FOTD -- October 10, 2002 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Do human beings have spirits? The religious say yes, scientists say they have found no evidence, skeptics say probably not, Atheists say no. I say it depends on the definition of the word 'spirit'. But one thing certain is that some fractals, (those with negative powers of Z), do have spirits, and those spirits remain behind when the original fractal evaporates. As the mention of spirits and the outrageous value of imag(p3) should have made apparent, today's FOTD is another of my 'evaporated' fractals. (To see the unevaporated version, change imag(p3) to 0.) There are no escaping points at all in the image, which consists entirely of trapped inside points made visible by the inside fill of bof61. I used an inside fill of bof61 in today's image because that fill works best with this particular image. I have found no way to predict which inside fill will work best with particular evaporated fractals. The best fill must be found by trial and error. The parent fractal consists of a Mandeloid shaped like a bloated queen termite, with an immense area of chaos to its east. This chaotic area contains regions where the chaos becomes lace-like and converges in nodes. Today's scene lies near one of the most prominent nodes. The actual node of course has long since evap- orated from the world of fractal reality. Since the image is something relatively unique, I rated it at an 8, which is a great improvement over yesterday's miserable 4. I named it "Inside Fantasy" as a description. Considering the much-above-average worth of the finished product, the render time of 6 minutes is reasonable. And as always, the finished GIF image is available for near-instant download on Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and on Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The Wednesday weather here at Fractal Central was of the dull, dreary variety. The lack of sun, temperature of 61F 16C, occasional spits of rain, and the wrong flavor cat food left the fractal cats very testy. In the evening, Tippy defiantly en- sconced himself in my favorite chair, and dared me to try to dislodge him. Tippy won the battle. My next battle will be won when I finish the work now before me. But to finish I must first start, so until tomorrow, when an even better fractal might appear, take care, and prepare for the war against obese fractals. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Inside_Fantasy { ; time=0:06:19.59--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+28.82416328698804000/+6.04584636251811\ 200/39588.41 params=1/-0.9/0.4/-2.6/0/1e+100 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=bof61 periodicity=10 colors=000Nz0Pz0Fz2Pz0Xy0ek0sb0m`0iZ0dZ0`X0VV2QV6L\ S9HQFBQJ8PN2NS0NX0L`0He0Ld0Nb0P`0QZ0VX0XV2ZS6`Q8bP\ 9eNDgLFiJHkHLqBJmFHiHHeJFbNF`PDXQDSVBPX9LZ9Jb8Fd8B\ e68g66k42m20o20s00u00w00z00z00z00z00z40y60w90sB0qF\ 0mJ0iL0gP0dQ0bV0ZZ0V`0Sd0Pe0Ni0Jo0Dk0Hi0Jg0Ld0Nb0P\ `0QX0SV2VS4XP6ZN8`L9bHBdFDeDFg9Hi8Jk6Lm2No0Pq0Qs0S\ u0Vw0Xy0Zz0`z0bz0dz0ez0gz0hz0dz0_s0Sd0NV0HJ0B80600\ 000400B26L8FSFP`LSXJZVHdQDgNBmJ8qF6wB4z80z40z00z00\ z00z00zB0yX6moDXz`Hzu2zz0zz0zz0zz0zy0zu0zq0zm0zi0z\ e0zb0zZ0zV0zQ0oL0dH0SB0H80640000000000000000200B00\ L04V09d0Fm0Lw0Qz0Xz0Vz0Sz0Sz0Qz0Qz0Pz0Pz0Nz0Nz0Ly0\ Lw0Ju0Js0Hq0Ho0Fo0Fm0Dk0Di0Bg0Be09d09d0Bb0B`0D`0DZ\ 2FX9FXHHVPHSXJSdJQkJQsPXZV`F`e0ei0dg0de0dd0db0d`0d\ Z0dX0dV0dS0dQ0dP0dN0dL0dJ0ZF0VB0P9FL6VF2iB0y86u69q\ 4Do2Jk0Ni0Qe0Vb0``0dX0gV0kQ0qP0uL0yH0zF0zB0z90z60z\ 40z20z00w00o08i0Hz0Jz0Lz0 } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================