;     Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:10:59 -0400
;     From: Jim Muth <jimmuth@earthlink.net>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 24-08-12 (Ribbon Cutting ceremony [7])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20120824171457.38ff139a@earthlink.net>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- August 24, 2012 (Rating 7)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's FOTD is a bit late, mostly because of the hour or so it 
; took me to read and try to decipher a group of e-mails I 
; received from Sebastien, who appears to have interesting things 
; to say but has so much trouble saying them.  When my deductive 
; overload became too severe, I turned to the world of fractals.
; 
; The exponent of Z in today's fractal is 1.189207115, which is 
; the square root of the square root of 2, or the 4th root of 2.  
; This unlikely value was iterated 2 levels up the hyperladder 
; with the 'recip' function applied.  The resulting parent fractal 
; appears as a large, almost budless, bay with the southwest side 
; cut off and a single period-3 bud on the northeast shore line.  
; I can find no trace of the period-2 but that would be expected.  
; A series of chaotic stripes extends southwest from the bay, with 
; today's image located somewhere in this chaos.
; 
; The name "Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony" refers to the effect of 
; curled satin ribbons, which was achieved by rendering the scene 
; with the outside set to 'tdis'
; 
; The rating of a 7 indicates that I consider the image average.  
; The calculation time of 35 seconds guarantees no thrill, but it 
; does guarantee that little time will be spent on the way to a 
; possible letdown.
; 
; The finished image is at:
; 
;       <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html>
; 
; The hi-def version is at:
; 
; <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html>
; 
; The back images are at:
; 
;        <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/>
; 
; Hazy sun, increased humidity and a temperature of 86F 30C made 
; the day a typical late August one here at Fractal Central.  The 
; fractal cats enjoyed the conditions from inside.  They never 
; worry about things like T.S. Isaac.  The people of New Orleans 
; will supply all the worry the storm demands.
; 
; The humans concerned themselves with more mundane things such as 
; the slow response the CrossScan puzzles are getting.  My opinion 
; is that we should mix in some number stuff, but FL doesn't like 
; numbers.  The next FOTD *WILL* be posted.  The exact time will 
; be revealed when the image appears.  Until whenever, take care, 
; and I see there has been another big-news shooting.  Maybe we 
; should pass another law.  How about making it a hate crime to 
; kill anyone with a firearm?
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jimmuth@earthlink.net
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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frm:MandelbrotBC3   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)+PI-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

; END PARAMETER FILE=========================================
; 
; 
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