FOTD -- October 11, 2006 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene on the negative X-axis of the Z^(4.003)+C Mandeloid. It is located in the East Valley area of the large midget, which is the analog of the large midget at -1.75 on the negative X-axis of the Z^(2.003)+C Mandeloid. Here again we have features that remind me of a rail yard. And there are quartic midgets -- lots of them -- so many midgets in fact that they come in clusters. Today's image picks out one midget in a long string of similar midgets. Part of an adjoining midget is visible at the right border of the frame. I named the image "No Quartic Contest" and rated it at a 6. I had no good reason for choosing the name; the rating seems appropriate. The calculation time of 12 minutes is true on my worn-out 10-year-old computer. SOTA machines will finish the task in a couple minutes or so. But the fastest and easiest way of all to see the image is to visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view it there. The sun was bright, the wind was light, and the temperature reached 75F 24C here at Fractal Central on Tuesday. But the weather went un-noticed by the fractal cats, who spent much of the day racing up and down the long hallway, sliding around on the carpets on the newly refinished floor. We have decided to let them have their fun until they grow tired of it. They we'll put rubber mats under the slippery carpets to hold them more firmly in place. The graphic work continued light. I expect Wednesday to be the same. The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours. What it will look like nobody knows. Until then, take care, and be ready to see something never before seen by human eyes. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= No_Quartic_Contest { ; time=0:12:07.82--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=manzpower center-mag=-1.22302423582265300/+0.003499866084603\ 55/1.487328e+011/1/5.00003794580166439/-0.00014829\ 5373074855408 params=0/0/4.003/0 float=y maxiter=4500 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000SddQccObcM`bK_aIYaGX`EW`CU_ATZ8RZ6QY4PY9\ OWDOUHOTLORPNQTNOXNM`NLdMJhMIlMGpMFmOMkQTiS_gTehVb\ iW`iZZj`XjaVkdTkeRlgOmiMmkKnlInoGopEorClqFjhIhgLef\ NceQadTZcWXbYV``S_cQZfOYhLXkJWnHVqFUsLYtQauWdv`hwe\ kwkqwqwwlushspcqm_oiWmfRhcNc`JZXEUUAPR6KODFLPAITFG\ WJDbEBh98n56o88oB9oEBpHCpKDpNFpQGqTHqWJqZKraLrdNrg\ OriPuaFwU5sS7pR8mQAjPBgODdNEaMGZLHVKJSJKPIMMFNJAKG\ AFDAAAAA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AA0AAKTNK`NKhOKpOKxOMuN\ OsNQqNSnNUlNWjNYhN_eMacMcaMe_MgXMiVMkTMmRMkQKjPJhP\ IgOGfNFdNEcMDbLB`LA_K9ZK8`MCbNFcOIeQMgRPhSSjTVlVZm\ WaoXdqYgr_kt`nvaqwbtvasu`st_ssZssYsrXrqWrpVsoUtoTu\ pSvqRwrQxsPyqRspSnoUhnVcmXYlYTkZOhYNfXNcWNaVNZUNXT\ NUSNSRNQRNOUOMWPLZQJ`RIcSGeTFhUDjVCmWAoX9qYAoZAn_B\ l`BkaCibChcDfdDeeDdfEbgEahF_iFZjGXkGWlGVmFXkFYiEZg\ E_eE`dDbbDc`CdZCeXCfWBhUBiSAjQAkOAlNEnMHoMLpMOqMSr\ MVsMZtLauLevLiwLmxLqyLuzM } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================