FOTD -- February 03, 2005 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image gives us one last, and perhaps one too many glimpses of the fractal beast. We have now distorted the beast almost beyond recognition. The colors are still the same, but even with the aid of the colors, the spirals and converging arms are nearly impossible to pick out. There are only spirals that try to get started but never quite succeed, and arms that set out promisingly, but lead nowhere. Because the center of rotation of all the 'Beast' images lies in the open area at the center of the original Mandelbrot midget, the hole that once appeared as that midget is still in the picture. It has been stretched beyond recognition however, and now exists as a narrow slit in the bottom-center part of the frame. Curiously enough, this slit still retains some of its original Mandelbrot character, needing only some stretching in the right direction to return it to its recognizable, though somewhat warped, Mandelbrot shape. The rating of a humble 4 is all I could do for the image. Actually, I expected better things from the beast when I started the series. I guess my disappointment shows. The name "Final Beast" is a simple statement that after today we shall see no more of this beast. Th render time of under 2 minutes on my machine is the fastest of the 'Beast' series. But for the convenience of those who dislike hunting and rendering, the beast has been captured and caged, and is being kept on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> from where it may be safely downloaded. No philosophy is ready today, but the next batch should be included in the philofractal version of tomorrow's FOTD. A nearly perfect mid-winter day here at the Fractal Central on Wednesday made for near perfect fractal cats. With warm sun, a temperature of 41F 4C, and melted snow waiting for them, the duo enjoyed several peaceful hours in the yard. Even the crows that raided a neighbor's trash can failed to disturb the dynamic duo. In the evening I gave them their tuna treat just to make the day perfect. Today is starting cloudy, but it is milder and no more snow is expected. The cats' day will likely be another good one. For me, the work is moderate. I should be finished by early afternoon, leaving me plenty of time to shape up the latest installment of philosophy, which, unless something unexpected goes wrong, will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and just wait. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Final_Beast { ; time=0:01:56.06--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot2 center-mag=-0.000046448\ 18451324/-0.00001890775131802/337663.9/0.01552/\ 158.981743903266619/85.1656595908049638 float=y params=51.916/-157.216/-82.429/166.391/0.288136932\ 805/0.482645405409/0.288136932805/0.482645405409 maxiter=5000 inside=0 logmap=288 periodicity=10 colors=000SYrSXrSWqSVpSUoSTnSSmSQlTOkUMjVKiWIhXGgY\ Ef_CeaAdcAceAbgAaiA`kC_mEZoGYqIXrKWsMTrOSqQRpSQpUP\ oWOnXNnYMmZLl_KlaJkcIjeHjgHkhGkgFlfEldDmbCm`BnZAnX\ 9kV8hT8eR8bP7_N7XL7UJ6RH6OF6LD5IB5FC5CC49D46D43D45\ E57F59G6AH6CI6EJ7FK7HL8JM8KN8MO9OP9QQARRATSAVTBWUB\ YVC_WC`XCaYEbZGbZHc_Jd`Kd`MeaNebPfbQgcSgdThdVheWif\ YjgZjh`kiakjclkdmlfmlgmmimminmjomjpmjqnjrojtpjuqjv\ rjwsjxtlxujwtivshurgtqftpdsocrmbqlapk`oj_oiYnhXmgW\ lfVkdUjcTjbRiaQh`Pg_OfZNfYMgXKgVJgUHhTGhREhQDiPBiN\ AiM8jK7jJ5jI4kG2kF1kE0gH1dJ1aM2ZO2WR3TT3QY4Na4Kf5U\ o5cs2mz5mz8mzBhtEcrHZqKUoNPnQLmTMkWNjZOiaPidQhgRhj\ SgmTgpShsTgrTfrTfqTeqUepUbpU_pUZoUUoVTnVTnVSnVSmVR\ mWRnWQoWQpWPqWPsXOuXOwXNxXNzXMzYMzYLzYLzYKzYKzVOzS\ SzQWzN_zLczPgzUkzZozcszhvzmuzmwzmvzmvzmuzmuzmtzmtz\ mszmszmrzmrzmrzmqzmqzmpzmpzmozmozmnzmnzmmzmmzmmzml\ zmlzmkzmkzmjzmjzmizmizmiz } frm:SliceJulibrot2 {; draws most slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=sqr(z)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================