FOTD -- December 07, 2002 (Rating 2) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: On some days you just can't find a good fractal. That's what I told myself as I reluctantly designated today's abysmal image as FOTD for Dec. 7. My alibi is that, though I had expected a slow day on Friday, a pile of unexpected work arrived, and after snow- removal duty, I was left with basically zero time to devote to fractals. But even a much-below-average image is better than no image at all. Today's image is a zoom into the 'New View' image of Dec. 4. To add a bit of life to an otherwise lifeless scene, I colored the image with the inside areas set to < fmod >. I named the resulting mess "FMOD Modules". The result vaguely resembles a surreal landscape, with stretched and tortured shapes hanging in the sky above the straight horizon. In the foreground, an eroded, brilliantly yellow peak juts upward from nowhere, while in the distance, mysterious features lurk. The preceding paragraph is an exercise in saying something about nothing. Speaking of the fourth dimension can also be considered saying something about nothing. But at least the fourth dimension is a real abstraction, in the sense that we know exactly how it would appear if it did exist and we had the eyes to see it. And who knows? These days, when physicists speak of 10, 11, or 26 dimensions as though they actually exist, who knows what else might exist. Perhaps, hidden in some undiscovered and undiscov- erable parallel world, a hypercubic crystal of four-dimensional salt actually exists. At least it's worth thinking about for a few seconds. With its abysmal rating of 2 and its render time of 14 minutes, the image is unlikely to be worth the effort of running the parameter file. A download of the completed image is strongly recommended. The download can be found at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> Friday was a partly cloudy, breezy and cold day here at F.C. The snow cover and temperature that never got above freezing kept the intrepid duo snug indoors all day. I was kept quite busy removing snow and by an unexpected job that came in around noon and had to be finished by today. But all went well, and things are back on track. Hopefully, the next FOTD, which will appear in 24 hours, will have a bit more class. Until then, take care, and better things are to come. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ FMOD_Modules { ; time=0:14:38.04--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XZ-YW-new center-mag=-0.41302\ 339764054050/+0.00629609963586154/116.7456/0.9579 params=4.5/22/2/0/0/0/-1.25/0.03 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=fmod logmap=16 periodicity=10 colors=000000ZWFQVHRVJSVLTUNUUPVURWTTXTVYTXZSZ_S`_\ SbaUacW`eY`f__ha_jcZleZmfYmgYmhXmiXmjXmkSnlNomIpnD\ qq6tt8wwAzzBwzDtzFqzGnzIkzKizLgzNezOcz4ay6_x7Yx8Xw\ 9YwBZvC_vD`uEauF_tIZsKXrMWrOVqQTpSSoURoWPnZOm`MlbL\ ldKkfIjhHijGilLknPloTmpYnqapreqsjrtnsuuuxrtvpstmrs\ kqqhppfondnmamk_ljXkhVjgSieQhdOgbLfaJe_GdZEcXBbW9a\ U7`TLbZYcdjejwfoshloiikjfgkccl`_mYWnVSoSNqROpQOoQP\ nQPmPPlPQlPQkPQjORiORhORhOSgNSfNTeNTdMTcMUcMUbMUaL\ V`LV_LWYKV_LV`LUaMUbMTcMTdNSeNSfNRgORhOQiPQjPPkPPl\ QOmQOnQNoRNpRNqRLoPKmOJkMIiLGgKFeIEcHDaFC`EAZD9XB8\ VA7T85R74P63N42L31K23M75OC6QH8SM9TRBVWDX`EZeG`jHao\ HanHblHcjHdhHefHeeGdgFdhEdiEcjDckCcmBcnBboAbp9bq9b\ r8Yg7UX7UZ8V`8Wb8Wc8XegVTiVSlWRoZSnWRnUQmSPmPPmNOl\ LNlINkGMkELkBLj9Kj7Jj5Ji6Ki6Li6Li6Mi6Mi6Ni6Oi6Oi6P\ i6Pi6Qi6Ri6Ri6Si6Si6Ti6Ti6Ui6Vi6Vi7Wi7Wi7Xi7Yi7Yi7\ Zi7Zi7_i7_i7`i7ai7ai7bi7b } frm:multirot-XZ-YW-new {; Jim Muth ; 0,0=para, 90,0=obl, 0,90=elip, 90,90=rect e=exp(flip(real(p1*.01745329251994))), f=exp(flip(imag(p1*.01745329251994))), z=f*real(pixel)+p3, c=e*imag(pixel)+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================