FOTD -- January 08, 2004 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: For today, I promised a better fractal from the same formula that created yesterday's image. Well, a fractal that rates a 4 is better than one that rates a 2, but I had hoped for something a little more better. Maybe the parent fractal really is nearly worthless, or maybe I simply failed to search far enough. For today's rendering, the outside has been set to 'fmod', with a proximity value of 2. This is somewhat of a program feature, rather than a pure illustration of what exists in the formula graph at that location. The fact that I needed to resort to it is a sign that the basic fractal is not all that impressive. I named today's image "A Little Bit More" because it is a little bit better than yesterday's. Another good feature is the render time, which is only 5 minutes -- marginally worth the effort. Hopefully, tomorrow will bring a better image. I should hope for an image that rates at least a 6, my run-of-the-mill rating. The completed GIF image of today's fractal may be downloaded from Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The cold kept the cats indoors here at Fractal Central on Wednesday. Not appreciating the outdoor temperature in the mid 20'sF, (around -4C), the cats barely thought of going out. They passed the day instead by catching up on their sleep. Today is starting about the same. I expect the duo will have a similar day. My day includes work, which I had best get started on. Until next FOTD, take care, and have you tried the fractal weight-loss program? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ A_Little_Bit_More { ; time=0:05:23.84--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.38849806591214900/+3.327863228966088\ 00/3866.667/1/-122.5/-5.61300450563351205e-011 params=1.2/-2.1/-2.1/-1.2/0/50/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 proximity=2 outside=fmod logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000wTjuRgsPeqNcmM`iMYfMVbMSZLPWKMSJJOIGLMEO\ QDQUCSXCV`BXdBZgAak9co9er8hv8jz7lz7pz8sz9vzAyzBzzC\ zzDzzHuwLpsPkoTflXah`XddS`hNXlJUpZSenRWzQMzTNxWOuZ\ PraQodRlgSeiWcfY`c_Z`aWYcTVeRSgOPiMMkONZQOMPPNPPNP\ QOPQOORPORPOSQOSQZXQh`QsdQzhQziPzjOxjNwkMukLtlKrlJ\ qmIonHnnGloFkoEipDhpCioDjnEkmFllFmkGnjHoiIpiIqhJrg\ KsfLteLudMvcNvcNudOuePufQugRtgRthStiTtjUtkVskVslWs\ mXsnYsnYtjZtfZtbZtZZuV_uR_uN_uJ_wLaxMbzNczOezPfzQg\ qMeeJdUFcICbMD`PD_SEYWEXZFWaFUeGThGRkHQoHPrINuIMyJ\ KzJJzJIpTPbbWOlbAuiVobniWzdQz`TtXWmTZfPa_LdTHfYGdb\ GcgGalG`qF_vFYzFXzFWzHVyIVvJUtKUqLTnMTkNSiOSfPRcQR\ `RQZSQYURXVSXWTWXUVYVVZWU_XT`YTaZSb_Rc`RdaQebPfcPg\ dUzGWzIXzKYzMZzN`zPaxRbwScuUdsWfrYgpZho`imbjlckndk\ odlpelqelrfmsfmugnvgnwhnxhoyioziozisxhvugzrfzoezle\ xhbpd_haX`YUUVRaTGhR6th7zy8xs7pm7hg7`a6TW6LR6RSCXT\ IaUOgVUmW_rXexYkzZqzXnyVl } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================