FOTD -- August 05, 2011 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "Long Time Coming". When you start running the parameter file, you'll know the reason for the name. But as always, relief for the slowness is at hand. The finished image is posted in glorious 640x480x256 GIF format at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition version may be accessed at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> though it might take a short time for Hal to calculate it. The original, now classic, FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The slowness of the image is due to its magnitude, which is a whopping 7*(10^34). With such a great magnitude comes great slowness, and it certainly is evident in today's image. Today's image is what I found on a dive into the image of two days ago, with much the same colors and features. Since the image is kind of a repeat, I could rate it no higher than a 7, which is actually not all that bad. I have not done the math, but I would guess that at the scale of today's image, the entire Mandelbrot set exceeds the size of the visible universe many times. The M-set is a great example of one-way infinity. Just like the time we are supposed to enjoy life in heaven, it is limited in only one direction. It has an infinite depth, but is limited to a value of 2 at its upper extremity. The clouds continued here at Fractal Central all morning, but around noon time the clouds broke, leading to a relatively pleasant afternoon, with a near normal temperature of 82F 29C. The fractal cats paid little attention to the outside conditions as they slept through most of the day. The humans spent the day preparing for tomorrow, when the next FOTD will be posted. Until then, take care, and if those aliens from Sirius-C are really running things here on earth from behind the scene, they had better take a few lessons on how to run a world. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Long_Time_Coming { ; time=2:16:13.91-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.9405\ 241488044005398444157863951936232/4.90100508596080\ 5102535300737409795e-6/7.654e+034/1/112.5/0 float=y params=0/0 maxiter=32767 bailout=16 inside=0 colors=000QcrUcqTcrTcrScsScsRcsRctQctQ`tPYuPVuPSuV\ Pt_NseKsjIrpFruDqzBquGnpKlkPjfThaXfXadSebOi`NibNic\ MidMieLifLigKihKiiJijMikPilUfmZdhccchcZmcUrcPvcKzh\ Azm9zmGzmEzmDzmCzlAzk9wk8vj7ti8rg8oe9ia9cWAZOAUJBQ\ GBMCCK7CI4DG5D9A8EDDIGIMFMQDRUBVYA_a8ce6hi5lh8jgAi\ fCheEgdHfcJebLdaNcbRc`PbZObXNbVLbTKaSJaQHaOGaMF`KD\ `JC`HB`F9_D8_B7_97bA6_A6YA6WA6TA6RA6PB5MB5KB5IB5FB\ 5D864B5BE5HG5OJ5UM5`N1gO5fP9fQDfRHeSLeTPeUTdVWdW_d\ XdcYhcZmc_qb`tb`vb_w_YxYWwWUuUTsSRqQPoONlMLkKKiIIg\ GGeEEcCCaA8Y0B`8DbGFdNHfVJhbJjeLjiKghJdgHafGZeFThF\ WdFZ`FaXFcTFfPFiLFlHFnDFq9Ft5Fv2ikrcmsYotSquMsuGuv\ Aww5xwqhpnfokeoicnfbndama_m_ZlXYlUWkVWjWXiXXhYYgZY\ f_Ze_Zd`_c`_ba`aa``aa_baZb`Yb_XaZY`X__UbYSdXPgWNiU\ KlTInSFqSEsRDsRCpQBkQAgQAdO9`N8XL7TJ6PF6MA5I54E03A\ 526A2AF1FI1KL0PL0UO1XQ1_S1bV1eX1gZ1iY6kXAmXFmWJmWP\ jJUjGZmCcp9cs6cvBcuGctLcs } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================