FOTD -- January 31, 2003 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It looks like it's going to be a good day here at F.C. My luck appears to have finally turned for the better. A few minutes ago I received a phone call. Expecting a customer, I answered the phone on the second ring. But instead of a customer, I heard a near-hysterical voice informing me that I had just won a free three-day trip for two to Orlando in Florida. Unfortunately, I am too busy to take a trip at this time, so I told the voice to simply send the cash equivalent of a three-day trip to Orlando. I am now eagerly waiting for the money to arrive, but it certainly would ease my mind if I could remember entering a contest where the prize was a free trip to Orlando. My fractal luck also appears to be on the upswing. The latest formulas in the undefined triternion series were posted to the Fractint list on Thursday. Instead of complex numbers, these formulas use real numbers, but the result is the same. While noodling around with one of the formulas, I stumbled upon today's image. I could have given the image many names. I see feathered wings quite clearly. But to keep a good thing going, I decided to end the month with another nameless fractal. (Who said fractals must be named?) Since it is the fifth such image, I attached the identifier "UnNamed Fractal-V". But, as a glance at the image will show, the lack of a name does not imply a lack of quality. The parent fractal resembles a square Mandelbrot set. And since parents give birth to similar offspring, the midgets tend to be square also. The squared-off midget at the center of today's image lies in the East Valley of the large midget on the main stem of its parent. Because of the unusually vividly defined square area surrounding the mis-shapen midget at the center, today's fractal effort rates a 7. The render time of only 2 minutes is another good feature of the image. As always, the image may also be seen by downloading it from one of the FOTD web sites: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Thursday was cloudy with occasional flurries of snow and a temperature that hung around freezing. The fractal cats spent the day by the heat, occasionally demanding food. Their mood was barely acceptable. Today's weather promises to be a repeat, so the cats' attitude will likely be a repeat also. My mood will improve markedly when I finish the modicum of work now waiting to be done, and start searching for the next FOTD. Until tomorrow, take care, and is infinity an odd or even number? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Un-Named_Fractal-V { ; time=0:02:30.99--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=c4gsave.frm formulaname=C4G passes=1 center-mag=-1.74967514907\ 1832/0/1.409911e+007 params=0.5/1 float=y maxiter=1500 logmap=151 inside=0 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000IHMKBQM6SO5UQ4WS3YU3ZW2`Z1b`0db0ee1gg2hi\ 3jk3lm4mo5oqAqsAsuAuwAwzAz6cU5bR4bO8BV6`j5yzwMIuPG\ tSErVCqYBo`9nc7me6y_ZjjRWtJSnMOhPKcSGYVCTY8N`5IcEF\ bNDaVA`c8_k6ZlDblJemPhmWlnaongr`f5Tb8MZBFWE8SH1PJ6\ UOBXTGaYKdaPhfUlkZppbrrYomUkgQg`MaVHYODUI9QB5N54I4\ 3D3292141KA0KAGD88tzPpuNlqLhmKdiIaeGY`FUXDQTBPS2SR\ 8VRDXRJ_QOaQTdQZfQciPhkPnnPspPxnOulNskNpiMnhLkfLie\ KfcJdaJa`I_ZHXYHVWGSVFQTFNRELQDIODGNCDLBBKB9MACNAE\ OAGQAIRAKSAMUAPVARWATYAVZAX_AZa9ab9cc9ee9gf9ig9ki9\ nj9pk9rm9tn9vo9xjHjePX`XJYUHVRGSPEPMDMKBJHAHF8EC71\ 12BA5874552221dlfaic_gaYd_WbYU_WSYUQVROTPMQNKOLIMJ\ GJHEHFCECACA898676444222_72Y61W61V61T51S51Q51P41N4\ 1L41K31I31H30F30E20C20A20910710610400300100YH6WG5U\ F5WE5YD4_C4bB4eA3h93k83nC2qF2tI2wK1zM1zO1zQ0zS0zUT\ zWQzYOz_MzaKzcIzeGzgEziCzkAzm8zm6zm4zm2zm0zm0zm0zm\ 0zm0zm0zm0zm0zm0zm0zm0zm0 } frm:C4G {; p1 is (plus or minus) 1 or i x=real(pixel), y=imag(pixel)*p1 a=b=0: a1 = a^2-p1^2*b^2 b1 = 2*a*b a=a1+x, b=b1+y z = sqrt(a^2 + b^2) z < 4 } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================