FOTD -- October 06, 2006 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I see on the list that fractals are no longer good enough. We now have superfractals. I wonder why we need superfractals when plain old fractals are infinite in an infinity of ways. Isn't this super enough? After all, it already takes a super-man to visualize the entire four-dimensional Z^2+C Julibrot in a single moment of time. But who am I to criticize? I am so far behind the times that I consider the movies made in the 30's 40's and 50's to be better than most of the current day movies, which to me seem to be created for desensitized viewers with the intelligence of a flea and the attention span of a mosquito, and appear to be rated by the number of explosions and the computerized effects they con- tain. But on the other hand, I might be remembering only the good movies made in the past, and forgetting the many junkers of that past time. Today's image contains no exploding gasoline drums or speeding cars doing impossible stunts. It does nothing but light up the screen and appear puzzling. It is a scene in the Z^(1.009)+C Mandeloid at a level 10 floors up the logarithmic ladder. I drew the parent fractal in an effort to find some kind of midget in a Mandeloid of order 1.009. I have challenged myself to find one. I may never find an actual midget, but as today's image implies, I am likely to stumble upon a few interesting fractal scenes while searching. I named today's image "Pebble beach". No, I am not planning on going surfing. I gave the image this name because the curious mix of order and chaos reminds me of pebbles lying on a beach at low tide. The rating of an average 5 might be a bit conserva- tive, but despite the unexpectedly varied low-order patterns, I can find nothing in the image actually above average. I calculated the image with the passes set to 'b'. With this particular image, passes=b is the fastest, and it is always the most fun to watch in action. The render time of 7-3/4 minutes may be forgotten if the image is viewed on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> A sunny day here at New Fractal Central on Thursday, with a tem- perature of 63F 17C, was ignored by the fractal cats, who spent too much time searching for more mice. When they found no mice, they turned to their food dishes and satisfied themselves with regulation cat food. Their treat of tuna and cheese in the evening was greatly enjoyed. My day continued somewhat slow. If all goes as expected, the next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and one never knows what they will never know. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Pebble_Beach { ; time=0:07:45.55--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=b center-mag=-0.0\ 318935873/+0.6412001724/3328.226/1/35/1.2598880272\ 3853155e-012 params=1.009/0/10/10000 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=255 periodicity=10 sound=off colors=000KTaITZFUUHTXIT_JSaKSdLSfMRdNRcOQbOQ`PP_Q\ PZROXROWSNVTNTUMSUMRVLPWLOZURWLNTDKQ5HQ7FQ9EQBDQDB\ QEAQG9QI7QK6QM5QN4PO6OO7NP9MPALQCKQDJRFIRGHSIGSJFT\ LETMDUOCUPEVRGVTHVVJVXKVZMV`NVbPVdSWjQVfPUcOT`MSYL\ SVKRSJQPHPMGOJFOGDNDCMABL79M1AL4BK7CJADJCEIFFHIGGL\ GGNHFQIETJDWKDYLC`MBcMBePDeSFeVGeYIe`JecLefMeiOelP\ eoRepTjqSeqSarRYrRUsRQsQMtQIM6GtQEsVKrZQqcWqgaXRcD\ AeCFgBJiBNkARm9Vn9Zp8br7ft6oy7ju8eq9amAXiBSfCObDJZ\ EEVFASDCVBDY9F`8GbBEeDChGAjI8mL6pN4rP7oQ9mRBkSDiTF\ gUIeVKcXMaYO_ZQY_TW`VUaXSbZQghUc`O`UJYMDXB7VF8UJ9T\ NASRBRVCM`DQYCUWCYUBaRBePAiNAmLAlKBlJBlJBkICkHCkHC\ jGDjGDjFDiEEiEEiDEhCFhCFhBFhBFjEIkHKlKMnNOoQQpSSnT\ SmTSkUTjUThVTgVUeWUtSZdWULPONOPPOPQOQSOQUORVORXOSY\ OS_QV`SXaUZcVadXceZeg`hhajiclkeoliqmlsopvptxqwzmnz\ ogvr`ruNuw3yuPmtZclV8dR9YOAQKBJHCKJKLKRLLYMMdNNkZc\ zXZzVZzUUzSUzQPzPPzNPzLPz } frm:MandelbrotBC2 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100, p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI)), r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================