FOTD -- April 28, 2005 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "Hopalong Casualty". I'm not quite sure where I got the name. It might be the name of a 'road-runner' cartoon, though I can't remember which particular one. The image is very brilliantly colored, even if not the most creative of all time. The reds and greens, not to mention the blues and yellows, fairly leap off the screen. This brilliancy raises the rating from a merely average 5 to an above average 6. The news is not all good however. The image is a slow one, taking over 41 minutes to render on my admittedly antique fractal machine. But relief for fractal lethargy is always available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the image will soon be posted, ready for download. A high temperature of 70F 21C with lots of sun and less wind kept the fractal cats in a good mood all day Wednesday. They were a bit spooked by the kids playing around the basketball hoop in the driveway next door, but over all, the day turned out to be an enjoyable one for the duo. Today is starting about the same; I expect more of the same from the dynamic duo. For me, the work is moderate and the fractals seem limitless. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be reasonable. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Hopalong_Casualty { ; time= 0:41:41.19--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.65635519344256900/-2.044783397791015\ 00/9.195141e+008/1/90/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=-1/-1.1/-0.25/-4.1/0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 logmap=823 periodicity=10 colors=000D_TC_VCYVAYV9YV9WW7WW7WW6VW4VW4TY2TY0TY0\ RY0R_0R_0P_0P_0P_0MT2IN6FI9CCA97D62H20K00N00P00T00\ V70WF0YM7_VC``IbiPdpWfybgzgfzifyidxkdtkbpmbnm`kn`g\ n_fp_bpY`pYYrWVrWTtVPtVMvTKvTHxRDxRCyP9yP7yMAvICrH\ DnDHkCIg9Kf6Nb4P_0RW0VT0WP0YN0_M0`K2bI6bI7dHAfFDgD\ FgDIiCKkANkARm9Tn7Wp6Yp6`r4dt2fv0iv0kx0ny0py0tr0xk\ 0zd0zY0zR0zK0zD0z70z00z00z00z20z60z90xC0rF0mI0iM0d\ P0`R0_V0_W0_Y0__0_`2Yd4Yf6Yg7Yi9YkAWnCWpDWrFWtHWvI\ WxITpFRkCNd9M_7IT4HN0DH0CC07I02N47M9CMDHKIKKMPKRF0\ WF0YH0YI0_I0`K0`K0bM0dM0db0_r9VzFVzHPzHMxIIzIFnKCi\ K9dK4`M0WM0RN0MN0KN0IT0bn0xz2yz7yzCyzFyxKzrNznTziW\ zf`zbdzYizVnzPrzMxzHzzDzz9zz6zz2zz4zx4zt4tp4mm4di4\ Yi0Pf4Rb6T_7VW9VTCWPDYNFYKH_HK`DMbANb7Pd4Tf2Vf0Wg0\ Yi0`k0bk0dm0fn0gn0fi0fd0d_0dV0bP0fM0iH0mC0p70t20x0\ 0z00z20z60z70zA0zD0zF2zI6zM9zNCzRFzTKzWNzYRz`VzbYz\ f`zgfzkizmmzppzrtzvzzvFzT } 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=========================================