FOTD -- May 05, 2014 (Rating A-7,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The S-shaped thing at the center of today's image is the curious rectangle just east of the large minibrot on the fractalized main spike of the Z^(2.003) Mandeloid. It looks nothing like a rectangle because the scene is sliced in the Oblate orientation, which is defined by the imag(C) and real(Z) axes of the Julibrot. I named the image "Rectangle Homicide" because of the violence I wreaked on the rectangle, though I realize that it's rather hard to be found guilty of murdering a rectangle. As I see it, the art and math aspects both rate a 7. The art is, well, all right, while the four-dimensional math trick has worn pretty thin by this time. The calculation time of 4-3/4 minutes could lead to impatience, so I recommend saving time by checking the web sites. The finished image is posted online at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> A mix of sun and clouds prevailed here at Fractal Central today, with a temperature of 66F 19C, which was still a little below normal but due to the light winds, quite pleasant. The fractal cats, never satisfied, complained about the on-and-off sunshine. The fractal humans had an average day. Hey, I know it's not very exciting but this is the FOTD, not a sappy romance novel. The next FOTD will be posted when I get a round tuit. Tuits are everywhere however, so most likely the next FOTD is only 24 hours away. Until then, take care, and always remember that the news outlets let us know just what they want us to know. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Rectangle_Homicide { ; time=0:04:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=1 periodicity=6 center-mag=-0.00000292103854801/+0.000050825559078\ 12/2180/0.02172/90.5720777131635515/87.94541111137\ 70125 params=0/90/0/90/-1.7435/0/0.00019/0.07682/\ 2.003/0 float=y maxiter=32767 inside=0 logmap=-62 colors=000YaiWagV`eTZbRW_QSWOOUMLPLJJJHIJGHGFGFEFF\ CDFGBFODKUHKaIK`UKecOlmUsucuzmwzcxzUwzYwzgmmpccoUU\ nKKnJAmIAmHAoGAqFAsEAuDAwCAzBAzAAz9Az8Az7Az7AzAEzC\ HzFKzHNzKQzMTzPWzRZzUazWdzZgz`jzcmzepzgsz`hzUZzNOx\ GEz94zIEzQOzYYzegzmqzUzzkqzUizUazUUzUMzULzUKzUJzcI\ zcHzcGzcFzcEzcDzcCzcBzmAzm9zm8zmDzmIzmNzmSzmXzmazm\ fzmkzmpzmuzmzzmwzmtzmqzmozmlzzizzgzzdzzazz_zzRzzJz\ zBzzDzzEzzFzzHzzIzzJzzLzzMzzNzzPzzQzzRzzSmzQmzPmzO\ mzNczLczKczJczIPzKPzLOzNOzONzQNzRMzTMzULzWLzXKzZKz\ _JzaJzbPzaVz`_z`ez_kzZpzZmzWjzUgzSdzPazNZzLWzITzGQ\ zENzBKz9Hz7Kz9NzBQzCTzEWzFYzH`zJczKfzMizNlzPnzQlzP\ jzOhzNfzNdzMbzL`zLZzKXzJVzJTzIRzHPzHRzHSzHUzHVzHRz\ INzIKzIIzFHzDFzBEz98zV2zp4zo5zo6zo7zo8zo9zoAzoBzoI\ znOznUzn_znezmkzmqzmwzmpzfiz`bzVhzamzgrznwztwzhwzX\ wzMqzHkzCez7_z2Vz7QzBMzGHzKCzP8zTFzYMzbTzg_zlfzqmz\ vtzzuztvzowzjxzdyz_zzVzzZ } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws all slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9 c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(real(p5))+c |z|< esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================