FOTD October 08, 2003 Fractal visionaries: This short introduction is being written the morning of October 8, 2003. After the mini-flap over the 'snub-nosed midget' fractal that actually appeared on January 01, 1998, I decided it best that I actually present the little fellow so that he might be honestly judged on his own worth. It's good that Paul (it was not Lee, as I mistaken wrote yesterday) noticed the error. If he had not, the snub-nosed fellow might never have had his second moment of glory. :-) As for the present-day situation here at Fractal Central, the work backup is slowly clearing, (down to 4 days), the cats are still well, and if all goes well, the ongoing FOTD will resume toward the end of this month. START ORIGINAL DISCUSSION============================== F.O.T.D., January 01, 1998 (Snub-nosed Midget) After yesterday's cosmic fractal, today's must be considered a minor interlude. It is a picture of a lopsided little midget that looks just as exhausted as I feel after last evening. And no wonder I'm exhausted -- I just got through the last day of another entire year. We begin the third-from-last year of the 20th century with a picture of a midget with a nose problem. I named the picture "Snub Nosed Midget" but this little midget is more than snub- nosed, it's actually coming apart at the seams, filled as it is with more holes than a swiss cheese. The formula mixes various portions of the Z^2, Z^-5 and Z^-3 Mandeloids, and slices the figure in the vicinity of a critical point. The finished image has been posted to Paul's web site at: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html Tomorrow, I'll have more energy for a longer commentary and hopefully a better fractal. Until then, take care and keep the faith in your fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER-FORMULA FILE============================= Snub_Nosed_Midget { ; 2 min on P200 640x480 reset=1960 type=formula formulafile=test.frm formulaname=3wayMandelbrot passes=t center-mag=-0.471598/1.82755/3.053522/1/-29.999 params=-1/-5/0.1/-3/-1.3321721988/0 float=y maxiter=1800 bailout=25 inside=0 logmap=yes symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=00024F<4>79G8AG9BIABKDBL<2>ICQJCSKCULCVMC\ X<10>ZEn<8>USCUT8VV9<19>fqAfrAgqD<18>jct<3>sea\ <10>kvVkxUjyUizTizTn`I<13>mosmpvmqxmrzmszmtzgkq\ <2>SLC<21>RffRfgSch<9>TCl<13>WJp<5>McxKfzJjz<3>D\ wzBsq<2>8gC<17>Rpo<16>xRozPozOozMozLoxRm<4>Vsdpz\ u`zfMzT<7>QyNQyMQyLRxLRxKSxJ<4>TwGZsPdpX } frm:3wayMandelbrot {; Jim Muth z=p3, g=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2), d=imag(p2): z=(a*z^b)+(c*z^d)+(.3*(sqr(z)))+g, |z| <= 100 } END PARAMETER-FORMULA FILE==================================