FOTD -- May 21, 2010 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The center coordinates of today's image are not an error. The scene of the image is actually located that far from the origin. The parent fractal is a monstrous distorted Mandeloid shaped like a figure-eight, with a magnitude of 0.00004, which is as small as the program can go. Actually, this parent fractal is only the large minibrot on the main spike of its parent Mandel- brot set, which is somewhere beyond reach, probably larger than infinity. The elements of the image resemble those of East Valley of the M-set, though the location of the image is in the detail on the western shore line of the northern lobe of the parent figure- eight fractal, which is nowhere near East Valley. The name "Something for Nothing" refers to the huge size of the parent fractal, which I once assumed would allow deeper inzooms. Unfortunately, increasing the size of the parent fractal merely shifts the decimal point. It does not create the greater preci- sion that would make greater magnification possible. After a few minutes of deep pondering, I rated the image at a 7.5, granting myself a 1/2 point bonus. I could rate it no higher, as it is really only another scene in the East Valley of a minibrot. The calculation time of 7-1/2 minutes is true on the P4-2000mhz machine. On the ancient but still working 200mhz 80586 unit, the image takes 41 minutes to finish. So why not forget the time your machine might take to run the included parameter file, if it will run the file at all. Hurry to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> where the finished image is posted, and enjoy instant gratifica- tion. An absolutely perfect spring day (sunny and 84F 29C) here at Fractal Central on Thursday was fully enjoyed by all, including the fractal cats in particular, who spent the entire afternoon watching the world go by. With the real work finished, my day was slow, which gave lots of time for pondering fractals among other things. FL spent a lot of time pondering ways to improve her garden. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if God is unchanging, as He would have to be if He is truly eternal, why has He apparently changed his mind about performing miracles such as we read about in the scriptures? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= SomethingForNothin { ; time=0:07:36.43-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip float=y center-mag=+14554.248291498/+19127.966866476/24444\ /1/97.5/0 params=-7/2/-7/1/-0.72/0/0/0 maxiter=6400 inside=0 logmap=-1200 periodicity=0 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000766A98DBAGDCIFELHGO\ JIQLKTOMWROYTQ`WScZUhcWmhTrmQvsUzpYzmazieweiuaitYi\ sUhsQgrMfqIepEdoAco7cpA`pCZpEWpGUpIRpKPlNShPUdSW`U\ YXX_TZaPacLccHfcDhm9jzAhzBgzCdzDZVEURFPNGKJKPFPUBU\ ZAZc9ch8hl6mp5rs4vw3yl2r_9fRF_KLQE0K30G40D40A50050\ r_ztbzubzwgzyhzzgzyXzxXzwXzvLkuNjtPitRhsUgrWfqYep_\ doacncbom`neanYazTzvSzrcznQzjPbfOcbNeZMfVLhRKiHlPO\ HcOIgOJjOJmOKpIJyLKvOKsQKpTLmWLjYLg`MebMbeM_hNXjNU\ mNRqLSpMRpMQoNPoNPnNOnONmOMsG9mOMgWZhltehpcemabj__\ gYXcYo9P_8zz7yuLyvQzwUzxYsyNmzDzz3ez5zz7cz8zzAazBz\ zDZzFzzGzzIzzJzzIzzIzzIzzIzzJzzJzzKzzKzzKzzLzzLzzM\ zzMzzMVzNTzNQzOOzOMzO6zoAzjDzfHzbKzZNzVRzRUzNYzJ`z\ FczBazE_zHYzKWzNUzQSzTQzWOzZMzaKzdIzg5zcBzgHzjNznT\ zqjzudztZztTzsOzsIzrCzr7zrBzmEzhHzcLz_OzVRzQhzTczQ\ ZzOUzM5zR4zQ4zP8zSCzVGzXKz_NzaRzdVzfZzibzkeznizpmz\ sqzuuzxxzzxzxxzvxztxzrxzpxznqzIszGuzEwzCxzHxzm } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================