FOTD -- July 10, 2002 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In the depths of the world's oceans lurks the giant squid, so far unseen while alive and known only from dead specimens washed up on beaches or dredged up in fishing nets. In the depths of the world's fractals lurks the midget squid, neither alive nor dead and known only by a whimsical name given in a moment of fancy. For some strange reason, while viewing today's image, I was reminded of a squid. (I thought I saw suckers.) Since the size of the features in the image is in the sub-atomic range, I named the picture "Midget Squid". It's a pretty ordinary formula that generates the image -- 4(Z^(-0.1))+0.4(Z^2)+C -- a formula that generates a moth-eaten parent fractal with more curious nooks and crannies to explore than a fractalist can shake his iterations at. In today's case, I chose the vague 'East Valley' appearing area of the parent to investigate. I got quite far down before the signs of the tiny midget finally appeared. Because of its less-than-expert coloring, the image rates a 5 or a 6. Feeling generous, I rated it a 6. A better way of rating the FOTD images might be to have the viewers decide. I've been thinking about such a system for some time. Perhaps I'll decide about the ratings when the FOTD-CD is ready. The parameter file's render time of 10 minutes is a bit slow for today's busy world. Time can be saved by downloading the finished GIF image from Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Tuesday was once again hotter than a far-cracker. But in the early evening the temperature of 99F 37C was knocked down to 72F 22C by a whopper of a thunder-storm, which sent the intrepid duo of house-cats scurrying for cover and kept them hidden until 10pm. Today promises to be less hot, but before I can enjoy the milder conditions, I must finish some work. And before I can finish, I must start. So until the next FOTD on July 12, take care and be ready for anything. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Midget_Squid { ; time=0:10:24.07--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-3.18686290593923700/-0.012918240803433\ 52/9.031838e+011/1/-110.25/0.31625297457531909 params=4/-0.1/0.4/2/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=209 periodicity=10 colors=0000Ki0Mh0Og0Qf0Se0Ud0Wc0Yb0_a0a`4c_6eY8gWA\ iUBjSDlQFnTGoWIqZKsaLudNwgPxjQvmRtgRpbTkXXfSWaMWYH\ YUB`P6`E1YE3YE5_E7bE9dEBfEDhEFkEHnEJqELtENvDRvFQtH\ QrIQpKQnMQlNQjPQgRQeSQcUQaWQ_XQYZQW_QZ`Sa`Uc`WfaYh\ a_kaanbcpbesbgubivcdvd`veWvfSvfNwgJwhEwiAwj5wj1c_A\ e`Jg`Ri`Tk`Um`Ti`SdaS_aRVbRQbQLcPGcPBdO6dO8fP9gQAh\ QCiRDjREkSFlTHnTIoUJpUKqVMrWNsWOtXPuXUt_Ytaascesei\ rhmrjqqluqnyqpypkyogyobynZymVymQylMylItjLohOkgQfeT\ acVYbYT`_OZbKYdFWgBViJYhQ_gYafddelfdshdoh`khXghUch\ Q_hMWhJShFOhBKh8Gh4Ch1Ib7OYDUTJ_OOeJUkE_q9dnDakH_i\ LYfPVdTTaXR_`OXdMVgKXcIY`H_YG`UFbREcOCeLBfHAhE9iB8\ j87kB9lEAmHBmKCnNEoQFoTGpWHqZJqaKrdLsgMsjNpiMniOmi\ RliUkhXjc_iZbhUegPhfKkeFndAqc5tb6qc7nc8kc9hc8hc8ic\ 8jc8kc7lc7md7oe7qf6sg6uh6wi6yj6zkGzlPzmQznQzoRzpRz\ qRzrSzsSztTzuTzvTzwVzxWzyXzzXzzYzzZzzZzz_zz`zz`zzY\ zzVzzTzzQzzOzzLzzIzzGzzqz } 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================