[Fractint] FOTD 16-04-13 (Bottom of the Pile [5])

16 Apr 2013

      FOTD -- April 16, 2013 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

In today's image it looks like we have come to the end of the 
road.  The exponent of Z is 1.004, and even searching as much as 
I could, I found none of the fractal semi-chaos that produces 
the most interesting designs.  What I did fine was today's 
image, which is quite fractal in nature, remaining the same no 
matter how deeply into it one dives.

So I guess this is the end of the road as we approach an expo-
nent of unity, at least with my less-than-light-speed 12-year-
old fractal dedicated machine.  A super-speed SOTA unit might 
find that some interesting stuff does lie beyond the edges of 
today's image, but I'm not going to try to find it.

The rating of a 5 is below FOTD average.  The name "Bottom of 
the Pile" indicates the position of the generating expression.  
The calculation time is inexcusably slow.  Over 1/4 hour will 
pass between the time the <enter> key is struck and the image-
finished chirp sounds.  I recommend turning to one of the web 
sites for relief.

The finished image may be viewed at:

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

with hi-def variations at:

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

and back images at:

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

Lots of clouds, a little sun and a few showers, with a tempera-
ture of 68F 19C made today a pretty average one here at Fractal 
Central.  The fractal cat Nicholas grabbed my chair when I got 
up from it at lunch time to reach for the remote control, and 
turned defiant when I tried to return to it.  FL was on Nico's 
side in the chair dispute.

The next FOTD will be posted within a reasonable time.  Until 
reason prevails, take care, and it looks like we need tighter 
controls on those household items and substances that could be 
used in the creation of explosives.  It might be impractical but 
at least it would make us feel better.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net

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  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)+PI-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
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END PARAMETER FILE=========================================