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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: On Tuesday for some reason, FL fell into a state of near panic over the economy, (probably from watching too much doom-and-gloom TV), and by the time I got things settled down, it was too late for a real FOTD. But I did not want to miss the FOTD, so I decided to post an image that was intended to be a passing scene on the route to the real FOTD. I named it "Not a True FOTD" and gave it no rating. How could I rate an image that consists of merely two grossly mis-shapen minibrots? Actually the distortion is all the image has to offer. The main minibrot is so twisted that its buds are almost impossible to identify. The East Valley is obvious enough, but the Seahorse Valley lies on the upper left side of the main bay, where the period-2 bud is located. The really prominent valley sets off the southern period-3 bud, which is grossly distorted by the presence of a spurious hole. The large bud to the right of East Valley is actually the southern period-4 bud. All this being said, the image calculates in a blessedly brief 1-1/2 minutes. And the trip to the FOTD web site at: One-hundred-percent wall-to-wall sunshine prevailed here at Fractal Central on Tuesday. When the temperature rose from 50F 10C at sunrise to 72F 22C at 4:15pm, the fractal cats voiced their approval by calling for their afternoon treat. My day was kept busy by discussing economics, a topic about which I have far too little knowledge. But then, I see by watching the news that I'm not alone in my ignorance. At any rate, the next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours -- that is unless the stock market crashes on Wednesday, when the FOTD could be delayed indefinitely while I try again to ease FL's anxieties. Until next time, take care, and if money is metaphysical, then it is nothing. Why then do we complain when we have too little of nothing? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com |
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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=========================================
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