FOTD -- April 10, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: On Friday I took Z^(3.3) and mixed it with 1/2 part of Z^(5.5) before adding straight C. The resulting parent fractal is a north-south thing with two blunt bays and something resembling a balloon with a winged basket hanging from it. Today's image is located in the left wing of the winged basket hanging from the parent balloon. Most of the effect was achieved by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'tdis', which colors the points according to how far they travel before finally escaping. The calculation time of just under 10 minutes is more than the image is worth, so I recommend visiting the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> where the image is posted for instant if not quite total bliss. I named the image "None of It is Real". (The word 'it' in the name refers to the world of fractals.) I am still waiting for someone to get a clear photograph of the actual Mandelbrot set. When I see one, I will change the name of today's image to "All of it is Real". The rating of a 7 is pretty much how we've been going lately. The image is too chaotic to rate any higher, and the colors tend to muddiness as well. At lunch on Friday, FL and I decided to skip the depressing end- of-world stuff and tuned to the animal channel just in time to catch one of those I-was-eaten-alive-by-a-great-white-shark-and- survived programs. I wonder what ever happened to the old 'funny animals' type shows that were actually enjoyable to watch. Perhaps we all secretly realize that the end is nigh. It might explain why these shows are so popular. Friday here at Fractal Central featured (if it can be called a feature) lots of clouds, brisk winds and a temperature of 50F 10C. When the fractal cats felt the chill, they searched for the sun on their shelf. Unfortunately, the clouds hung tough, and even if the sun had appeared, its angle is now so high that very little of it would have reached the cats' shelf. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care and if our end is nigh, we must have done something very wrong somewhere along the line. If our species could relive its past, what could it do differently that would have avoided its present impending doom. Or perhaps self-destruction is the natural fate of any species that develops our degree of intelligence. This would explain why there are no signs of other intelligent life in the universe. When they reach our stage, they all go POOF! Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= None_of_It_is_Real { ; time=0:09:59.87-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.11024789457/-1.18132554459/849942/1/\ 152.5/0 params=1/3.3/0.5/5.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=3600 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=6 colors=000vI9tKBrLDpMFnOGlPIjQKhSLfTNdUPbWQ`XSZYUX\ _VV`XTaZRb_PfcOigNljLonKrrJuuLtqNsmPriQqeSqbUpZVoV\ XnRZnO_mKalGckCdk9fj8gj7hi7ji6kh5lh5nh4og3pg3rf2sf\ 1tf1fjFUmTHpeJdcKTaLH_M6ZL9WKCUJESJHQIJOHMLGPJGRHF\ UFEWDDZADa8Cc6Bf4Bh2Ei7GiBJjGLjKNjPQkTSkYVlaXlfZlj\ amocmsemwforfqmgshgudhw_hyVhzRiuSjpTklUlgUmcVnZWoU\ WuQXzLYzHYxI`nIcjIfeIiaIlfIofIqgKhmM_sORyPJtRMpTPk\ VSgXVcYYZ_`VacRcfMeiIflEhojjrclucmwTblsSatVdtYfu`i\ umkvenvhpwkswmuslpplkmkfjkafjXchS`eNYcIVcD`cGfcJlc\ MraPx_RybQyhQymPysPzzUzzczzmzzzzzzzzzzzztrRpmUlhYh\ c`dZc_UgWOjSJnOEqK9tJAtHAtGctEcuDUuCczADz9Dv7Ez6Ez\ 5cv6BW9cXCDXEEYHFYRIZKGYMHZPIZdRmbPk`OiZNgYMeWLcUK\ aSJ_OUyPTwPSuPRsPQqQPoQOmQOkQNiQMgRLeRKcRJaRI_DZEE\ YFFXGFWHGWIHVJHUKITLITMJSNKROKzzzzPLzzzzRNzzzzTOzz\ zzVPzzzzXQzzzzZFzzzzfHzzzzeIzeIzdJzdJzdKzcKzcLzbLz\ bMzbNzaNzaOz`Oz`Pz`Pz_Qz_ } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================