FOTD -- January 06, 2006 (Rating NA) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Most of today's discussion appears in the philofractal version. The image is part of the fractal that results when 0.6 part of Z^2 is subtracted from 0.6 part of Z^(-2) and (1/C) is added. The terraced effect came about when I rendered the scene with the outside set to 'tdis'. I put almost no effort into the fractal, so I gave it no name and no rating. The image renders using the passes=b option, which adds a bit of excitement to the rendering. The render time of 1-1/2 minutes is quite brief, assuring that little time will have been wasted if the image proves not worth the effort. Perhaps the best way of seeing the image is to download it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Despite current events, the fractal cats had a good day here at Old Fractal Central in the 50F 10C temperature on Thursday. I enjoy seeing them happy -- it saves on tuna. As for myself, I'm working myself into one of those moods that comes on whenever some big, well publicized calamity happens. But I'll work out of it by posting my thoughts to the philofractal list. The next FOTD will appear for better or worse in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and sometimes I find it difficult to maintain my positive attitude. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FOTD_for_06-01-06 { ; time=0:01:39.75--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=b center-mag=+0.29518114271096270/-0.275685110150650\ 30/4672070/1/-97.5/1.79943609096566703e-007 params=-0.6/2/0.6/-2/0/0 float=y maxiter=280 inside=255 outside=tdis periodicity=10 colors=0002Tc2Vd2Xe2Zf2`g3Ze3Yd4Xc4Wb4Va5U`5T_6RY6\ QX6PW7OV7NU8MT8LS8KRBMSEOSHQSKSTNUTQWTTYUW_UZaU`cU\ _fXZh_YjbXleWnhVpkUrnWnoXjpYfpZbq`ZqaVrbRscNseJtfF\ tgBuh8ucAoZCiUEdPGZKITFKOAMI5OC1P78U9EZALcBRhCUjEW\ lGZnI`pKbrMetOgvQiwSgxUexVcxXaxY_x_Yx`WxaUycSydQyf\ OygMyiKyjIykLvhOseRpcUm`XjY_gWbdTeaQhZOkWLnUJiTNeS\ RaRVYQZUPbQOeTLXWIOYGFWHGUHGTHHRHHPHIOHIMHJKIJJIKH\ IKFILEILCIMBIMEKKHLJKMHNNGPPFSQDVRCYSB`T9bV8eW7hX5\ kY4mZ3iT5eN7bI9ZCBW7CMCKCHS2MZOV`hbbf`adZabX``V`ZT\ `XR_VP_TN_RLZPJZNHZLFYJDYHCYIAWJ9VK7UL6TM4RN5RP7RR\ 9RTBRVDRWFRfURgURhURiURjURkURlURmURnURpUSpTSoSRnQR\ mPQlOPkMPjLOiKOhINgHMgGMfELeDLdCKcAJb9Ja8I`6I_5HZ3\ GY4IW5KV7MT8OR9QQBTOCVNEXLFZJG`IIcGJeEKgDMiBNkAPn8\ Qp6Rr5Tt3Uv1Wy8ZsGamOdfWh`ckUknOsrHprHmrHjqHgqHdpH\ `pHYoHVoGSoGPnGLnGImGFmGClG9lG5kFXr`xyvxvvwsuwouvl\ tvhtuesuastZr2L_2N`2Pa000 } 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=========================================