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by Alexey_Nigin
July 14th, 2023, 11:05 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 700
Views: 239981

Re: Birthdays

thank you!!!
by Alexey_Nigin
July 17th, 2021, 1:40 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 700
Views: 239981

Re: Birthdays

blah wrote:
July 13th, 2021, 9:10 pm
Happy birthday to Alexey Nigin, who only appears on these forums on his birthdays. Except he didn't appear in 2019. Will he appear this year?
He will indeed appear, albeit three days late!
by Alexey_Nigin
July 14th, 2020, 8:34 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 700
Views: 239981

Re: Birthdays

Saka wrote:
July 14th, 2020, 5:25 am
Happy Birthday Arno (50) and Alexey_Nigin (21)!
Hey, isn't 21 the minimum age for drinking alcoholic beverages in the US?
It is, and I am taking full advantage of it! Thank you for the birthday wish!
by Alexey_Nigin
July 15th, 2018, 2:49 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 700
Views: 239981

Re: Birthdays

danny wrote:happy birthday alexey + 3 others
Thanks!
by Alexey_Nigin
July 14th, 2017, 2:14 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 700
Views: 239981

Re: Birthdays

muzik wrote:So you moved to the country that I'm currently on holiday in... interesting.

More importantly, happy birthday!
I am actually moving to the US, just taking a picturesque route. And thanks.
by Alexey_Nigin
July 14th, 2017, 12:19 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 700
Views: 239981

Re: Birthdays

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXEY NIGIN!!! Thank you very much! I must admit I haven't been very active lately, mostly because I have been spending my free time making spaceships that move way faster than light and are equipped with all kinds of guns... Also because I am moving to another country. Still, I wil...
by Alexey_Nigin
June 3rd, 2017, 12:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Results)
Replies: 2
Views: 18574

Pattern of the Year 2016 (Results)

Dear Cellular Automata folks, I am pleased to announce the winners of the latest Pattern of the Year competition. -------- 1. Caterloopillars (49 stars) Previously, all engineered spaceships had speeds that were either fixed (Caterpillar) or adjustable but always very low (Gemini). Caterloopillars h...
by Alexey_Nigin
June 1st, 2017, 2:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)
Replies: 28
Views: 19939

Re: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)

It ended.
by Alexey_Nigin
May 31st, 2017, 3:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)
Replies: 28
Views: 19939

Re: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)

Voting ends in a few hours, you have the last chance to vote.
by Alexey_Nigin
May 24th, 2017, 10:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)
Replies: 28
Views: 19939

Re: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)

#01 *
#03 **
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#10 ***
#13 *


By the way, I take the opportunity to remind you that the competition is ending very soon, so if you want to vote, vote now.
by Alexey_Nigin
April 28th, 2017, 1:46 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 700
Views: 239981

Re: Birthdays

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UNCCLOVEGUQNLGBPNYPLZNAJUBJVYYABQBHOGRNFVYLERNQGUVFZRFFNTRNAQCHGNARAQGBNYYGURPBASHFVBAGUNGGUVFPBZZRAGVFYVXRYLGBPNHFR
by Alexey_Nigin
April 10th, 2017, 5:18 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!
Replies: 21
Views: 10415

Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

calcyman wrote:If there weren't a 10-item limit, this would be perfect for the POTY contest.
I don't think so, given that the voting system of these polls is not at all flexible, and adding anonymity to Pattern of the Year would probably do more harm than good.
by Alexey_Nigin
April 9th, 2017, 2:55 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!
Replies: 21
Views: 10415

Re: I think I found a new still life

I was messing around in golly and found something that looked like a smaller version of pond. Correct me if i'm wrong, but I don't think it's on the still life wiki page. (http://conwaylife.com/wiki/Category:Still_lifes) Hello, and welcome to the forums! Since pond has only 8 cells, it's not surpri...
by Alexey_Nigin
March 27th, 2017, 5:23 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Close life variants
Replies: 224
Views: 133549

Re: Close life variants

I have recently been comtemplating an idea of a program which could look for oscillators, wicks, agars, waves and maybe even spaceships in all 2-state rules with less-than-or-equal-to-Moore neighbourhood. Any progress? Or was this scrapped? Here is a PM I wrote a while back: No. I don't like promis...
by Alexey_Nigin
March 23rd, 2017, 4:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 23/3 day
Replies: 21
Views: 14908

Re: 23/3 day

I celebrated the Life day by propelling the Pattern of the Year competition to the third phase, so you all can now celebrate this day by casting your vote.
by Alexey_Nigin
March 23rd, 2017, 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)
Replies: 28
Views: 19939

Pattern of the Year 2016 (Votes)

Welcome to the voting thread for the new Pattern of the Year competition! This time, we have some great entries, here is the full list: -------- #01 - 8-bit Computer : It is the first 8-bit computer in any cellular automaton, and easily the most realistic computer ever constructed in Life. It has a ...
by Alexey_Nigin
March 19th, 2017, 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)
Replies: 38
Views: 23908

Re: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)

I will compile the descriptions in a couple of days. Under a reasonably relaxed definition of a couple of days, I compiled the descriptions: http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=39635#p39635 Any feedback is welcome, including one about minor things like typos. I would especially appreciate ...
by Alexey_Nigin
February 16th, 2017, 6:22 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: fuse
Replies: 34
Views: 15932

Re: fuse

@Alexey_Nigin Remember, this is the Sandbox. We probably shouldn't judge people's posts on the supposed "quality" of the patterns they contain. Yeah, looking at it again, I see that my post can look rude; this was not intended, and I apologize for this. However, I don't think that the Sandbox is a ...
by Alexey_Nigin
February 16th, 2017, 2:27 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Perfect Orthogonal Speeds in Life-like CA
Replies: 106
Views: 45415

Re: Perfect Orthogonal Speeds in Life-like CA

I agree that the term "Life-like" should be reserved for semi-totalistic rules.
by Alexey_Nigin
February 16th, 2017, 12:02 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: fuse
Replies: 34
Views: 15932

Re: fuse

Fuses are generally not very interesting unless they are either clean or reburnable. Clean means that the fuse leaves nothing behind it. An example is the blinker fuse, which was among the ones you posted. Here is its (kind of) canonical form: x = 137, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2o2bob2o$5obobo$8bob3ob3ob...
by Alexey_Nigin
February 15th, 2017, 5:20 pm
Forum: Scripts
Topic: 3D zoomable Conway's viewer
Replies: 17
Views: 9628

Re: 3D zoomable Conway's viewer

The "P3 agar" in your collection isn't an agar; in fact, it dies after a few generations. While I am at it, you can do much better than showing small pieces of agars. Since your program simulates Life on a torus, it seems feasible to make agars fill the entire universe.
by Alexey_Nigin
February 3rd, 2017, 3:14 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Help with names
Replies: 83
Views: 60587

Re: Help with names

Wavefront

A duoplet propagates through the oscillator like a wavefront.

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x = 13, y = 13, rule = 23/3
8b2o3b$8bo4b$9bo3b$8b2o3b$5b2o3b2ob$4bo2b3o2bo$4bo5b2ob$5bo3bo3b$2obob
o3bo3b$ob2obob2o4b$4bobo6b$4bobo6b$5bo!
by Alexey_Nigin
January 29th, 2017, 6:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)
Replies: 38
Views: 23908

Re: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)

Thank you all. I will compile the descriptions in a couple of days.
by Alexey_Nigin
January 23rd, 2017, 9:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)
Replies: 38
Views: 23908

Re: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)

simsim314: Since there are 14 entries, and people will be supposed to read the descriptions of them all before voting, I am inclined to limit descriptions to one paragraph each. Anyway, thank you for what you provided: I guess compiling the gist of your post will be easier than writing something fro...
by Alexey_Nigin
January 22nd, 2017, 3:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)
Replies: 38
Views: 23908

Re: Pattern of the Year 2016 (Entries)

The second phase of the competition is documenting entries. Anyone can submit description of an entry. It is recommended that you include a full list of authors, although you may list only the most important contributors if there are too many of them. Also, don't hesitate to suggest edits to existi...