FOTD -- January 05, 2006 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The bad news has me feeling down and negatively philosophical today, so the Fractint discussion will be brief. I have said a few more words in the philofractal version, but those words are rather pessimistic. Today's fractal is another average one. As such it deserves average treatment and an average rating. The parent fractal was created by combining negative portions of Z and (1/Z), and adding (1/C). There is no logical reason for the name "Art Deco". It simply came to mind. The render time of 4-3/4 minutes is a bit slow for a fractal of merely average quality. Luckily, or perhaps unluckily, the com- pleted GIF image, ready for download, has been posted to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The fractal cats are much happier than people who worry about fractals. They do not concern themselves with the mysteries of numbers. They were busy enjoying their afternoon in the yard on Wednesday. Despite the clouds, the 46F 8C was warm enough for them to enjoy over two hours outdoors. By the time the evening drizzle set in, they were safely inside. My day was as average as the fractal. Hopefully, the next fractal will be above average when it appears in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and dwell on the mystery. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Art-Deco { ; time=0:04:44.44--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=b center-mag=+0.33033473212634300/+0.171662183403715\ 50/14879.53/1/65/5.71800509718833894e-010 params=-0.987/1/-0.987/-1/0/0 float=y maxiter=500 inside=255 logmap=16 periodicity=10 colors=00056L23HCVd9OZ7IU4CO26JzzzzzzMHe0zzzzEHD_z\ 0zFBXDAVC9TB8S97Q86O65M54L43J22H11FaVyYRtUOoQLjMIe\ JFaFCXsIRtJLXHM9GN8IO8JO7LO7MP6NP6PP5QP5RQ4TQ4UQ3V\ R3XR2YR2ZR5aW8d_AgcDjgFmkIpoKssHmpFhmDcjBZg9Ud7Pa5\ KZ3FW1AU5DY8GaBJdEMhHOkKRoNUrQXvTZyWazZdzagzdizmqy\ uxlttispgsmdribre_qbYqZVpVToSQoOOnKLnHJmDGmAEoCKqD\ PrEUsJTtOSuTSvYRwbQwfQhgPVgOGhN2hN4gP6gQ8gSAgTCgVE\ gWGgYIgZKg`MgaOgcQgdSgfUggSiiRjkQkmPloOnqNosMptLqv\ KsxJtzIuzHvzGwzJmtMdiPW_SNPVEFSHMPJTMMZKOeHRlETrBW\ y9YzC_zFazHcwKeuMfrPhpRjmUlkXnhZofaqccsafuZhvXdpb`\ jgXelT_qQVvMQpIMiFHcBDX43E78R34KSqzPlzNhzLdxJ`sHXo\ FTjCOeAK`8GX6CS48N24ICpjBlgAhe9ec8aa8Z_7VX6SV5OT4L\ R4HP3EM2AK17I03GOocLj`JeZH`WFXUDSSANP8IN6EL49I24GF\ 2rE1oD1lC1jB1gA1e91b81`71Y60V50T40Q30O20L10J00GzcF\ z0Kh5PdAU`FZXKcUPhQSmMVrIYvF`zBcz7cz3cz_czXczUczRc\ zOczMczJczGczDczBcz8cz000 } 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 PARAMETER FILE=========================================