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

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Has this been discovered before?

Yes, you're wrong
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88%
No, this is new
8
12%
 
Total votes: 66

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ilo Lisipo
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I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by ilo Lisipo » April 9th, 2017, 2:25 pm

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

Post by Rhombic » April 9th, 2017, 2:35 pm

SoL : FreeElectronics : DeadlyEnemies : 6a-ite : Rule X3VI
what is “sesame oil”?

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Re: I think I found a new still life

Post by Alexey_Nigin » April 9th, 2017, 2:55 pm

guywholikesspace wrote: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 surprising that all still lifes smaller than it were discovered in the early years of Game of Life exploration. In fact, there are only 12 of them (full list), and they all have wiki pages by now. I don't really know which of these still lifes you were referring to, as you didn't post it, but I think the closest thing to "a smaller version of pond" is a tub:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bo$obo$bo!
With that said, you can actually find new still lifes fairly easily if you aim at large bit counts. After all, there are infinitely many still lifes, and they are pretty easy to make by hand. However, there is little point in this, as these huge still lifes generally aren't very interesting. The only still lifes that are interesting are those that interact with other objects in meaningful ways, like eating gliders.

It is also quite interesting to enumerate small still lifes in order to answer questions like "How many still lifes with N bits are there?" and "What is the smallest still life with the property X?". I think we have enumerated a few billion of them so far.

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Since you are new here, I think I can give you some advice.

Firstly, read the rules. They contain a lot of useful info, including even the notice that new still lifes aren't interesting.

Secondly, familiarize yourself with other people's work by reading these forums.

And thirdly, please remove all caps on the topic title. It's really annoying.
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by Scorbie » April 9th, 2017, 11:33 pm

Hmm. How did you make that voting post???

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

Post by calcyman » April 10th, 2017, 2:12 am

Scorbie wrote:Hmm. How did you make that voting post???
Apparently like so: http://www.fastcomet.com/tutorials/phpbb3/polls

If there weren't a 10-item limit, this would be perfect for the POTY contest.
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by Alexey_Nigin » April 10th, 2017, 5:18 am

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

Post by ilo Lisipo » April 11th, 2017, 8:39 pm

Nevermind, it was tub.
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by Kiran » April 30th, 2017, 10:45 pm

I ALSO FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!

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x = 29, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
18b2o$16bo2bo$16b3o2$11b2ob3o$5b2o4b2obo2bob2o$5b2o7bo2b2obo$11b3o7b2o
$3b6o2bo10bo$2bo6bobob3o5bo$bo2bo2b2obobo2bo5b2o$bob2o2bo2bobo10bob2o$
2obo5b2ob2o9b2obo$3bo23b2o$3b2o23bo$5bob2o18bo$5b2obo18b2o$9b2o12bob2o
$10bo12b2obo$9bo9bob2o$9b2o3bo4b2obo$11bobobob2o$11bobob2obo$8b2obobo$
9bo2b2o$4b2obobo$4bob2ob2o!
IF YOU REMOVE A CELL FROM IT, YOU GET A LWSS!!!
I SHOULD ADD IT TO THE WIKI!!!
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by drc » May 1st, 2017, 2:03 am

Kiran wrote: IF YOU REMOVE A CELL FROM IT, YOU GET A LWSS!!!

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x = 29, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
18b2o$16bo2bo$16b3o2$11b2ob3o$5b2o4b2obo2bob2o$5b2o7bo2b2obo$11b3o7b2o
$3b6o2bo10bo$9bobob3o5bo$bo2bo2b2obobo2bo5b2o$bob2o2bo2bobo10bob2o$2ob
o5b2ob2o9b2obo$3bo23b2o$3b2o23bo$5bob2o18bo$5b2obo18b2o$9b2o12bob2o$
10bo12b2obo$9bo9bob2o$9b2o3bo4b2obo$11bobobob2o$11bobob2obo$8b2obobo$
9bo2b2o$4b2obobo$4bob2ob2o!
Not to mention a temporary long long ship and a paperclip

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

Post by muzik » May 1st, 2017, 7:56 am

Kiran wrote:I SHOULD ADD IT TO THE WIKI!!!
THAT ISN'T A GOOD IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by ilo Lisipo » May 7th, 2017, 3:02 pm

Kiran wrote:I ALSO FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!

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x = 29, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
18b2o$16bo2bo$16b3o2$11b2ob3o$5b2o4b2obo2bob2o$5b2o7bo2b2obo$11b3o7b2o
$3b6o2bo10bo$2bo6bobob3o5bo$bo2bo2b2obobo2bo5b2o$bob2o2bo2bobo10bob2o$
2obo5b2ob2o9b2obo$3bo23b2o$3b2o23bo$5bob2o18bo$5b2obo18b2o$9b2o12bob2o
$10bo12b2obo$9bo9bob2o$9b2o3bo4b2obo$11bobobob2o$11bobob2obo$8b2obobo$
9bo2b2o$4b2obobo$4bob2ob2o!
IF YOU REMOVE A CELL FROM IT, YOU GET A LWSS!!!
I SHOULD ADD IT TO THE WIKI!!!
Is this a joke, or should you just refer to alexeynigin's reply to my "discovery". (hint: READ THE RULES!)
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by ilo Lisipo » December 9th, 2023, 10:17 pm

I'd like to note that I was 9 years old when I created this thread, just to provide some context for y'all. Unbelievably, I still had the login to this account saved somewhere.... sorry for all of this :P
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by BokaBB » December 10th, 2023, 6:05 am

guywholikesspace wrote:
December 9th, 2023, 10:17 pm
I'd like to note that I was 9 years old when I created this thread, just to provide some context for y'all. Unbelievably, I still had the login to this account saved somewhere.... sorry for all of this :P
Hi, welcome back! Don't worry, I know first hand that this community is sufficiently forgiving to let you have another chance! We welcome you!
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Post by haaaaaands » December 10th, 2023, 6:51 am

yeah, at first i was like that (when i "discovered" the glider's parent, one of my very first posts here), but now, despite being most often in the sandbox i actually contribute useful stuff (in oca), so... it's never too late to change!

and if i, the completely offtopic guy who does everything at random, can become part of something other than random memes in the sandbox, you can too.
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by hotcrystal0 » December 23rd, 2023, 11:41 pm

haaaaaands wrote:
December 10th, 2023, 6:51 am
yeah, at first i was like that (when i "discovered" the glider's parent, one of my very first posts here), but now, despite being most often in the sandbox i actually contribute useful stuff (in oca), so... it's never too late to change!

and if i, the completely offtopic guy who does everything at random, can become part of something other than random memes in the sandbox, you can too.
For me, it’s the opposite way around. Before July or something this year, I was actually contributing, mostly in oscillators, but after that point, there kind of really wasn’t anything in the related threads, so I went to The Sandbox.

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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!

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

Post by BokaBB » December 24th, 2023, 5:35 am

hotcrystal0 wrote:
December 23rd, 2023, 11:41 pm
haaaaaands wrote:
December 10th, 2023, 6:51 am
yeah, at first i was like that (when i "discovered" the glider's parent, one of my very first posts here), but now, despite being most often in the sandbox i actually contribute useful stuff (in oca), so... it's never too late to change!

and if i, the completely offtopic guy who does everything at random, can become part of something other than random memes in the sandbox, you can too.
For me, it’s the opposite way around. Before July or something this year, I was actually contributing, mostly in oscillators, but after that point, there kind of really wasn’t anything in the related threads, so I went to The Sandbox.
What about doing OCA?
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I'd love to befriend anybody who's interested.
Have a good day!

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

Post by haaaaaands » December 24th, 2023, 6:00 am

BokaBB wrote:
December 24th, 2023, 5:35 am
hotcrystal0 wrote:
December 23rd, 2023, 11:41 pm
haaaaaands wrote:
December 10th, 2023, 6:51 am
yeah, at first i was like that (when i "discovered" the glider's parent, one of my very first posts here), but now, despite being most often in the sandbox i actually contribute useful stuff (in oca), so... it's never too late to change!

and if i, the completely offtopic guy who does everything at random, can become part of something other than random memes in the sandbox, you can too.
For me, it’s the opposite way around. Before July or something this year, I was actually contributing, mostly in oscillators, but after that point, there kind of really wasn’t anything in the related threads, so I went to The Sandbox.
What about doing OCA?
if you mean creating a rule, technically the rule i posted in the interesting rules thread counts as there were no search results prior to my post
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Re: I THINK I FOUND A NEW STILL LIFE!!!!

Post by BokaBB » December 24th, 2023, 12:33 pm

haaaaaands wrote:
December 24th, 2023, 6:00 am
BokaBB wrote:
December 24th, 2023, 5:35 am
hotcrystal0 wrote:
December 23rd, 2023, 11:41 pm


For me, it’s the opposite way around. Before July or something this year, I was actually contributing, mostly in oscillators, but after that point, there kind of really wasn’t anything in the related threads, so I went to The Sandbox.
What about doing OCA?
if you mean creating a rule, technically the rule i posted in the interesting rules thread counts as there were no search results prior to my post
Why are you repliyng? I was addressing hotcrystal0.
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Post by haaaaaands » December 24th, 2023, 12:34 pm

uhh
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Post by rutabaga » December 24th, 2023, 9:15 pm

haaaaaands wrote:
December 24th, 2023, 12:34 pm
uhh
based

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.2A3$2A$A.EA$.BEA$2.C$.B2C$2.2A!
i'm back! here have a p12

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Post by pcallahan » December 25th, 2023, 3:07 am

Not new but "new to me".
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Post by haaaaaands » December 25th, 2023, 5:41 am

nice painting
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