FOTD -- November 16, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: As feared, or rather, as expected, FL and I went on an antiquing expedition Saturday. We found nothing of irresistible interest, though the day was still actually rather pleasant. But unfortu- nately, we returned too late for a proper FOTD, and as a result I posted no FOTD for November 15. Instead, I spent the evening watching the junk on cable TV. Remembering the laughs I had while watching the end-of-the-world shows on Saturday evening, I named today's image "The Future Evils". There does appear to be something vaguely sinister about the image, which exists in a parent fractal shaped much like an oversized flying wing, with a proper-sized Mandelbrot set at its origin. Actually, the pointed, branching elements around the minibrot remind me of the surreal backgrounds of the old 'Samurai Jack' cartoon series. The image was created by a mixture of Z(-1.5) and Z^2, and lies on one of the branches of the infinitely-divided main stem of the Mandelbrot set at the center of the parent. The rating of a 7 seems about right for today's FOTD image, standing flatly as it does in glorious two dimensions. After the 18-minute calculation time of the FOTD for November 14, today's time of 20 seconds will seem to exceed the speed of light, hopefully without the contradictory effects of relativity. Perhaps not quite the fastest but the most entertaining way to see the image is to forget the hassle of calculation and surf out to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the image is posted already calculated for immediate and totally overwhelming satisfaction. Heavy clouds hung tough on Saturday, but for the most part it stayed dry. With the lack of sun, the temperature of 61F 16C was a bit too chilly to keep the fractal cats contented. On Sunday there was a big improvement, with lots of sun and a temperature of 68F 20C, which pleased the cats greatly. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and are we in the universe or is the universe in us? Or is this just two different ways of saying the same thing? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Future_Evils { ; time=0:00:20.19-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y passes=1 center-mag=-20.105342042/+0.192308779/\ 1084/1/180 params=-1.5/500000 maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=37 periodicity=10 colors=0005A8JA6RAS_OWmQ_zTczVgzZzzbzYzzPzzGz`7z_8\ mZ9jYAfYAcXB`WCXWDUVDRVINUNKTSHSRJTQLUPNUPOVOQWNSW\ MUXMVXPRVRNUTJTVGSYCR_8Qa4Pc1Of6NiANlENoINrMMuQMxU\ MzYMhZZR_k9_x8Xu8Vr8So8Qm8Nj8Lg8Id8GbMMa_SamY`zc`v\ hbrldnpfjthfxjnEGoNOoWWpdbpmjpuqqpnrlksgitcfuZdvVa\ wR_vQcvPfvOjxNmzMpzckz_hzWezSbzO_zKXzGUzCRz8OzEWzK\ czQkzWszbjzhazoTzuLzlHzcEzVBzWFzXJzYNzZRz_Vz`Zzaaz\ bazc`zd_zZFz_Hz_Iz`JzFHzHIzIKzKLzMMzONzPPzzQzzRzzT\ zzUzzZzzVzzXzzYzzZzzZzz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zz_zzczzbzz\ bzzbzzbzzbzzbzzazzazzazzazzazzazz`zz`Fz`Gz`Hz`Iz`J\ z_Kz_Lz_Mz_Nz_zzQpzTfzVXzYpzikzgfzeazdXzbSz`TzRSzS\ SzSSzSSzTSzTRzTRzURzURzURzVRzVQzVQzWQzWQzWQzXPzXPz\ XPzYPzYPzYPzZOzZOzZOz_Oz_Oz_AzhBzgCzgCzfDzfEzeEzeF\ zeGzd_zhZzgZzfYzdYzcXzbXzaUz7gzFuzNtzdeznSzwVzsYzo\ _zkbzgezcgz`QzTMzOJzJGzEJzHLzKOzMQzPTzRVzUZzUYzSXz\ QWzOVzMUzKSzIOzGKzEFzCAzA } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================