FOTD -- July 04, 2006 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image I have resumed rating the FOTD images. The rating of a 4 is not a very impressive start, but it is better than no rating at all. In a few days, if all goes well, I will resume naming the images. I actually seem to have gotten a bit rusty during the several months we were occupied with moving Fractal Central. The images seem to be fighting me. No longer do they come almost automati- cally. But I am sure it will be only a short time before I am back in top fractal-finding form and writing philofractal discus- sions worthy of an avatar. Today is not that day however. The notably unimpressive image pictures a midget in the Z^(sqrt(2))+C Mandeloid as it appears 16 levels up the unending logarithmic ladder. If I had named the image, I would likely have named it "Splat". The overall impression is one of a paint-ball splatter. I used only the most basic rendering method. Any fancy stuff would have been wasted on an image with this degree of chaos. The 7-minute render time might seem slow to those whose time is important. If so, save time by downloading the finished GIF image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Typical summer weather prevailed again here at New Fractal Cen- tral on Monday, with partly cloudy, hazy skies, opressive humidity, and a temperature of 88F 31C. The new fractal cats were unconcerned with weather however, since they do not yet go out. They were more concerned with the occasional fire- cracker that went off in the neighborhood. When the going got too loud, Cassie ducked under the bed; Nico ran to the window to see what all the noise was about. The next FOTD fractal will appear right here in 24 hours. We will try to produce one that rates at least a 5. Until then, take care, and the best way I know to find enlightenment is to start a low-calorie diet. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FOTD_for_04-07-06 { ; time=0:06:54.41--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.56705025697611/+0.08051017688019/7.9\ 29609e+008/1/-162.5/-5.889938137216e-008 logmap=168 params=1.4142/0/16/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 colors=000JU_sANhEPYHRNPT_V4OTIdTfVsGQjKLbOGVS6niK\ 1DH9JEGPpLrWMffgJZaMRXPJSSkvzUdjzC8mFEUIKWBcO5ZWSO\ mzDanI`cNZWSYRWQMYJKZUB6rmUkdK_ZOOTSqa8XUKkwx_jnOZ\ dLdYIZXFTWzfMZUR98cBGZGxnErgDfkkBAbEGUHLLKQf0YRCWz\ U0VE8PHGIKOEPIy3l`DcUF3PHALJHGLOzWemTb`R_OPX7U29SA\ AQHzZzdXRdobXg`Q`ZJUX8lQ9eSA_TBTU5RW8_nATduCyILuGM\ lENcDWHssbfm9R_KV9y2gT7XUrftc_kQTbQjwMdoJZhFTawezk\ `z_WjORbrk6uaVZUV3oE6gJ8`NAURReJN`MJWzFRS6yz8lzA_z\ 3_z6Wz8TzAQzOLzdBzXEzQHzJKzg6zSFzzeziZzTTaMwVHdVZK\ 7TLDNMJHNPWD_RGzMIzHLzM1zJ7zHCzEIzYazNUIqELrJQs_ct\ W`uZZvcXwgUxh8ymKzq4ztDzwMzz2zzOzzRzzTzzazzzzzjzzB\ zzGzzLzzQzzIzzNzzRzzozzdzzwzztzzgzzkzzbzzqzzKzzOzz\ Szz2zzCzzMzz7zzozzhzzazzVzzVzzdzzazz_zzXzzrzzlzzfz\ z`zzLzzPzzSzz6zzJzzTzzUzzUzzVzzuzznzzgzz`zzrzzlzzf\ zz`zzWzzVzzHzzOzz9zzKzz5zzCzzIzzPzz7zzJzzGzzKzzOzz\ SzzbzzHzzLzzOzzSzzozzizzd } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-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=========================================