FOTD -- April 13, 2010 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: There is no FOTD for April 12. This is because the antiquing bug struck on Sunday, and we spent the day browsing an antique emporium in Hanover, PA, the city where they make potato chips. FL found a water color of a stork nesting on a chimney top, with a cathedral tower in the background. She insisted that we must have the picture. (Actually it's not a bad picture.) Today's image however is totally middling. It takes too long to finish, and when it is finished, it doesn't quite appear to have its act together. I wasted nearly one hour on the coloring and ended up with an image that rates an everyday-average 5. The name "Filamentary Network" is a description of the image. The zig-zaggy effect throughout the scene is a bit unusual, though not enough to raise the rating above average. The parent fractal is a Mandelbrot set with its main spike starting to split apart. Today's image is located in the area between the two large bifurcated minibrots. The wait of 12 minutes while the parameter file runs may be avoided by visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Sunday and Monday brought partly cloudy skies and a temperature of 64F 18C to Fractal Central. The fractal cats, who wish they could go outside and play like all the other cats, accepted the conditions. For me, Sunday was spent in the antique emporium, which is not too bad a way to spend a day, while Monday was an average workday. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if, as some claim, mankind needs a spiritual solution to its problems and spirits are ghosts, which sensible people know are not real, where do we find the spirit that will rescue us from our problems? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FilamentaryNetwork { ; time=0:12:02.59-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinalDivideBrot function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.933488464180608/+0.00000478103645664\ /4.287836e+009/1/-21/0 params=0.5/20/0/0 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=255 logmap=764 periodicity=6 colors=000zvMgrLgsLhsKhsJisJitIjtIjtHkuIjtHisHhrHg\ qHgpGcpzcozcnzcmzclzckzckzcjzcizchzcgzcgzchzcizcjz\ ckzcuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccuccu\ c4m44m45m45m46m46m47m47m57m58m58m59m59m5Am5Am5Bm5B\ h5Bh6Cg6Ch6Df6Dh6Ef6Eh6Fe6Fh6Fd7Gh7Gc7Hh7Hb7Ih7Ic7\ Jc7Jc7Jc8Kc8Kc8Lc8Lc8Mc8Mc8Nc8Nc8Oc7Nc8Nc8Nc8Nc8Nc\ 8Nc8Nc8Nc8Nc9Nc9Nc9Nc9Nc9Nc9Nc9Nc9Nc9NcANcANVANWAN\ WANWANWANWANWBNWBNXBNXBNXBNXBNXBNXBNXBNYCNUChUWhUW\ gUVgUVgUVfUUfUUfUUeUTeUTeUTdUSdUSdUScURcURcURdUQcU\ QdUQdUPdUPdUPeUOdUOeUOeUNeUNdUNdUMcUMbTMaSLaRL_QL_\ PKZOKYNKXMJWLJUKJTJISIIRHIQGHQFHQEHPDGPCGPBGOAFO9F\ O8FN7EN6EN5EO5BN4DN4EM4FM4HM4IL4JL4KL4MK4NK4OK4QJ3\ RJ3SJ3TI3VI3WI3XH3ZH3_H3`G3aG3cG3dF2eF2gF2hE2iE2jE\ 2lD2mD2nD2pC2qC2rC2sB3rB4rB5rBUzBUzBUzBUzBUzBUzBUz\ AUzAUzAUzAUzAUzAUzAUzAUzAUzAUz9Uz9Uz9Uz9Uz9Uz9Uz9U\ z9Uz9Uz9Uz8Uz8Uz8Uz8Uzzzz } frm:FinalDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=(-b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))-c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================