FOTD -- January 18, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The two most recent FOTD images have featured multiple mini- brots. Today's image continues the same theme and increases the numner of recognizamle minibrots from two to seven. (Actu- ally, I have found fractals with far more minibrots, though I can't remember quite where.) Today's multiple minibrots are found in the negative X-axis area of the Z^(2.003)+C Mandeloid, one of the richest areas I know for minibrots. Like the seven samurai ready for battle, today's midgets are lined up, ready for whatever action may come their way. The name "Magnificent Seven" needs no explanation. Some minibrots have apparently already seen action, for they appear to have large parts already sliced off. The minibrot in the center and those in the lower left however are still in fine shape. The rating of a 7 shows what I think of the image. Those who consider a steady diet of minibrots to be boring may consider the image to be worth much less. But one thing that cannot be denied is that, if the image proves disappointing, the calcula- tion time of 21 seconds will have wasted little time. Those with absolutely no time to spare for running a parameter file may see the finished image at once on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Clouds, fog, rain and a temperature of 36F +2C spoiled Sunday here at Fractal Central for man and cats alike. The cats spent most of the day keeping warm, while the man spent the day pondering unanswerable questions and FL spent the day wondering why the man concerns himself with silly questions that cannot be answered. And out of all this confusion a fractal developed. Even more surprising is that the next fractal is already in the works, and will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and when a question makes no sense, (such as why does a good god cause or permit so much suffering), it is often a sign that the question is based on a wrong assumption. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Magnificent_Seven { ; time=0:00:21.06-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=MandelbrotN center-mag=-1.687674335/\ +0.01375541/1938/1/-55/0 params=2.003/0/0/0/0/0 passes=1 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 outside=tdis colors=000qTbMUM4_IJWKXTLjQNzKMxNOvPQtRRrTTpVVnYWl\ _Yja_hc`febdgcafe_fgYehVejTekRdmPdnMdpKcqIcsEhyGct\ H_oIWjJReS00XJWTERUAMP6HQAGQEGRIGRMGSQGSTGTXGT`GUd\ GUhGTy4UkGUYSUKcO7rU6nZ6jc5fh5cm4_r4Ww4Ts3Sp3Rl3Ri\ 3Qe2Pb2PU2OU2OU6MU9KcDIcGGcJEcNCkQAnT8pX6r_4uc1tK2\ t_2tX2tU3tR3zN3zK4zH4zE4z53zK4zm4zM4zS5mX5kb5jg5lw\ 5me5ne5ow5pd5qc5rc5tb5ua5va5w`5x`5y_5z_5xa7wc8udAt\ fBsgDqiEpjFolHmnIloKkqLirNhtOguPhqNhnMijKigJjcHj`G\ kXEkUDkQBlNAlJ8mG7mC5n94n52n21l65j99hDCfGGdKKbNN`Q\ RZUVXXYV`aTceRghPjlNmoOlnPkmPklQjkQjjRiiRihShgTgfT\ geUfdUfcVebVeaWd`Xc_Yb_ZaZ_`Y`_YaZXbYWcXWdWVeVUfUU\ gTTgST`WSU_RNbQGfP9jO2mNAjRHgVPdYWaaa`bbZdcXfdVhdU\ jeSlfQnfPpaTjYXeU_`QcWMfRIjMFlIEmHDnHCoHCpHBqHArH9\ sH9sH8tH7uH6vH6wH5xH4yH4yH5wG5uG5sF5qF5oF6mE6kE6iE\ 6gD6eD1fE6dDAbDEaDI_DMzDQXDUVDZUDbSDfRDjPDnNDrMDvK\ DzJDyLJyNPyPUyR_yTeyVjuUf } frm:MandelbrotN {; Jim Muth b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel: z=z^(b)+c, |z| <= 16 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================