FOTD -- October 29, 2009 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: To begin, let me make it perfectly clear that my name is not Fractal -- the name of today's image is "My Name is Fractal". Now that this perplexing problem has been solved, let's turn to the FOTD image of the day. To begin, the image lies in the parent fractal that is created when various parts of Z^(-10) and (1/Z) are combined and (1/C) is added. This fractal resembles nothing as much as an over- sized splat. The rating of a 6 seems about right. The image is nothing that we haven't seen countless times before. The calculation time of 3-1/4 minutes is perhaps a bit longer than the result is worth, but what the heck, those who do not calculate the parameter file will never know what they missed. The way out of this quandary is to make a quick trip to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and enjoy the finished image there without the task of running the parameter file. On Wednesday afternoon FL made one of those comments that gets me thinking. I wrote a few politically-oriented paragraphs that I intended to post here, but I counted to 10, and then, to avoid an off-topic debate, I deleted them. After all, what more could I add to what is already filling the news? Wednesday here at Fractal Central started with rain and ended with clouds. The temperature of 61F 16C would have been fine if the sun had been shining. The fractal cats gave up early and spent most of the day searching for places to curl up and sleep. After deleting my original political comment, my day was quiet enough. As for the next FOTD -- look for it in about 24 hours. Until then, take care, and the elimination of sickness and death would solve the health-insurance problem, but it would be bad news indeed for the health insurance industry. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= My_Name_is_Fractal { ; time=0:03:16.12-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2001 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=-3.22306139553/-1.16948742835/390528.7/\ 1/0.5/0/0 params=-0.6/-10/-10/-1/0/0 float=y maxiter=3600 inside=0 logmap=363 periodicity=10 colors=000HCRHCSKCWNCZPCbSCeVCiYAm`BpcCrfCuiDwITBG\ QCENDCKEAHF8EF6BG48H25I37H49H5CG6EG7GF7IF8KE9MEAPD\ BRDCTCDVCEZBGcBHeAJhARlAYp9es9lw8nzCmw7eu8_r8To9Kk\ 9KjAKiAKhBKgBKgCKfCKeDKdDKcEJbEJaFJ`FJ_GJZGJZHJYHJ\ XIJWIJVJJUJKTHJUIIUJHVKGVLGWNFXOEXPDYQCYRBZSA_T9ZT\ AZUBZVBZWCZWDZXEZYF_ZG__G_`H_aI_aJ_bK_cL_dL_eM_fN_\ gO_gP_hP_iQ`jR`kS`lT`mU`mU`nV`oW`pX`q_dvZctZbsY`qX\ _pWZnWYlVWkUViTUgTTfSRdRQcQPaQO_PMZOLXNMVMJULKSLGQ\ KFOJENIDLIBKHAIG9HF8F707929C4CE7EG9GJBILDLOFNQHPSK\ RVMUXOWZ_Yak`cwbfydhyfizfjzfjzhbvkYyw`AzdDwcGrYJhR\ MZQPUPSPLOBMRFOTKPWOQZSS`XTc`UfdYPeWZgVhhXkjWmjVoj\ UqjUriTtiSviRxiSwhTvgUueVtdWrcYqbZp`_o_`nZamYblWck\ VdiUehTfgRgfQhePjdOkcMlbLm`Kn_JoZHpYGqXFuYBvYCvZEw\ ZFw_Gw`HwaIxbJxcKxdLyeMyfNygOyiPykQzmRzoSzqTztUzwV\ zzWzzXzzYzzQzzTzzWzzZzzazzdzzgzzjzzkzzlzzlzzmzzmzz\ nzzozzozzpzzqzzqzzrzzrzzs } 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=========================================