FOTD -- December 15, 2006 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's formula mixes 0.3 parts of Z^(-11.4) and Z^(2.3). This formula produces a grossly oversized parent fractal that resembles a mixture of filaments and holes. Today's image is located in a kind of East Valley of the center-most hole. I named the image "Tic-Tac-Toe" because it reminds me of a midget sitting in the center square of a 3x3 grid. I rated it at a 5 because it really isn't all that great, most of the effect being produced by the coloring. The render time of 5-1/2 minutes is quite reasonable, but if 'quite' is not reasonable enough, the already-rendered GIF image may be viewed at once on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy morning fog burned off by noon here at New Fractal Central, leading to a pleasant sunny afternoon with a tempera- ture of 59F 15C. The fractal cats found that the sun coming through the window was warm enough to lie in for a while. Then they started playing. My day was pretty much normal and uneventful, which is the kind of day I can relax and enjoy. But fractals are everywhere, even on the most boring days. The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and I hear it said that a pot of diamonds lies at the end of the next fractal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Tic-Tac-Toe { ; time=0:05:31.26--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.75178759157913060/+0.000928823958958\ 99/4.05265e+007/1/65.8/-3.54053367311590872e-007 params=0.3/-11.4/0.3/2.3/0/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=127 periodicity=0 colors=000000AaYHcYNeYTgYZiYdkYARINZOZeTeTQfWRgYSg\ `ThbUieVigWjjXgLAhSGiZMjeSEVqKYmP`jVcg_fcei`w5crKa\ nZ_uY4xeJszUpcamw_cAoDxqUrgPZ`Ua_YdZbgZfjYFeuNgoVi\ ibkcv4qrJjnYc0Us9VdSc`NTeZbazk0wl5ulAslFplKnlPllUJ\ NhNRfRVdVZcZaabe`fiZBQnHUkMXiR_fWcd`faei_PPl_`dJjR\ OkTTkUXkValWflXK_kqJrnTklbdUhkYih`jedkbgl_UPgXTe_X\ cb`bed`hhZt6BpLJmZRItHOrLUpO_oSemV2f38g7EhBJiFPiJV\ jN_kRelVTrAZpIdnQuvLhdUifVihWjiXjkYEQVPYW_eX5oTQmW\ dp5eoAfnFgnKhmPilUoWGnZJm`LmbNldPkfSkhUjjWIo`Sn_am\ ZKVgT`caf`9IDMTKZbRCrDLpJUoObmTtSypZomefdPyeTufWqg\ _mhbiifejia`MmbQjcUheYffacheaii_dP1eT6fWBg_GhbKifP\ jiU`mkemdXmfZmd`mcbmbcmaem`SzQKzPJzOIzNHzMGzLFzKEz\ JDzICzIIzKOzMUzO_zQdzSezTfzUgzVgzVjzahzWizXjzYxz6v\ zAtzErzIpzMnzQlzUAzA8zaLz_YzZ1zFRz6VzCZzIbzNfzT9zj\ MzeZzaozpnzlmzilzfkzcjz`KzVYzXEzSJzTOzUTzVXzWazXfz\ YJzdNzcQzbUzaXz``z_czZgzY } 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=========================================