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by lukebradford
January 9th, 2022, 10:41 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Hi all, I'm the mysterious Luke Bradford who hasn't visited this thread since 2016, the creator of the original Live Free or Die Universe website and later Live Free or Die wiki on Wikispaces. I first became interested in Live Free or Die in 2006, when I was 16, and it developed into an on-again, of...
by lukebradford
May 8th, 2016, 11:54 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B2/S0 new glider
Replies: 8
Views: 8952

Re: B2/S0 new glider

Hi Nasvadi, I'm the creator of the LFoD wiki, and I haven't credited any patterns there that I found myself. As it turns out, many of those patterns were well known long before I found and named them. I didn't know about David Eppstein's glider database in those days. Maybe I'll go through sometime ...
by lukebradford
May 6th, 2016, 7:36 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B2/S0 (Live Free or Die) p20 Oscillator
Replies: 3
Views: 2762

Re: B2/S0 (Live Free or Die) p20 Oscillator

It does look familiar... p20, you say?! :shock:

Yes, that's the p19 monster.

Fun fact, here's a very similar p17 oscillator in b26/s0:

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x = 7, y = 4, rule = B26/S0
o5bo$3bo$3bo$o5bo!
by lukebradford
January 11th, 2016, 4:32 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Hey Daniel,

The pattern on the left explodes and the one on the right is a dual infinite anchor track.

- Luke
by lukebradford
August 12th, 2015, 2:42 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Dotlife(B3/S023)
Replies: 41
Views: 22913

Re: Dotlife(B3/S023)

I like this rule a lot, especially because after you've watched it for a while, you'll notice that the same sort of B-heptomino growth patterns occur in Life, they just die a lot faster.
by lukebradford
August 10th, 2015, 8:17 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Non-monotonic spaceships
Replies: 5
Views: 4723

Re: Non-monotonic spaceships

@velcrorex, this one...

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x = 11, y = 6, rule = B36/S345
4bobo$3b2ob2o$2b2o3b2o$o3bobo3bo$bob5obo$o2bobobo2bo!
...falls back by three cells before moving forward again. Is that the "most non-monotonic" spaceship currently known?
by lukebradford
August 6th, 2015, 1:50 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Non-monotonic spaceships
Replies: 5
Views: 4723

Non-monotonic spaceships

Non-monotonic spaceships in Life include the 13-engine Cordership , non-monotonic spaceship 1 , 233P3H1V0 , and the weekender . Anybody have some cool examples in other rules? In Live Free or Die, there are several p10 and p5 c/5 non-monotonic spaceships with the same front-end mechanism, the decad...
by lukebradford
July 27th, 2015, 2:47 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Find the largest c/1 spaceship
Replies: 9
Views: 4939

Re: Find the largest c/1 spaceship

no extendable spaceships allowed!
by lukebradford
July 27th, 2015, 10:23 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Find the largest c/1 spaceship
Replies: 9
Views: 4939

Re: Find the largest c/1 spaceship

Live Free or Die has a wide variety of c spaceships. Here's one with a minimum population of 126 cells, the tricycle ship: x = 37, y = 26, rule = s0/b2 24bo$23b2obo$17bo9bo$16bobo5bo4bo$16bo2bo7bobo$o8bo6bo4bo2bobo$bo18bob o2bob2o$bo7bo4bobo8bo4bo$o10bobobobo7bo3bobo$14bo7bo2bo3bo2bo$5bo19bo 7bo$bo2...
by lukebradford
April 30th, 2015, 9:20 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Nice! On the subject of almost-rakes, here's one I found back in the day:

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x = 11, y = 14, rule = B2/S0
7bo$2bo5bo$3bo5bo$4bo5bo$o9bo$3bo5bo$3bo$3bo$3bo5bo$o9bo$4bo5bo$3bo5bo
$2bo5bo$7bo!
by lukebradford
March 24th, 2015, 3:14 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Extremely cool stuff. Glad to see p2 getting some more coverage.

We now have a p2 rake, the flicker rake, but I've been curious for some time if we could find a p2 puffer, if such a thing is possible. It would have to produce some kind of wick because p2 is just too dense for a trail of oscillators.
by lukebradford
March 10th, 2015, 9:56 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Very cool stuff. glider_rider, your p2 rake is the first-ever p2 puffer. These are the days of miracle and wonder. I have definitely seen a rake-and-bake puffer emerge from chaos - that's how I found it. In those primitive times, it was shocking to see anything climb out of the soup that wasn't p4 o...
by lukebradford
March 5th, 2015, 12:11 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Very cool! Congratulations on the first ever breeder in this rule!

(Not counting chaos, of course, which "breeds" in its own unpleasant way.)
by lukebradford
February 23rd, 2015, 11:59 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Nice work! Glad to see some relatively uncharted periods being filled out. Your p9 puffer is the only known p9 object other than the arrow puffer, and your p10 puffers are the only known p10 objects other than the decade ship, which makes them the only p10 puffers and the only p10 craft that travel ...
by lukebradford
February 20th, 2015, 9:35 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Wow, nice! That definitely brings forward the state of the art in p3 technology. Good work!
by lukebradford
February 10th, 2015, 5:39 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Game-of-Life-related Secret project leaked - GOL-SSRP
Replies: 27
Views: 54471

Re: Game-of-Life-related Secret project leaked - GOL-SSRP

Doesn't sound like you got your $3000 worth, then. LOL! I live in Cambridge and can confirm I overheard some sneaky-looking MIT types in lab coats in a local coffee shop discussing glider syntheses. The conversation rapidly turned to their efforts to locate the Loch Ness monster, who has apparently...
by lukebradford
February 4th, 2015, 1:59 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

I have added the p5 oscillator ( crossroads ) and the short free ship rake ( freedom collider .) I've also updated the unicorn ship page because glider_rider's recent 78-cell ship is now the smallest example. I'm still looking for/thinking of names for glider_rider's c/2 backrake, slanted ship tagal...
by lukebradford
February 3rd, 2015, 10:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Golly puffer?
Replies: 10
Views: 7566

Re: Golly puffer?

You definitely could, although you'll probably need to extend the length of the 'tape.'
by lukebradford
February 3rd, 2015, 10:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Golly puffer?
Replies: 10
Views: 7566

Re: Golly puffer?

That isn't a puffer but a collection of guns that create an image formed from a collection of LWSSs traveling together, in this case a Golly logo. It's included with the Golly application as Patterns/Life/Guns/golly-ticker.rle.
by lukebradford
February 3rd, 2015, 10:44 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Methusynthesae
Replies: 15
Views: 13787

Re: Methusynthesae

Hi Gustavo, I'll refrain from commenting on the notability of this pattern, which others have already covered. Just thought I should point out that the plural of 'synthesis' is 'syntheses' (because it's from Greek) so I'd expect the plural of 'methusynthesis' to be 'methusyntheses,' not 'methusynthe...
by lukebradford
January 23rd, 2015, 1:56 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Nice! These are very cool.
by lukebradford
January 20th, 2015, 5:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drill vs. cloud
Replies: 10
Views: 6943

Re: Drill vs. cloud

This thread might be of interest: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1234&start=0
by lukebradford
January 20th, 2015, 4:33 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

That short free ship rake can be anchored:

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x = 6, y = 22, rule = B2/S0
bo$2bo$3bo$2bo2bo$o4bo2$ob2o$3bobo$5bo$4bo$3o$3o$4bo$5bo$3bobo$ob2o2$o
4bo$2bo2bo$3bo$2bo$bo!
by lukebradford
January 20th, 2015, 4:23 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Wow, some great stuff in here!

That short free ship rake is remarkable. Apart from flotillas, that's the first rake that emits anything other than moons.

I'll add these discoveries to the wiki over the next few days. As always, let me know if you want to name them.
by lukebradford
January 13th, 2015, 9:50 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Live Free or Die
Replies: 201
Views: 138389

Re: Live Free or Die

Nice!