FOTD -- August 08, 2013 (Rating A-8,M-8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image shows the center of what I consider the best anti-minibrot yet. The location of the action is in a seahorse tail on the east edge of the north branch of Seahorse Valley of the parent Mandelbrot set. An everyday Mandelbrot minibrot would normally lie in this area, but it has been obliterated by the tiny bit of Z^(-4) stuff infesting the entire parent fractal. The image clearly shows the center of the hill of anti- bifurcation, the peak of which is actually a seamount lying quite a distance (467 iterations) undersea. A quick count will show the anti-bifurcation, which increases from the inside out. The name "Almost the Best" shows that I consider the image to show continued improvement, while always leaving room for further improvement. The art and math ratings concur with this opinion. The calculation time of 10-1/2 minutes is slow, I admit it. But relief is at hand on any of the FOTD web sites. To view the image without the task of calculating it, check one of the following web sites: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> Heavy clouds again blocked the sun today here at Fractal Central, while the temperature of 81F 27C kept things reasonably comfortable. The fractal cat forgot the lack of sun as soon as I produced the laser pointer and gave him a good chase that soon had him panting in exhaustion. The fractal people, who were not panting in exhaustion, had one more typically busy day. The next FOTD will be posted when humanity achieves immortality, or possibly a little sooner. Until this happens, take care, and I hear that some people expect that by the year 2045 we will be able to download our conscious self-aware unique selves, complete with our varied emotions, into robot-like machines that will endure indefinitely, granting virtual immortality. This appears well enough, but I wonder exactly what information we will download into the robot machines. I also wonder if immortality will be for everyone, rich and poor alike, or only for those wealthy enough to pay for the process, which obviously will be hugely expensive. If immortality will be only for the wealthy, how will the impoverished feel? Will the common people simply sit idly by and watch the wealthy allow them and their loved ones to die, while the wealthy reserve immortality only for those they deem worthy (that is with enough money) to live forever? Or will there be a revolution against the wealthy that would put an end once and for all to privileged-class thoughts of immortality? Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Almost_the_Best { ; time=0:08:30.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.7444863811241328/+0.1622564474808734\ /1.895244e+010 params=1/2/1e-025/-4/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=255 logmap=-470 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000SkkSjgSjdUi`miYghUbhR_gNWgKSfGSfDSe9Se6R\ c8Qa9P_AOYBNWCNUDMSELQFKOGJMHIKIFKF9LD6KB0K93LD6MJ\ 9OKBPNEQRHSUKTYMU`PWdSXgUYjWVhYTg_Re`PdbNcdLafJ`gH\ _hF`iEajDbkCclBdmAen8eo7fp6gq5hr4is3jt2jm1ef1`_1WT\ 1RM1MF1H81DC7BFD9JJ8MP6PU5QQBQNHRJNRGTSCZS9dS6iZ6U\ e6Fl60jH5hR9gaEekIduMdqPdnSdkVdgYdd_dabdYedVhdSjgT\ fjUbmVZoVWlQjiLyhMxhMxgNxgNxgOxfOxfPxfPxeQweQwdRwd\ RwdSwcSwcTwcTwdVveWufYugZth`siasjcrjdrkfqlgpmipnjo\ olnpmnqomqpmplkphipdgo`foXdoTboP`nL_nHYnDWn9VmATlB\ SkCRkDQjEPiFOiGNhGMgHKgIJfJIeKHeLGdMFcNEcNDfRGhUIk\ XLm_NobQreSthVvkXlPUc2S`6VY9XVCZTG`QJcNMeKQgITiFWl\ C_n9bp7er8gq9ipAjoBloCnnDomEqlFslGtkHvjIwjGviFvhEv\ gDvfCveBueAud9uc8ub7ua6uaAsdErfHpiLokPmnSlp6mD8jBA\ gACd9Db8F_7HX5IV4KS3MP2NN1MO4LO6LO8KPBKPDJPFIPHIQK\ HQMHQOGQQFRTFRVERXERZGSaIScKTeMTgOUiQUkSUmUVoWVqYW\ s_Wu`Ww_Zr_amZdhZgcYjZYmU } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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 PARAMETER FILE=========================================