FOTD -- November 20, 2002 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It's another busy day here at F.C., and I'm running late, so the discussion will once again have to be short. In the FOTD discussions, I often describe the parent fractal in which the day's image exists. But until now I have not used a 'parent' fractal as a fractal of the day. But that is about to change. Today's image shows the lobster-claw fractal that is the parent of the "Hyperhot" FOTD of November 18. The resemblance to a disembodied claw is obvious, as is the reason for the name "The Giant Claw". The name could even serve as the title of a grade-B sci-fi thriller movie, if it has not already done so, that is. The claw holds tons of midgets in both arms, and there is also a tiny Mandeloid near the origin. I will be returning to this claw for FOTD images several times in the days to come. The overall rating of a 5 is average. The render time of two minutes should be incentive enough to run the attached parameter file. An alternate way of viewing the giant claw is to download it from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> And don't get pinched in the process. With a temperature of 56F 13C and morning sun, Tuesday was a pleasant day overall, but a brief shower in the middle of the cats' outside romp rather spoiled their day. No problem however. A treat of tuna restored their spirits, and they ended the day purring. Today is once again starting sunny. This time it appears no rain will mar the afternoon, so I expect a good cat day. If I hope to have a good day however, I must first finish the work. Until next time, take care, and don't drown in information. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ The_Giant_Claw { ; time=0:02:27.26--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=t center-mag=-1.9332/67.5999/0.01373818/1/57.5/1.310\ 75705844807544e-014 params=0.18/-1.5/-0.93/1.8/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=253 periodicity=10 colors=000Ba89`7A_8AZ9BYABXACWBCVCDUDDTDDSEERFEQGF\ PGFOHGNIGOJGPJHQKHRLISMITMJUNJVOJWOKXQKYSKZTK_VK`W\ LaYLbZLc`LdaLecMfdMgfMhgMiiMjjNklNlmNmoNnpNorNpsSq\ pWpm_ojcnggmdklaojZphXreZsb_r``rYbqVcpRdoOfoLgnIhn\ FimHjlJjlKjkMjkNkjPkiRkiSkhUlhVlgXlfZlf_leamebmdem\ chmbjnaln`ln_kn`jn`ik`gk`dl`ac`X``RZ_OW_KU_GR_DO_9\ M_5J_2H`3Ia4Ja5Kb6Lb7Lc8Md9NdAOeBOeCPfDQgERgFRhGSh\ GTiHUjIVjJVkKWkLXlMYmNYmOZnP_nQ`oR`pSapTbqUcqUcoTb\ mSakS`jR_hQZfQYePXcQWaRV`SUZTTXUTVVSUWRSXQQYPPZON_\ NL`MKaLIbKGcJFdJLeIQfIVgI`hIeiHjjHpkHulHvmHvmItmJq\ mKnmKkkKhiKegKbeK_cKXaKU_KRYKOYKLZKI_KF`KCaKAbKAcK\ AdKAeKAfKAgKAhKAiKAjKAkKBiJBhJBiJBjJBkJClJCmJCnJCo\ ICpICqIDrIDsIDtIDuIDvIDwIJxHPyHVzH`zHfzHdzIbzI`zIZ\ zIXzIYzHZzH_zH`zHazGbzGczGdzGdzGezFfzFgzFhzFizEjzE\ kzElzElzEmzDmzDmzDmzCmzCnzCnzCnzBnzBnzBnzBozAozAoz\ AozAoz9oz9pz9pz9WWkqzCqzK } 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==================================