Project Alias
Project Alias
Project Alias:
The goal of Project Alias is simple: name patterns.
It started as I was looking through the lists of spaceships and oscillators and was disheartened to see how many lacked a name, instead they were stuck with a string of standardized letters and numbers. I believe that such patterns with so much personality deserve a name. That is why I am starting Project Alias.
My plan is to post a set of patterns without a formal name and have people suggest names and then debate, once a consensus is reached I'll post another set and start the cycle all over again.
With your help we can make sure that no pattern goes unnamed.
The goal of Project Alias is simple: name patterns.
It started as I was looking through the lists of spaceships and oscillators and was disheartened to see how many lacked a name, instead they were stuck with a string of standardized letters and numbers. I believe that such patterns with so much personality deserve a name. That is why I am starting Project Alias.
My plan is to post a set of patterns without a formal name and have people suggest names and then debate, once a consensus is reached I'll post another set and start the cycle all over again.
With your help we can make sure that no pattern goes unnamed.
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Re: Project Alias
To start things off here are some nameless spaceships:
Current Name: 114P6H1V0 - - - - - Current Name: 44P5H2V0
New Name: Bulldozer - - - - - - - - - New Name: TBD
Current Name: 295P5H1V1
New Name: TBD
Current Name: 114P6H1V0 - - - - - Current Name: 44P5H2V0
New Name: Bulldozer - - - - - - - - - New Name: TBD
Current Name: 295P5H1V1
New Name: TBD
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- Extrementhusiast
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Re: Project Alias
For the first one, I was thinking of a name that references the fact that it deletes some objects in front of it, using its strong central forward spark. Perhaps the Broom?
Also, I think that while giving names to more significant objects is good, giving names to all objects isn't. Because of this, I actually like keeping the other two as they are, unless if they are important for some reason.
Also, I think that while giving names to more significant objects is good, giving names to all objects isn't. Because of this, I actually like keeping the other two as they are, unless if they are important for some reason.
I Like My Heisenburps! (and others)
Re: Project Alias
I was thinking along those lines for the first one, however I was leaning more towards bulldozer given how the front looks.Extrementhusiast wrote:For the first one, I was thinking of a name that references the fact that it deletes some objects in front of it, using its strong central forward spark. Perhaps the Broom?
Also, I think that while giving names to more significant objects is good, giving names to all objects isn't. Because of this, I actually like keeping the other two as they are, unless if they are important for some reason.
I agree with you and things not having names is fine, as long as no one notices. I want to name them so the wiki isn't full of standard names. They all are on the wiki for a reason, the second one was the first spaceship of its velocity not to be based on the very first of it's velocity, the third one is part of a sawtooth.
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Re: Project Alias
The spaceships that I think need to have names the most are those which are either the first of their velocity or the smallest known of their velocity. The smallest c/4 orthogonal ship isn't even on the wiki, which I think should be rectified as soon as possible. Of course, those with very unique properties (at least when they are first found) should also have names...
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Re: Project Alias
Bulldozer's fine with me.Bjorn wrote:I was thinking along those lines for the first one, however I was leaning more towards bulldozer given how the front looks.Extrementhusiast wrote:For the first one, I was thinking of a name that references the fact that it deletes some objects in front of it, using its strong central forward spark. Perhaps the Broom?
Also, I think that while giving names to more significant objects is good, giving names to all objects isn't. Because of this, I actually like keeping the other two as they are, unless if they are important for some reason.
Also, there is this comparison to astronomy: out of the 574 entries in Wikipedia's list of exoplanetary host stars, only two (Pollux and Fomalhaut) are named outright, and 53 mention the name of the constellation. The remaining 519 are known only by their catalogue numbers.
I Like My Heisenburps! (and others)
Re: Project Alias
Okay, so unless anyone else contests it, the first one is now named bulldozer *christens with a champagne glass*.Extrementhusiast wrote:Bulldozer's fine with me.Bjorn wrote:I was thinking along those lines for the first one, however I was leaning more towards bulldozer given how the front looks.Extrementhusiast wrote:For the first one, I was thinking of a name that references the fact that it deletes some objects in front of it, using its strong central forward spark. Perhaps the Broom?
Also, I think that while giving names to more significant objects is good, giving names to all objects isn't. Because of this, I actually like keeping the other two as they are, unless if they are important for some reason.
Also, there is this comparison to astronomy: out of the 574 entries in Wikipedia's list of exoplanetary host stars, only two (Pollux and Fomalhaut) are named outright, and 53 mention the name of the constellation. The remaining 519 are known only by their catalogue numbers.
Also on account of their second tier status I am changing the second two candidates and from now on I will try to only post very significant ones or interesting ones. Once all of those are named I will then do the next most significant, and so on.
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Re: Project Alias
For the second one I was thinking about naming it jellyfish based on how it moves.
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Re: Project Alias
Unfortunately, there's a spaceship with that name already.codeholic wrote:Hammerhead!
Re: Project Alias
I think codeholic's c/98 spaceship needs a name.
And happy lunar new year's eve.(what unname posted is something like this, right?)
And happy lunar new year's eve.(what unname posted is something like this, right?)
Re: Project Alias
This already exists.For the second one I was thinking about naming it jellyfish based on how it moves.
Kiran Linsuain
Re: Project Alias
The 2c/5's movement is somewhat similar to the one of a tumbler, and you can imagine it's two sides are spinning in opposite dirtections) so I'd suggest a name based on spinning, something like core, rotor, helix, car-washer (now THAT would be a strange name).
This is game of life, this is game of life!
Loafin' ships eaten with a knife!
Loafin' ships eaten with a knife!
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Re: Project Alias
Perhaps this one could be named "crayfish"?
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Re: Project Alias
I'm thinking that the large diagonally moving ship should be called 'Battleship'.
Twelve plus one is equal to eleven plus two, anagram or not.
Re: Project Alias
This is not quite the same as naming individual patterns, but, two terms for families of still lifes that I have kind-of proposed on LifeWiki sometime ago:
1) the family {tub, barge, long barge…; boat, long boat, long long boat…; ship, long ship, long long ship…} I call vessels;
2) the family {snake, long snake, long long snake, …; canoe, long canoe, long long canoe, …; eater, shillelagh, long shillelagh, …; integral, long integral, long long integral, …; …} I call strings.
1) the family {tub, barge, long barge…; boat, long boat, long long boat…; ship, long ship, long long ship…} I call vessels;
2) the family {snake, long snake, long long snake, …; canoe, long canoe, long long canoe, …; eater, shillelagh, long shillelagh, …; integral, long integral, long long integral, …; …} I call strings.
Re: Project Alias
I have been call in 44p5h2v0 "butterfly" for a long time.
I think 295p5h1v1 should be called "giant shrimp"
I think 295p5h1v1 should be called "giant shrimp"
Re: Project Alias
25P3H1V0.2 looks like a flying saucer. Why not name it that?
Help wanted: How can we accurately notate any 1D replicator?
Re: Project Alias
This phase of the smallest c/6:
really kind of gets it the name "Blobfish".
really kind of gets it the name "Blobfish".
Help wanted: How can we accurately notate any 1D replicator?
Re: Project Alias
30P5H2V0 has a house on its leading edge in one phase. A caravan is basically a moving house, maybe we could call it that?
Also, any opinions on the other two name proposals?
Also, any opinions on the other two name proposals?
Help wanted: How can we accurately notate any 1D replicator?
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Re: Project Alias
Yeah, 295P5H1V1 does make me think of a warship of some kind. Though battleships tend to have the general shape of a very elongated oval. I'd call it something like "Destroyer."Xenonquark wrote:I'm thinking that the large diagonally moving ship should be called 'Battleship'.
I vote for "Flying saucer" too. It'd be ironic if we named it UFO instead, since we identified it. Citation: It's identified as 25P3H1V0.2.muzik wrote:25P3H1V0.2 looks like a flying saucer. Why not name it that?
There is life on Mars. We put it there with not-completely-sterilized rovers.
And, for that matter, the Moon, Jupiter, Titan, and 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
And, for that matter, the Moon, Jupiter, Titan, and 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Re: Project Alias
I suggest that the new c7 be called "Hivenblinker" because it pushes hives and blinkers. Also a parody of the heisenblinker
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Re: Project Alias
muzik wrote: ↑July 5th, 2016, 9:42 am30P5H2V0 has a house on its leading edge in one phase. A caravan is basically a moving house, maybe we could call it that?
Also, any opinions on the other two name proposals? YES... I would like the name Lost-in-the-space or Old-Robot for 30P5H2V0
For the ship Bulldozer, what about the name Warrior Dance ?
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Re: Project Alias
Mr. Missed Her wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2017, 5:48 pmYeah, 295P5H1V1 does make me think of a warship of some kind. Though battleships tend to have the general shape of a very elongated oval. I'd call it something like "Destroyer."Xenonquark wrote:I'm thinking that the large diagonally moving ship should be called 'Battleship'.
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Current Name: 295P5H1V1 What about "Yamato" ? It was a large battleship.
----------------------------------------I vote for "Flying saucer" too. It'd be ironic if we named it UFO instead, since we identified it. Citation: It's identified as 25P3H1V0.2.muzik wrote:25P3H1V0.2 looks like a flying saucer. Why not name it that?