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by ebcube
October 19th, 2011, 6:37 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Two Alternating Rules
Replies: 8
Views: 5263

Re: Two Alternating Rules

Alternating2 seems to have a few interesting properties: - Both the basic oscillator from this rule and the oscillator generated by the long puffer found by Wojowu, as well as most of the body of the long puffer itself (its behaviour is certainly defined by this) seem to be a part of a wider family ...
by ebcube
October 18th, 2011, 6:51 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Thread for Your Accidental Discoveries that Aren't in CGOL
Replies: 877
Views: 546424

Re: Thread for Your Accidental Discoveries that Aren't in CGOL

Okay, this one's a bit better. Just noticed that Generations rule 345/37/4 has a p32 7-by-8 knightpuffer: x = 5, y = 5, rule = 345/37/4 .3A$4A$2ACB$.ACAC$.BAB! That one was posted at the thread for 3458/37/4 . It's nice to know that it also works sans S8. Quoting ynotds from that thread, it turns i...
by ebcube
October 18th, 2011, 6:22 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B0/D8 rulespace
Replies: 46
Views: 29507

Re: B0/D8 rulespace

B016/S12: A self-complementary rule, the behavior of a pattern in an even generation is the same as that of the negative pattern in an odd generation and vice versa. If I recall correctly, that property is common to every B0/D8 rule. I've been trying to make a greyship with your attempt with no luc...
by ebcube
October 18th, 2011, 3:04 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Frogs (12/34/3)
Replies: 8
Views: 6538

Re: Frogs (12/34/3)

A frog rotates a simple still life 90º and reflects itself by 180º:

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x = 6, y = 13, rule = 12/34/3
A$A9$2.A2.A$2.A2.A$3.2A!
by ebcube
October 16th, 2011, 7:05 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Frogs (12/34/3)
Replies: 8
Views: 6538

Re: Frogs (12/34/3)

A frog rotates a still life 90º without moving it:

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x = 4, y = 15, rule = 12/34/3
A2.A$A2.A11$A2.A$A2.A$.2A!
by ebcube
October 15th, 2011, 8:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The CA community annoys me
Replies: 36
Views: 24089

Re: The CA community annoys me

Sokwe wrote:tolerance, kindness, and friendship (because friendship is magic)
The last place I expected to read that. :D
by ebcube
October 14th, 2011, 10:01 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B0/D8 rulespace
Replies: 46
Views: 29507

Re: B0/D8 rulespace

That's great!

I'm thinking about writing a small program to find 1D spaceships on this rule.
by ebcube
October 9th, 2011, 1:04 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B0/D8 rulespace
Replies: 46
Views: 29507

Re: B0/D8 rulespace

The c/5 1D spaceship is surprisingly small:

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x = 1, y = 19, rule = B026/S1
o3$o2$o2$o3$o$o$o$o$o4$o!
EDIT: And it has a 2D tagalong!

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x = 16, y = 23, rule = B026/S1
11bo3bo4$o12bo$o12bo$o12bo3$o12bo3$o12bo4$o12bo3$o12bo3$o12bo!
by ebcube
October 8th, 2011, 8:22 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B0/D8 rulespace
Replies: 46
Views: 29507

Re: B0/D8 rulespace

My reaction exactly. I don't think a spaceship of width 1 in what is tecnically a 2D automaton had been found before. David Eppstein' smaller gliders list (from his CA database) lists a 2x2 diagonal glider as the smaller glider. Then again, 1x50 isn't exactly small, it's more like thin. I should try...
by ebcube
October 7th, 2011, 8:22 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B0/D8 rulespace
Replies: 46
Views: 29507

Re: B0/D8 rulespace

You're not going to believe this. On the rule that Extrementhusiast just posted, there's a c/4 orthogonal spaceship. Of width 1. No, I'm not making it up. I found it with gfind. x = 1, y = 50, rule = B026/S1 o4$o$o$o4$o3$o2$o3$o4$o3$o$o$o$o$o$o$o$o$o$o$o3$o3$o$o$o5$o$o! Obviously, this rule emulates...
by ebcube
October 1st, 2011, 9:07 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B13/S
Replies: 2
Views: 2975

B13/S

Starting with a single dot, this rule creates an intricate mosaic using only five distinct "pieces" every (2^n) - 1 generations, separated by a simple margin, leaving absolutely no holes. These are those pieces: x = 28, y = 7, rule = B13/S $9b2o3b2o$10bo3bo$8b3o3b3o7b3o$b2o3bobo7bo7bobo$bo4b3o6b2o3b...
by ebcube
September 20th, 2011, 6:19 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Various replicators in Wireworld
Replies: 4
Views: 4625

Re: Various replicators in Wireworld

Well, I'm not an expert in WireWorld by any means, but this seems really impressive! Congratulations!
by ebcube
September 18th, 2011, 3:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Iso-Glider"
Replies: 4
Views: 3550

Re: "Iso-Glider"

You can see that they are the same glider offset by two generations.
by ebcube
September 5th, 2011, 12:54 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Patterns across rules
Replies: 4
Views: 3581

Re: Patterns across rules

This would be a Life A56 still life, wouldn't it?

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3bobo$3b2o$b2o$obo$2o!
by ebcube
September 5th, 2011, 12:42 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: New c/3 puffer
Replies: 13
Views: 9073

Re: New c/3 puffer

No idea, but the upper half is a puffing tagalong for this spaceship: x = 17, y = 42, rule = B3/S23 4b2o5b2o$5bo5bo$4b2o5b2o$5b3ob3o$6b2ob2o$8bo2$7bobo$8bo$5b2o3b2o$5bo5b o2$7b3o$3b2obo3bob2o$3b11o$4bo2b3o2bo2$5b2o3b2o$6b2ob2o$5bo2bo2bo2$5bo bobobo$5b2o3b2o$3b2obo3bob2o$6bo3bo$4b3o3b3o$4bo7bo$b2o11b...
by ebcube
August 23rd, 2011, 8:07 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Life 1.05 to RLE - Help!
Replies: 15
Views: 12563

Re: Life 1.05 to RLE - Help!

C++ is definitely fast, but it's not easy.

He's already given you a Python golly script, just use that. It'll work.
by ebcube
August 21st, 2011, 8:36 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Alternating rules
Replies: 199
Views: 105810

Re: Alternating rules

I think Extrementhusiast (?) tried it. I think he called it BTS, and it stands for Birth-Then-Survival. I think a good scheme for naming this rules would be B##/TS##, or, as rule tables can't contain the character /, b##ts##. I'm going to try some of these now, and I guess i'll post the patterns her...
by ebcube
August 21st, 2011, 6:32 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Problem with gfind
Replies: 2
Views: 4086

Re: Problem with gfind

Thanks for the fast response! I've compiled it now without errors. I should have mentioned that I got a few warnings when I compiled it.
by ebcube
August 20th, 2011, 10:32 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: c/7 diagonal spaceship
Replies: 10
Views: 11482

Re: c/7 diagonal spaceship

Those two are not connected/interacting with each other at all Since they travel only one cell away from each other in one spot, I thought they form a pseudo-spaceship just as two blocks which are one cell away form a pseudo-stilllife. If that was a late-night mistake, I apologize, and in any case,...
by ebcube
August 20th, 2011, 10:13 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Problem with gfind
Replies: 2
Views: 4086

Problem with gfind

I compiled gfind on my Mac (OSX 10.6) using gcc with no special arguments. The problem is that, when it discovers symmetrical patterns, it outputs them with a lot of ON cells on the right side. This doesn't bother me when it's an orthogonal spaceship, but with diagonal spaceships it gets tiresome to...
by ebcube
August 14th, 2011, 10:15 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Wire World Extensible 3 (WWEJ3)
Replies: 99
Views: 72572

Re: Wire World Extensible 3 (WWEJ3)

I'm trying to make ships with your ruletable, but I can't. Can you post a sample ship?
by ebcube
August 13th, 2011, 7:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Crazy Life-like Rules I Found
Replies: 8
Views: 6708

Re: Crazy Life-like Rules I Found

There's this little (4,4)c/50 puffer in B35/S023: x = 13, y = 8, rule = B35/S023 3$7bo$5b2ob2o$bo3bo2bo$6b2o$2bo! EDIT: And I found this 2c/6 orthogonal ship gliding through B356/S1267: x = 3, y = 4, rule = B356/S1267 o$obo$o$obo! EDIT: Aaaand this blinker puffer in B356/S23: x = 17, y = 10, rule = ...
by ebcube
August 2nd, 2011, 9:20 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: 2Life
Replies: 30
Views: 19186

Re: 2Life

Are both colors supposed to behave equally? Because they don't:

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x = 5, y = 7, rule = 2life
2.A.A$2.3A$3.A2$.B$3B$B.B!
by ebcube
July 20th, 2011, 8:42 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Restricted B2 Rules
Replies: 14
Views: 9814

Re: Restricted B2 Rules

I made a version of this rules with history. I thought I had posted it, but obviously I didn't, so here it goes! I'm going to post here the rule R-B2S23H3 only (restricted-b2s23h3.table) because it is the most interesting one. R-B2S23H2 and R-B2S23H4 are interesting too; if I recall correctly, there...
by ebcube
July 5th, 2011, 9:00 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: New ideas for pattern types
Replies: 10
Views: 10275

Re: New ideas for pattern types

Wow, great discovery, knightship! I like where this is going.

I'm still not convinced about the definitions. For example, is an ant a linear spaceship at c velocity? You can easily see what I mean on a width 5 torus.