I agree with Codeholic. If the yl1152 gets a name, it should be a unique description of how the switch engines interact. It shouldn't be too hard to think of one.
Also, don't forget that the second switch engine can travel as far behind the first as it wants, because it only interacts with its debris after it stabilizes:
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x = 288, y = 345, rule = B3/S23
7bo$6bobo$7b2o6$18b2o$4b2o12b2o$4b2o4$3bo$3bo$3bo22b2o$26b2o$3o2b2ob3o
$3o6bo2b2obo$2o4bob2obo4bo$ob2o2bo3b2o5bo$o10bo4b2o$11bo3bo$12bobo$28b
3o$28bo$28b2ob2o$6b2o7bo14b3o$6b2o7bo14b3o$16bo2$30b3o$33bo3$2o12b2o
11bo3bo$2o12b2o15bo3bo$29bo$29b2o2$29b2ob2o$31bo2$8b2o$8b2o9$3b2o$3b2o
5$24b2o$24b2o2$18b2o$18b2o3$14b2o$14b2o16b2o$32b2o3$4b2o$4b2o5$27b2o$
27b2o3$23b2o$23b2o$48b2o$48b2o2$42b2o$20b2o20b2o$20b2o2$38b2o$38b2o16b
2o$56b2o3$28b2o$28b2o5$51b2o$51b2o3$47b2o$47b2o$72b2o$72b2o2$66b2o$44b
2o20b2o$44b2o2$62b2o$62b2o16b2o$80b2o3$52b2o$52b2o5$75b2o$75b2o3$71b2o
$71b2o$96b2o$96b2o2$90b2o$68b2o20b2o$68b2o2$86b2o$86b2o16b2o$104b2o3$
76b2o$76b2o5$99b2o$99b2o3$95b2o$95b2o$120b2o$120b2o2$114b2o$92b2o20b2o
$92b2o2$110b2o$110b2o16b2o$128b2o3$100b2o$100b2o5$123b2o$123b2o3$119b
2o$119b2o$144b2o$144b2o2$138b2o$116b2o20b2o$116b2o2$134b2o$134b2o16b2o
$152b2o3$124b2o$124b2o5$147b2o$147b2o3$143b2o$143b2o$168b2o$168b2o2$
162b2o$140b2o20b2o$140b2o2$158b2o$158b2o16b2o$176b2o3$148b2o$148b2o5$
171b2o$171b2o3$167b2o$167b2o$192b2o$192b2o2$186b2o$164b2o20b2o$164b2o
2$182b2o$182b2o16b2o$200b2o3$172b2o$172b2o5$195b2o$195b2o3$191b2o$191b
2o$216b2o$216b2o2$210b2o$188b2o20b2o$188b2o2$206b2o$206b2o16b2o$224b2o
3$196b2o$196b2o5$219b2o$219b2o3$215b2o$215b2o$240b2o$240b2o2$234b2o$
212b2o20b2o$212b2o2$230b2o$230b2o16b2o$248b2o3$220b2o$220b2o5$243b2o$
243b2o3$239b2o$239b2o$264b2o$264b2o2$258b2o$236b2o20b2o$236b2o2$254b2o
$254b2o16b2o$272b2o3$244b2o$244b2o3$280b2o$280b2o4$270b2obo$270bo2bo$
268bo4bo$268bob3o9bo$268bo11b2ob3o$282b3ob2o$283bo$260b2o$260b2o22bo$
284bo$284bo$284bobo$285bo3$268b2o$268b2o13bo$282b2o$282bo$283bobo$283b
o2bo$284bobo$284bobo$285bo!
, which makes the list of possible future infinite growth patterns even bigger. In fact, I think there's a 95% chance the "Pony Express" won't occur again in another year.
If you really want to give it an arbitrary name, that's fine. It wouldn't be the first time, (for example,"candlefrobra" is an arbitrary name among the "_______ and long hook eating tub" series), but I was thinking something more descriptive, like "first natural ark" or something similar.
calcyman wrote:The common name list now contains Apple Bottom's proposed name for the yl1152.
Perhaps I made this post too late.