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Could you describe a simple way to improve my trivial generating algorithm?

biggiemac: Unfortunately, I don't know C, and therefore I'll mess everything up if I try to modify apgnano so seriously. If anyone else were willing to do the hack, I would trash CopperSearch immediately and switch to their program. For now, however, CopperSearch is what we have. Anyway, I was going...

Shannon Omick wrote:I am currently searching #4. I pressed enter and have only the program text, my search line, and a blinking cursor. I assume all is well.

Yes, it should be like this. I am not very good at making user-friendly interface. Anyway, the program will notify you when the search is finished.

Let's use CopperSearch to find a small Copperhead-style diagonal spaceship! How to do it: Download CopperSearch (Windows only - sorry for that). If you have previously downloaded version 0.2 or 0.3, please upgrade to v0.4. This is especially important for v0.3 users. Choose some intact parts of the ...

The latest version is here . The information below is obsolete. -------- I would like to present my new half-baked search program, CopperSearch. As trivial as it sounds, the program runs all small patterns with some kind of symmetry and checks if they repeat, possibly with some offset. And as surpri...

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I have sent you a PM regarding this.

I have just made an account on Hacker News and upvoted both entries.

I encourage you to do the same thing. It only takes a few minutes.

Dave wrote:Would it be okay if I reposted your article on LifeNews?

Of course.

My article is finished.

It is impolite to ask, but what do you think about putting it onto the main page? That page hasn't been updated since 2014, you know.

The first draft of my article about copperhead just went online: https://niginsblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/new-spaceship-speed-in-conways-game-of-life/ Feel free to point out any errors or serious omissions. You do not need to bother about language errors, as I will probably notice them myself dur...

Shamelessly transferring my work to other people, what is the repeat time of the current best synthesis?

Something strange is going on here.

In case anyone other than me is interested, the apgcode of this spaceship is

xq10_o5995ozes88sezw33

Here is a gun: x = 604, y = 526, rule = B3/S23 385b2o$385b2o2$94b2o$94b2o83b2o$179b2o205bo$95bo289bobo$94bobo287bo3bo $94bobo288b3o$95bo287b2o3b2o3$92b2obob2o80bo$92bo5bo79b3o$93bo3bo79b5o 228bo22bo18bo$94b3o79bobobobo210b2o15b2o8b2o11b3o6b2o6b3o$82bo93b2o3b 2o210b2o16b2o7b2o14bo5b2o5bo$81bobo322b2o...

Unbelievable! This spaceship can eat gliders: x = 20, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 14b2o$13b4o2$12b6o$13b4o2$12b2o2b2o$10b2obo2bob2o$13bo2bo3$14b2o$14b2o 6$3o$2bo$bo! x = 20, y = 28, rule = B3/S23 14b2o$13b4o2$12b6o$13b4o2$12b2o2b2o$10b2obo2bob2o$13bo2bo3$14b2o$14b2o 13$3o$2bo$bo! x = 19, y = 25, rule = B3...

Spiral growth
Crab synthesis (I think it and dart synth should be a single entry)

HBK gun was found in 2015 and was an entry in the relevant competition.

Welcome to the forums! You seem to be quite skilled for a newcomer, and I am sure you will make wonderful things if you continue to investigate this field. I think that the best way to help you at this point is to take the role of an "annoying teacher". Don't think I am trying to belittle you; actua...

Yesterday, I think I saw a "vote" tab next to the "upload assignment" tab. I don't see it now. Did anyone spot that? Did I see just a testing beta or what was that?? That's not my work; actually, I know nothing about it. These don't really have a place in the "pattern of the year" entry but Adam's ...

In order to generate that ugly list, I organised the entries and the votes into two separate text files. Entries.in Elementary Conduits Collection Quadratic Sawtooth Recursive Filter Sawtooth 177 H-to-MWSS HBK Gun Collection of Guns G-to-Weekender Bob Shemyakin's Syntheses Dragon Lightsaber [L|M]WSS...

1. Syringe (107 points) 2. Simkin Glider Gun (102 points) 3. Demonoids (91 points) 4. Syntheses of Spaceships (55 points) 5. Recursive Filter (48 points) 6. G-to-Weekender (45 points) 7. Bob Shemyakin's Syntheses (34 points) 8. HBK Gun (33 points) 9. H-to-MWSS (31 points) 10. Sawtooth 177 (30 point...

The first 39-bitter has just appeared: x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 ooobbbbbbbbobbbo$ boboboobobobbbob$ obbbbbobbobbooob$ bobbooobbboboboo$ bobobobboobooooo$ oboboobbboobbobb$ bobbbbbbobobooob$ bboooobooooobbbo$ bbbbobboooooobob$ boooobbbooobobbo$ booobbobobbbboob$ bobbobbbooobobbo$ boboobobooobobb...

Kiran wrote:Should an exception be made to the deadline to allow Extrementhusiast to revise that vote (it does not have the proper form)?

Don't be so fastidious! That missing line break you are referring to will not cause any problems.

15, 16, 14, 13, 6, 3, 8, 2, 4 My site now has the "official" countdown to the deadline. I will be asleep when it reaches zero, so I would ask somebody to go ahead and publish "The competition is over" using huge font. You cannot edit your votes after the deadline. The results will be posted in a few...

And what exactly is the symmetry? I haven't used any searching tools or anything so I'm kind of a noob to that apgsearch works by running pseudorandom patterns ("soups") to completion and checking what comes out. I usually ask the program to test symmetric soups, for they usually yield more results...