FOTD -- July 26, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I was surprised this morning when I found an e-mail informing me that fraudulent activity had taken place on my e-bay account on July 29, and that I must re-enter my information on their web site to assure them that I really am myself. Forgetting the fact that I have no connection with e-bay, I wonder how the sender knows what will happen three days in the future. This proof of precognition will certainly put those fun-spoiling skeptics to rest. ;-) What it means for causality is another question. Today's image is nothing to be skeptical of. It rates a solid 7. The circular shield with its fiery orange filaments reminds me of a blazing sun, inspiring the name "Helios". It is a zoom into yesterday's image at one of the obvious places where a smaller midget is hidden. Being well beyond the limit of conventional math, today's image is a slow one, requiring 1-1/2 hours to render. But I have sent the finished GIF image on ahead to Paul at the FOTD web site, so it will soon be available for download. The FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> With a high temperature of 95F 35C, and equally high humidity, Monday was far too hot for the fractal cats to spend much time outside. They went out and came back in within 1/2 hour. A bit of thunder spoiled the evening serenity, but no rain fell and the day ended peacefully. Today is starting, if anything, even hotter. I expect the duo will pass the day in the coolest spot they can find. For me it looks like a busy day. Until the next FOTD, which will appear in 24 hours, take care, and what a boring world it would be without fractals. I wonder why we didn't realize this before we discovered them. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Helios { ; time=1:31:10.50--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.4234602660592528076535857/0.15643604\ 194886129901658507/1.253262e+021/1/-164.9383192598\ 18911/-0.0138128078133419874 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000KMNKLNKLNKKNKKNKJNKJNKINKINKHNKHNKGNKGNK\ FNKFNzN_zVMza9waCtaFqaHnaKkaMhaPeaSbaU_aXXaZUaaRad\ ObfNciMdkMenMfpOaoQXnRSmTOlUJkWFjXCiWBjVAjUAjT9jS8\ kR8jQ7iP7hO6hN5gM5gM4gL3hK3hJ2hI2hH1gG0fF0eE0eD0bC\ 0bB0aB0`C0`C0aC0bD0bD0cD1cE1cE2bE2bF3bF3cF4cG4dG5e\ G5fH6fH6gH7hH7iIKkJRkKZlLulMsmNqnNooOmpOkqPiqQgrQe\ sRdtRbuS`vTZvTXwUVxUTyVRzVQzYTv`WrbZneakgdgjgclj_o\ mXtpTwsPzuMztNztNztNysNxsOwsOvrOurOtrOsqPrqPqqPppP\ opPnpQmoQloQkoQjnQinRhnRgmRfmRemRdkRcjRbiRagR`fR_e\ RZcRYbRXaRW_RVZRUYRTWRSVRRURQSRORRMQRKORINRGMRELRF\ KQGJPHJPIIOJHOKHNLGNMGMNFLOELPEKQDKRCJSCJTBIUBITEK\ THLSKMSNNRQORTPQVQQYRP`SPcTOfUOiVOkWQjXSjXUjXViYXi\ YZiY`iYahZchZehZfg_hg_jg_lg_mf`of`qf`rf`oc_m`_kZ_h\ W_fTZdRZaOZ_LZYJZXKYWKYWKYVLXULXULXTLXTMWSMWRMWRNV\ QNVQNVPNVOOUOOUNOUNOUONVPMVQLWRKWSJXTJXUIYVHYWGZXF\ ZYF_ZE__D``C`KONKNNKNNKMN } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================