FOTD -- November 19, 2002 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: An unexpected rush job has arrived, the customer has already called once, and is waiting impatiently, so I'll have to make today's discussion a short one. I found today's scene near a larger midget in the Z^(sqrt(2))+C Mandeloid, located 23.78 levels up the logarithmic spiral. The image vaguely resembles a sea of sand dunes with a mis-shapen midget at the center, perhaps located on the well-known fictional planet known as "Dune". I gave the picture the simplest name possible -- "Dunes". Being found and colored almost automatically, I could not rate the image above average, so I gave it the highest possible below- average rating -- a 4. The render time of almost 19 minutes is slow for such a mediocre image. The best way to see the scene is to download it from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The pleasant autumn weather gave the fractal cats a pleasant afternoon Monday. The temperature of 46F 8C was chilly, but the duo managed to find enough sun to keep them comfortable despite a moderate breeze. I'll be comfortable when I finish this work, so until next time, which will arrive in 24 hours, take care, and make no fractal mistakes. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Dunes { ; time=0:18:51.52--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC1 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.10193383668258500/+1.115688662390884\ 00/397152/1/130/2.10770308151086994e-009 params=1.414213562373/0/23.78/0 float=y maxiter=16\ 000 inside=0 logmap=-480 periodicity=10 colors=000rjUrjUrjUrjUrjUrjUsjUsjUsjUsiUsiUtiTshSq\ hRphQohPmfOkdOibOg`OeZOcXNbWNaUN`SN_QNYOMXMMWKMVJM\ UHMTFLSDLRBLQ9LP7LO6LSAJWEH_IFbMDfPCjTAmX8q`6ud4xg\ 3wf6ve8vdAucCubFtaHs`Js_Lr_OrZQqYSpXUpWXoVZoU`nTbn\ TdmVflXhkZjj_lianhcpgdrfftehvdiwZgrUfmPeiKddFc_AbW\ D`YGZZJY_LW`OUaRTbTRcWPdZOfaMgcKhfJiiHjkFknElqCmsB\ niOl``jRmhIygJvfJteJrdJpcJmbJkaJi`Jg_JeZJbYJ`XJZWJ\ XVJVVMUXOTZQS`SSbURdWQfYQh_PjbOldOnfNphMrjMtlLvnKx\ pKyoJvoJsnJqnJnmJlmJilJglJdkJbkJ_jJYjJViJTiJQhJOhJ\ LgJJgJGgJEfLHeMKdONcPQcRTbSWaUZ`Va`Xd_YgZ_jY`mYapW\ cnUdmSelRfkPgjNiiMjhKkgIleHmdFocDpbCqaAr`8s_7tZ8s_\ 9s_Ar_Br_Cr_Dq`Eq`Fq`Gp`Hp`Ip`JoaKoaLoaMnaNnaNnaQl\ cSkdUjfXigZhh`gjbfkeelgdnicolbpnarp`sr_teclUhdImX6\ mPCmSImVNiXTe_YbaccdhZfnUisPkrRjqSjqTipUioWhoXhnYg\ nZgm_glaflbfkcekdejfdigdihdhichjcglbfmbfnaeoaepafo\ `go`go`ho_ho_io_io_io_io_ } frm:MandelbrotBC1 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|<a } END 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================