[Fractint] FOTD 05-01-12 (Fractal for Today [5.5])

7 Jan 2012

      FOTD -- January 05, 2012 (Rating 5.5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image leaves much to be desired, but we should consider 
ourselves lucky that the FOTD is here at all.  The day's fractal 
search went badly, and other things that needed to be done piled 
up to cut short the fractal-searching time.  The result is an 
image that rates a 5-1/2, with 1/2 point due to the coloring.

The parent fractal is a result of mixing an infinitesimal part 
of Z^(-257) with Z^2 on each iteration before adding C.  The 
parent fractal is a stack of overlapping circular disks roughly 
arranged in the shape of a Mandelbrot set.  Today's scene is 
located in what would be the East Valley of the M-set.

The name "Fractal for Today" is basically no name at all.  It 
simply describes what is already obvious.

The calculation time of 2-1/2 minutes is good news.  It means 
that little time will have been wasted if the fractalist doing 
the calculation is disappointed.

The finished image is posted at:

      <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html>

The hi-def version is at:

<http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html>

The classic FOTD web site may be accessed at:

       <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/>

A mix of sun and clouds, with a high temperature of 37F +3C made 
today a day so unexceptional that it is best forgotten, as it 
probably will be tomorrow.  The fractal cats forgot the day 
before it ended.  The humans never remembered it to start.

The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  One thing near 
certain is that, with today's image so lacking, tomorrow's can 
only be better.  Until then, take care, and believers know that 
God exists, while Atheists know that God is only a superstition. 
To me this means that it is possible to be wrong even when one 
knows that he is right.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net

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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=========================================