FOTD -- December 16, 2007 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Two days ago Lee Skinner posted a picture of an alien that he found in December's parent fractal. This alien is obviously from outer space, most likely from the Alpha Centauri system. On Saturday I started wondering what the alien has been up to. I soon found that he, she, or whatever, has been very busy since he was discovered, re-iterating his fractal self. His effort is apparent. I found a whole flock of Minibrots hidden in his depths, one of which appears as today's FOTD. Since the alien is such a busy one, I named the image "Alien Enterprise". I have no idea why the Alpha Centaurian alien has been so busy or what type of work he performs, but all living entities, dead ones also I suppose, need energy to exist, so he must have a good reason for his efforts. I could hardly give a fair rating to an image that lies in an image that was created by someone else, especially since I re-used basically the same color palette. The calculation time of 1-2/3 minutes is brief enough to cause no one any fractal pain. And as always, the finished image is or soon will be available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Saturday began clear here at Fractal Central, but the clouds moved in steadily through the day, and by late afternoon it was heavily overcast, with snow, sleet and freezing rain expected soon. The temperature hung just below freezing all day, keeping the fractal cats close to any source of heat. My day was busy because of preparations for the holiday season. But with the help of Lee, I did manage to find an image of FOTD value. Unless we get snowed or iced in, tomorrow will likely be another busy day. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 or so hours. Until then, take care, and string along with those super- strings and supermembranes. They're the best we've got until someone dreams up a better idea. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Alien_Enterprise { ; time=0:01:19.45-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip center-mag=+3.195327586826916/+4.972744855053525/\ 27562.94/1/-130/6.71482591751981772e-011 params=-2.475/-1.05/-0.275/-5.5/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=0 logmap=64 periodicity=10 colors=000a0gc0ce7_jFRpNIuV9zb0zj0zr1zz1zzCzzTzzpz\ zzzzzrvonsjjqdfo_blUZjPVgJQeEMb8M_8MX8LT8LQ8KM8KJ8\ JF8zC8I88z44G00z31N53z84TA5zD6ZF7zI8fLAhMBiODjQFlU\ EnYDoaCqeBriAtm9vq8xu7zz5zz4zz3zw3zt3zp3zm3zj4zg4z\ c4z`4zY4zV5zS5zP5zL6zI6zE6wE6tD6tD8uDAuCBuCDuBEvBG\ vAIvAKw9Lv9Lu9Lu9Lt9Ls9Lr9Lq9Lq9Kp9Ko9Kn9Km9Km9Kl9\ Kk9Kj9Ki9Ki9Kh9Kg9Kf9Ke9Ke9Jd9Jc9Jb9Ja9Ja9J`9z_9KZ\ 9zY9KY9zX9KW9zV9JU9JU9IT9IS9IR9IQ9IQ9IP9IO9IN9IM9I\ L9IK9HK9HJAIJCIIDJIFKHGLHHLGJMGKNFMNFNOEPPEQPDRQDT\ RCUSCWSBXTAYUA_V9aW9bX8dX7eY9e`BdbDdeFcgHcjJblLboN\ aqP`sS_vVbvYdv`gvcivflvinvlqvotvswwuxxxyyzzzxyzvyz\ txzrwzozzhzwazsVzpNzlGzh8zd8za8zZ8zW8zS8zP8zL8zIDz\ GIzFNzDSzCXzAaz9fz7kz5pz4uz2zz0xz0uz0sz0pz0nz0kz0i\ z1fz1dz1az1_z1Xz1Vz1Sz1Qz1Nz1Lz1Iz2Gz2Dz2Fz3Iz4Kz5\ Nz7Pz8Sz9UzAWzBYzC`zEczFezHhzIdzMazQYzTUzXRz_NzcJz\ gFzpAzzEzwIzuLzrPzoSzlWzi } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), 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=========================================