FOTD -- February 01, 2005 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image bears the name "The True Beast". I gave it this name because it brings out the full beastly nature that was partly hidden in yesterday's image. Today's image shows the same midget that appeared yesterday, but the midget has been sliced in a different direction, one that is totally oblique to all six perpendicular planes of the four-dimensional Julibrot. In yesterday's image the spiral arms could be seen and followed as they multiplied and converged onto the midget. In today's image the arms are still there, but they are of a different number, and they no longer converge on the midget. Some arms have vanished entirely, leaving only traces where they almost appear. Others have morphed into horseshoe-like shapes, while still others have become concentric closed rings. I have kept the color palette and logmap from yesterday's image so that the corresponding parts can be more readily identified, but considerable stretching and skewing was necessary to restore the image to the same proportions. To see the area when it is unstretched, go the the 'z' screen, then the 'f6' screen and reset the 'x' mag factor to 1. Due to the skewing, the midget is some distance off the screen to the right, but it can easily be seen why stretching was necessary. The rating of a 6 might be a bit overdone, but today's image is still curious, amd well worth a look. The image may be viewed by running the attached parameter file or by downloading it, already rendered, from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The philosophy, entertaining if not enlightening, is included in the philofractal version of today's FOTD. With warm sun and a temperature of 39F 3C, Monday was marred only by the soggy melting snow still covering the yard. The cats managed over an hour on the porch and even enjoyed a short trek to the holly thicket. When the day ended, they were happy enough so that no special treat was needed. This morning is starting the same as Monday. I assume the duo will have a similar day. For me the work is about average, which means that the next FOTD will appear in 24 hours as scheduled. Until then, take care, and be open minded but not too credulous. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_True_Beast { ; time=0:02:44.06--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=Slicejulibrot2 center-mag=+0.000005602\ 47472017/+0.00000088644054031/846681.8/0.02445/\ 171.009021891882384/-58.4065041085181846 params=195/2.76/81.96/-30.91/0.288136932805/0.4826\ 45405409/0.288136932805/0.482645405409 float=y maxiter=5000 inside=0 logmap=288 periodicity=10 colors=000SYsSXrSWqSVpSUoSTnSSmSQlTOkUMjVKiWIhXGgY\ Ef_CeaAdcAceAbgAaiA`kC_mEZoGYqIXrKWsMTrOSqQRpSQpUP\ oWOnXNnYMmZLl_KlaJkcIjeHjgHkhGkgFlfEldDmbCm`BnZAnX\ 9kV8hT8eR8bP7_N7XL7UJ6RH6OF6LD5IB5FC5CC49D46D43D45\ E57F59G6AH6CI6EJ7FK7HL8JM8KN8MO9OP9QQARRATSAVTBWUB\ YVC_WC`XCaYEbZGbZHc_Jd`Kd`MeaNebPfbQgcSgdThdVheWif\ YjgZjh`kiakjclkdmlfmlgmmimminmjomjpmjqnjrojtpjuqjv\ rjwsjxtlxujwtivshurgtqftpdsocrmbqlapk`oj_oiYnhXmgW\ lfVkdUjcTjbRiaQh`Pg_OfZNfYMgXKgVJgUHhTGhREhQDiPBiN\ AiM8jK7jJ5jI4kG2kF1kE0gH1dJ1aM2ZO2WR3TT3QY4Na4Kf5U\ o5cs2mz5mz8mzBhtEcrHZqKUoNPnQLmTMkWNjZOiaPidQhgRhj\ SgmTgpShsTgrTfrTfqTeqUepUbpU_pUZoUUoVTnVTnVSnVSmVR\ mWRnWQoWQpWPqWPsXOuXOwXNxXNzXMzYMzYLzYLzYKzYKzVOzS\ SzQWzN_zLczPgzUkzZozcszhvzmuzmwzmvzmvzmuzmuzmtzmtz\ mszmszmrzmrzmrzmqzmqzmpzmpzmozmozmnzmnzmmzmmzmmzml\ zmlzmkzmkzmjzmjzmizmizmiz } frm:SliceJulibrot2 {; draws most slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=sqr(z)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================