FOTD -- December 18, 2001 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: It's 10am Tuesday and all is well here in Fractal Land. The sun is shining, the dynamic duo is sleeping, and the neighborhood is at peace. It's a good day. Not a single thing has gone wrong. Of course, we have not yet had time for much to go wrong, so we must not be prematurely optimistic that it will still be a good day when nightfall arrives. The fractal of the day, which I found Monday evening, is a modest success. I named it "Old Lace", intentionally leaving out the arsenic. I chose this name when I noticed the dusty colors and appearance of loosely draped lace cloth. The parent fractal is an indescribable, multi-lobed thing standing on its nose, with an arc of bizarre midgets along the outer perimeter of an area of chaos on its east side. Today's scene is located in a valley of the most prominent of these midgets. The rating of 6 might be a bit conservative, but a 6 I have decided on, and a 6 it shall remain from today until the last red dwarf star stops shining. Then, if I'm still around, I might raise the rating to a 7. The render time of almost 17 minutes is rather slow, making the image download the wise choice. The download can be found at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Monday remained cloudy and chilly, with a maximum temperature of 52F 11C, which is actually a few degrees above the normal for this time of year. The fractal cats, who neither know nor care about normals and prefer their temperatures summer-like, were unhappy. They would prefer that I install a heat-lamp on the porch, but they'll have to settle for tuna or turkey. For now, it's time to tackle the tail end of the pre-holiday rush, and get it out of the way. Until next FOTD, take care, and if only we knew all the things we don't know . . . Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Old_Lace { ; time=0:16:55.74--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.47095225017754700/-0.000290787801752\ 98/82093.39/1/-142.499999992056587/-8.026038100100\ 71861e-008 params=-1/-14.44/-10/-1.444/0/525 float=y maxiter=4200 inside=0 logmap=273 colors=0000CO1DP4FQ7GSAITDJXGLYJM_MO`PPaSQcVSdYTf_\ Vi`XjcYmd_of`riasjcvldxofzpgzrizujzvlzxmzvjzvizugz\ udzuczsaxs`vsYurXrrVprTopQlpPjpOioMfoJdoIcmG`mF_mC\ YlAVl9Tl7SlAXlD`mGdmJioMmoProSvpVzpYzp`zsXzuTzvPzx\ MzyIzzFzzCzz7yz4yz0xz0vz0vz0uz0uz0vz0xz0yz3zz6zzAz\ zDzzIzzMzzPzzTzzXzy`zyczxfzxizvjvvmoupiurcroaolali\ ajgagd`da`c```Y`YV_XT_TQ_QO_PMYMJYJGYIFYLIXMJVOLVP\ MTSOSTQSVSQXTQ_VP`XOa_Oc`MfaLgcLidJjfJsgYzilzjzzjz\ zizugzjgz`fzQfzGdz7dzDfuIgpMglQigVja_jYclTgmPlmLpo\ FupAyp6zr1zr0yl6rgFjaMaYVVScOOjJGcG9XD3QDG_DSgDcpD\ oyJirPclVYf`S`fMVjIPlJQmJSmJSoJTpJVpLVrLXsLYsLYuL_\ vM`vM`xMayMcyMcvP`uS_sVXrYVp`SocQmfOlgMz0Ay07x04v0\ 1u00s00r00p00o00o00JO70rQ0sP0uO4vOAxMGyLMzLSzJYzIc\ zIizGozFuzFzzDzzDxzJrzPlzTdz__zdTziMzoGzuAzyzzMzzS\ zzYyzaxzgvzmszrrzxpzzGzzVzzazxizupzszzmzzizzfyzcuz\ `ozYjzVfzTazSyzmvzluzlrzj } 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================