FOTD -- November 28, 2011 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Due to the seasonal rush here at Fractal Central, today's discussion will be a brief one. Today's image is the 4th and final scene in the same parent fractal. It is located on the western shore line of the main bay of the parent, just north of the pseudo-East Valley. I rated the image at a 7, a good part of which is due to the coloring. When I thought of the name "Flight of Numbers" I was thinking of how the entire image is made of numbers. Then my thoughts turned to how the quantum realm is little more than the math that describes it. And finally, since an object must share the qualities of its building blocks, I considered how the 'real' world might very well be made of numbers also. The listed calculation time of 2-1/2 minutes is a guestimate of the time the image would take to finish on the 2000mhz machine. It actually took just under 10 minutes on the 200mhz machine. (BTW, the 2000mhz unit still does not work, but it is coming up with some rather strange ever-changing messages before it shuts down. I'll send some of them in a day or two, but I suspect that the 'C' drive disk might be scrambled in addition to the other problems.) Today's image has already been calculated and is posted on the official FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition version is at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Yesterday brought a mix of sun and clouds, and a temperature of 55F 13C to Fractal Central. Today brought more clouds than sun and an even milder temperature of 64F 18C. The fractal cats took things as they happened. The only excitement took place this morning, when a tough beat-up old tomcat passed through the back yard, spraying as he went. Nicholas wanted to go out and show the cat who's boss; Cassie found the tough old cat interesting. FL, who is just getting into the holiday mode, spent yesterday preparing for the events. I spent the day counting the days until the holidays are over. The next FOTD will almost certainly be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if you're a skeptic and you see a ghost, rush to a psych to find what caused you to have the hallucination. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Flight_of_Numbers { ; time=0:02:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.4168172076182/+0.0189540864683/5e+09\ /1/-62.5/0 params=1/2/-2/-0.015/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=0 logmap=204 periodicity=6 colors=000954B65D76F87H98JA9LBANCBPECRGDTIEVKFWMGY\ OH_QI`TJbWLd_MebNlfOsdPynQzzLzzzzzzWc7P`3Qa4Qa4Ra4\ Ra4Sa4Sa4Ta4Ta5Ua5Ua5Va5Va5Wa5Wa5Wa5UZ4SW4QT4OQ4MO\ 4KL3IK3GJ3EI3DH3GI4JJ5MK6PN7SR8VU9YXA`_BcbCffDiiEl\ lFooGqrGooLnlQmiUgkdamoWnzUqz`vzfvzlznrzl`zifzzmzz\ zzzzMacO`XQ_QSZVUY_WXcYXhwqUp1ZmBbmKgmTkmapcjtcsZU\ iIK`7FNAALI7KQDJTKQ`MScOUfRViTXlVZnX_pVWqTSrROzPKz\ MGzJCzG8zE5zPKfZYYhlQrzNmxKivHetEasBYq8Uo5Qm3MlIW`\ XePknEfeGaYHXQJSHKN9MJ1NR6KZAHfEFnICvMAdPOOSa7Uo7W\ i7Xd7YZ7_U7`O7aJ7bETrWPiPL`IHSBEK5DJ8DIADHCDGFDFHD\ FJPIE_KAjM5uO1nQ3gS5`U7UW9NYBG_D9`ED_MH_Umiioklpmo\ rortquurxpqskpofpkaofXnbSnZPi`NeaLabIYdGUeEQfBMh9I\ i7Ej5Ak79g88c98_B7WC7TD6PF6LG5HH5EP8MXBTcD_kGfsJmz\ LtxPrvTptWnr_lqcjkcmfcoacqWcsRmuMmwHmyxnVwoUvoUupU\ tpUsqUrqUqrUprUosUnsUmtUltUkzUkzUlzWlzXlzZlz_lz`mz\ bmzcmzdmzfmzgnzinzjnzknzm } 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=========================================