FOTD -- September 06, 2009 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: As I suspected might happen, FL was seized by the antiquing bug on Saturday and talked me into a trip to an antique emporium down in Annville. The trip was not a total loss; we found just the carpet we were looking for to add to those already in the FC hallway. The new carpet has gained the approval of the fractal cats, who checked it, marked it, then stretched out on it. With little time to do a fractal search, I turned to the war- horse Mandelbrot set and found the fastest fractal image of all time -- one that calculates in nine-tenths of one second on the rejuvenated P4-2000mhz machine. I gave today's image a rating of an 8, even though it is nothing more than a typical minibrot on a filament extending from the period-8 bud on the northeast shore-line of the main bay of the Mandelbrot set. The name "Insense Outsense" can mean anything the fractalist wishes it to. To me it means nothing more than the sound it makes when spoken. The magnitude is an extreme 3*(10^12), but the image still renders almost perfectly using standard math. I included the mathtolerance entry to assure that the program does not flip into arbitrary precision math mode, which would increase the calculation time from one second to one hour. The parameter file is so fast that the image is finished before the video mode can switch to super VGA, causing the fractalist to miss the fun of seeing it generate. So why not enjoy a conso- lation prize of a virtual trip by surfing out to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and viewing the finished image there. Perfect weather made Saturday most enjoyable here in the Fractal Central area. The fractal cats mostly approved of the new carpet, though at one point I did hear some foul language from Nicholas. My day was good enough; I survived the trip to Annville. But tomorrow should be even better. The next FOTD will be posted in 12 or so hours. Until then, take care, and relax. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Insense-Outsense { ; time=0:00:00.91-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=+0.3704568047918\ 252/+0.1102991974787538/3.113184e+012/1/74.75/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=130 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000D30E40F50G60H70I80JA0KD0LG0NJ0PM0QP0SS0U\ V0VY0X`0Zb0_d0Yc8WaFU_MSYTQW_OUfMSmKTtOYoRcjVjfYra\ `wYcveeuljthnsdrr`vqXzqTtkPlfLc`HWWDNQ9FL5FJ6EI7FH\ 8FF9FEAGDBGBCHADH9EH7FI6GI5HI4HF9JDDKBIL9MM6QO4VP2\ ZQ0bR6VNCOJIGFN9BWOnVKrUGvUDyWCxXBwYBvZAu_Ata9sb9r\ c8qd8pe7og7nh6mi6lj5kk5jj9fiCchF`hJYgMVfPSeTPeWMdZ\ JcbGbeDbhAdeBebBf`BgYBhWCiTCkQCnOCrLDvJDzGDzEDzCBz\ A9z98zA9zBATCBVDCWEDXFDZGE_HF`IGbJHcKHdLIfMJgNKhOL\ iOLnQMrSNvUOzWOXON4GNELMOPMXUMfYLpbLyfLlYQ`PUPHYD8\ a10eB9WLINVRDdZ4_a8VcCQeGLgKGiOBkRDlUElXFlZGlaIldJ\ lfKliLllNlnOlqPltQlvRioSfiTcbT`XQMYN8ZMBXLDVKFTJHR\ JJPMKROLTQMUTNWVOYXPZ_Q`aQacRcfSehTfjUhmVjoWkqXmsX\ nsYksYhsZfsZcs_as_Zs`Xs`Us`RsaPsaMsbKsbHscFscCscAq\ bErcIseLtgPuiSvkWwnZxqbytfzwizzmzzpzztzzwzzqzzrzzr\ zzrzzrzzrzzrzzrzzrzzrzzrzzrzzdzz_zzWzzVzzUzzUzzTzz\ SzzSzzRzzQzzQzzPzzOzzOzzN } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================