FOTD -- June 11, 2008 (rating in doubt) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: When the parent fractal of today's image is rotated minus 90 degrees, it resembles a Mister Potatohead toy, with a ridicu- lously large period-2 bud stuck on its left shoulder, a period-3 wart on its right shoulder, and a period-5 pimple on its butt. Today's scene lies in the western valley leading to the period-5 pimple. I have no idea what happened to a potential period-4 pimple. Anyway, today's image has little to recommend it. Due to the threat of lightning, I kept the computers unplugged most of the afternoon, which left little time for a proper fractal search. The only thing today's image has going for it is its striped appearance, which was created by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'tdis'. But even the stripes are so finely divided that they lose most of their effect. As a result, I gave the image no rating. The name "According to Hoyle" simply came to mind as I studied the image. (Perhaps a psych could do a fair analysis of me from the names I give the FOTD images.) The final bad news is the calculation time, which is a dragging 25 minutes. Run the parameter file if you wish, but I recommend visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the image is or soon will be posted for instant access. Tuesday here at Fractal Central started sunny and very warm. But a series of brisk thunder-showers moved in around 3pm and continued until dark. The temperature reached a high of 93F 34C just after noon, but by 6pm was down to a very comfortable 75F 24C. The fractal cats rejoiced. And if the next FOTD, which will be posted in 24 hours, is better than today's, I will rejoice also. Until the rejoicing starts, take care, and as the wise shepherd says, when you see a storm coming, get the flock out of there. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= According_to_Hoyle { ; time=0:25:16.83-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.6839673892413574/+0.164658493324798/\ 184137.8/1/-102.5/0 params=1.25/0/0.2/0 float=y maxiter=32767 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000n4Pp2Nq1Mo3Ln5Lm7Ll9KkBKjDKiFKhHJgJJfLJe\ NJcOIbQIaSI`UIMMRHJOCGL7DI9DJBDJDDJEDJGDJIDKJDKLDK\ NDKP9HOBJODKNFMNGNMIPMKQLMSLNTLPVKRWKTYJUZJW`IYaI_\ cHWfI`dIdcJhaJm`KqZKuYKyXMuYNrYOoYPlYQiYSeYTbYU_YV\ XYWUYC8pXRYqiGpiFpiFpiEoiEoiEoiDniDniDniCniCmiCmiB\ miBliBliAliAkiAki9ki9ki9ihEggIfgMdfQbfUaeZ_ebYdfXd\ jVcnRfvUcrX`oZYlaWhcTefQbiNZkLWnITpFPsCMw9KuAJtBJs\ CJrDJqEJpFJnGJmHJlIJkIIjJIiKIgLIfMIeNIdOIcPIbQIaQI\ _VIYZIXbIW`KW_MWYOVXPVWRVUTUTUURWUQYTPZTN`TMbUNcTM\ cTLcTKcSJcSJcSIcSHcRGcRFcRFcREcQDcQCcQCcQBcPAcP9cP\ 8cP8cO7cO6cO5cO5cQ4cR4c_5hg6mo6rn9qnBpnDonFnmHmmKm\ mMlmOklQjlSilUhlXhkZgk`fkbekddpmekfdf_daTcYNcTGbO9\ bK3bL4`M4_N4ZN5XO5WP5VQ5UQ6SR6RS6QT6PT7NU7MV7LW7KW\ 8IX8HY8GN2HT5GY8FbBEhEDmHCrKByF3wMBvSIuYPtcXsicroj\ quqnlXpd4kcDgbLcaTZ`aV_iP`sRZqTXoUVmWTkXRjZPh_NfaL\ dbJbdIaeG_gEYhCWjAUk8Tm6R } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================