FOTD -- December 23, 2004 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It's that time of year again, and I find myself with so much work and so many things to do that I will have no spare time for the FOTD for the next 3 or 4 days. The bad news is that there will be no FOTD until December 27th or 28th. The good news is that the FOTD will return at that time in its full glory, for another year, or twenty-five years, of stunning fractal images from nowhere. With today's image, I stayed with the Z^(2.02)+C fractal, but examined it 154 turns up the hyper-spiral, where the figure is rotated 180 degrees, so that East Valley now lies on the nega- tive X-axis, where the most interesting discontinuities are located. The inner details of this area are like nothing in the classic M-set. They vaguely resemble the elephant-like shapes that might be expected there, but are far more broken and chaotic. The midget in today's image is a typical example of the dis- order that exists in this part of the infinite-dimensional land of fractals. I have named the image "Comb Filter" because some of the ele- ments resemble coarse-toothed combs. (I am in no way an elec- tronics technician.) The rating of a 7 seems fair, considering the unusual nature of the image, which needed no program trick- ery. The render time of just under 5 minutes raises the overall worth to a rather impressive 143. The most convenient 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> An absolutely gorgeous day on Wednesday here at Fractal Central resulted in angelic cats. The warm sun, light breezes, and temperature of 61F 16F were just what the duo needed to ease their disappointment over the recent cold spell. No tuna was necessary to make them happy in the evening. Today is starting mild but rainy. I hope the duo doesn't have too big a let-down. For me, it's finish the work then get ready for the holiday craziness. As I said earlier, the next FOTD will appear in 5 days on December 28, (maybe the 27th if things go well). Until then, take care, and may Santa leave a real fractal, not just a picture of one, in your stocking. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Comb_Filter { ; time=0:04:53.58--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC2 passes=1 periodicity=10 center-mag=-0.26350487612601/+0.02105654396608012/\ 1347270/1/-57.5/-2.69338237129934654e-009 logmap=79 params=2.02/0/154/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 colors=000H0RI0SI0UI0VK0WK0YL0_L0`M0cM0dM0eP0hP0jS\ 0kS0nW0oU0qS0rR0sP0uO0rM0oK0nI0kH0hF0gE0dC0a90L70K\ 60L40K21L11L01M04P06S07V0AY0C_0Ea0Fd0Ig0Kj0Lk0On0P\ q0Rs0Su0Vs4Wr9YqF_oKanOclSdkYejagjejhkkgokeskdxlcz\ nazn`zh_ze_zcYz_YyWYy_WxWWxUWwRWwMVuIVsEVn9Um4Ui0U\ n0Un0Wo0Yt0`w1ax1dw2ev4gt6js7kq7no9onAqkCsjEuhExeF\ ydHzcIz`Kz_KzYLzVMzUOzSOzUPzVRzVRzWSzWSzYUzYUz_Vz_\ Vz`Wz`WzaYzc_zc_zd`zd`zeazeazgczgczhdzhdzjezjezedz\ cdz_dsWdlUdePc`McUKcMFcFCc76`09c1Cd2Fe2Ig4Kj6Mk6Pl\ 7Sn9Uq9WrA_sAauCdwEeyEhzFkzHnzHozIrzKuzKxzLzzHyzLs\ zOnzShzVcz_YzaSzeMzhHzlAzo4zs0zz0zw0zr0wn0rj0ne0ja\ 1eY1aU1YP2UL2PH2LE7OFCSIHVKLYMPaOUdPYgSakUenWjqYnu\ `rxauzcqy`nxYjwVguUcsR`rOWqMUqKPrHMuFIxCFz9Az77z42\ z10z04z27z6Az9EzCHzFKzHMzKPzMUzPWzS_zUazWdz_gzajzd\ lzeSz0Uz0Uz0hz4hzzgzzezzezzUzzIzz6zy0zw`zazzIzzgIz\ IEzFAzC7z94z61z20z00z00z0 } 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=========================================