FOTD -- November 10, 2004 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In today's image, which was created by the 'mandelfn' formula, the periodicity is critical, and must be set to 50. The bailout of 100 is critical, and the maxiter of 240 is critical as well. It goes without saying that the function must be set to 'sin'. When all these parameters are set correctly and the magnitude is set to 1.6, the screen will be blank. The 'inside' must then be set to 'atan' to reveal the image. When this is done, we find ourselves faced with a glorious array of multi-colored jail bars. I can't imagine what we might have done to find ourselves in jail. The only time I have been in jail was when I played 'Monopoly'. But numbers don't lie. We are in jail, and I don't know how we got here. Without the 'atan' inside fill, the parent fractal consists of a pair of empty Mandeloids sitting butt to butt, the inner details of which are apparently the same as those of the Mandelbrot set. I therefore wasted no time examining it. I named the image "Jailhouse". The bars inspired the name. I rated the image at an 8, perhaps a bit liberal, but it *is* a bit above my average fractal fare. When the very brief render time of 41 seconds is considered, the overall worth registers an inspiring 1159. The bars of the jailhouse may be seen by running the included parameter file. The minor task of running the file can be avoided by downloading the completed GIF image from Paul's FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and getting out of jail that way. A mostly sunny day on Tuesday was spoiled by the temperature of only 45F 7C, which was too chilly for the delicate ears and whiskers of the fractal cats. It seems that the older they get, the more picky they become. But all ended well when a treat of tuna and left-over meatloaf was served. The duo ended the day peacefully. This morning is once again sunny but very chilly. It remains to be seen how well the cats will make out. The commercial work is almost non-existent today. This is good news about the next fractal, which will appear in 24 hours, more or less. Until then, take care, and search for fractals as you go through the day. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Jailhouse { ; time=0:00:41.58--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandelfn function=sin passes=1 center-mag=0.00861346/0/1.604292/1/-90/-1.23373533\ 611470521e-014 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=240 bailout=100 inside=atan logmap=yes periodicity=50 colors=000LJXPIWQIXQIXQIXQIXQIXQIXQIYRIYRIYRIYSJ_T\ K`ULaVMbVMbSMbVMbVMbVMbXN_WM`WM`WMaWMaTMbVMbVLcVLc\ VLdULdULeTLeUKfUKfTKgTKgTKhTKhTJiSJiSJjSJjSJjSJkRJ\ kRIlRIlRImRImQInQInQHoQHoQHpPHpPHrPHrPGtPGtOGvOGvO\ GxOGxQHzPGzPGzOGyOGwNGvNGuMGtMGrMGqLFoLFoKFmKFlJFk\ JFjJFjIFiIFhHEgHEfGEfGEeGEdFEcFEbEEbEEaDD`DD_CDZCD\ ZCDYBDXBDWADVADV9CU9CT9CS8CR8CR7CQ7CP6CO6CN5BO6CN6\ CN6CN6CN6CN6DN6DM6DM6DM6DM6EM6EM6EM6EL6EL6FL6FL7FL\ 7FL7FL7GK7GK7GK7GK7GK7GK7HK7HJ7HJ7HJ7HJ7IJ7IJ7IJ7I\ I8II8JI8JI8JI8JI8JI8KH8KH8KH8KH8KH8KH8LG8LG8LG8LG8\ LG8MG9MG9MF9MF9MF9NF9NF9NF9NF9NE9OE9OE9OE9OE9OE9OE\ 9PD9PD9PDAPDAPDAQDAQDAQCAQCAQCARCARCARCARCARBASBAS\ BASBASBASBASBATBAUBAUBAVBAWBAWBAXBAYBAYBAZBA_BA_BA\ `BAaBAaBAbBAcBAcBAdBCeBEeBGfBIgBKgBMhBOiBQiBSjBUiF\ WjDYjB_kAam8co6eq5gs3iu2kw3tz3tz2sz1rz0qz0pz0oz0nz\ 0mz0lz0kz0jz0iz0hz0gz0fz0 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================