FOTD -- September 01, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I am currently involved in unpacking and setting up a new graphic-design computer for Fractal Central, so the discussion for today will be terse. Nothing unusual in that. For the first FOTD of September I wanted a nice fractal, one that would be interesting. I wanted something that could be found in a hurry. It did not need to render in under a minute, as I could always do other things while the image was rendering. But above all else, it needed to be nice. I found such an image in the fractal created by subtracting (Z) from 2 parts of Z^(-2) and adding (1/C). Today's image is nice. I leave it to the viewer to decide what the word 'nice' means when applied to a fractal. And the image is also interesting. 'Interesting' is what one says about some- thing when they do not really like it but do not want to offend its creator. I named the image "A Nice Fractal" because it is a nice fractal. I do kind of like the sawtooth effect surrounding the unusually prominent midget. I rated it at a 5 because it is a nice fractal. But when the render time of over 42 minutes is consi- dered, the overall value rates a measly 12, which is not so nice. But overall values are subjective things at best, and today's rather low value may be bypassed by downloading the finished image from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Here at Fractal Central, Monday was cloudy, but the rain stayed away. Tuesday was partly cloudy with a temperature of 84F 29C. The cats enjoyed ample time in the yard on both days. Today is starting sunny and pleasant. I expect a repeat. For me, things will not settle down until I get the new machine loaded and running. It is yet to be determined how well it will work with Fractint. Until next FOTD, take care, and fractals are not real but they do exist. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ A_Nice_Fractal { ; time=0:42:38.21--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.21468133873538990/-0.284332453475336\ 20/7004249/1/-65/1.09182119595319094e-009 params=-1/1/2/-2/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=7200 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000`FSbEQdDOfCMhBKjAIl9Gn8Em7Co7Aq78q70r77r\ 7Dr7Js7Ps7Ws7at7gt7mt7sr9qqApoBonCmlDlkEkiFihHhfIg\ eJecKdbLc`Ma_N`YP_XQZVRXUSWSTVRUTPVSOXRMYPLZOJ_NI`\ LGaKFbJAeKEcIIaHM_GPYFTXEXVC_TBcRAgP9iM9jO8jP8jR8j\ S8jU7jV7jX7jY7j_7j`6jb6jc6je6jf5jh5ji5jk5jl5jn4jo4\ jq4jr4jt3ju3jw3jx3jy3hw6gv8etBdsDbrFapI_oKZmNXlPWk\ RUiUThWRfZQe`OdbNbeLagK_jIZlHYnMYlQYjUYhYYgaYefYcj\ YbnY`rYZvYYlZccZhW`oVZmVYlVXjVWiUVgUUfUSeURcTQbTP`\ TO_TNYTMXSKWSJUSITSHRRGQRFORDNRCMQBKQAJQ9HQ8GTA7Q7\ FO4NM1VR2SW2Q`2Od3Mi3Kn3Iq1Dr3Gr5Ir7Ls9NsBQsDStFVt\ HXtJ_tLauNduPfuRivTkvVnvXpvYrtZor_lp_jn`gl`ejabha`\ fbYdcWbcTadR_dOYeMWeJUfHSgEQgCOh9Mh7Ki4Kj0Ji2Ji4Jh\ 6Jh8JgAJgCJfEJfFJeHJeJJdLIdNIcPIcRIbTIbUIaZIaYI`aI\ `aI`dI_eI`fJ`gJ`gK`hK`hK`hL`iL`iL`iL`jL`jL`jL`kKak\ K`lKalK`lK`mK_mKZmKYnKXnKWnJVnKUmLTlLSkMRjNQiNPhOO\ gPNfNMePLcRKaTJ_VIYXHWZGU } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================