;     Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:40:10 -0500
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-01-07 (Harmless Diversion [Not rated])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20070123234006.3fb70f5e@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- January 24, 2007 (No Rating)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's harmless diversion fractal resulted when I combined 
; Z^(1.6) with half as much Z^(3.2) and added straight C.  The 
; resulting parent fractal is beyond description -- kind of like 
; half of two joined 'siamese' Mandelbrot sets.  Today's scene is 
; located at the edge of the southern branch of a kind of East 
; Valley'.  This valley defines a kind of period-2 bud.
; 
; Since almost all fractals are harmless diversions, I named 
; today's FOTD "Harmless Diversion".  In keeping with the trend of 
; late, I declined to rate it.  I just might discontinue the FOTD 
; rating system.  Ratings are a subjective thing anyway, and no 
; two people will rate the same fractal the same way.
; 
; Most of the interest in today's image is a result of rendering 
; it with the outside set to 'tdis', an option that plots the 
; colors according to how far the points travel before escaping.
; 
; The render time of 13-1/2 minutes is true on an ancient P133 
; machine.  On a SOTA fireball, it will finish in a minute or two. 
; Those without fireballs may see today's image on the FOTD web 
; site at:
; 
;        <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; Tuesday featured lots of clouds and occasional periods of light 
; snow here at Fractal Central.  The temperature eventually 
; reached a high of 30F -1C, and the snow never amounted to much.  
; The fractal cats paid no attention to the outside conditions.  
; They spent most of the day chasing each other up and down the 
; hall and washing each other's faces, taking a break only long 
; enough to enjoy their evening treats.
; 
; As today's hasty fractal shows, my day was very hectic.  This 
; feast or famine schedule leaves something to be desired.  The 
; next FOTD will appear, if all goes well, in 24 hours.  Until 
; then, take care, and watch for flakes.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; 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,
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=========================================
; 
;