FOTD -- November 05, 2003 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The parent fractal of today's image is a whimsical thing created by adding a lot of just plain Z to a little bit of Z^11. The resulting fractal appears as a tiny Mandeloid surrounded by a galaxy of even tinier satellite Mandeloids. Today's midget is located in one of these satellites in the southeast suburbs of its parent. The midget is quite 'disconnected', or cut off from the main body of its parent, which makes the traditional 'equal-iteration- band' rendering rather dull, and at the same time makes the other 'outside' options worth a look. The 'outside' option that works the best with today's scene is the 'fmod', with the proxim- ity set to a rather high 1.9. This rendering creates a scene of terraces, which for some reason I have named "Total Sorcery". The rating of a 6 might be a bit liberal. Real sorcery, like real magic, is all in the mind, a fact that all true sorcerers admit. But that doesn't make it any less real. Sorcery, which need not be used only for evil purposes, involves a different kind of reality, and it is up to its practi- tioners to shift their awareness to the reality where sorcery is a true fact of nature. (Is not the mind a part of nature?) Fractals are also a true fact of nature, and like sorcery, they exist in a different kind of reality -- the reality of the world of numbers. Luckily, this world of numbers has been made visi- ble through the modern computer. One of these days, someone just might devise a way for computers to make visible the world in the mind where sorcery exists. And then . . . who knows . . . magic might become as real as fractals. It is almost magical that today's image renders in a mere 53 seconds. That is even faster than the time required to download the already-rendered image from one of the FOTD web sites at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The weather was perfect all day Tuesday here at Fractal Central. The light winds, sunny skies, and high temperature of 80F 26.5C that prevailed are most unusual in early November. The fractal cats took full advantage of the perfection by romping in the yard and sleeping on the porch. Tippy even made a leap at a bird that landed on the railing, but the bird was far too quick, and Tippy went without his tidbit. A bit of tuna eased his disappointment. Today is starting much less perfect. The heavy clouds, fog, and drizzle that moved in overnight are firmly ensconced. The rain that is due later this afternoon will make things only worse. The cats will likely have a bad day. But, if the moderate amount of work now before me goes smoothly, I will finish by 2pm, and my day will be acceptable, especially if I have a good evening in Fractal Land. Check back tomorrow to see how things go. Until then, take care, and where is nowhere? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Total_Sorcery { ; time=0:00:53.66--SF5 on a p200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident center-mag=-1.008324354763536/-0.2658996081493412/\ 4.908143e+007/1/-97.5/2.4234396733824326e-007 params=1/11/11/1/-0.8/0 float=y maxiter=275 inside=0 proximity=1.9 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000nWPmVQlURkTSjSTiRUhQVhPWhOXhMZhL_gK`gIbg\ HcgFegEfgDggBifAjf9kf7mf6nf5of3qf2re0tgAqiLmlVin_f\ mcbmcZmdekbciaag__eZYcXWbWV`UTZTRXRPVQNTOLSNKQLIOK\ GMIEKHCIFAGD8IGAIHAIIAHKAHLAHMAHNBGPBGQBGRBFTBFUBF\ VBFWCEYCEZCE_CE`CDbCDcDDdDCfDCgDChDCiDBkDBlEBmEBnE\ ApEAqEArE9tFAnFAjGAfHAbJAZKAVLBVNAVLBVKBVKCVJCVJDV\ IEVIEWHFWHFWGGWFHWFHWEIWEIXDJXDJXCKXCLXBLXAMXAMY9N\ Y9OY8OY8PY7PY7QY6RZ5PY7PY8PY8PY9PZAPZAPZBPZBP_CP_D\ P_DP_EP`EP`FP`GP`GPaHPaHPaIPaJQbJQbKQbLQbLQcMQcMQc\ NQcOQdOQdPQdPQdQQeRQeRQeSQeSQfTQfUQfUQfVRgWRf_TfeV\ fkXfqZewZevYduXctXcsWbrVaqV`pU`oT_nTZmSYlRYkRXiQWh\ PVgPVfOUeNTdNScMSbLRaLQ`KP_JPZJOYINWHMXHMUGLTFKSFJ\ REJQDIPDHOCGNBGMBFLAEK9DI9DH8CG7BF7AE6AD59C58B47A3\ 7936825714525726827928928A29B2AB2AC2AD2AD2AE2AF2AF\ 2AG2BH2CI2DI2EJ2FK2GK2HL2IM2JM2KN2LO2MO2NP2OQ2PR2Q\ R2RS2ST2TT2UU2VV2WV2XW2YX } 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================