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by Sokwe
13 minutes ago
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4552
Views: 1701401

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

it seems Matthias Merzenich showed four catalysts that are equivalent to it in this post from 2014-09-13, listed as reactions by Dean Hickerson They are included in the osc folder of jslife , which is a good place to check before searching through the forums. They were found by Dean Hickerson betwe...
by Sokwe
Today, 5:04 am
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 935
Views: 181269

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

Is it time to move the 754P7 page to 563P7? I have a draft in my namespace ready to go. I support the move, as the 563-cell form is currently the most notable form. Nah. It is a reduction. The page was moved once before after a reduction. Another example is 54P23 , which was moved from 55P23. For t...
by Sokwe
May 14th, 2024, 8:56 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: LifeWiki Trusted Account Request Thread - Post requests here
Replies: 803
Views: 293281

Re: LifeWiki Trusted Account Request Thread - Post requests here

Two registrations, two captchas and manual verification on top of it? Are you kidding? I just wanted to fix broken link here: https://conwaylife.com/wiki/LifeWiki:Game_of_Life_Status_page "All higher periods are known": http://www.conwaylife.com/patterns/osc-p43+.rle -> http://www.conwaylife.com/pa...
by Sokwe
May 14th, 2024, 8:45 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4552
Views: 1701401

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

570P7, likely with room for stator reduction. EDIT: Down to 566 cells by reusing stator from earlier versions of the oscillator: putting it through rstatoropt produces a 563-cell version Here's a narrower stator variant with the same minimum population found with JLS: x = 24, y = 77, rule = B3/S23 ...
by Sokwe
May 14th, 2024, 3:18 am
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: LifeWiki Did-You-Knows
Replies: 123
Views: 74507

Re: LifeWiki Did-You-Knows

…that there are four [[statorless]] {{cells|12|text=12-cell}} [[oscillators]], namely [[mazing]], [[pentadecathlon]], [[phoenix 1]] and [[figure eight]], yet there are none with 11 cells or below? The only cell count up to which all objects have been enumerated is 8. All objects that are not p6 or ...
by Sokwe
May 14th, 2024, 3:02 am
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 935
Views: 181269

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

“Every finite phoenix evolves into an oscillator” But the domino and dot do not do this? According to the wiki A phoenix is a pattern all of whose cells die in every generation, but that never dies as a whole. Since the domino and dot reach population 0, they do not qualify under this definition.
by Sokwe
May 7th, 2024, 3:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 4819
Views: 1237002

Re: Thread for basic questions

Haycat2009 wrote:
May 6th, 2024, 11:13 pm
Are Elkie’s p5 and Drifty Eater 3 related? I notice the similarity.
What similarity? Can you be more specific? I can see how they have a little bit of stator in common, but as far as I can tell the similarity ends there.
by Sokwe
May 3rd, 2024, 1:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 4819
Views: 1237002

Re: Thread for basic questions

is there anything stopping me from naming the L141 conduit "Lucy"? In Lucy+Fx153... Lucy/L141 I'll be a bit more explicit than previous posters. Please do not attempt to name new conduits. We have a tolerably effective systematic naming scheme for them. Even the most fundamental conduits (excluding...
by Sokwe
May 3rd, 2024, 1:18 am
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 935
Views: 181269

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

Today, there has been EXTREME VANDALISM in the eater 1 page. I think that all these edits should be reverted. Vandalism is deliberate destruction or damage. The most recent edits to fishhook and Eater 1 were clearly made in good faith, so they are not vandalism. That being said, I think there shoul...
by Sokwe
May 2nd, 2024, 4:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NewLifeCA discussion thread
Replies: 27
Views: 6681

Re: NewLifeCA discussion thread

NewLifeCA #47, 30 April 2024 Brief addendum: New p7 Spaceships Period-7 spaceships are quite rare, so it's a bit of a surprise when two unrelated p7 ships are found in a short period of time. On March 21, 2024, Caleb R. Hilton found a 2c/7 orthogonal tagalong for two weekenders. Matthias Merzenich ...
by Sokwe
May 1st, 2024, 5:34 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4552
Views: 1701401

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

It is sadly impossible to reduce the oscillator's period from 564 as a result of the Mazings used to eat the unwanted internal gliders. P6 or p3 eaters allow the period to be halved to p282: x = 74, y = 87, rule = B3/S23 37b2o$29b2ob2o2bo2bo$30bobo4bobo$29bo3b3obobob2o$29bob2o6bobo$30b2o2bo b2obo2b...
by Sokwe
April 28th, 2024, 7:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Intuitive understanding?
Replies: 3
Views: 305

Re: Intuitive understanding?

Can you elaborate on the purpose of this topic?
by Sokwe
April 28th, 2024, 5:23 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4552
Views: 1701401

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

some P38 by P1GG on the forums: x = 94, y = 94, rule = B3/S23 53bo5bo$53b2o3b2o$53b2o3b2o$54bo3bo2$65b2o$64bobo$64bo$63b2o$55bobo4b o$55bo2bo3b3o$55bobo7bo$64b2o2$56bo$55b2o$51b5o2bob4o$51b3ob2o3b2obo$ 56bo4b2o5$56bo4b2o$51b3ob2o3b2obo$51b5o2bob4o$55b2o$5b2o28b2o19bo$5bo 5b2o16b2o5bo$6b3obobo16bobo...
by Sokwe
April 23rd, 2024, 10:40 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3149
Views: 1148266

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

c/3 tagalong: x = 22, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 16bo$14b3ob3o$13b2o6bo$8bo3bo2bo3b2o$7b4o$6bo3bo$7bobo2bo$11bo2$10b2o $9bo2bo$7bo6bo$5b3o6b3o$b2ob2o3bo2bo3b2ob2o$b2o2bo2bo4bo2bo2b2o$o2bo14b o2bo! Also applicable for tagalongs: x = 52, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 16bo$14b3ob3o25b2obo$13b2o6bo21b2ob2ob2o$8bo3b...
by Sokwe
April 22nd, 2024, 9:16 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
Replies: 969
Views: 578717

Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

p305 glider gun with bounding box 69-by-65 (down from 83-by-64): x = 69, y = 65, rule = B3/S23 6b2o6b2o$ob2obobo6bobob2obo$2obobo10bobob2o$6bo8bo$5b2o8b2o$5b4o4b4o$ 8bo4bo$8b6o2$3b2o12b2o$3b2ob2o6b2ob2o$7b8o$8b6o$9b4o4$10b2o$b2o7b2o7b 2o$2bo16bo$2bobo12bobo$3b2o4b2o6b2o10bob2o$8bobo18b2obo$8b2o$27b...
by Sokwe
April 22nd, 2024, 3:38 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4552
Views: 1701401

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p26 wing hassler Cool! I know I sound like a broken record at this point, but can you mention how you found it? In general, it would be helpful if people gave a very brief description of how their patterns were found. Something as simple as "by hand", or "with X search program", or "completed a par...
by Sokwe
April 21st, 2024, 2:41 am
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 935
Views: 181269

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

2009-09-14: In Talk:400P49, Matthias Merzenich decides that the pages 440P49.1 and 400P9 ought to be combined into "p49 glider shuttle," which later became p49 bouncer loop. He also proposes that the newer version be used in the infobox ... 2024-04-21 : Ever the indecisive contrarian who doubles ba...
by Sokwe
April 20th, 2024, 8:27 pm
Forum: Website Discussion
Topic: Thread for your website-related questions
Replies: 351
Views: 57456

Re: Thread for your website-related questions

with the two gifs, i was expirementing to see if i could post them on a forum post if i uploaded them to the wiki. Like Dave said, you should use the forum inline attachment feature, rather than the wiki. Images uploaded to the wiki that are not used on the wiki may be deleted without notice. it di...
by Sokwe
April 18th, 2024, 1:03 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: qfind - a spaceship search program
Replies: 137
Views: 68138

Re: qfind - a spaceship search program

Argh, I should've waited for it to load the last dump file before ending it (They take hours to do so). BUT, I know that the total depth was 249 when it gave me the result. Generally, I think it's a good idea to redirect output to a file by adding " > filename.txt" to the end of the line like in th...
by Sokwe
April 17th, 2024, 11:27 pm
Forum: Bugs & Errors
Topic: general error
Replies: 3
Views: 197

Re: general error

I think that just happens sometimes. It usually doesn't last long. If it's a persistent problem for you, it would be helpful if you could give more details such as a copy-paste or screenshot of the error message, which operating system and browser you use, and when or how often the error seems to oc...
by Sokwe
April 17th, 2024, 11:11 pm
Forum: Scripts
Topic: qfind - a spaceship search program
Replies: 137
Views: 68138

Re: qfind - a spaceship search program

I used qfind v2.3 to find this. I typed this into the command line: qfind.exe -p 7 -y 1 -w 11 -s o -d c7ospk -e initrows.txt -t 80 Whereas initrows.txt is this: ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .....o..... ........... ........... ........... .........
by Sokwe
April 17th, 2024, 3:43 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3149
Views: 1148266

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Look what I found! Awesome! And way more compact than I was expecting. I can't help but wonder if there's a bug in a search program. Notice that the original partial has a higher logical width than the completion, ignoring the frontend itself. x = 51, y = 48, rule = LifeHistory 3.5A5.5A15.5A5.5A$.2...
by Sokwe
April 16th, 2024, 2:16 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4552
Views: 1701401

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

I'm assuming this wick has already been discovered, but it's neither on the TL hasslers page nor the Z hasslers page: If you wan't to know whether an oscillator is known, you should also check the osc folder of jslife , and the oscillator stamp collection in the oscillators folder of Golly. In this...
by Sokwe
April 16th, 2024, 4:45 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3149
Views: 1148266

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Interesting c/3 wick... Completed: x = 52, y = 135, rule = B3/S23 25b2o$21b2obo2bob2o$21b2o6b2o$21bobo4bobo$23b2o2b2o$22b2ob2ob2o$24bo2b o$22bo6bo$22bo6bo2$22b8o$21b2o6b2o2$25b2o$24bo2bo2$24bo2bo$23b6o$21b 10o$20bo10bo$18b3o10b3o$17b2obobo6bobob2o$16bo3bobo6bobo3bo$15b3o3bo2b 4o2bo3b3o$15b2o3bobo6b...
by Sokwe
April 15th, 2024, 7:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Golly 4.3b1
Replies: 61
Views: 2584

Re: Golly 4.3b1

Here are updates to two patterns in the collection. spaceship-types.rle (smaller (3,0)c/7; first (1,1)c/8; minimality proofs for (1,0)c/2, (1,0)c/4, and (2,0)c/5; corrected glider discovery year): #C A period p spaceship which displaces itself (m,n) during its #C period, where m >= n, is said to be ...