FOTD -- June 20, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's fractal we enter new territory. We are still examining fractals with exponents slightly greater than whole numbers, but we are combining various portions of two different exponents. In today's fractal, we have combined one part of 2.00001 and 1/10 part of 4.00001 to produce an infinitely divided main stem, creating an effect of a crazy railroad switching yard, but with different inner details. At such an early stage of exploration, I have barely scratched the surface of what might exist in the depths of such fractals. I have much more exploration to do before I can come to any conclusion about the potential of today's line of investigation. Luckily, the commercial work is still slow, (in fact, it's a bit too slow), and this will give me lots of time to spend in fractal land, exploring today's theme. I named today's image "Golliwog". The image is not really so grotesque as to deserve that name, but the word is one that is not heard very often, so the name will remain. Actually, I'm not quite sure what a golliwog is. I seem to have the impression that it is an ugly, animated doll, perhaps appearing in a story I once read. Today's rating of 7 is an improvement over yesterday's sagging rating. The render time of 19-1/2 minutes on my lazy 10-year- old machine is still slow, but the image is at least more worthy of the effort. Those with machines that suffer knee-jerk reactions to Fractint and its old VESA video modes will need to download the finished image from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy clouds hung overhead all day Sunday here at Fractal Central, but no rain fell, which made conditions quite satisfactory for the fractal cats, who spent most of the afternoon in the holly thicket, enjoying the temperature of 73F 23C. They needed only a small treat of tuna in the evening to keep them in a good mood. Today is starting with clouds and rather chilly temperatures. It remains to be seen how the duo will take these conditions. For me the work awaits, so I had best get started. The next in the endless string of fractals will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and I might know everything about everything, but I still don't know what it is that does the knowing. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Golliwog { ; time=0:19:37.72--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=slices.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2way passes=1 center-mag=-1.46096687924101100/+0.000029695024164\ 56/1.475676e+011/1/-10.000181730934818/0.000277112\ 388399815279 params=1/2.00001/0.1/4.00001 float=y maxiter=3000 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000ztkztjzrlzrlzpmzpmznnznnznnzllzikzfhzefz\ bdz`bw_`sX_pTXmSWjPTgNSeLObJOYGLVEKSCHP9GM7DK5BH28\ E07H3AK5BL6DO7ER9HSAIVCKYDL_EObGPeHQfISiKVlLXmMYpO\ ZsPatQcwSdxTepX_i`WaeRTfNKiIClD5o90p40f70Y90PB3RE6\ RH9SKCSOFSQHUUKTVNUYQT`TTcWUfZUibUjgRilOhoLgsIfwFf\ zDdzAdz7cz4bz0bz0ap8fOEi0Lj0Tc1`Y4gP6mIEjKLiLSgN_f\ OgdPmbQt_SzYTzWTz_QzbNzeKziHzlEznBzr9zu5zx2zs4zp5z\ m7zk9zgAzdCzaDxZExWGxSHxPHtUGpZGlbHggFdjG_oFUqFPvD\ KxDHzDDzD8zA3zA0zB0zB0z92zA5zA9tACo9Gi9JcANXARRAUK\ 9XC9_58b09e09`0AX0CS0EO0EK2GG3IB5K66K28L09M0CM1GO9\ JPFMRMOSUSS`VTgYUm`WtdXzfYziZzl_zhazgbxddtcfpahl_l\ fYmaXoXTpSSqORsJOtFMvWEzbJzjPzrTxzYxw`zsbzoczkfzgi\ zdkzanz_pzXnzWkzUgzSdzQbxPatOZpLXlKTgIQcGO_ENVDKRC\ HM9EI8CE699584AC6DH9GLCIOFLSIOXKQ_NTcQXgTZlWaoYcs`\ fwbizekzhnzkpzmozlnzknzklzilzikzhizfjzghzehzefvaeq\ YdlWdgRzzfzxgzxgzvizviztk } frm:MandelbrotMix2way {; Jim Muth z=0,0, c=pixel, a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2): z=(a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f))+c, |z| <= 100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================