FOTD -- March 16, 2012 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a Julia set of the western Seahorse Valley area of the cubic Mandelbrot minibrot that appeared in the FOTD of March 13. As can be seen in the image, the Julia aspect is not quite up to the quality of the earlier image, though it exceeds the image showing the Oblate aspect of the same scene, which appeared as the FOTD of March 14. I chose a Julia set of Seahorse Valley because the Julia set of the center of the earlier minibrot is nothing more than an open circle. I also have the Rectangular aspect of the same scene already finished. The image is so distorted however that I have not yet decided whether to post it or scrap it. The rating of an average 7 is a sign that this scene is starting to wear thin. The name "Julia Flavored Thing" is whimsical. We all know that fractals do not have taste. (At least, we have not yet discovered such an aspect.) The calculation time of 1-3/4 minutes is fast enough to hold impatience and boredom at bay. Ease the minor stress of setting up and running the attached parameter file by viewing the already-calculated image on the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> View it calculated in the glories of high definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> And check the entire FOTD history at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Today's weather was a minor come-down here at Fractal Central. The day began with light rain and clouds. The rain ended and the clouds thinned by noon, but it never totally cleared out, and the temperature reached only a mild 64F 18C, which is still well above normal, but well below the 75F 24C of yesterday. The dedicated fractal cats would have preferred more sun; the dedicated humans, with other things to do, took the day as it came. The next FOTD is likely to come in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and no one should deny minorities the right to vote, but we should make sure that everyone with an actual right to vote has a valid photographic identification so that they can exercise their right. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= JuliaFlavoredThing { ; time=0:01:45.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=JulibrotMulti function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.00000048841008661/-0.000006757619985\ 14/1205/1/2.5/0 params=3/30/90/0/90/0/-0.872494963\ 4777424/29.73584375063138/0/0 float=y maxiter=1750 inside=255 logmap=77 periodicity=6 colors=00000_00Z00Y00X00W00V00U00T00S00R00Q00Q10P2\ 0O30N40M50L60K70J80J90GA0DB0BC08D16E23F31H43J44L45\ N56P57R58T690Kz0Fz0Az00y00x00w00v00u00t00s00r00q00\ p00o00n00m00l00k00j00i00h00g00f00e00d00c00b00a00`0\ 0_00Z00Y00X00W00V00U00T00S10R20Q30P40O50N60M70L80K\ 90LA0MB0NC0OD1PE2QF3RG4SH5TI6UJ7VK8WL9XMAYNC_OE`PF\ aQHbRJcSLeTMfUOgVQhWSiWTjUYWSbHRf2Tg7UhCViHWiMXjRZ\ kW_l``leamjbnocnslTSt70s83s85r87r89r8Bq8Dq8Fp8Ip8K\ p8Mo8Oo8Qn8Sn8Un8WrOPvcJyrDslHnfKi`NdVR_QUVKXQE`L8\ cG3fL4cQ5aU6_Z7Yb7Wg8Tl9RpAPuBTyBXxA`wAdv9hvAmuKrt\ PwsUxsXyr6Cq6Bp5Ap59o48n47m36m36o2Ap49p69p89qA8rC8\ sE8tG7uI7vK7wM6xP6yS6zV6zY8za9zeAziCzmDzrEwvFrzKoy\ MlqOipQfmSchUlZWjXYfU_gPacUccZeccgchiWimYko_gq`fsY\ cuVdwR`yQ`zOYzMWzKXzIXzK_zOczRezUgzYoz`wzcyzgzzjzz\ mzzrzzttzuvzvwzwzzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:JulibrotMulti {; draws all slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p3*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p3*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), aa=-(real(p1)-2), bb=imag(p1)-0.0000000000000000001, c=p+flip(q)+p4, z=r+flip(s)+p5: z=z*z*fn1(z^(aa)+bb)+c |z|< 100000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================