FOTD -- December 20, 2003 (Rating 3) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Have no fear, fractal fans. Despite my announcement that I will likely miss a few FOTD's between now and the first of the year and Scott's announcement that he will no longer be posting the new FOTD images on his web site after the first of the year, the FOTD will continue basically uninterrupted into the indefinite (but most likely not eternal) future. People might be temporary but fractals are forever. Today's image is a loser. I named it "Baubles and Things" because it reminds me of what one might see if they were to pull open a small drawer that hasn't been opened in years. Also, the name reminds me of one of the 'trendy' names one might see on a near-useless store that has replaced a very-useful store in the downtown section of some 'rejuvenated' small town. The rating of a 3 is a gift. The image is a scene in the grossly-bloated parent fractal that results when 5.5 parts of Z^(-0.93) are subtracted from 5.7 parts of Z^(-0.77) and (1/C) is added. Despite the near totally- chaotic nature of the scene, it was rendered by the convention- al, old-fashioned equal-iteration-band method. When rendered with the outside=tdis, the image becomes even more chaotic, though some may prefer the 'tdis' version. Today's pathetic image renders in 14 minutes, about 14 times as long as it is worth. But you may get what you paid for by downloading the completed GIF image from Paul's web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> I will no longer list the address of Scott's FOTD web site. After the first of the year, he will no longer be adding the new FOTD images to his site. Friday was quite cold here at Fractal Central, with a tempera- ture that hovered just above the freezing mark all day and a few flakes of snow thrown in for fun. The fractal cats had no fun however. They spent the day sleeping on their blanket by the radiator. Today looks to be a repeat. I have a small to moderate amount of work to finish before I start the search for the next FOTD. So until the next FOTD appears in either one or two days, take care and take care again. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Baubles_and_Things { ; time=0:14:21.72--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-351.30556131984170000/+388.73448651068\ 660000/7404.484/1/102.5/3.8578131286715056e-008 params=-5.5/-0.93/5.7/-0.77/0/8 float=y maxiter=3600 inside=0 logmap=280 periodicity=10 colors=000PFVMDYLC_LCaKBcKBeJBfJAhIAjI9lH9nH9oG8qG\ 8sF7uF7wF7xGKvGXtGirZYGYUBXQ7ZV6__6ad5bh5cbKUQYdTk\ `QcXOWUMOQJGzc8JF1iOekQfmSgoTgqVhsWhuYivZiqagldegg\ dbjbYm`Tp_OsYJvXQo`WhdaahgVlmOpsHtyAxxGtxMqxSmxYjw\ cgwicwo`wtYnufevoXvx_wqaxkbvgbudbtabrYbqVbpSboPVeW\ OXaHNhAEn_9fx5Zq6Zj7Zc8ZX8ZQ9ZJAZCBZ5BZEDaNFdVGfJP\ p8YzBZqD_hF__H`RJ`JIXGHUEMQPRN_WJj`GtaKqbNncRkcUhd\ Xee`bfc_ffXeVWdKVc9UfHWiPXlXYod_rl`tsaVYU5DMAEbFMd\ KTfO_gSKEVKFYKG`KGcKHfKIiKJlKKoKLrKMuKMsLOrMQpNSoO\ TmOVlPXjQYiR_gRafSbdTdcUfbUgfQjjMmnIprEsvAvtClrDbq\ EToFJnGAiUUeWcMZZ3VV6SX8PZBN`DKbGIdIFfLChNAjQUlSUn\ TUdUUVVULWUBWU2VU5UU7TUATUCSUERUHQUJQZLPZOOZQNZTNc\ VMcXLc_KcaKccKcZKcVKhQKmMJrJJvHJzEIzCIz9Iz7Iz5LzAO\ zERzITzMWzQZzU`zYczafzehzikzmnzqpzuqzqrzmrzjszfszb\ tz_tzWuzTvzPvzLwzIwzExzAxz7yz3yz0xz1wz1vz1uz2tz2sz\ 2rz2nz6jzAgzDczH_zKXzOTzR } 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==================================