Still life syntheses

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Still life syntheses

Post by codeholic » May 9th, 2013, 4:54 pm

Hello, all,

It is written everywhere that David Buckingham has found glider syntheses for all still lifes up to 14 cells, but I couldn't find the full database in the Internet.

The best open database I could find is the one of Mark Niemiec, but it lists syntheses only for still lifes up to 13 cells, though it seems that he had the whole database, because he wrote here:
(NOTE: The glider syntheses for all these exist, and will be added to this web-page as time permits.)
There are also some still life syntheses on Dean Hickerson's site, but they are not so many and not classified.

Can anyone share something like Mark Niemiec's collection, but more complete?
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Re: Still life syntheses

Post by mniemiec » June 1st, 2013, 12:10 am

Due to certain complications, my web site went down recently. I am currently working on finding a place to get it back up again, including many additional syntheses (the old page haven't been updated in over 12 years, and a lot has happened since then. Some of the things I've been reading on this site alone, just in the past few months, are quite astounding!).

Among other things, I have all of Dave Buckingham's syntheses of the 14-bit still-lifes, plus I've synthesized about half of the 15-bit ones (and I'm working on the rest, most of which are fairly trivial). Also, almost every category of objects has increased by at least one bit. I'm currently working on converting all the new syntheses into a coherent set of web-readable files.

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Re: Still life syntheses

Post by Extrementhusiast » June 1st, 2013, 2:58 pm

Additionally, I've noticed that the pentadecathlon.com collection has a broken script, and will only show the first 100 in a set. To find the rest, you have to laboriously search through every possible ID number (from 101 to the maximum), instead of quickly glancing. I think I might e-mail the site owners/developers about the problem.

At least it's good to know that you're here!
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Re: Still life syntheses

Post by mniemiec » June 2nd, 2013, 1:07 am

Extrementhusiast wrote:Additionally, I've noticed that the pentadecathlon.com collection has a broken script, and will only show the first 100 in a set. To find the rest, you have to laboriously search through every possible ID number (from 101 to the maximum), instead of quickly glancing. I think I might e-mail the site owners/developers about the problem.

At least it's good to know that you're here!
Thanks. I had heard about this site some time ago, but only really became aware of the forums in the past week or so. I also just found your post about your improved synthesis of Coe's P8. Very impressive!

I also noticed the broken script. I remember that it used to work some time ago, but not recently. It's good to know that you can manually tweak the URL to get subsequent pages. I hadn't thought of that.

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Re: Still life syntheses

Post by codeholic » June 4th, 2013, 5:13 am

mniemiec wrote:Due to certain complications, my web site went down recently. I am currently working on finding a place to get it back up again, including many additional syntheses.
This is very good news! I'm looking forward to the new reincarnation of the site. Welcome aboard!

What are your requirements for the hosting?

By the way, is there a database of known slow-salvo syntheses anywhere?
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Re: Still life syntheses

Post by dvgrn » June 4th, 2013, 1:21 pm

codeholic wrote:By the way, is there a database of known slow-salvo syntheses anywhere?
The most extensive and systematic searches I know of in this area have been done by Paul Chapman, intermittently over the last several years. His "Glue" project is still something of a pre-alpha release, based on an old version of Smalltalk that doesn't run very well on modern OSes -- and without custom coding behind the scenes, it can only export one slow-salvo recipe at a time.

It's about time for me to get organized and post everything I've managed to collect so far, which is pretty much all Spartan still-life constructions (plus the loafer seed...) I have all sorts of eater recipes from an old Glue dump, and am slowly adding other recipes for edge-of-envelope small still lifes. Here's a mysterious table of eater recipes to whet your appetite:

EDIT 2013/10/25: fixed some typos, and adjusted names to be more usable with combine-p2-recipes.py

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e1Am3,13:E9 E27 E9 E15 E-5 O-17 O-23 E-7 E19 E-27 E-31,[-5,6]
e1Bm5,12:E-9 E-29 E39 E53 E19 O17 E29 O49 E41 E41,[17,-23]
e1Cm0,-2:E-9 E-15 E1 O-31 O-41 O-31 E-29 E-37 E-7,[-5,14]
e1Dm19,-4:E9 E15 O-17 O11 O25 E19 O11 O-1 E21 E19,[7,7]
e1Em-2,23:E-9 E-13 E-13 O15 E3 O-21 O-31 E-19,[-5,-1]
e1Fm1,0:E-9 E-13 E-13 O11 O5 O17 O-35 O11,[2,-8]
e1Gm-4,0:E9 E13 E13 O-11 O-1 O27 E-15 E-3 E19,[-11,4]
e1Hm7,-1:E9 E13 E27 E21 E-11 E-9 E1 O-11 O-1 E11,[-7,4]
e1Im9,13:E-9 E-13 E-17 E-35 E1 E1 O-19 E-15 E-15 E-5,[3,-9]
e1Jm8,-3:E9 E13 E13 E35 O17 E25 O3 E15 O-1 E19 E5 E13,[0,-10]
e1Km10,-3:E9 E13 E17 E7 E7 O25 O19 O35 E33,[13,-9]
e1Lm16,7:E9 E29 E-21 E-27 E-13 E-23 E-23 O-5 O-11 O-15 E25 E27 O5,[5,-2]
e2Am13,3:E-9 E-27 E-9 E-15 E5 O17 O23 E7 E-19 E27 E31,[6,-5]
e1Bm12,5:E9 E29 E-39 E-53 E-19 O-17 E-29 O-49 E-41 E-41,[-23,17]
e2Cm-2,0:E9 E15 E-1 O31 O41 O31 E29 E37 E7,[14,-5]
e2Dm-4,19:E-9 E-15 O17 O-11 O-25 E-19 O-11 O1 E-21 E-19,[7,7]
e2Em23,-2:E9 E13 E13 O-15 E-3 O21 O31 E19,[-1,-5]
e2Fm0,1:E9 E13 E13 O-11 O-5 O-17 O35 O-11,[-8,2]
e2Gm0,-4:E-9 E-13 E-13 O11 O1 O-27 E15 E3 E-19,[4,-11]
e2Hm-1,7:E-9 E-13 E-27 E-21 E11 E9 E-1 O11 O1 E-11,[4,-7]
e2Im13,9:E9 E13 E17 E35 E-1 E-1 O19 E15 E15 E5,[-9,3]
e2Jm-3,8:E-9 E-13 E-13 E-35 O-17 E-25 O-3 E-15 O1 E-19 E-5 E-13,[-10,0]
e2Km-3,10:E-9 E-13 E-17 E-7 E-7 O-25 O-19 O-35 E-33,[-9,13]
e2Lm7,16:E-9 E-29 E21 E27 E13 E23 E23 O5 O11 O15 E-25 E-27 O-5,[-2,5]
e3Am-6,5:E-9 E-23 E11 O11 O17 O15 O-17 E-1 E-11 E-11,[7,-4]
e3Bm-6,-3:E-9 E-15 E-29 O-25 E-19 E-21 E-7 O1,[1,-8]
e3Cm6,-8:E9 E13 E13 E-13 O-5 E1 E23 E31,[-2,-8]
e3Dm8,-7:E9 E13 E13 E-13 O-1 E7 O7 E23 E31 E39,[-2,-8]
e3Em8,-5:E9 E13 E13 E35 O13 E13 E29 O13 O7 E5 E25 E21,[-9,-3]
e3Fm2,-2:E-9 E-23 E11 E-17 O-19 E-5 E-23 E1 E-25 E13,[-14,7]
e3Gm0,3:E9 E13 E27 E33 E-3 O21 E11 E3 O-13 E-3,[-9,8]
e3Hm0,-1:E9 E15 E-1 O-15 O7 E-19 O-7 O3 E-13,[-4,8]
e3Im-3,-3:E-9 E-27 E-13 E-33 O-17 E-9 E-11 E3,[-12,2]
e3Jm0,-2:E-9 E-15 O-17 O-31 O-13 E-23 O11 E-25 E-25 E-7,[-9,12]
e3Kb:E9 E15 O17 O13 E17 E-3 E-15 E1 E-15 E-9 E13,[11,5],[-5,8] 
e3Lm-2,-4:E-9 E-15 E-29 E-31 O-13 E-29 O-3 E15,[-9,8]
e3Mm-3,-12:E9 E23 E-1 E9 O21 O5 E-5 O11 E25 E13 E19 E23,[-1,6]
e3Nm5,12:E-9 E-29 E39 E43 E57 E55 E45 E59 E55 O47 O47 O71,[17,-12]
e3Om-7,22:E-9 E-13 E-17 E-21 E-25 E-29 O-17 O-21 E-23 E-23 E-23 E-63 E-65 E-67,[-4,16]
e4Am5,-6:E9 E23 E-11 O-11 O-17 O-15 O17 E1 E11 E11,[-4,7]
e4Bm-3,-6:E9 E15 E29 O25 E19 E21 E7 O-1,[-8,1]
e4Cm-8,6:E-9 E-13 E-13 E13 O5 E-1 E-23 E-31,[-8,-2]
e4Dm-7,8:E-9 E-13 E-13 E13 O1 E-7 O-7 E-23 E-31 E-39,[-8,-2]
e4Em-5,8:E-9 E-13 E-13 E-35 O-13 E-13 E-29 O-13 O-7 E-5 E-25 E-21,[-3,-9]
e4Fm-2,2:E9 E23 E-11 E17 O19 E5 E23 E-1 E25 E-13,[7,-14]
e4Gm3,0:E-9 E-13 E-27 E-33 E3 O-21 E-11 E-3 O13 E3,[8,-9]
e4Hm-1,0:E-9 E-15 E1 O15 O-7 E19 O7 O-3 E13,[8,-4]
e4Im-3,-3:E9 E27 E13 E33 O17 E9 E11 E-3,[2,-12]
e4Jm-2,0:E9 E15 O17 O31 O13 E23 O-11 E25 E25 E7,[12,-9]
e4Km5,11:E-9 E-15 O-17 O-13 E-17 E3 E15 E-1 E15 E9 E-13,[8,-5]
e4Lm-4,-2:E9 E15 E29 E31 O13 E29 O3 E-15,[8,-9]
e4Mm-12,-3:E-9 E-23 E1 E-9 O-21 O-5 E5 O-11 E-25 E-13 E-19 E-23,[6,-1]
e4Nm12,5:E9 E29 E-39 E-43 E-57 E-55 E-45 E-59 E-55 O-47 O-47 O-71,[-12,17]
e4Om22,-7:E9 E13 E17 E21 E25 E29 O17 O21 E23 E23 E23 E63 E65 E67,[16,-4]
e5Am2,-1:E9 E13 E13 O13 E-13 O19 E-7 E-21,[-4,-10]
e5Bm-3,14:E-9 E-15 E-29 O-25 E-35 O-5 O-11 O-9 E-9,[7,0]
e5Cm3,2:E-9 E-15 O3 O-1 E-17 O7 E-15 E-27,[-6,6]
e5Dm6,14:E-9 E-29 E-25 E21 E3 E3 E-3 O9 E33 E27 O21,[10,-11]
e5Em13,4:E9 E23 E-11 E17 O-1 O-1 O-11 O-1 E7,[-4,1]
e5Fm-6,5:E-9 E-23 E11 O5 E-11 O-1 E-13 E5 O3 E5 O-9 E-11,[9,-2]
e5Gm1,1:E-9 E-23 E-11 E-27 E-33 O-27 E-17 E-17 E11,[-4,9]
e5Hm0,-2:E-9 E-15 O3 E-3 O-15 E-31 O-21 O-21 E-7,[-6,9]
e5Im-2,0:E9 E15 E-1 O1 O13 O15 O35 O11 E7,[7,-9]
e5Jm12,5:E9 E29 E-39 E-45 E-41 E-53 E-15 O-33 O-65 O-57,[-16,17]
e5Km7,-7:E9 E15 E33 E39 E-13 E9 O-9 O1 E31 E37 E15,[-11,-7]
e5Lm1,-4:E-9 E-13 E-13 O15 O-7 E1 O-11 O-11 E-3 E15,[-10,0]
e5Mm5,12:E-9 E-29 E21 E17 E17 O41 O47 O27 E45 O1,[-3,-14]
e5Nm16,-21:E-9 E-13 E-13 E-1 O-1 O-29 E-9 O15 E75 E63 E97,[23,-29]
e5Om4,-5:E9 E13 E13 O13 E9 E-13 O-3 O-3 O9 E29,[-3,3]
e5Pm7,4:E-9 E-13 E-27 E-33 O3 E25 E3 E-13 E9 E-5,[3,-3]
e5Qm7,5:E-9 E-13 E-27 E-33 O3 E23 O1 E27 O-25 E-1,[-6,-4]
e5Rm5,2:E-9 E-13 E-27 E-27 E11 E-35 E-1 E-31 E-29 E1 E17,[-11,8]
e5Sm12,5:E9 E29 E-39 E-43 E-47 E-37 O-51 O-45 O-71 E-65 E-65 E-53,[-17,20]
e5Tm-5,1:E-9 E-13 E-13 E-35 O-17 O-3 E-7 E1 O-21 E-33 E-3,[-13,-3]
e6Am-1,2:E-9 E-13 E-13 O-13 E13 O-19 E7 E21,[-10,-4]
e6Bm14,-3:E9 E15 E29 O25 E35 O5 O11 O9 E9,[0,7]
e6Cm2,3:E9 E15 O-3 O1 E17 O-7 E15 E27,[6,-6]
e6Dm14,6:E9 E29 E25 E-21 E-3 E-3 E3 O-9 E-33 E-27 O-21,[-11,10]
e6Em4,13:E-9 E-23 E11 E-17 O1 O1 O11 O1 E-7,[1,-4]
e6Fm5,-6:E9 E23 E-11 O-5 E11 O1 E13 E-5 O-3 E-5 O9 E11,[-2,9]
e6Gm1,1:E9 E23 E11 E27 E33 O27 E17 E17 E-11,[9,-4]
e6Hm-2,0:E9 E15 O-3 E3 O15 E31 O21 O21 E7,[9,-6]
e6Im0,-2:E-9 E-15 E1 O-1 O-13 O-15 O-35 O-11 E-7,[-9,7]
e6Jm5,12:E-9 E-29 E39 E45 E41 E53 E15 O33 O65 O57,[17,-16]
e6Km-7,7:E-9 E-15 E-33 E-39 E13 E-9 O9 O-1 E-31 E-37 E-15,[-7,-11]
e6Lm-4,1:E9 E13 E13 O-15 O7 E-1 O11 O11 E3 E-15,[0,-10]
e6Mm12,5:E9 E29 E-21 E-17 E-17 O-41 O-47 O-27 E-45 O-1,[-14,-3]
e6Nm-21,16:E9 E13 E13 E1 O1 O29 E9 O-15 E-75 E-63 E-97,[-29,23]
e6Om-5,4:E-9 E-13 E-13 O-13 E-9 E13 O3 O3 O-9 E-29,[3,-3]
e6Pm4,7:E9 E13 E27 E33 O-3 E-25 E-3 E13 E-9 E5,[-3,3]
e6Qm5,7:E9 E13 E27 E33 O-3 E-23 O-1 E-27 O25 E1,[-4,-6]
e6Rm2,5:E9 E13 E27 E27 E-11 E35 E1 E31 E29 E-1 E-17,[8,-11]
e6Sm5,12:E-9 E-29 E39 E43 E47 E37 O51 O45 O71 E65 E65 E53,[20,-17]
e6Tm1,-5:E9 E13 E13 E35 O17 O3 E7 E-1 O21 E33 E3,[-3,-13]
e7Am3,2:E-9 E-15 E-31 E-13 O-15 O-27 E-21 O-35 E-9,[-9,4]
e7Bm2,1:E-9 E-15 E-29 O-29 E-11 E11 O13 E-15 O-9 E11,[-7,-2]
e7Cm11,2:E9 E23 E-1 O7 E5 E17 E23 E1 E1 E27 E27,[3,-4]
e7Dm1,5:E-9 E-23 E1 E-17 E-5 O7 E-31 O-25 E-41,[-14,1]
e7Em1,1:E9 E23 E11 E19 O29 E-1 O25 E-1 E-5 E-11,[14,-1]
e7Fm1,3:E-9 E-23 E-11 E-17 O23 O31 O21 E-7 E-15,[7,-5]
e7Gm-2,0:E9 E15 O-3 E15 O-1 O17 O3 O35 E7,[11,-8]
e7Hm-1,14:E-9 E-15 E1 O-11 O-23 O-17 O-27 O13 E-1 O-35 E-31,[-7,-2]
e7Im5,8:E9 E15 O17 E17 E9 O19 O33 E31,[10,-7]
e7Jm4,14:E-9 E-15 E-29 O-31 O-27 E-11 O-13 O13 E-9 O-19,[-7,-2]
e7Km-3,13:E-9 E-15 E-31 E-13 O-15 O-27 O9 E-21 E-33 O-29 E-23,[-9,4]
e7Lm3,2:E-9 E-15 E-31 E-13 O-15 O-9 O-27 E-21 O-35,[-9,4]
e7Mm0,14:E-9 E-15 E-33 E-11 E-17 E-7 O-13 O-17 E-31 E-15,[9,7]
e7Nm14,6:E9 E29 E25 E-21 E-17 E-3 E3 O-21 O1 E-27 O-21,[-2,4]
e7Om12,-3:E9 E13 E27 E-3 O1 O7 E11 O-3 E17 E27,[0,6]
e8Am2,3:E9 E15 E31 E13 O15 O27 E21 O35 E9,[4,-9]
e8Bm1,2:E9 E15 E29 O29 E11 E-11 O-13 E15 O9 E-11,[-2,-7]
e8Cm2,11:E-9 E-23 E1 O-7 E-5 E-17 E-23 E-1 E-1 E-27 E-27,[-4,3]
e8Dm5,1:E9 E23 E-1 E17 E5 O-7 E31 O25 E41,[1,-14]
e8Em1,1:E-9 E-23 E-11 E-19 O-29 E1 O-25 E1 E5 E11,[-1,14]
e8Fm3,1:E9 E23 E11 E17 O-23 O-31 O-21 E7 E15,[-5,7]
e8Gm0,-2:E-9 E-15 O3 E-15 O1 O-17 O-3 O-35 E-7,[-8,11]
e8Hm14,-1:E9 E15 E-1 O11 O23 O17 O27 O-13 E1 O35 E31,[-2,-7]
e8Im8,5:E-9 E-15 O-17 E-17 E-9 O-19 O-33 E-31,[-7,10]
e8Jm14,4:E9 E15 E29 O31 O27 E11 O13 O-13 E9 O19,[-2,-7]
e8Km13,-3:E9 E15 E31 E13 O15 O27 O-9 E21 E33 O29 E23,[4,-9]
e8Lm2,3:E9 E15 E31 E13 O15 O9 O27 E21 O35,[4,-9]
e8Mm14,0:E9 E15 E33 E11 E17 E7 O13 O17 E31 E15,[7,9]
e8Nm6,14:E-9 E-29 E-25 E21 E17 E3 E-3 O21 O-1 E27 O21,[4,-2]
e8Om-3,12:E-9 E-13 E-27 E3 O-1 O-7 E-11 O3 E-17 E-27,[6,0]
It shouldn't be too hard to reconstruct these -- I'll publish a script soon that turns them into RLE directly, but in the meantime you just have to know 1) that the initial target is a block; 2) that lane numbers are symmetrical around 0, so you could get a mirror-image recipe by negating all the lane numbers; 3) that there are no even lanes... or rather, gliders can't travel on the even lanes, though mirror-symmetric diagonal spaceships could; and 4) you send an even-phase glider first, and after every comma, and an odd-phase glider after every semicolon. [EDIT: a draft of the script is now posted here. I've switched to a simpler format, where an 'E' prefix means an even-phase glider, and an 'O' prefix means odd-phase. The old comma/semicolon format still works, but is deprecated.]

My current project is to fold all of these recipes into my Spartan-circuitry compiler script, which so far can only really handle blocks. It's very good at shoving blocks around, though! The latest block-move table from Glue has 96,756 different recipes for up to 32 slow gliders, allowing block moves for pretty much everything (+/-100, +/-100). [EDIT: the full block-move table is posted here, with a sample of each block move here in a format compatible with my PC-lane salvo-builder script.]

Heinrich Koenig almost finished a p30 gun recipe, once upon a time -- you just have to synchronize the last two gliders. Turning this into a pure slow salvo would be a good practice project:

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#C almost a "slow salvo" construction of a p30 gun --
#C the two final gliders must be synchronized
#C H. Koenig 29 May 1997
x = 150, y = 153, rule = B3/S23
b2o$b2o3$3o$o$bo9$36b2o$36bobo$36bo2$6b2o$6bobo$6bo5$49b2o$49bobo$49bo
2$30b2o$30bobo$30bo3$55b2o$54b2o$56bo3$29b3o$29bo$30bo$43bo$42b2o$42bo
bo5$64b2o$64bobo$64bo3$55b3o$55bo$56bo7$61b3o23bo$61bo24b2o$62bo23bobo
$79b2o$78b2o$80bo2$88b3o$88bo$89bo9b2o$98b2o$100bo2$70bo$69b2o$69bobo
4$93b2o$92b2o$94bo3$87b3o$87bo$80b2o6bo6b3o$80bobo12bo$80bo15bo2$102b
3o$89bo12bo$88b2o13bo$88bobo19b2o$109b2o$111bo$117b2o$117bobo$117bo3$
89b3o$89bo$90bo30b2o$121bobo$121bo2$94b3o$94bo$95bo35b2o$130b2o$132bo
2$99b3o$99bo$100bo4$104b3o$104bo$105bo2$129b2o$128b2o$130bo10$147b3o$
147bo$148bo9$143b2o$143bobo$143bo!
Nick Gotts came up with a fairly clean switch-engine recipe once upon a time:

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#C 53-glider slow-salvo construction of a block-laying switch engine
#C Nick Gotts, 16 May 1997
x = 2150, y = 2088, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o4$3o$o$bo38$30b3o$30bo$31bo38$104b3o$104bo$105bo38$133b3o$133bo$
134bo38$185b3o$185bo$186bo38$214b3o$214bo$215bo38$288b3o$288bo$289bo
38$299b3o$299bo$300bo38$357b3o$357bo$358bo38$403b3o$403bo$404bo38$447b
3o$447bo$448bo38$497b3o$497bo$498bo38$506b3o$506bo$507bo38$565b3o$565b
o$566bo38$616b3o$616bo$617bo38$643b3o$643bo$644bo38$665b3o$665bo$666bo
38$723b3o$723bo$724bo38$753b3o$753bo$754bo38$753b3o$753bo$754bo38$783b
3o$783bo$784bo38$898b3o$898bo$899bo38$949b3o$949bo$950bo38$928b3o$928b
o$929bo38$958b3o$958bo$959bo38$1033b3o$1033bo$1034bo38$1050b3o$1050bo$
1051bo38$1092b3o$1092bo$1093bo38$1126b3o$1126bo$1127bo38$1171b3o$1171b
o$1172bo38$1235b3o$1235bo$1236bo38$1297b3o$1297bo$1298bo38$1314b3o$
1314bo$1315bo38$1375b3o$1375bo$1376bo38$1418b3o$1418bo$1419bo38$1460b
3o$1460bo$1461bo38$1461b3o$1461bo$1462bo38$1500b3o$1500bo$1501bo38$
1574b2o$1573b2o$1575bo38$1612b2o$1611b2o$1613bo38$1616b2o$1615b2o$
1617bo38$1670b2o$1669b2o$1671bo38$1738b2o$1737b2o$1739bo38$1773b2o$
1772b2o$1774bo38$1823b2o$1822b2o$1824bo38$1861b2o$1860b2o$1862bo38$
1903b2o$1902b2o$1904bo38$1939b2o$1938b2o$1940bo38$1982b2o$1981b2o$
1983bo38$2017b2o$2016b2o$2018bo38$2067b2o$2066b2o$2068bo38$2114b2o$
2113b2o$2115bo38$2148b2o$2147b2o$2149bo!
Here's a slightly messier 25-glider switch engine:

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#C 25-glider slow salvo turns a blinker into a switch engine.
#C Nick Gotts, 6 Nov 1997
x = 298, y = 300, rule = B3/S23
o$o$o8$4b2o$4bobo$4bo11$17b3o$17bo12bo$18bo10b2o$29bobo27$50b3o$50bo$
51bo8$68b2o$68bobo$68bo6$82b2o$82bobo$82bo9$92b2o$92bobo$92bo7$92bo$
91b2o$91bobo15$120b2o$120bobo$120bo18$126b2o$126bobo$126bo5$138b2o$
138bobo$138bo4$152bo$151b2o$151bobo10$155b2o$155bobo$155bo10$156bo$
155b2o$155bobo9$160b2o$159b2o$161bo6$172b2o$171b2o$173bo17$202b2o$201b
2o$203bo9$215b2o$215bobo$215bo7$216b2o$216bobo$216bo8$240b2o$239b2o$
241bo7$245b2o$245bobo$245bo7$249b3o$249bo$250bo27$262b2o$262bobo$262bo
4$269b3o$269bo$270bo9$295b2o$295bobo$295bo!
Here's a 12-slow-glider version, but it's much messier. [I believe Glue has found very messy switch engines only six or seven gliders away from a block, but I've never seen a complete recipe.]

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#C12-glider salvo to create a block-laying switch engine
#C Nick Gotts, 31 Jan 2005
x = 341, y = 327, rule = S23/B3
o$boo$oo31$54bo$55bo$53b3o28$92bo$93bo$91b3o29$95bo$96boo$95boo25$133b
o$134bo$132b3o31$159bo$160bo$158b3o18$185bo$186bo$184b3o28$206bo$207bo
$205b3o27$238bo$239boo$238boo24$276bo$277bo$275b3o28$309bo$310bo$308b
3o28$339bo$340bo$338b3o4$339boo$339boo!
More coming soon, probably on the Geminoid Challenge thread, unless there's a better thread for slow-salvo recipes.

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Re: Still life syntheses

Post by mniemiec » June 4th, 2013, 4:11 pm

codeholic wrote:
mniemiec wrote:Due to certain complications, my web site went down recently. I am currently working on finding a place to get it back up again, including many additional syntheses.
This is very good news! I'm looking forward to the new reincarnation of the site. Welcome aboard!

What are your requirements for the hosting?

By the way, is there a database of known slow-salvo syntheses anywhere?
Thanks! I'm not quite sure at the moment. The previous version of the site was mostly constructed by hand. With the size of the new one being much larger, much of the process has been automated, and the components are assembled using make (e.g. there are currently just under 500 postage-stamp images). I'm currently in the process of debugging the makefile, with the goal of having it generate a syntactically correct (even if not complete) web site image. Once that is working, I'll have a better idea of how big the whole thing will be. At present, it's all just "dumb web pages" with no smarts needed on the server side, although I can foresee certain future changes that would make it much more useful in future, that could make use of server-side scripting (for example, being able to search for patterns by pasting RLE fragments into a form).

As for slow salvo syntheses, that's never been something I have really had any expertise with, so I'll leave that one to the experts.

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