FOTD -- February 28, 2005 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: After the two highest rated consecutive FOTD fractals of all time, today's image, with its rating of an impressive 8, actually seems disappointing. But a rating of 8 is still much above average, and today's image must be given the recognition it deserves. The image is an evaporated scene in the fractal that results when 4 negative portions of Z^(-1.4) are combined with 0.4 negative portion of Z^(-14) before (1/C) is added. Evaporated fractals, like the physical vacuum, are not as empty as they first appear. The physical vacuum, though it contains no matter, is still filled with energy fields, which can be seen as an exchange of quantum particles; an evaporated fractal, though it contains no visible escaping points, is still filled with trapped points whose activity can be revealed by an inside fill such as the 'bof61' fill that in today's image makes the invisible visible. I gave today's image the nonsense name "Fantas-a-Stick". The reason for such a name is that I felt like doing it. The render time of under 3 minutes continues the recent trend of showing that great fractals do not necessarily need to be unbearably slow. Curiously enough, the fractal lady, who has often commented that I under-rate my fractals, and remarks that I never give a rating of 10, now tells me that I have over-rated the fractals of the past two days, which I did rate at a 10, implying that I don't know the value of my own fractals, and presumably anyone else's, fractals. I think she would like to see me spend a bit less time in fractal land and a bit more time in 'real' land. But if I don't find these images, who will? No one will. And the world is already filled with those who, unlike myself, totally ignore the world of fractals. What difference would it make if I added myself to the multitude who ignore fractals? Today's image may be viewed by running the included parameter file or by downloading the finished GIF image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Lots of sun and a temperature of 37F 3C gave the cats ample time Sunday in the holly thicket at the bottom of the yard. They would have preferred it a little warmer, but seemed satisfied with what they had. Only the normal serving of tuna was needed. This morning I see snow in the forecast, but no snow in the air. Could our weather 'experts' once again be wrong? The duo seems unconcerned. Maybe they know something the experts don't. The work for me is light, and I'm on a fractal hot streak. How long can the good luck last? Tomorrow's FOTD is but 24 hours away. Until then, take care, and a fractal a day keeps one healthy, maybe not wealthy, but certainly wise. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fantas-a-Stick { ; time=0:02:53.95--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.92489902336127200/+0.004753031337121\ 92/129217.4/1/-20/-1.52742572478992145e-008 params=-4/-1.4/-0.4/-14/0/1e+100 maxiter=300 float=y inside=bof61 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=000z0rs0kn0dg0Za0SV0LP0FV5GZFGcOGhWIldIplIl\ gOiaTgWYcQc`LhYFlJDe4D`0DV1ASC8PO7MY5Jb4IT5L57O07V\ 1FMFPJSTGdXDpeAzl7zr4zoIonTckePipCmz0ez0Su0Dc00L78\ Fcm8WQ2gZzrg0dSAQDSC0hD5kDClFIoFOpFVsG`uGexGkyQZkZ\ MZg8MFzgOscWl`deWkZTsSPzLMzDJzGzzIMxJzuLPpMQnOzkPS\ iWYicaiighpkhxphzuhzyazuVzpOzlGzhAzd0zWMgneJzhAak2\ 7sYPpVSnSTkQVhOYeLZcJ`iGWpFSxCOzAJlCMYCPICQMFWPIaS\ JeVMkYOocMahMPnLCrL000zZ8zzSzzWzyZprcgkeWdiLYlAWiJ\ VgQVdYTadSZkSWrMduGlxAuz4zzDzzMyzVxzcvzksysryzpxzo\ xzhzvczperZoZGyF0z00y10p80hG0aO0TV0La0Ch04o4IkCThJ\ deQocYz`czYdzVevSgoPhgMi`JkTGkMDVVTFch0ix0cd0WM0P2\ 0WJ0cZ0il0pz0vzLa8VY5dT4nP1xL0zG0zC0zM2sW8heFZnLLY\ 57I0IJ8QJPZLdgLsoLzv0rvazzdhzgSziAePvWPpMPlCPh1Pd0\ Y40V80SC0PF0MI0JL0GO0DQ0OJAWCLd5Vl0du0aVFgZClc8rg5\ xk2zo0zr0hd0JQ00C05J0IP2VV5e`8peCzd2zc0zZAnVPaQcPM\ pDJzCGzADz8Az77z54z51z84z } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, 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=========================================