FOTD -- January 02, 2005 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I relaxed most all day yesterday. Maybe I relaxed too much, for in the evening, when the time for fractals came, some unexpected visitors arrived, and I had to forego my trip to Fractal Land. As a result I found myself this morning with FOTD post time near and no FOTD to post. But there is always the Mandelbrot set to fall back on in such emergencies. For today's image, I went to the valley of a minor sub-bud on the northern shoreline of the third bud out the main stem. To add to the interest, I rendered the scene with the 'outside' set to 'fmod' and the 'proximity' set to a rather small 0.0004. I chose the blue color theme to increase the feeling of infinity. The name "Beyond the Infinite" was the best I could come up with on such short notice. And the time really is short. It is so short that I have yet to see a full-sized rendering of today's image. I did all the coloring work on the 3.16x reduction thumb- nail image that I use for exploring. The render time of 50 minutes is an educated approximation based on the fact that the thumbnail rendered in 5 minutes and 2 seconds. The rating of a 4 is not all that might be hoped for, and when the render time is considered, it gives an overall worth of only 8. Perhaps the best way to see the image is to download it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The new year seems plagued with disappointment. Not only is the FOTD falling behind, the philosophy is doing even worse. But the year still has 363 days yet to go -- plenty of time for deep philosophizing. Under brilliant sunshine the temperature reached 67F 19.5C here at Fractal Central on Saturday. Needless to say, the two fractal cats were quite happy, and enjoyed a full afternoon in the yard. Even the pesky crows were gone. But today is starting quite cloudy and notably cooler. The day will not be as good, that much is for sure, but just how bad will it be? Check back in 24 hours to find out. Until then, take care, and what event failed to take place on January 12, 1992? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= BeyondTheInfinite { ; time=0:50:00.00--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-1.38950223803668900/+0.013148864850645\ 61/1.507328e+010/1/77.5/-2.91685791431184338e-005 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=60000 bailout=9 inside=0 proximity=0.0004 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000d_Ug`Vj`XmaYpa_sbapa_pa_p`Zo`Zo_Yo_YoZXn\ ZXnYWnYWnXWHPJIQLIQNJQPJRRKRTKRULSWLSYMT_MTaNTcNUe\ OUgOUhNWiMXjLYjKZkJ_lJ`lIbmHcnGdnFeoEfpEgpDiqCjrBk\ rAls9mt9nt8pu7qv6rv5sw5sv6ru7rs8qr9pq9poAonBnmCnkD\ mjEliElgFkfGjdHjcIibIi`Jh_KgZLgXMfWNeVNeTOdSPcRQcP\ RbOSaMR`OP_ROYUMXWKWZJUaHTdFSfEQiCPlAOn9Mq7Lt5Jw5J\ w6Kw7Lw8Mw9Nw9OwAPvBQvCQvDRvDSvETvFUvGVuHWuIXuIXuJ\ YuKZuL_uM`tMatNbtOctPctQdtQetRfsSgsThsUisVjsVjsWkt\ XlwYmzZnzZoz_pz`qzaqz`py_nwZmuYksXiqWhoVfoUenTcnSa\ mR`mQZlPXlOWkNUkMTjLRjKPiJOiIMhHLhGKgFLgEMfDNfCOeB\ PeAQf8Rf7Sg7Sg7Sg7Rg7Qf7Qf7Pe7Oe7Od7Nd7Md7Mc7Lc7Kb\ 7Kb7Ja7Ia7Ia7H`7G`7G_7F_7EZ7EZ7DZ7CY7CY7BX7AX7AW79\ W78W78V77V76U76U75T74T63S63S64T64U65V65W66X66Y67Z6\ 7_68`68a69b6Ab6Ac6Bd6Be6Cf6Cg6Dh6Di6Ej6Ek6Fl6Fn6Gn\ 6Ho6Hp6Ir6Is6Jt6Ju6Kw6Kx6Ly6Lz6Mz5Nz6Mz7Nz8Oz9PxAQ\ wARvBStCSsDTrEUpFVoFWnGXm } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================