;     Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:57:39 -0400
;     From: Jim Muth <jamth@mindspring.com>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 10-04-04 (A Trashy Fractal [5])
;       Id: <1.5.4.16.20040410100056.0da72260@pop.mindspring.com>
; ---------
; 
; FOTD -- April 10, 2004 (Rating 5)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's picture of a scene in the Z^2.05+C Mandeloid is simply 
; trashy.  It looks like a pile of trash, and I have named it 
; "A Trashy Fractal".  But it is trash with class that appears 
; in the image.
; 
; The parent fractal is a distorted Mandelbrot set, with a main 
; bud that has split into two twin buds.  The two branches of 
; Seahorse Valley have spread quite far apart, and a third branch 
; has appeared between the twin buds, while the north branch of 
; the valley has broadened into an infinitely divided wedge.  
; Today's scene lies in this broad north branch of what once was 
; Seahorse Valley.
; 
; Perhaps the most striking feature of the image is the absolute 
; lack of any sense of order around the distorted midget near the 
; center, with the surrounding features appearing unaffected by 
; the presence of the midget.  The left side of the image is of a 
; far higher iteration count than the right side, where the most 
; obvious fragments lie.  Here again, the midget seems to have 
; little effect on its surroundings.
; 
; I have checked the smaller midget that lies a short distance 
; north of the large midget, and found it less interesting.  Many 
; other even smaller midgets lie scattered about the scene 
; however, and any one of these could be a real winner.  Unfortu-
; nately, the number of midgets that lie hidden in the scene is 
; infinite, and I do not have an eternity of time to check every 
; one.
; 
; Since the image is quite average, I rated it at an average 5.  
; When the render time of just under 11 minutes is taken into 
; consideration, the overall value jumps to a 46.  When the 
; rendering is avoided by viewing the image on the FOTD web site 
; at:
; 
;        <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>
; 
; the overall value becomes trivial.
; 
; Friday turned out to be a rather pleasant day here at Fractal 
; Central.  The warm sun and temperature of 65F 18C were just what 
; the aging cats needed to keep them in a good mood.  They spent 
; several hours prowling in the yard and sleeping on the porch.  
; This morning is starting cloudy, with rain due by evening.  
; We'll see how it goes for the cats.
; 
; For me, the work is still a little backed up, cutting into my 
; fractal-searching time.  But by this evening I hope to have it 
; caught up.  The next FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours, so 
; until then, take care, and don't be disappointed if every FOTD 
; does not rate a 10.  Remember that almost no FOTD's rate a 10.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
; jimmuth@aol.com
; 
; 
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  r=real(p2)-q
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; END PARAMETER FILE==================================
; 
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