Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image is more a demonstration of the 'fmod' feature of Fractint than an actual fractal discovery.  The scene of the action lies in a bit of satellite chaos circulating around the rather impressive fractal that results when 0.2 part of Z^3 is combined with Z^2 before C is added.

When rendered in the normal equal-iteration manner, the image falls totally flat.  Re-rendering it with the outside set to 'fmod' and the proximity set to 3 adds enough life to raise the rating to a humble 5, just enough to qualify it for FOTD status, at least on a fractalist's lazy day.

The name "FMOD to the Limit" indicates that the FMOD outside is just about all there is to the image.  The calculation time of 23 seconds means that little time will have wasted if the image falls flat even with the FMOD outside.

I read in the morning paper of another cell-phone cancer scare, but I see no need for concern.  All you wireless internet gadget addicts out there can take comfort knowing that the phone companies would certainly warn us voluntarily if using their wireless gadgets is dangerous, just as the tobacco companies voluntarily warned us that using their tobacco products is dangerous.

Another heat-wave type day prevailed here at Fractal central on Wednesday.  The sun was scorching hot, while the temperature of 95F 35C made things uncomfortable even in the shade.  The fractal cats, seeking comfort, found it on the cool bare floor, where they were happy all afternoon.

The humans had an uneventful day.  A similar day is expected tomorrow.  The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and what do those scare-monger scientists have against wireless internet gadgets, which are so much fun?

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)),
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z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l }

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