FOTD -- February 18, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's fractal image we return to the grand-daddy of all fractals, the Mandelbrot set, where we examine a tiny midget near the extremity of the negative stem. We are in an area where the bailout radius makes a tremendous difference in the appearance of the image, especially when the image has been rendered with the 'outside' set to 'summ'. Though the magnitude of today's image is in the arbitrary precision range, it is still a fast one, rendering in under 2 minutes on my machine, making it easy to check the effect of changing the bailout radius. This area of the M-set has been so thoroughly explored that little remains to be said about the image other than to state the fact that it is basically a fractal, which explains the name, "Basically a Fractal". I was ready to rate the image at an average 5, but then I found today's color palette. The colors work unusually well on this particular image, and enabled me to raise the rating to a 7. As has been the case for a number of years, the completed image has been posted for download on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The philosophy is not yet ready, and will take a few days yet. But anything worth having is worth waiting for, so be patient and remember that patience is rewarded. A cold wind brought flurries of snow to Fractal Central Thursday afternoon. The fractal cats tried to enjoy their time in the yard, but the temperature just above freezing was too chilly for their sensitive whiskers, and they came inside after less than 15 minutes. A generous serving of tuna eased their disappoint- ment. With a temperature of 25F -4C, today is starting even colder, and more flurries are in the area. Things do not look good for the duo. My day will consist of work and fun. The work comes first; the fun comes later. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and decide on your fractal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Basicaly_A_Fractal { ; time=0:01:36.06--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=-1.9999999999966\ 338676581944/0/8.619129e+021 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5000 bailout=4 inside=0 outside=summ symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000KalNbmPcmScnVdoXeo_fpbfpdgqghqjhrlirojsq\ jsR33S44S54T64T74U84U94VA4VB4WC4WD4XE4XF4YG4YG4_H6\ `H8aH9bIBcICeIEfIFgJHhJIiJKkKLlKNmKOnKQoLRqLTrLUsM\ WtMXuMZvM_uPYuRXuTWtVVtYUt_TsaRscQsePrhOKQNKTMqnKq\ qJPnIPnHUhhpjFguDZrBQn9Hk78h69g89g99gA9fCD6LFEOGLR\ HTTIWSJjeKn`LubUkdaafiThqJjyAkzzzxvzwtzqvzoyzilzhh\ zgeyv426D6VuNcpZlkjn1QmDNlOKkZIhaLfdNdgQbjS`mUSbSK\ TQBJO39N5KP6UQ7cS8mT9wUCmTEcTHVTJLSMBSO2STCVXMYaW`\ edcYXaRQ_JJYCCW55VH9OTDIdGCXKKPOSHRZ9Vf2Ym6_hAadEb\ _IdWMeRQgNThJXjQ`kXdlchmjlnqooxglp`ihTf`McTE`L7YD0\ W68YEG_MOaUWc`cehkgpriwi`r`SnSKjaN`kPRuRIDGiFEfHCc\ JA`K8ZM6WO4TQ2QR1ON7NKDNHIMEOMAUL7ZL4dK1iK3hR5gY6g\ d8fkAerBex8ix6mx4qx2ux0xx1sv1ot2kr2gp3cn3_l4Wj4ShD\ VgLXfU_eaaeYfhVjkJde8_`CedFjhIplLupOztSwtWut_stcpt\ gntjltanuTouKpvBqv3rv7npAjkDgfHc`K`WNXRQUMLTTHTZDS\ d8Sj4Rp0RvScasoIjkQahYTde } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================