FOTD -- September 30, 2006 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's FOTD is really for the 30th of the month. Yesterday's FOTD was dated the 30th, but it actually was the FOTD for the 29th. I must have been groggy when I lost track of the actual date. There was no FOTD for the 28th. Oh, that poor Z^(2.003)+C rectangle. What a series of convolu- tions it was put through! In today's image we see it as a dis- torted, apparently melting picture frame that consists totally of 'inside' stuff and therefore doesn't really exist. But the rectangle that is not really there is filled with semi-random debris, made visible by the 'bof61' inside fill. Not all of the image is inside stuff however. Set the inside to 'numb' to see which is which. The orientation of the slice is within four degrees of the Julia direction. This Julia aspect may be seen by changing the first three parameters to 90. As expected, when this is done, the melting picture frame contracts into a near but not quite perfect rectangle. I have not followed the picture-frame very far from the Julia orientation, but I doubt that it continues to any of the other five perpendicular orientations. I named the picture "Super Surrealistic". Surreal means more real than real, so it is anybody's guess what super surreal might mean. I gave it this name because the melting frame reminds me of the famous melting watches. Since I'm not sure what I think of the scene, I gave it no rating. If I had, it would have probably rated about a 7. The calculation time of just under 4 minutes will make no one unhappy, unless, that is, they don't care very much about frac- tals. But even those whose interest in fractals is fleeting will enjoy the melting fractal picture frame when they can view it without effort on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Partly cloudy skies, chill breezes and a temperature of 59F 15C here at New Fractal Central on Friday bothered the fractal cats not at all. They spent most of the day being mad at each other for something that happened yesterday. But it is hard for cats to hold a grudge more than one day, so by the time their treats of cheese and tuna were served, the quarrel had been forgotten. My day went rather smoothly. The day's fractal turned out good enough, so I guess I have no cause for complaint. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until the time of celebration arrives, take care, and watch your iterations. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Super_Surrealistic { ; time=0:03:50.25--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=b center-mag=+0.004540427751695/-0.00227139874739/116 params=91/86/91/0/-1.7435/0/0.00019/0.07388/2.003/\ 0 float=y maxiter=400 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000JZwL`tMaqzzrPdkQfhNPPTibUj_zlzXmUYoRzpO`\ rLasIbzzfuLivRlwXoxbryhuznAupSvbhvPyvBxtCwrDvpDuoE\ tmEtkFsiFrhGqfHpdHpbIoaIn_JmYJlWKlVKkSOjPRiMVhJYgG\ afDdeAhd7kc4ob1r_5nY9jVDfTHbQLZOPVMTRJXNH`JEdFChBA\ k8AgCAdFAaIAZLAVOASRAPUAMX3NdAJ_HFWNBRU7N_3JZ6MZ8O\ ZBRYDTYFVYIYXK_XNbXPdWRfWUiWWkXXpWYmWYjVZgVZdVZaU_\ ZU_WU_TT`QT`NT`LbeSliYtpbumcukduieugfudgvbhv`ivZiv\ WjvUkwSlwQmwNnwLowJpxDvwHpwKkvNevQ`uTVuWQtZKtaFsd9\ si3sg4se5sc5sa6s`6sZ7sX7sV8sU8sS9sQ9sOAsNAqLDoKFnJ\ HlIJjHLiGNgFPfERdEQbEO`ENZEMXELVEKTEJREIO5OPEHPNAP\ W3JNPDFiEIkELlEOnERoEUqEXrE_tEbuEewEgxFhuGhsHhqIho\ JhmKhkLhiMhgNheOhcPhaQh_RhYShWThUUhSVhQWhOXhMYhKZh\ I_hGdiC`hEXhGTgHPgJLfKHfMDeN9eP6eQ5gQ5hQ4jQ4kQ4lQ3\ nQ3oQ3pQ2rQ2sQ2tQ1vQ1wQ1xQIlIZ`A05SoQ2lR5jR7hR9eRC\ cREaRGZRJXRLVSNSSQQSSOSULSXJSZHS`FSbGRcHQcIQcJPcKP\ dKOdLNdMNdNMeOMeXjZfwDWkZ } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws most slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================