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Re: Soup search results

Post by codeholic » May 29th, 2016, 1:00 pm

It is a remarkable discovery, because its probability would be of about the same order of magnitude as discovering the Gosper glider gun, as both predecessors include 2 queen bees and two common objects, except there are more possible ways to stabilize a queen bee shuttle with a pentadecathlon.
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Re: Soup search results

Post by calcyman » May 29th, 2016, 3:22 pm

codeholic wrote:It is a remarkable discovery, because its probability would be of about the same order of magnitude as discovering the Gosper glider gun, as both predecessors include 2 queen bees and two common objects
My thoughts exactly. Berger's p30 (two perpendicular shuttles) has the same property:

https://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xp ... cx33/b3s23

Of course, a Gosper glider gun that actually survives will be much rarer, since it needs to form on the boundary of the ash lest its glider stream will cause a catastrophe.
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Re: Soup search results

Post by drc » May 29th, 2016, 4:15 pm

Gameoflifeboy beat me to this, the biggest apg-censusable still life:

http://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xs1 ... vvvv/bs358

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Extrementhusiast » May 30th, 2016, 4:39 pm

codeholic wrote:It is a remarkable discovery, because its probability would be of about the same order of magnitude as discovering the Gosper glider gun, as both predecessors include 2 queen bees and two common objects, except there are more possible ways to stabilize a queen bee shuttle with a pentadecathlon.
Actually, there are 80 different ways to stabilize a QB with another QB:

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x = 8022, y = 49, rule = B3/S23
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200bo3$1908bo$1906b2o$1907b2o6$1899bobo$1899b2o$1900bo5$1893bo$1891b2o
$1892b2o!
...but only 30 to stabilize a QB with a PD:

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x = 3025, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
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99bo99bo97b3o403bo$1916bo7bo394bo99bo98bo98b3o96b3o204bo99bo$1916bo7bo
394bo99bo98bo98b3o201bobo199bo$2219bo98b3o98bo98bo197bobo103bo$1917bo
5bo195b3o96b3o197b3o97bo98b3o96bobo$1918bo3bo95b5o95bo3bo94bobobo295b
3o98bo$1919b3o97b3o96bo3bo94bobobo96b3o297bo97b3o$2020bo98b3o96b3o98bo
98b3o196b3o$2219bo99bo99bo97b3o$2419bo98bo197b3o$2518bo198bo!
Also, the chances of getting a QB-PD combo would likely be much higher than for a QB-QB combo, as the PD is allowed to form well before the QB does, while the QBs must form at roughly the same time, except in the very rare instance of the deletion of one of the first QB's stabilization blocks at the same time as, or as the result of, the formation of the second QB.
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Re: Soup search results

Post by mniemiec » May 30th, 2016, 6:41 pm

Extrementhusiast wrote:
codeholic wrote:Actually, there are 80 different ways to stabilize a QB with another QB: ... ...but only 30 to stabilize a QB with a PD: ...
These are only the 0-degree stabilizations; there are also additional successful 90-degree stabilizations of both types.

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Extrementhusiast » May 30th, 2016, 7:55 pm

mniemiec wrote:
Extrementhusiast wrote:
codeholic wrote:Actually, there are 80 different ways to stabilize a QB with another QB: ... ...but only 30 to stabilize a QB with a PD: ...
These are only the 0-degree stabilizations; there are also additional successful 90-degree stabilizations of both types.
No, I included both. They're off to the right, and may be out of the viewing window.
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Re: Soup search results

Post by Scorbie » June 3rd, 2016, 10:33 am

Has anyone noticed this more natural quadrimer form of a sparker in jslife? (Appears on p5 and p15 collection)

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x = 31, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
boobbobbobobbobbbobbobobbobboob$
ooobobbboobboobbboobboobbbobooo$
oobboobobboobbbobbboobboboobboo$
bbboobbbbobbbbbbbbbbbobbbboobbb$
booobbobobboobbobboobbobobbooob$
obobbobobbobobbobbobobbobobbobo$
bbbbobbboobbobobobobboobbbobbbb$
bbobbobbobobobbobbobobobbobbobb$
oobbobooobbbbbobobbbbbooobobboo$
bobobbobbobbbbobobbbbobbobbobob$
obobbobobbbooobbbooobbbobobbobo$
bbobobbbbbobobobobobobbbbbobobb$
bobboooobboobbooobboobboooobbob$
oobbbbbbbbobbobbbobbobbbbbbbboo$
bbbbbbobooboobbobbooboobobbbbbb$
bboboobobbbbobobobobbbboboobobb$
bbbbbbobooboobbobbooboobobbbbbb$
oobbbbbbbbobbobbbobbobbbbbbbboo$
bobboooobboobbooobboobboooobbob$
bbobobbbbbobobobobobobbbbbobobb$
obobbobobbbooobbbooobbbobobbobo$
bobobbobbobbbbobobbbbobbobbobob$
oobbobooobbbbbobobbbbbooobobboo$
bbobbobbobobobbobbobobobbobbobb$
bbbbobbboobbobobobobboobbbobbbb$
obobbobobbobobbobbobobbobobbobo$
booobbobobboobbobboobbobobbooob$
bbboobbbbobbbbbbbbbbbobbbboobbb$
oobboobobboobbbobbboobboboobboo$
ooobobbboobboobbboobboobbbobooo$
boobbobbobobbobbbobbobobbobboob!

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Re: Soup search results

Post by gmc_nxtman » June 4th, 2016, 11:26 am

Might this possibly allow for a cheap synthesis of a twin bee shuttle variant?

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x = 26, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
2b3o$bo3bo$o5bo$o5bo2bo2bo$o5bobo3bo11b2o$bo3bo3bobo12b2o$2b3o5bo4$2b
3o5bo$bo3bo3bobo$o5bobo3bo$o5bo2bo2bo$o5bo$bo3bo$2b3o!

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Apple Bottom » June 5th, 2016, 4:01 pm

Period 288 variant of the block-laying switch engine -- the first natural yl288:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
ooboobboboboobob$
boobboboooooobob$
oooobobbbobbbbob$
obbbooboobobobbo$
oboobboooboboboo$
boobbobboboobbob$
obbobbbobobooobb$
obbboooooobobobb$
oobboboobbbbbboo$
boobobbbbbbooobo$
boooobbobbbbobbb$
bbobbooobobooboo$
bbbbbbbbobooboob$
booobbboobobboob$
obobooobooboobob$
obboobobboooobbb!
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Re: Soup search results

Post by muzik » June 5th, 2016, 4:48 pm

144*2 is 288... when will we see a natural yl768?

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Gamedziner » June 6th, 2016, 9:29 am

Apple Bottom wrote:Period 288 variant of the block-laying switch engine -- the first natural yl288:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
ooboobboboboobob$
boobboboooooobob$
oooobobbbobbbbob$
obbbooboobobobbo$
oboobboooboboboo$
boobbobboboobbob$
obbobbbobobooobb$
obbboooooobobobb$
oobboboobbbbbboo$
boobobbbbbbooobo$
boooobbobbbbobbb$
bbobbooobobooboo$
bbbbbbbbobooboob$
booobbboobobboob$
obobooobooboobob$
obboobobboooobbb!
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That actually has two diagonal puffers, not just one.

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x = 81, y = 96, rule = LifeHistory
58.2A$58.2A3$59.2A17.2A$59.2A17.2A3$79.2A$79.2A2$57.A$56.A$56.3A4$27.
A$27.A.A$27.2A21$3.2A$3.2A2.2A$7.2A18$7.2A$7.2A2.2A$11.2A11$2A$2A2.2A
$4.2A18$4.2A$4.2A2.2A$8.2A!

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Apple Bottom » June 8th, 2016, 2:48 pm

rawles hit one of the last remaining 14-bit still lifes:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bbbbobooboobobob$
ooobobboboobooob$
ooooboobbbbbbbbb$
oooboooobbbboobb$
obooobbooobbbooo$
booboobbbobbbbbb$
bobobbbobooooobo$
ooooooboobbobobo$
obbbboobobbooobb$
obbobobobooobooo$
obbbbooooobbobbb$
bbbbbbobobbobbbo$
oboobboobboooooo$
obbbbbbobobbbbob$
oobbobobbbobbooo$
bobobooooboooooo!
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Re: Soup search results

Post by praosylen » June 10th, 2016, 10:55 am

Second natural 41-cell SL:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
obbboobobooboboo$
bobbbbbobobobobo$
bboboobobobbooob$
bboobobbobboobob$
boobobobbbooobbb$
boobboooobbooobo$
bbbbbobbbbbbbobo$
bobboboobboobbbo$
ooooboobobobbooo$
bobbobbobbobbbbo$
oobbooobobbbbboo$
bboboooboboobbob$
bbooobobbbbobbob$
bobbboobboobobbb$
bboobbbbbbbbobbo$
obbbboobooboooob!
Second occurrence of a 35-cell SL:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
boboobooobbbbbbo$
oobbbboboooboboo$
bobboobooboobboo$
bbobbbbbobbobbbo$
bboobbbbobobbobb$
boooobbooooboobb$
oooooboooobbbooo$
oobbbobboobboboo$
bbbbbooobboobbbo$
oobbooobboboooob$
bbobbobbboboobob$
ooooooooooboboob$
obboooboobobbbbo$
booobbboobbbbboo$
bbboobbbbobbbbbo$
ooooooooooboobbb!
Another yl1152:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bbboooobbbbbbobb$
booobooobboobbob$
oboooboobooooboo$
bbbobobbobbbbobb$
bobobbbobbbbobbo$
oobboobbooobobbb$
bbbbooooobbbobob$
bbobobooobooobbo$
booboboobooobobb$
booboobobbbbbbob$
boooobbobboooobb$
bbbbbooobbooobob$
booboobboobbbbbo$
ooooooobboooobob$
ooboboobbooobbob$
obbbobbobbbobobo!
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Re: Soup search results

Post by BlinkerSpawn » June 10th, 2016, 10:21 pm

A for awesome wrote:Second natural 41-cell SL:

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rle
10G, with related trivial 9G/11G:

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x = 103, y = 123, rule = B3/S23
12bo$13b2o$12b2o71bo$84bo$84b3o4$82bo3b2o$82bo3b2o$18bobo61bo$19b2o3bo
$19bo4bobo$24b2o$79bo$80bo$78b3o2$81b2o$20bo60b2o$20bo$20bo2$16b3o3b3o
53b2o3b2o$77bo2bobo2bo$20bo56b2obobob2o$20bo59bobo$14bobo3bo56b2obobob
2o$15b2o60b2obobob2o$15bo64bobo$80bobo$78bobobobo$78b2o3bobo$84bo5$22b
3o$22bo$23bo14$2o$b2o$o10$76bo$10bo66b2o$11b2o63b2o$10b2o7$82bobo$16bo
bo64b2o3bo$17b2o3bo60bo4bobo$17bo4bobo63b2o$22b2o5$84bo$18bo65bo$18bo
65bo$18bo$80b3o3b3o$14b3o3b3o$84bo$18bo65bo$18bo59bobo3bo$12bobo3bo60b
2o$13b2o64bo$13bo8$86b3o$20b3o63bo$20bo66bo$21bo13$64b2o35b2o$65b2o33b
2o$64bo37bo!
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Re: Soup search results

Post by BobShemyakin » June 11th, 2016, 5:21 am

BlinkerSpawn wrote:
A for awesome wrote:Second natural 41-cell SL:

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rle
10G, with related trivial 9G/11G:

Code: Select all

x = 103, y = 123, rule = B3/S23
12bo$13b2o$12b2o71bo$84bo$84b3o4$82bo3b2o$82bo3b2o$18bobo61bo$19b2o3bo
$19bo4bobo$24b2o$79bo$80bo$78b3o2$81b2o$20bo60b2o$20bo$20bo2$16b3o3b3o
53b2o3b2o$77bo2bobo2bo$20bo56b2obobob2o$20bo59bobo$14bobo3bo56b2obobob
2o$15b2o60b2obobob2o$15bo64bobo$80bobo$78bobobobo$78b2o3bobo$84bo5$22b
3o$22bo$23bo14$2o$b2o$o10$76bo$10bo66b2o$11b2o63b2o$10b2o7$82bobo$16bo
bo64b2o3bo$17b2o3bo60bo4bobo$17bo4bobo63b2o$22b2o5$84bo$18bo65bo$18bo
65bo$18bo$80b3o3b3o$14b3o3b3o$84bo$18bo65bo$18bo59bobo3bo$12bobo3bo60b
2o$13b2o64bo$13bo8$86b3o$20b3o63bo$20bo66bo$21bo13$64b2o35b2o$65b2o33b
2o$64bo37bo!
These syntheses can be redused: 40SL -> 5G, 41SL -> 8G. 42SL -> 9G:

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x = 117, y = 123, rule = B3/S23
16bo$17bo$15b3o14$95bo$93bobo$94b2o$100bo$30bo67b2o$29bo69b2o$29b3o70b
2o11bo$69b2o3b2o13b2o3b2o6bobo4b2o3bobo$30bo38bobobobo13bobobobo6bo6bo
bobobo$29b2o40bobo17bobo17bobo$29bobo39bobo17bobo17bobo$68b2obobob2o
11b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o$68b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o$71bobo
17bobo17bobo$68b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o$68bo2bobo2bo11bo2bob
o2bo11bo2bobo2bo$69b2o3b2o13b2o3b2o13b2o3b2o25$bo61bo$b2o59b2o$obo59bo
bo21$60bo$58b2o$59b2o$69bo5bo$25bo42bobo3bobo$25bobo41bobobobo$25b2o
44bobo$71bobo$68b2obobob2o$68b2obobob2o$16b2o53bobo$17b2o49b2obobob2o$
16bo51bo2bobo2bo$69b2o3b2o6$22b2o3bo$21bobob2o$23bo2b2o6$26bo$24b2o$
20b3o2b2o$22bo$21bo3$51b2o$51bobo$51bo4$33b2o$33bobo$33bo!
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Re: Soup search results

Post by drc » June 11th, 2016, 9:33 am

BobShemyakin wrote: These syntheses can be redused: 40SL -> 5G, 41SL -> 8G. 42SL -> 9G:

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x = 117, y = 123, rule = B3/S23
16bo$17bo$15b3o14$95bo$93bobo$94b2o$100bo$30bo67b2o$29bo69b2o$29b3o70b
2o11bo$69b2o3b2o13b2o3b2o6bobo4b2o3bobo$30bo38bobobobo13bobobobo6bo6bo
bobobo$29b2o40bobo17bobo17bobo$29bobo39bobo17bobo17bobo$68b2obobob2o
11b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o$68b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o$71bobo
17bobo17bobo$68b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o11b2obobob2o$68bo2bobo2bo11bo2bob
o2bo11bo2bobo2bo$69b2o3b2o13b2o3b2o13b2o3b2o25$bo61bo$b2o59b2o$obo59bo
bo21$60bo$58b2o$59b2o$69bo5bo$25bo42bobo3bobo$25bobo41bobobobo$25b2o
44bobo$71bobo$68b2obobob2o$68b2obobob2o$16b2o53bobo$17b2o49b2obobob2o$
16bo51bo2bobo2bo$69b2o3b2o6$22b2o3bo$21bobob2o$23bo2b2o6$26bo$24b2o$
20b3o2b2o$22bo$21bo3$51b2o$51bobo$51bo4$33b2o$33bobo$33bo!
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Re: Soup search results

Post by muzik » June 11th, 2016, 9:37 am

drc wrote:
BobShemyakin wrote: These syntheses can be redused: 40SL -> 5G, 41SL -> 8G. 42SL -> 9G:

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rle
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There's a blinking group of two cells after the bottom synthesis.
That's a glitch with lifeviewer. I've seen it happening a lot of times.

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Alexey_Nigin » June 15th, 2016, 8:48 am

14-cell Unnecessarily Long Snake:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bobbobboooobbobb$
bbobbbbboobbbobb$
oobooooooboboboo$
obbbooobboobobob$
boboobbbbobbooob$
bobbbbbbbobboboo$
ooooobobobbbboob$
bobbbooooboobobb$
ooobobbbooooobbb$
obbbbboooobooobo$
oboboobobbobobbo$
ooooboboobbbbbbb$
oobbbboobboobobo$
oboobobboobooboo$
bobbobooooboboob$
boooobobooobobob!
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And another 14-celler:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bbbbbboboboobobb$
oobbobbobbbbbobo$
boooooobbboobooo$
bobbobooobbobboo$
ooobobooobboobbo$
ooobbboooobobooo$
oobbooobobbbboob$
ooooooboooobobob$
oobbbbboobbbobob$
boooooobbboboooo$
booboboooooobbbb$
oobboobbbbooobbb$
bbbbbobbboobbobo$
obobobbbbboobbbb$
ooobobboooboobbo$
oboobooooooobooo!
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Re: Soup search results

Post by Apple Bottom » June 15th, 2016, 2:01 pm

Alexey_Nigin wrote:14-cell Unnecessarily Long Snake:
IIRC, this level of longness is called "ridiculously long". ;)
And another 14-celler:
Hmm, very long snake siamese very long snake?
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Re: Soup search results

Post by Scorbie » June 15th, 2016, 2:13 pm

How about adding adverbs starting with a, b, c, d, ... to describe long^4, long^5, long^6, ... Snakes?

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Re: Soup search results

Post by simeks » June 15th, 2016, 2:38 pm

Scorbie wrote:How about adding adverbs starting with a, b, c, d, ... to describe long^4, long^5, long^6, ... Snakes?
You mean like absurdly long, bizarrely long, comically long, dangerously long, eternally long, frightingly long, grotesquely long, horrendously long, irrelevantly long, jovially long, kitschy long, ludicrously long, monstrously long, nerve-wrackingly long, obstinately long, painstakingly long, quite long, remarkably long, scandalously long, terribly long, unacceptably long, viciously long, whimsically long, x-ceptionally long, yieldingly long and zealously long?
I think it's a good idea! ;)

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Apple Bottom » June 15th, 2016, 2:48 pm

There are a few already: http://conwaylife.com/wiki/Long

Long^7 is "stupidly long", and long^8 is "ridiculously long". In the linked thread I also suggested that long^9 be called "ludicrously long".

I think we should make the rest canon as well. The Conway Life community is known for its expressiveness and flowery, evocative jargon, after all.

How about we start by making long^4 "remarkably long"? That's a fairly modest description that fits well with "very long" and "extra long". I'd also propose long^5 to be "terribly long", and long^6 "absurdly long".
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Re: Soup search results

Post by muzik » June 15th, 2016, 6:26 pm

simeks wrote:
Scorbie wrote:How about adding adverbs starting with a, b, c, d, ... to describe long^4, long^5, long^6, ... Snakes?
You mean like absurdly long, bizarrely long, comically long, dangerously long, eternally long, frightingly long, grotesquely long, horrendously long, irrelevantly long, jovially long, kitschy long, ludicrously long, monstrously long, nerve-wrackingly long, obstinately long, painstakingly long, quite long, remarkably long, scandalously long, terribly long, unacceptably long, viciously long, whimsically long, x-ceptionally long, yieldingly long and zealously long?
I think it's a good idea! ;)
Well, this is fun.

Amazingly long, bodaciously long, confusingly long, disproportionately long, extremely long, ferociously long, greatly long, highly long, intimidatingly long, jokingly long, kingly long, laughably long, massively long, needlessly long, overly long, preposterously long, questionably long, retardedly long, seriously long, titanically long, unneccesarily long, vexingly long, wonderfully long, xtremely long, yearly long, zanily long.


Don't even get me started on the Russian and Greek alphabets.

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Re: Soup search results

Post by Scorbie » June 15th, 2016, 6:33 pm

Wow I wrote that as a half-joke and didn't expect to get much attention!
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For the ease of calculation, we could use names for very^10 long and use the alphabetic thing from very^11 long then!

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Re: Soup search results

Post by muzik » June 15th, 2016, 6:37 pm

Who knows. We could use that, then Simon's notation, and after his Zealously we could maybe move onto my Amazingly.

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