FOTD -- September 15, 2007 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image continues the thread of the past several days, as we continue onward and upward to an exponent of 6. The parent fractal is the expected 5-lobed Mandeloid, with today's image located just off the spike of the negative X-axis, very near the point where the spike joins the main body of the parent fractal. I named the image "More than Meets an Eye". In my imagination I see many more things lurking in the depths of the image. Un- fortunately, these are beyond resolution, unless one wishes to shift to arbitrary precision math, which is uselessly slow with the manzpower formula. To prevent the calculation time from jumping from a lightning-fast 105 seconds to an almost unbeliev- ably slow 34 hours, I have included the mathtolerance entry in the parameter file. As for the rating, I decided to stick with a rating of 6. The image is too close to what would be expected to earn more than this. The calculation time of 1-3/4 minutes is fast enough to prevent the stress of boredom, and in addition, the image is available for instant viewing on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The Friday temperature of 75F 24C was near ideal, but heavy clouds and a threat of rain kept the day from reaching its full potential here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats did reach their full potential for trouble however, when Cassie somehow worked her way behind a loose panel in the bathroom closet and spent the next hour or so exploring the no-man's land between the floor and ceiling. She emerged quite dusty but otherwise satisfied with her adventure. My day was busy enough to keep boredom at bay. Tomorrow is still a question, and there will be the next FOTD fractal to contend with. Until then, take care, and stay alert. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= MoreThanMeetsAnEye { ; time=0:01:45.68-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=manzpower passes=1 float=y inside=0 center-mag=-1.10976164061526900/+0.000001168008348\ 63/3.847449e+012/1 params=0/0/6/0 maxiter=10000 logmap=438 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000A0jA0iA0gA0eA0dA0bA0`A0_A0YA0WA0VA0TA0RA\ 0QA0RA0RA0SA0SA0SB0TC0T71T83U84V85W96X98Y99ZAA_AB`\ ADaBEbBFcBGdCIeCJfCKgDLhDNiDOjEPkEQlESmFTnFUoFVoHW\ mJWlKWkMXjOXiPXhRYgSYfUYdWZcXZbZZa`_`a__c_Zd_Yba_`\ b`_daYecWgdVheTifRkhQliOnjMolLpmJqnIroGspFtpEuqDvq\ CwrBxsAyt9zu8zv7zw6zx5zy2zz5zzAzzFzzKzzPzzUzzZzzcz\ zhzzmzzrzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzwzzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzvzzmzzczvUzrKvmArh2mc4hZ5cY6_X\ 7WW9UVATVBSUCRTEPSFORGNRHMQJKPKJOLINMHNOFMKELG0FC0\ EI0ERCM_DPcESgEVkFYoK`zfcwcfxcdxUbxKaxJ_xKZxKXyLVy\ LUyMSyPRyUPzhOwUNvPMuLLtLKsKJqKIoJHlJGjIFhIEgHDfHC\ eGBdGAbK9aP8`U7_Z6Zc5Zh4Zm3Zr3`v6az8bzAbzCczEczGdz\ IdzKezMezOezQfzSfzUgzWgzYhz_hzaizcizejzgjzijzkgzie\ zhczg`zfZzdXzcVzbSzaQz`OzZLzYJzXHzWFzVIzULzTOzTRzS\ UzRXzR_zQbzPezPhzOkzNmzNpzLrzKuzIwzHszGozGkzGhzGdz\ G`zGXzGUzGWzKXzN_zo`zn`zl } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================