FOTD -- February 26, 2009 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Too much work, too little time, and imperfect health ganged up on Wednesday to hold today's image to a rating of a 5. The image shows not the ultimate minibrot, but a miserable little runt of a minibrot stuck on the ridiculously long main stem of one of the Z^(1.25)+C Mandeloids. It's a minibrot so tiny that it is actually starting to break up. I named the image "Miserable Minibrot". Don't try to zoom in on any part of the scene. Some parts of it are already starting to break up. The calculation time of 1-2/3 minutes will ease any disappoint- ment felt when the image is finally seen. Of course, all risk of disappointment and wasted calculation time may be avoided by hurrying to the FOTD web site and viewing the image there. The FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Warm sun and a temperature of 46F 8C kept the fractal cats glued to their shelf in the sunniest window here at Fractal Central on Wednesday, while the work kept me glued to the computer desk. Little else of importance happened. I'll post the next FOTD in 24 hours. Until then, take care and adopt a positive attitude, but don't let it take over your life. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Miserable_Minibrot { ; time=0:01:41.66-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-5.440828082143497/-8.144751993539984/\ 6.591033e+010/1/-167.5/0 params=1.25/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=25000 inside=0 logmap=100 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000hWQh_RhXShYTh_Uh_VfaWcbV_dUWeTTeTQgSNiRL\ kRMmQNlQOlQPkQQjPRjPRiPSiPThOUgOVgOWfOXeNXeNYdNZdN\ _cM`bMabMbaMbaMacO`dQ_eSZgUYhWXiYXk_WlaVmcUodTpfSq\ hSsjRtlQunPwpOxrNytNzuPwrQtpRrnTolUmjVjgWgeYecZ`a_\ `_`VX_VVYSTWORWOPYKN_GMaCLc8Ke4Jg5Hi6Fk6Dm7Bo79q87\ s95u93wA1zA0s98o8Gk7Og6Vc5b_4jW4qX6rY8rZAr_Cr`EsaF\ sbHscJsdLteNteOtfQtgSuhUuiWujXukZvl`vmbvndvnevodto\ drodqodoodmodlodjodhodgodeodcodbpd`pdZpdYpdWpdUpdT\ pdRpdPpdOpdMpdKpdJocIobHoaGo`Fo_EoZDoYCnXBnWAnV9nV\ 9nU8nT7nS6mR5zQ4zP3zO2zN1zM0zM0zN2zO3zP5zQ6zR8zS9z\ TBzUCzVEzVFzXGzYGzZHz_Hz`IzaIzbJzcJzeKzfKzgLzhLziM\ zjMzkNzlNznzzozzpzzqzzrzzszztzzuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzfzzfzzfzzfzzfzzfz\ zfzzfzzfzzfzzTzzFzz2zz5zz8zzAzzDzzGzzIzzLzzOzzQzzT\ zzVzzYzz`zzbzzezzhzzjzzmzzozzfzzezzdzzdzzczzbzzbzz\ azzazz`zz_zz_zzZzzYzzYzzX } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================