FOTD -- February 27, 2005 (Rating 10+) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: No one but no one is perfect, and I am not Mister No-One. I made a minor error when I posted yesterday's 'Tessellation' image. I had calculated and made parameter files of two versions of the same scene, one with the functions set to flip/ident, the other with the functions set to ident/flip. I inadvertently included the wrong parameter file in yesterday's FOTD. The flip/ident image, which was drawn by yesterday's parameter file, rates a 9.5, which I rounded off to a 10. The ident/flip image, which is drawn by today's file, rates a 9.7, which also rounds off to a 10. Today's image is basically the same as yesterday's, but the overall form is in a different orientation and the tessellation in the upper half is even more impressive. The problem is that I gave yesterday's image a rating of 10, which is the highest possible rating, yet today's image is slightly better, and there is no such thing as a rating of 11. (Such a rating would be as meaningless as the claim that one owns 10 square kilometers of land 100 miles north of the north pole.) This is why I have always been conservative in my ratings. But I had to do something to show that today's image exceeds yesterday's, so I gave today's image a rating of 10+ and left it to the viewer to decide exactly what such a rating means. I could have named today's image something like, "Son of Tessellation" or "The Return of the Tessellation" or "The Curse of the Tessellation" or "The Tessellation Strikes Again". But in keeping with the current trend in the film industry, I named it "Tessellation-II". The render time of 12 minutes may be avoided by downloading the finished image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> As expected, I was away all Saturday afternoon, looking at the things that other people had discarded. As a result, the fractal cats could not go out. They were forced to enjoy the warm sun and temperature of 46F 8C from their window shelf. When we returned in the evening, the duo was rightfully irate, and loudly demanded extra tuna. Only when the tuna was delivered did they settle for a quiet evening. This morning is starting sunny and calm, but cold. I hope the duo has time enough in the yard today. More snow is forecast for tomorrow. I expect a slow day. Slow days make great fractals, so check back tomorrow to see what happens. It will not be another repeat. Until then, take care, and be rational but wise. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Tessellation-II { ; time=0:12:16.61--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multXYZWcompjb-min function=ident/flip passes=1 center-mag=-0.0315473/0.306062/0.9536765/\ 1/45/-3.77822773067748585e-014 params=89.8/90/1.2/\ 0/1.1/0/0/0/0/0.814 float=y maxiter=1000 inside=bof61 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000P0zK0zk0WzW0W00z00W00s00Q00S02U03W05Y06_\ 09a0Dc0He0Kg0Ni2Rk5Um9XoA`qDdtHhvInuSwmbzhkzcqzduz\ dxzdyzdzzfzxfztfzqfznhzihzfhzchz`izWizSizPizMhzKfz\ IfzHdzFdzDczCcxAbv9`t6`q5Zp3Zm2Xk0Xh0Wf0Wd0U`2SW9R\ SFPNMNKSMFZKCcMFdMIdMKdMNdMRdNSfNWfNXfN`fNcfPdhPhh\ PkhPmhPphPqhWfcbX`hNWmDSs3Ny0Kz0Hv5MnPRfhWZz`RzcRz\ WRzNRzFRz6Rz0Rz0Rz0Sz0Uz0Wv2Xq6ZmD`hIbcPcZUdU`fPdh\ KkiFp`IdRMWINK9RA0U00W00X00X00Z02Z03`06`29b3Cb5Fc6\ Hc9KdCMdDPfFRfHUhIWhKSfMPdMMcMIcMFbMC`N9ZN6ZN3XN0W\ N0UP0UP0SP0RP0RP0PR0NR0MR0MR0KR0IR0HR0HR0FS0DS0CS0\ CS0AS09S06S06S03S02S00S00S00S00S00S00S02`CIfPZm`ns\ UhpNbmHWiAPf5IcAWsDhzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzz0zz0zz0zz0zt0xq0vp0tn0sm0qk0pi0nh0mf0kd0hc0\ fb0d`0cZ0bX0`W0ZU0XS0WR0SP0000RN0PM0NK0MI0KH0IF0HD\ 0FC0CA0A909606505303202000000000000000000000P00S20\ W60ZD0bI0dP0hW0kS2cf2qk3z } frm:multXYZWcompjb-min {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p4, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p5, q=(c^(p3-1)): z=(-z)^(p2)*(q)+c, |z| < 400 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================