FOTD -- November 16, 2004 (Rating 5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today we see what we can wring from the manlam(fn||fn) formula, a variation of the Mandelbrot formula that was proposed by Jonathan Osuch. In the formula, the magnitude of the current orbit value is used to switch between two different variable functions. (In C programming language the '||' is the logical 'or'.) Curiously, I have never counted the number of different functions available in Fractint, though my guess would be around 20, which would give this formula the ability to draw around 400 different fractals. As would be expected, some combinations of functions draw blank screens, while other combinations draw very interesting fractals. With a total of around 400 combinations to try, I was forced to let many go untried. I finally chose the cos/sqr combination, which draws two distorted Mandelbrot sets sitting butt to butt. Raising the shift value to an astronomical 1000000 revealed that these Mandeloids are surrounded by an extraordinary array of filaments, which with only a little imagination can be seen as herring-bones. I named the final image "Something is Fishy" because the filaments surrounding the central midget remind me of fish skeletons. The formula almost certainly has better fractals in it than I was able to find in only an hour. The rating of a 5 is my way of saying that today's image is nothing exceptional among the images that the formula might produce. Like a witch's broom, today's image is as fast as lightning. It renders in only 21 seconds, and this with the single-pass rendering option, which is the slowest, most accurate method of rendering. This hyper-speed gives the image an unjustified overall worth of 1394. The fun way to see the image is to run the included parameter file. The convenient way is to download it from the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> The fractal cats were quite happy when the sun shone brilliantly and the temperature rose to 61F 16C here at Fractal Central on Monday. They spent over three hours in the yard, doing next to nothing. When evening arrived, they came inside without a complaint. BTW, fractal cats are indistinguishable from ordinary every-day non-fractal cats. The only difference is that the pet humans of fractal cats are fascinated by fractals. Today promises to be warm again, but with perhaps a bit less sun. The cats should be happy again. The commercial work is still up to date, so I'll be happy too. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours at this same place. Until then, take care, and count those fractal carbs. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Something_is_Fishy { ; time=0:00:21.53--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=manlam(fn||fn) function=cos/sqr passes=1 center-mag=-1.263291907718205/+2.94746802\ 7564623/8.384535e+007/1/107.5/-2.8308692836265e-006 params=0/0/1000000 float=y maxiter=267 bailout=1000000 inside=0 logmap=12 periodicity=10 colors=00058A6GB7LB9TJTbPhpUzlDwsFzrOcozckzchzvtzt\ bcrLWq4WnASkGOhMKfSGcYC`c8Zh4_f6`h7`k8anAbqBbtCXwE\ RzFLzHFzIIzFKzDMzAOz8Qz5Sz3Pz4Nz4Kz4Iz4Fz5Dz5Az58z\ 5BzCEzIHzOKzUNz_QzeTzkWzqRzjMzcIzXDzQ9zJ4zC0z6CzGO\ zP_zYkzfvzowzkwzhxzdxzaxzYyzVyzRyzOwzFvzLuzQuzWtz`\ szfszkmzfgzaazXYz_VzaSzdPzfMziJzkQzcXzWczPjzHqz9xz\ 2Yz98zF7zL7zR7zWEzXLzYSzZZzZez_lz`rz`lzcfzeazhWzjR\ zmLzoGzqFzqFzqEzqEzqDzqDzqEzoEznEzmEzlEzkEziEzhEzg\ Fz2EzfEzeEzdEzbEzaEz`Ez_EzZEzXEzWEzVEzUEzTEzSFzQFz\ PFzOFzNFzMFzKFzJFzIFzHFzGFzFFzDpzVpzMqzDqz4jzDdzMZ\ zUTzbNzkHzsRzq`zpizosznzzmyzivzdsz`pzWmzSjzNgzJpzG\ yzEzzCzzGuzKozNizRczUYzYSz`WzZZzXbzVezUazZYzbUzfQz\ jMznIzrEzuJzjNz_QzYSzXVzVXzU_zTazRdzQfzPgzThzWizZi\ zbjzekzhkzkjzjizihzhgzgfzffzfizbkzZmzVpzRrzNtzKMzX\ Pz_SzaVzcYze`zgbziazh`zh_zgZzgYzgVzdTzbRz`PzZizczz\ hzzkyzmwzouzqGzMBzH7zD3z9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================