FOTD -- August 04, 2002 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: After a day without power and a live wire sparking and sputtering on the ground in the alley beside Fractal central, the local electric utility has finally repaired the situation, and things are back to normal. (I wrote the above paragraph around 11am this morning, when I assumed things were under control. Unfortunately, the power went off again before I could post the FOTD, and just now, 10:15pm, has come back on for good . . . I hope.) With no time to search for an outstanding fractal, I had to settle on a run-of-the-mill high-iteration midget located in a remote valley of the Mandelbrot set. I named the image "Screw Propeller". I gave it this name because the elements around the midget remind me of a ship's propeller, and not as an insult to some imaginary fellow named 'propeller'. Since the scene is in the classic M-set, and the midget happens to be the first one I came to, I have rated the picture a perfectly average 5. The only really unusual feature of the image is the high maxiter of 100,000 and the logmap setting of over 13,000. Since its magnitude is still within the range of conventional math, the image renders in 10 minutes. The image will download from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> in even less time however. The fractal weather Saturday started with a violent thunder- storm with 80mph (130kph) winds, over 4 inches (10cm) of rain in one hour, hail and continuous lightning. Trees fell everywhere. The day then continued with heat, humidity and additional but less violent storms. The 95F 35C heat and thunder kept the fractal duo of cats confined to the indoors. The power failure that ensued when a tree across the alley fell on power lines kept me from fractalling and left me with no excuse to escape the task of cutting and collecting the fallen tree limbs that cluttered the front lawn. Today is just as hot, but at least no more storms are in sight. Until the next time on August 06, take care, and fractals may be the answer, but first one must know the question. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Screw_Propeller { ; time=0:10:59.00--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.22509332273260120/+0.758019130508034\ 70/1.25732e+010/1/14.9999752295271485/1.9313561407\ 1707207e-005 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=100000 bailout=6 inside=0 logmap=13255 periodicity=10 colors=000cvzq0Sq0Sq1Sq1Up1Vo1Xo1Zn1_n1am1cm1dl1fl\ 1hk1ik1kj1mj1ni1pi1qj3oj4mj6kj7jj9hjAfkBdkDckEakG_\ kHYkIXkKVlLTlNRlOQlPOlRMlSKlUJmVHmWFmYDmZCm`Ama8na\ 6mb7mb8lb8lb9kb9kbAjbAjbBibCibChbDhbDgbEgbEfbFfbFe\ bGebHdbHdbIdbIcbJcbJbbKbbKabLabM`bM`bN_bN_cOZcOZcP\ YcPYcQXcRXcRWcSWcSVcTVcTVcUUcUUcVTcWTcWScXScXRcYRc\ YQcZQcZPc_Pc`Oc`OcaNcaNcbMcbMccMccLaaL``L__LZZLYYL\ XXLWWKUUKTTKSSKRRKQQKPPKOOJMMJLLJKKJJJJIIJHHJGGIEE\ IDDICCIBBIAAI99I88H56I77I87J97JA7KB7KD7LE7LF7MG7MH\ 7NJ7NK7OL8OM8PN8PO8QQ8QR8RS8RT8SU8SW8TX8TY8UZ9U_9V\ `9Vb9Wc9Wd9Xe9Xf9Yh9Yi9Zj9Zk9_lA_mA`oA`pAaqAarAbsA\ buAcvAcwAdxAdyAdzAcu9cp9cl8cg8cc7cZ7cU7cQ6cL6cH5cC\ 5c85d98eABeBDfCGfDIgELhFNhGQiHSiIVjJXkK_kLalMdlNfm\ OinOlmPlmPmmQnmQomRplRqlSrlSslStlTulTvkUwkUxkVykVz\ kVzkWzjWzjXzjXzjYzjYzjYziZziZzi_zi_zi`zjazkbzlczmc\ zmczmczmczmczmczmczmczmcz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================