FOTD -- March 28, 2002 (Rating 4) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: With today's image we move into the area of total Mandelbrot chaos. Well, the chaos is not quite total, for the vestiges of a pattern are still visible. But the pattern is so vague that the image can fairly be called totally chaotic. There actually are midgets even closer to the Mandel-bay shoreline, which have nothing but a flat, featureless area around them. I call these midgets "beach midgets" because they appear to be surrounded by grainy sand. I did not picture a beach midget, since they are stupendously boring, but they are there to see for anyone who cares to look. I named today's image "Totally Chaotic", though "Almost Totally Chaotic" might be a more appropriate name. I rated it at a 4. The 1/2-hour render time is a bit much, and may not be worth the effort. The more convenient way to see the image is to download it from: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> The fractal weather Wednesday was cloudy, cold and blustery here at Fractal Central. The high temperature of 47F 8C chilled the cats' ears to such a degree that they stayed outdoors only a few minutes, spending the rest of the day on their window shelf, watching the world pass by. I now must get busy on more pressing things, such as the FOTD-CD. The next ongoing FOTD will appear on March 31. By the time the next FOTD appears, a photograph of myself in my full glory should be available on the two FOTD web sites. Until then, take care, and patience is ultimately rewarded. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Totally_Chaotic { ; time=0:32:19.96--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=mandel passes=1 center-mag=-0.73741884592783290/+0.129114364330561\ 30/4.929151e+010/1/-169.99989572305887/-0.00051823\ 1262023396977 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=500000 inside=0 logmap=25000 symmetry=none cyclerange=2/255 sound=off colors=000000oPHoRGoTEmTCmVCmXAmX8kZ8k`6k`4kb2id2i\ d0ie0ig0ig0gi0gk0gk0gm0eo0eo0eq0es0es0gu0gu0gu0gu0\ iu0iu0iu0iu0ku0ku0kv0kv0mv0mv0mv0mv0mv0ov0ov0ov0ox\ 0qx0qx0qx0qx0sx0sx0sx0sx0sx0uz0uz0uz0uz0vz0vz0vz0v\ z0xz0xz0xz0xz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0\ zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0z\ z0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zx0\ zx0zv0zv0zu0zu0zu0zs0zs0zq0zq0zo0zo0zm0zm0zm0zk0zk\ 0zi0zi0zg0zg0ze2ze2ze2zd2zd2zb2zb4z`4z`4zZ4zZ4zZ4z\ X6zX6zV6xV6xT6xT6xR8xR8vR8vP8vP8vN8uNAuLAuLAuJAuJA\ sJAsHCsHCqGCoGCkECiECgCEeCEbCEdAEeAEg8Ei8Gi6Gk6Gm8\ GmAGqCHoEGmGGmHGkJGiLGiNGgPGgRGeTGdVGdXGbZG``G`bGZ\ dGZeGXgGViGVkGTmGRoGRsGPvGPzGNzGLzGLzGJzGJzGHzGGzG\ GzGEzGCzGCzGAzGAzG8zG6zG6zG4zG2zG2zG0zG0zG0zG0zG0z\ G0zG0zG0zG0zG0zG0zG0zG0zG } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================