FOTD -- February 02, 2010 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Due to a busy day and my continuing depressed spirits, today's discussion is brief. The image is an almost-Julia set of the East Valley of the Z^3+C Mandeloid. Actually, the scene is double-rotated a mere 0.00025 and 0.00025 degrees from the true Julia orientation. Most of the action was achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'imag'. This also explains the name "Real or Imaginary", which, if taken as a question, can be answered 'imaginary'. The calculation time of 3 minutes is many times the incredibly brief time of yesterday's image, but still well within reason. An equally reasonably way to enjoy the image is to surf out to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the finished image and near instant enjoyment awaits. I'm not sure why I've been so down the past few days. It seems to be something about the world situation, and life in general, but I just can't put my finger on it. FL says I'm too wrapped up in politics. This may be so, but with things going as they are and doomsday shows filling the TV channels, I don't need politics to bring on the blues. The partly cloudy skies and temperature of 34F +1C here at Fractal Central on Monday were a notable improvement over the weather of the day before. The fractal cats appreciated the improvement but still preferred the heat. My day was unexpec- tedly busy, and my less-than-high spirits drained most of my enthusiasm for work as well as fractals. But despite all, a fractal did appear, and the next FOTD will still be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be of stout temperament but lean heart. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Real_or_Imaginary { ; time=0:03:02.58-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 center-mag=0.00542724/\ 0.0429859/0.68/1/45/0 params=89.99975/0/89.99975/\ 45/0.385/0/0/0/3/0 float=y maxiter=32000 inside=0 outside=imag periodicity=9 colors=000Y1QY0VX0`T5`PGfLQlH`tDiy7nzDemDY_ERUHNLL\ KDPH3TE0VC0X70YA0Y90H71C6365613902C00E01E92DI3DS5C\ c6AKGILSOMdTPq`IteCxl5zr0zy0zzS2hS9fSHeQOcQXaQd`Pk\ YPtXOzTMlZKo`HqaEtcCud7xeHoaKjZOdXQZTVTQPTVOMXMGZL\ A`K3cI0dG0fH5YD6S99M5AH1DC3IM2QT0Z`0ff0on0xu0zz0tj\ 0xd1zZ3zT6zOCxXKoZSfa`YehPhqHky9nz0ry2lo6eeA`XETc7\ XZ5QX2LS0HP0CL06H01L5EGDHCML6VO2cQ0lV0uY0za0kd0ak0\ Qk0Ek02jcHtZKtVMrQPqMSoIVoEYnA`l6ckAahE`eKZcOXZTVX\ YTTcSQfPMlOKqMH3tw7ruArrEqqHqnLolOnjQnhVleYldakadj\ `hjYkhXofTlaXhXZdQaaLdYGfTAjQ5lM0oI0rE0wG0wI0uK1tM\ 6tOArQEqTKoVOoYSnZXlaalcekejjhohL`K0L00O00S00V00Z1\ 0a20e30j50l60q70t90xA0zC0zG0zK0zP0zT0zZ1zc2zh3zl5z\ r005105205503623952A72DA1ED1HG0II0LL0MP0OS0QV0SY0V\ `0Xc0Ze0`h0ck0dn0fq0ht0kx0kx0kx0ky0ly1ly3lz6lz9nzD\ nyInuOnrTnnZnkdnfjndoo`wnXllSakOSjKHhG6dE7ZD9TCAOI\ 9DPA2VC0aD`MAyK9`HEZCIZ6M } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws most slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================