FOTD -- July 01, 2011 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Without the FOTD to keep it active, the grand old Fractint list seems to be slipping into a torpor. So I have decided to resume the FOTD on an every-other-day basis, alternating the daily FOTD's with a day of working on the FOTD web page. Things were still rushed here at F.C. on Friday, meaning the discussion will be terse. Today's image is a scene deep in a filament on the northeast shore line of the main bay of the Mandelbrot set. It actually lies on a filament in the image of June 24, at a magnitude about twice as great. Many of the same themes appear in today's image, though the large outer square and the smaller inner octagon are totally missing from the previous scene. Perhaps a bit liberally, I rated today's image at a 7. The name "Squared Octagon" refers to the geometric shapes in the image. The calculation time of 17 minutes is slow, but given the magnitude of the image, the slowness is unavoidable. The finished image is available 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/> Total sun, low humidity and a temperature of 82F 28C made Friday an ideal day here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats spent the day sleeping, perhaps showing signs that they are no longer kittens. The humans' day was acceptable, with little problems but no big disasters to speak of. The next FOTD will be posted in 48 hours -- but then again, maybe it will be delayed. Until whenever, take care, and as the owl said, it's 'too hot to hoot', which spelled backward is 'too hot to hoot'. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Squared_Octagon { ; time=0:17:21.84-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=0.44658826674909\ 358559395849/0.37152108221226800868923596/3.8e+020\ /1/62.5/0 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=6400 inside=0 colors=000FabCbdAde7fg4hk5hh5de5_b4YZ5V_5S`5Pa5Mb5\ Lc5Jd5He5Ff5Eg5Ch5Ai58j57j48g49d4Aa4B_4CX4BU4AR4AP\ 4AM4AJ3AI4AH4AG5AF5AF6AE6AD7AC7AC8AB8AA9A99A9AA8AA\ 7AB7EA9H9AL8BO7CR6DV5EY4F`3G_5JZ6LY8OX9QWATVCVVDYU\ F_TGbSHdRJgQKiTHnQLkOOhLReJVbGY_E`XBcU9gR6jO4mL2pI\ 7mJBjKGgKKeLPbMT_MYXNaVOfSOjPPoMQsKQpNRmPSjSSgUTdW\ UaZUZ`VWbWTeWQgXLlVOiXQfYSd_Va`X_aZXc`UdcSfePggNhi\ KjlHknFmpCnrAoqDmpFkoHioJgnLemNcmPalR`kTZjVXjXViZT\ haRhcPgeNfgMeiKekIdmGcoEcqCbsAau8aw7fsBkoFqkLogJmc\ Ik_GiWFhVDfUCdTAbU9aV7_W6YY4W_3V`2UY6UVATTETQITNMS\ LQSIUSGXQFYPEYNEYMDZKCZJCZIB_GA_FA_D9`C9`A8`97a87a\ 66a57b39b2Cb1Fb1Ib2Ld2Oe2Rf2Ug2Xh2_i2bj3el3hm3kn3n\ o3qp3tq3wr2zv3ws4uq5so6pl6nj7lh8ie9gc9eaBd_CcZEbXF\ aWH`UI_TKZRLYQNXOOWNPVLRUKSTIUSHVRFXQEYPC_OB`N9bM8\ cL6dK5cJ8cJAcJCbJEbJGbJIbJKaJMaJOaJQaJS`IV`IX`IZ`I\ `_IbXWSUXTSXVPYXMZYKZ_H_` } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================