FOTD -- November 30, 2011 (Rating 8.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today is the last day of November, and we end the month with an image that rates a full 8-1/2. The image lies in the parent fractal that results when negative Z and (1/Z) are combined and straight C is added on every iteration. This parent fractal is little more than a cut-off hyperbola with its open end facing north and Mandelbrot buds along its edges. Today's scene is located in some curious debris just inland of the southernmost part of the hyperbolic main bay, which appears to be an East Valley. (To see a surprising cousin of today's scene, change the signs of the real and imag parts of the p1 and p2 parameters, and change the sign of the Y center coordinate. The resulting image has a different orientation as well as a similar yet somewhat different coloring.) The unusually high rating of an 8.5 is due to the extra effort I put into the coloring. I was actually considering a rating of a 9, but finally decided that the image too closely resembles yesterday's for such a rating. The name "Nothing is Something" came about when I started thinking of empty space, which modern physicists tell us is anything but empty. The image takes almost 5 minutes to finish, but the result will be worth the wait. The wait may be avoided by visiting the official FOTD web site and viewing the finished image there. The web site may be accessed at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> View the image in higher definition at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Today began with heavy clouds here at Fractal Central. The clouds thinned as the day progressed but never cleared totally away. The temperature of 46F +8C was too cold for the fractal cats, who were more interested in a new cat that has been prowling in the vicinity lately. The humans spent the day doing the things that humans do to fill the days. Unless the world ends, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and it must be a rough time for born- again rational skeptics. With the TV channels filled with shows about ghosts and the nonsensical nature of the sub-atomic realm, skeptics appear to be losing their battle to convince the world that the paranormal is a delusion and save earth's population from falling into superstition. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= NothingIsSomething { ; time=0:04:50.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident passes=1 center-mag=+0.01043182743198495/+2.648388444405430\ 00/1.085964e+012/1/-19.9979210802644793/0 inside=0 params=-1/1/1/-1/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=15000 outside=summ periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000L0JM0KM0KM0KO0KO0KO0KP0KP0KR0KR0KR0KS0KS\ 0KS0KU0LU0LW0LW0LW0LX0LX0LW0JX0LZ0NZ0O`0P`0Qa0Ra0R\ c0Tc0Ue1Uf1Wf1Yi3Xi3Zj3`j3al4bl4cn5ep6ep6gr7hr7ht7\ kt8lu9luAmwAozCtzAqwAouAmr8kp8jl7gj6gf5de5ca4a`3`X\ 3ZW2ZT2XS2WP1UN1SK0RM0SJ0RH2PG5OE8MDBLCEJAGI7JH7OH\ 6SHCDF8LG6XH4lLr5Kf3Ii3Ic2H`2F`2F3`G3ZEf3Fe2Ec2Ea2\ C`2CZ2CX1AW1AW1A`2AW1AR08M07J06G05F04B04A03G040620\ 520410200410621931B31C42F53I54L74O74P95S95WA7ZB7aB\ 8cD8fD9jF9nFApFBnHEnIGnJIlLKlLNlNPjORjPTjPWiRYiS`i\ Urzgjt_biUVZNORHIICAA73420000000000000000000000000\ 00000100300500700B00C00E00F00I00J00L00M00P00R01S11\ U11U11U11W33X43X53Z63Z73`83`B4aC4aE4cF5cH5eI5eL6fM\ 6fP6iQ7jT7jU7lX8lZ8n`8nb8pe9pf9rjArlAtoAtqAutAuuAt\ qBtqCrnDrmEpkEpjFnfGneHlcIlbIjaJj`KiYLiXNfVMfVOeUP\ eTQcRRcQRaORaNR`LS`KSaJUcIVeHXfGYiF_jE`lEcnCeiVeZG\ YP4RH0LI0JI0JJ0JJ0JJ0JL0J } 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=========================================