FOTD -- September 17, 2006 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image takes us to the East Valley area of the large midget on the complex negative X-axis of the Z^2.003 Mandeloid. This is the area that looks like a railroad switching yard and holds the curious Julia rectangle that I have featured so many variations of as the FOTD. We examine one of the holes found there. But today's image is not a Julia set, nor is it a Mandelbrot midget. It is an oblique view of a random hole, seen in one of the countless double rotations half way between the Parabolic and Rectangular directions. Double rotation is necessary to turn from one of these orientations to the other, since, like the Julia and Mandelbrot orientations, their planes intersect in only a single point. I named the image "Fractal of Tomorrow". This does not mean it will appear a second time tomorrow; it means I rather consider such images to be ahead of their time. Then again I have heard it claimed that, since I am still using a DOS fractal program, my fractals are behind the times. Regardless, I admire today's image, and have rated it at an 8 accordingly. The render time of just under two minutes on my 10-year-old computer will be cut to under one minute on the latest DOS-able fireballs. But some current fireballs that choke on DOS will take all eternity to finish the calculation. Those with such uptight machines can still view the image by going to the FOTD web site, where it is posted. They will also find this discus- sion posted there in annotated form. The FOTD web site can be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Slowly clearing skies and a temperature of 75F 24C made condi- tions quite pleasant here at New Fractal Central on Saturday. The new fractal cats were not concerned with the weather. They cornered some invisible critter in the kitchen pantry and kept watch over it for most of the afternoon. The thing that was annoying them must have escaped, for they had totally forgotten it by treat time. My day featured back-to-normal conditions, which I hope will continue indefinitely. The next FOTD image will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and try to help a fractal in need. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FractalOf_Tomorrow { ; time=0:01:56.11--SF5 on a P200 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 1 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new passes=1 center-mag=+0.00000000107316850/-0.000000002948506\ 23/1.033237e+007/0.4572/70/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=45/45/2.003/0/-1.74031254055/0.00286902201/\ -1.74031254055/0.00286902201 float=y maxiter=750 inside=0 logmap=73 periodicity=10 colors=000E02H05K18N3BQ5ET7HW9KZBNaEQdHTgKWkNYoQ`s\ TcwWhxZmyarzevzizAAA49D8BHBDLEFOHGSLIWOKZRMbUNfYPi\ `RmcTqfUtcpr`rqZtpWqoUonRlmPilMkkKnjHpiFrhCtgAvfHt\ gNnhTgi_aj`VkaPlWKiWQg`Ved_bie`ijZwnWzqUzqSzpPzpNl\ pLgpJboNZnRUnVQmZLhbHbfDYjKZhRZfYZdddbki`qn_0uR4pT\ 8kUCfWGaXKXYOS_SN`VJaUIbUIcUHdUHeUHfUGgUGhUGiTFjTF\ kTElTEmTEnTDoTDpTDpYEkaFgfGbjGZoHUsIQwIMpJLiJLcJKX\ KKRKJKKJEKJDIICGICEHBCHBAHHCIMEJSGKXILbKMgMNmOOrPP\ sLUtH_uDev9kw5px9nyDlzHjzLizKgzJezJczIazH_zHYzGWzG\ zzLzzMzzMzzNzzNzzNzzKzzHzzFzzCzzAzz9zz8Pz7Lz6HzA8z\ FDzKPzPNzULzZJzcHzhFzmDzrBzv3zz5zz6zz8zz9zzXzzPzzH\ zzqzzvzzezzQzzEzzDzzDzzCzzCzzBzzBzzAzzJzzHzzGzUEzM\ DzDBzM4zJ5zG6zD7zA8z79zTfzHQzEPzCMzBKzAIz8GzzEzzCz\ zizDSzfbz_YzUTzOOzHJzBEzmqzgkzafzX`zRWzLQzGLzAFzON\ zzKzzHzzFzzCzzozzdzzVzzKzzvzNizHYzBMzb2zY3zU4zQ5zM\ 6zH7zD8z99zDNz9GzmUz_WuWW } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================