FOTD -- May 31, 2003 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I am still watching with interest the debate about the Fractint bug that might or might not be a bug. Being no expert in complex functions and how they are calculated by computer programs, I will offer no opinion. My feeling is that, if the only effect of the 'bug' is to cause the program to draw reversed images with certain formulae, it should be left as is, because correcting it could cause more problems than it solves. It is a different story if other so far unrecognized more serious problems are being caused by the 'bug'. Today's image is the last trip into the mayparent fractal. It is an 8-rated image that I have named "The Final Fling". Starting with tomorrow's FOTD we'll have images from a new parent fractal every day. But this is not necessarily a policy fixed in stone. If I come upon another fractal as rich as the mayparent, I may spend another month or so exploring it. The scene illustrated in today's image lies near the tip of the filament extending south from the southern bud of the Mandeloid feature of the parent. It is a scene of unusually smoothly curving, twisting elements. Actually, most of the curving lines are due to the coloring, as a new color palette will show. The render time of 16 minutes makes the parameter file a slow one. But take heart, the completed GIF image is available at the two FOTD web sites: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> Friday turned out to be the most pleasant day of the month here at Fractal Central, and the fractal duo enjoyed it to the utmost. The warm sun and temperature of 79F 26C brought out the very best in both of them. They spent the entire afternoon on the porch, behaving like angels in disguise. But today is again starting threatening, with heavy rain forecast. I hope the duo's angelic ways can withstand the challenge. My challenge is to finish the little bit of work and search for a new parent fractal. Until next time, take care, and may only good fractals come your way. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE================================ The_Final_Fling { ; time=0:16:34.70--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.51776427347768130/-3.488176830655431\ 00/78974.62/1/135/-3.99629947189783508e-010 params=-10/-1.1/-1/-11/0/525/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 periodicity=10 colors=000o2PoAPp0Pq3Oq5Nr7Mr9LsBKsDJtFIuHHvJGwLFx\ NEyPDzSCzUBzWAzY9z_8za7zc6ze5zg4zi3zk2zm2yl6xl9xlD\ wkGwkKvkNujRujUtjYti`sidsignhhjhhfhibhiZhjVhjXggYf\ dZfa_eZ`dWbdTccQdbNebKfaHh`Ei`Bj_8kZ5mY1lZ2kZ2jZ3i\ _3h_4g_4f_5e`5d`5c`6ba6aa7`a7_a8Zb8Zb8Yb9Xc9WcAVcA\ UcBTdBSdCRdCQeCPeDOeDNeEMfELfFKfFJhEKfFKeFKdFKcGKb\ GKaGK`HK_HKZHKYHKXIKWIKUIKTJKSJKRJKQJKPKKOKKNKKMLK\ LLKKLIIKKJLLKLNKMOLMQMNRMNTNOUOOWOPXPPZPQ_QQaRRbRR\ dSSeTSgTThUTjUUkVUmWVnWVpXWqYWsYXtZXuZXs`Zra_qb`od\ anebmfclgdjieijfhkgglhenidojcpkarl`sm_tnZuoXwpWxqV\ yrUzsVxnWwjWvfXuaYtYYsUZqP_pL_oH`nCam8al4eqMivbjsd\ kpekmflkglhhmejmckn`loYmoWnpTppQqqOrqLsrItrGuqHsqI\ rpJqpKooLnoMmnNknOjmPimQglRflSelTckUbkVajW_jXZiYYi\ ZWh_Vh`UgaSgbRgcQebPdaPb`Oa`O__NZZNXYMWYMVXMTWLSWL\ QVKPUKNTJMTJKSIJRIMONGQHFPHDOGCOGANF9PF8MFCPUGRRKT\ WOVaSXfWUl_PhaKceFZiAUm5P } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================