPraNqgLpnJotPrpWppInzJowKo\ uLpsMpqMpnNqlOqjPqhQrfQrcRsaSs_TsYUtWUtTVtRWuPXuN_\ yJXuLVrNTnPRkROhTMcVKZXMUYIPZBKUCFTDATECTEDTFFTGGT\ HHTHJTIKTJMSKNSKPSLQSMRSNTSNUSOWSPXSPYSWQ_aIfgAnm3\ uk4si5qg5oe6mc7ka7i_8gY9eW9cUAaSB_QBZOCXMDVKDTIERG\ FPEFNCGLAHJ8HH6IF4JD3JC4IE4IG5II5IK6IM6HO6HP7HR7HT\ 8HV8GX9GZ9G`9GaAGcAFeBFgBFiCFkCFm6Fq8GpAHoCInEJmGK\ mILlJMkLNjNOjPPiRQhTRgSSjTThUUgUVfVWdWXcWYbXZ`Y__Y\ `ZZaX_bWTcUXdV_eVbfWfgWihXliXpjYskYklremoanr`oo`pl\ _qj_rgZseZtbZu`YvYYwWXxTXyRWzOWzMWzJVzHVzEUzCUz9Tz\ 7Tz4Qz1Tz2Wz3Zz3az4dz5lz3 } frm:HyperMandelbrot {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(0,0): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p2+2)*a*b+p3, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================