FOTD -- September 20, 2008 (Rating 6.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Let's face it, today's image is just another minibrot, so that's what I named it. True, the minibrot is a bit fancier than some, but it's still only a simple humdrum minibrot in a world of infinite fractal possibilities. The little fellow has paid the price for being so common-place by having his rating cut from 7 to 6.5. The parent fractal is a fairly typical oversized north-south string of large bays, with a prominent 'fan' opening east from the origin. It was created by mixing various portions of Z^(-1.45) and Z^(-5.5) than adding (1/C). Today's image is located in a tiny cut-off goldfish-shaped feature near the eastern edge of the parent fractal's fan. The calculation time of 2-1/2 minutes is fast enough to prevent boredom, yet slow enough to let the anticipation build. Of course, all this anxiety may be avoided by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Another perfect end-of-summer day shone forth here at Fractal Central on Friday. The cloudless skies, brilliant sun and temperature of 72F 22C were just what the fractal cats wanted. As for humans, we could use a bit more rain, but all-in-all, things have been going quite benignly here for the past several months. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for other parts of the country. The fractal cats were more interested in the feline financial situation than receiving the weather they had wanted. My work day was as expected. I see no reason why tomorrow should not be a repeat or even better. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and where does the money go when the economy goes sour and everyone loses money? If it simply vanishes into nothingness, then the world of high finances is based on a wispy metaphysical ideal, which if true, could explain some of the mystery of economics. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Another_Minibrot { ; time=0:02:27.96-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.984466593566174/+0.0997746718087592/\ 1.326004e+008/1/12.5/0 params=-4.5/-1.45/-0.5/\ -5.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1250 inside=0 logmap=158 periodicity=10 colors=000PIGPHIPGKPFMPEOPDQPCSPAUP5WP2YP4_O6aN7cE\ 9e6Bg0Cu6AgC9jI8dO7_T5UZ4Pd3Jj2Eo19k4Bg6Dd8E`AGXCI\ UEJQHLNJMJLOFNQCPR8RT5TU8XXA__CbbEeeHihJlkLonNpqPn\ nRkkTfhVdeXZbZZ_`RYbNidJSfFPhBMj7Jl3Gn0Eoa5pc8qeAz\ gCzhEziHzjJzkLzlNzmPncQkbShaTe`UbZW_YXXXZUW_RV`OTb\ LScIReFQfCPgHLdMIaRFZVCW_9Td6Qi3Nm0Kc9SUH_LQgBcz2m\ z5mz8czBWlEThHPeKMbNJZQGWTDTSCSRCSRCSQCSQCRPCRPCRO\ CRNCQNCQMCQMCQLCPLCPKCPKCPIGOGJOFMODQOBTOAWOHSTOOY\ VLaaHfgEjfGkmHzmIzmJzmKzbLzbMzaNz`Oz`PzaNoaMobKnbJ\ nbIncGmcFmcEmdEidEeeEaeEZeEVfERfENfEKmBOt8Sz5W_PM9\ hDBdFCaHEYJFVKGRMIOOJKQKHRMDTNAVO7WVgbYf_`eXbdUecS\ hbPjaMm`Jp_HrZEuYBxX8zW6m4pg9haEaWJVQNNKSGEX99`28a\ 47a56a66a85b94bA4bC3bD2cE2cG1cH0cI0cJ4dL8dMCeNFeOJ\ fPNfQRgRUgSYhTahUdiVfiYijakjdnkgplksmnunqvoowpmwqk\ xrjxshytfyuervbkw`exZZyWTzUMzSGzQJzRLzRNzSPzSRzSTz\ TVzTXzTZzU`zUbzVdzVIzPKzO } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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 PARAMETER FILE=========================================