FOTD -- December 15, 2003 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's mediocre image consists entirely of 'bof61' inside fill. But it is not a scene in an 'evaporated' fractal; it is a glimpse of something that might have existed, but never did. It is a scene in the blank screen that results when 1.1 parts of 1/Z are subtracted from 1.1 parts of Z^(0.8) and C is added. When one is exploring the world of fractals, blank screens usually mean a dead end, but like so many other things in life, there are exceptions. Today's image is one of these. The image consists of a string of splotches, vaguely defining a midget at the center. This midget is not a real midget. It is a virtual midget that almost but not quite exists, and needs just a little extra energy in the form of the 'bof61' inside fill to make it fully manifest. The result is not all that might be desired, rating only a 4. The render time of 10 minutes has been made a bit more interest- ing by using the 'inside=b' option, which is quite a bit of fun to see in action. As always, those who feel more serious about their fractals can escape the fun by downloading the completed image from Paul's FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> That long-promised philosophy appears in the version of today's FOTD that has been posted on the philofractal list. Snow and cold rain on Sunday kept the fractal cats indoors. The conditions were so unpleasant however that they were happy to sleep by their radiators for most of the day. In the evening I gave them their small treat of tuna, and they ended the day peacefully. Today is starting cloudy and breezy, with some slushy snow on the ground. But it is not too cold. It remains to be seen how the duo will take such conditions. I usually take conditions as they come. The work is moderate, the weather is moderate, the next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and don't despair. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ Splotchy_theMidget { ; time=0:10:35.92--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=b center-mag=+0.58105390826287010/-0.018056876277498\ 32/9829.255/1/-10/-2.82683806918093694e-011 params=1.1/0.8/-1.1/-1/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=bof61 logmap=yes periodicity=10 colors=000JKBtqjtqltqntqptqrtqttqvuquvjtvbtMqKOqIP\ qGQqFSqDTqBUqAWq8Xq6Yq5`q4co4em4hk3jj3mh3of2rd2tc2\ qd5oe8lfBjgzhhHeiKcjN`kQZlTXmWUnZSoaQpdOqcNqcLqcKq\ cIqbHqbFqbEqbDq`CoZClXBiVBfTAcSA`Q9YO9VM8SK8QJUqlV\ qkVqkWqkWnkXkjXhjYfjYcjZ`jZYi_Vi_Si`Pi`NibOddP`ePX\ gQTiRPjRKlSGnTCoT8qU4rU0sT5sSAsREsQJtPNtPStOXtN`uM\ euLiuKnuKrtPqsUpsZzrcsrgo`XZJNI1D24B969F87MA5SC4YF\ 7YI9YKCYNEYPHYSJYVMYXOY_RYaTYdWYgYYi`YlbYndYhc`bcb\ XcdScgMciGckBcmLboUaqc`sl_uuZvUkoTkpRlqPlqOlrMmsKm\ tJmtHnuFnvEnvFltFkrFjpFioIPBFhmFgkFfjFehFdfFceFbcF\ aaF``F_ZGZXGYWGXUGWSGVRURPUTNGSMGRKGQIGPHGOFGNDFPA\ GOBGOBGOBGOBGOBGOBGOBGNBGNBGNBGNBGNCGNCGNCGNCGMChK\ ChMXhMChMChcChMCtc0s71r81q82sU2oA3mA3lB4kB4jC5iD5v\ D6gE6fE6eF7dG7cG8cH8cI9cI9cJAcJAcKBcLBcLCcMCc50b61\ a71`72_82_82Z93Y93XA4XA4WB4VC5UC5TD6TD6SE6RE7QF7QF\ 7PG8OG8NH9MI9MI9LJAKJAJKB } 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==================================