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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Majestas32 » February 15th, 2018, 11:30 am

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by 77topaz » February 17th, 2018, 6:45 am

For a spaceship with speed (x,y)c/z, the z is the spaceship's period, but how does one refer to the (x,y) part? This is particularly relevant for certain classes of spaceships like the HBKs, which have various periods but all move by (6,3) in one period. My first thought would be to call it the spaceship's "step", but that term is sometimes used as a synonym for "generation". Does anyone have any better ideas?

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Macbi » February 17th, 2018, 6:48 am

"Displacement"?

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by 77topaz » February 17th, 2018, 6:49 am

Macbi wrote:"Displacement"?
Yeah, I see that term has been used in several places, though it doesn't appear in the Life Lexicon or the LifeWiki.

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Apple Bottom » February 17th, 2018, 12:34 pm

77topaz wrote:For a spaceship with speed (x,y)c/z, the z is the spaceship's period, but how does one refer to the (x,y) part? This is particularly relevant for certain classes of spaceships like the HBKs, which have various periods but all move by (6,3) in one period. My first thought would be to call it the spaceship's "step", but that term is sometimes used as a synonym for "generation". Does anyone have any better ideas?
I've always called it "offset", myself.
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by dvgrn » February 17th, 2018, 12:52 pm

77topaz wrote:
Macbi wrote:"Displacement"?
Yeah, I see that term has been used in several places, though it doesn't appear in the Life Lexicon or the LifeWiki.
The Lexicon does use a variant of the term, though -- "displaced by a non-zero amount" and "A period p spaceship that displaces itself (m,n) during its period..." You see the same thing in the LifeWiki -- "displaces itself by 65 cells diagonally every 438,852 generations"

Maybe it's a nice coincidence that Displacement has a nautical-ship meaning also, though definitely not the same meaning.

I've used "offset" or sometimes "delta" or "step size", I think, but there could be temporal offsets as well as spatial ones -- maybe a dedicated term like "displacement" is better.

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Apple Bottom » February 18th, 2018, 3:55 pm

dvgrn wrote:I've used "offset" or sometimes "delta" or "step size", I think, but there could be temporal offsets as well as spatial ones -- maybe a dedicated term like "displacement" is better.
"displacement" is certainly a fine term. Should we make it official and add it to the wiki and Lexicon?

Also, a new one:

phoenician, adj.: descriptive of a pattern that is a phoenix. Example: "Venetian blinds is a phoenician agar."
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by dvgrn » February 18th, 2018, 5:18 pm

Apple Bottom wrote:"displacement" is certainly a fine term. Should we make it official and add it to the wiki and Lexicon?
The LifeWiki, sure. I guess it can go in the Lexicon backlog, but maybe it shouldn't go in an actual release until people start using it occasionally.

(It's not that high a bar, really. I can start going on about the displacement of the latest Demonoid, and see if anyone else follows along.)

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by dani » February 18th, 2018, 5:21 pm

I've always used displacement, that or offset.

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by gameoflifeboy » February 24th, 2018, 10:55 pm

Saka wrote:
danny wrote:calcyman's partner (as referenced in his garden post thingy) can be referred to as 'calcywoman' :P
Girlfriend or wife?
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(viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2586&start=100#p52912 btw)
When I saw that post, it took me too long to realize that Calcyman was probably referring to a romantic partner, not a lab partner or research partner.

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by KittyTac » February 26th, 2018, 10:15 am

Eyes: Two empty spots on the front of a ship that stay empty as it moves and move with it, e.g here:

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Or the Day And Night ship, where the eyes blink.

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Apple Bottom » March 5th, 2018, 5:39 am

flying saucer: an alien spaceship.
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Apple Bottom » March 9th, 2018, 6:00 am

Apologies for double-posting-- from this thread:

Battleship: a combination of a spaceship and a gun; a rake.
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Cclee » March 12th, 2018, 9:01 am

Apple Bottom wrote:Apologies for double-posting-- from this thread:

Battleship: a combination of a spaceship and a gun; a rake.
or the giant rakes platypus3 pitted against each other a while ago
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by KittyTac » March 28th, 2018, 5:00 am

Real life: CGOL, when comparing it to OCA.

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by KittyTac » May 2nd, 2018, 11:09 am

I call this gun "The Death Star" (if you squirt at it juuuuust right)

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o14bobob2o9b2obo4bo4b2o5b2obo64bo4bobo24b2o16b2obob2o4bobo2bo$115bobo
51b2o75bo4bo11bob2o2bo5b2o2b2obob3ob3o4b4obo64bobob4ob2o23bobo13bo2bo
5bo2b2obobo$114b2obob2o48b2o74b2ob4o11bo3bo6bobo6bo2bobo3b2o4bobo63bob
4o5bo39b2obob3obo2bob2ob4o$113bo5bo93bo2bo30bo13bob4o2bo5bo9bo2bobo4b
4ob2o62bo5bob2o42bob2o5b2o4bo4bo$109b2obobobobo2bo9bo47b4o34bo29bobo
10bobo3bob2o16b3ob4obo2bobo64b6obo43bo4bob2o2b3o3b3o$64b2o5b2o19b2o13b
o2bobobobobob2o7b3o46bo3bo30bo3bo24bo5b2o10bo2b3o2bo8b2o10bo4bo2bo2bo
66bo4bo44b3ob2o2bo3b2ob2o$65bo5b2o20b2o10b4o3bobo4bo8bo12b2ob2o36bo31b
4o22bobo18bobob2obo8bo10bo2b2o5b2o69b3o10bo36bo4bob2o$65bobo24bo11bo6b
o2b2obobo8b2o10bo2b2o5b2o26bo2bo59b2o17b2obo3bob2o7b3o8b2ob2o74b2o12bo
bo36b2obobo9b2o$66b2o36bob6obo3bob2o20bo4bo2bo2bo92bo14bo2bo3bo2bo9bo
101b2o36b2obo3bo2bobo2bo2bo$70b2o31b2obo5bob4o8bo11b3ob4obo2bobo93bo
15bo2b2obo155b3o2bo3bo2b3o$71bo4bo24bo5b4obobo3b2o2b2obobo9bo2bobo2bob
4ob2o90b3o16b2o3b2o157b9o$69b2o3bobo24b2ob2obobobo2bob2o8b2o2b2o6bobob
ob2o4bobo81b7o23bobo157b2o5bo5b2o$75b2o25bobo2bobo4b2obob2o9b2o3b4ob4o
2b2ob2obo79b3ob3ob3o6bo12bo3bob2o154bob2o7b2obo$56b2o43bo3bobob2o6bobo
14bo4bo4b2o3bob2obo76bo4b3o4bo3bobo11bob2obo2bo156bo9bo$56bobo10bo22b
2o3b2obob2obo5bo5bobo15b3obob3o2b2obo3bobo76b4obob3obo4b2o11bo5bo158bo
9bo$58bo4b2o3b3o21bobo3bobo3bobobobo2bo4bo18b5o2bo2bob2obo2bo8b2o76bo
19b6obo155b2ob7ob2o$57b2ob2o2bo2bobobo18b2o2b4o2bob2o2bobobob2o30b2o7b
2o10bo65bob2obobobo23bo3bobo110b2o41bo2bo7bo2bo$54b2o3bob2o2b3o3b3o15b
o2b2o3bobobobobo4bobo49b3o66b2obobobob2o25bo2bo110b2o5b2o27b2o5b2obobo
3bobob2o$54bob2obo3b2o3b2o4bo14bobo2bo4bo5bobob2o2bo48bo11bo60bo2bobo
27b2o118b2o26b2o8bob2obob2obo$56bob3obo2bob2ob4o3b2o9b2ob2obo2bob2o3b
2obo3bobo59b3o14b2o44b2o2bo111b2o64bo7bo4bo4bo$56bo5b2obo2bobo6b2o2b2o
5bo3bobobo2bo7b4obo25bo33bo2b2o12b2o49b2o111bo73b3obob3o$55b2o2b3o4bob
o2bo9bobo5b3ob2o4bob2o2b2o3bo22b2o2bobo32b2ob2o14bo160bo33b2o41b5o$56b
obo2bob4ob3o11bo5bo3bobobo2bo7b2obo6bo14bobo2b2o32b3o85bo92b2o32b2o$
56bo2bo2bo4bo20b2ob2obo2bob2o3b2obobo7bobo14bo6b2o29b2obo5bo78bo104bo
26b2o$57b2o5b2o2bo10b2o8bobo2bo4bo5bobo9b2o22bobo29bo2bo5b2o74b3o103bo
27b2o$63b2ob2o12bo8bo2b2o3bobobo3bobo28b2o5bo29bo7b2o145b2ob2o31b3o$
77b3o10b2o2b4o2bobo3bo29b2o5b2o29bobo41b2ob2o40bo63bo2b2o5b2o92bo$77bo
14bobo3bobobo72bo41bo2b2o5b2o32bobo64bo4bo2bo2bo90bobo$92b2o3b2ob2o70b
o45bo4bo2bo2bo32b2o43b2o16b3ob4obo2bobo15b2o11bob2o58b2o$171bobo41b3ob
4obo2bobo36bo39b3o15bo2bobo2bob4ob2o14b2o11bo3bobo59b2o$170bo3b4o36bo
2bo4bob3o2b2o36bo38b2obo15bobobob2o4bobo2bo31bo59bobo$174bo2bo37bobo2b
o2bo3bobo35b3o39b3o12b4ob4o2b2ob2obob2o29bobo54b2o5bo$174b3o35b4ob2obo
2b2ob2obo78bo12bo4bo4b2o3bob2obo26bobo58b2o5b2o$163b2o6b3o37bo4bo4b2o
5b2obo90b3obob3o2b2obo4bo$164bo11bo35b3obob3o2b2obo3bobo91b5o3bo2b2ob
3o78b2o$164bobo9bo37b2ob2o2bo2bob2obo2bo97b2obo4bo11b2o22b2ob2o39bobo$
89bob2o8b2o40bo9b2o4b2o4b2o9bo31bo12b2o7b2o88b2o9bobob2o14b2o20bobobob
o40bo$89b2obo6b4o39bobo7bo2bo4bo20b2o24b2o110bo2bo7bo3bob2o12bo22bobo
2bo6bo9b2o$98bo4bo39bo7bo4bo3bobo18bo25bobo109b3o9b3o38b2obo7b2ob2o7bo
$98bob2o13b3o32bo6bo3b2o16bobo140b3o3b3o31bo8bo3b2o5b2ob3o5bobo$99b3o
15bo23b5o4bo6bo8b2obo9b2o35bo60bo41b2o3bo3bo3b2o26b2o10bobo2bobo2b5o6b
2o$116bo19b2o2bo4bo5bo4bo7b2obo2bo27bobo14bobo57bobo41bob2o7b2obo27b2o
8b2ob2o2b2o3b3o$100bo35bo2bo2bo9bo2bo8bo5bo28b2o14b2o59b2o43bo3b3o3bo
52bo$100b2o35bobob2o10b2o11bobo2b2o26bo19b2o59bo40bobo5bobo$99bobo34b
2obo5bo19b2obo3bo46bobo59bo38b2obo5bob2o$139bo4bobo19bobobobo41b2o5bo
57b3o37bo2bo7bo2bo$139b2o2bo2bo22b3o42b2o5b2o96b2obob5obob2o$63b2ob2o
76b2o138bo36bob2obob2obo$62bo2b2o5b2o85bobo52b2o66bobo36bo3bobo3bo$63b
o4bo2bo2bo84b2o52bo2bo66b2o37b3o3b3o$60b3ob4obo2bobo85bo40b2o10bobo
108bobobo$59bo2bobo4b3o2b2o97b2o26b2o2b2o5b2obobo107b3o$60bobo2bob2o5b
o2bo72bo22b2o2b2o26bobo4bo2b2obo107bo6bo58b2o7b3o$57b4ob2obo2bob3obob
2o71b3o7bo3b2o12bobo26bo7bo3bo114b2o41b2o14b2o9bo$56bo4b2o3b2o3bob2obo
71b2o2bo5bobo3bo14bo32bo2b4obo111bobo42bo24bo$57b3o3b3o2b2obo4bo32bobo
36bob4o4b2o3bo15b2o22b2o7b2obo3bobo104bo47b3o$59bobobo3bo2b2ob3o22b2o
8bob2o36bo4bo8bo41bo8bo2b3o2bo103bobo46bo$60b3o2b2obo4bo23bobo6b3o39bo
2b2o5b5obo36b3o9bob2obobo73bo31b2o15bobo$55b2o4bo4bobob2o27bo5bo4b2o
13b2o6b2ob2o2b2o8b2o6bo4b2o36bo9b2obo3bob2o73bo26b2o19b2o$54bo2bo7bo3b
ob2o22bo9b5obo13bo8bobo2bobo13b2obob2o49bo2bo3bo2bo71b3o25bobo20bo46bo
b2o$54b3o9b3o13b2o10bo14bo13bobo7bo3b2o7bo8bobobobob2o48bob2o2bo101bo
5b2o61b5o$57b3o3b3o17b2o9bo2b2o6b2o3bo12b2o9b2obo8bobo8bo4bobo47b2o3b
2o79bo21b2o5b2o51bo9b4o$54b2o3bobobo3b2o13bo12b3o7bobo3bo23bobo2bo5b2o
9b2o53bo2bobo78bobo81b3o$54bob2o2b3o2b2obo27bo9bo3b2o22bo2bobobo71bobo
3bo77b2o9b2o73bo7b3o$56bo9bo65bo2b3ob2o69b3o2bob2obo80bo6b3o18bo31b2o
19b2o7b3o$56bo3bobo3bo19b2o44b3o19b2o53bo2bobo5bo81bo4bob2o17bobo30bo
15bo14bo$55b2obo5bob2o18b2o47bo17bo2bo52b2o3b6o80b3o4b3o18bobo10b2o16b
obo15b3o$54bo2bobobobobo2bo38b2o25b2o16bo4bo55bo3bo90bo7bo9bobob2o5b2o
2b2o16b2o19bo$54b2obobobobobob2o38bobo41bo6bo54b2o98b4o8bob2o2bo4bobo
40b2o$56bob2o3b2obo40bo5bo37bo6bo155bo2bo7bo3bo7bo16b2o$56bo3b3o3bo24b
2o19bo2b2o20b2o13bo4bo8b2o147bobo2bob2ob4o2bo21b2obo$57b3o3b3o25b2o18b
o5bo18bo2bo13bo2bo9b2o146b2ob4obobo3bob2o7b2o4b2o5bobob2o$59bo3bo23b2o
25b2ob2o17bo2bo14b2o72bo2bo66bo2bo14bo5bo2b3o2bo8bo5b2o4b2obo2bo$87b2o
21bo3b4o17b5o54b4o34bo31b4o34bo13bobo3b2obob2obo9b3o9b2o$61bo49bo4bo
15b2ob2o56bo3bo30bo3bo30bo3bo30bo3bo14b2o4bobo3bob2o9bo10b4o3bo17b2o$
61bo50b3o19bo62bo31b4o34bo31b4o9bo10bobo3bo2bo28bo15bo2bo14b2o$62b3o
28b2o19bo7b2o24b2o43bo2bo66bo2bo43bobo11bo2b2obo28b3o16b3o14b2o$61b5o
27b2o14b2o11b2o23bo2bo2b2o11b3o142b2o12b2o3b2o46b2o$60bo2bob2o43bo36bo
bo4bo2bo7bo2bo136b3o7bo10bobo$61b5o41b3o38bo5bobobo6bo3bo8b2o124b5o7bo
7bo3bob2o64b2o$57b2o3b2o43bo43b2obo2bo6bo2b3o7b2o124bob3obo4b3o6bob2ob
o2bo64bo$56bobo5bo86bo2bo10b4o10bo121b3o5b3o11bo5bo53b2o12b3o$56bo5b2o
84bo4bo146bo3bo3bo3bo6bo4b6obo22b2o28bo14bo$55b2o5b2o84b5o147bob3obob
4o5bobo6bo3bobo21bobo24b3o$161b2o6bobo129bo3b3o10b2o9bo2bo21bo26bo$
150b2obo8bo7b2o101b2ob2o3b2o20bobobobob3o8bo7b2o$150bob2o5b3o8bo101bob
obo3bobo14bo4b2o2bo2b2obo2bo7bo$159bo108bo3bobo2b4o2b2o10b3o5bobo2bo5b
4o3b3o$267bobo3bobobo3b2o2bo8bo8bo2b2o2b2o6bo$267bobo5bo4bo2bobo8b2o6b
2o3bob2o5b2o$265bobob2o4b2o2b2ob2ob2o16bobobo4bo2bo2b3o$116bobo145bob
2o2bo8b2obo4bo4bo8bo2bobob4obo2bobo2bo$116b2o146bo3b2o5b2o2b3o2bob2o3b
obo7b2obobobo4b4obobo8bo48bo$117bo144bob4o2bo8b2obo4bo4b2o2b2o6bobo3b
2o4bobob2o8bo45bobo$261bobo3bob2o4b2o2b2ob2ob2o9b2o3b4ob3o4b4obobo7b3o
46b2o$81b3o131b2ob2o41bo2bo4bo5bo4bo2bobo14bo4bo4b2o5b2o2bo$81bo114bo
17bo2b2o5b2o36bobob2obobobobobo3b2o2bo15b3obob3o2b2obo3bobo11bo$82bo
112b2o18bo4bo2bo2bo34b2obo3bo2b2obo2b4o2b2o18bo3bo2bo2bob2obobo10bobo$
195bobo14b3ob4obo2bobo34bo2b2o2bobo3bobo3bobo6bo20b2o7bo12b2o$211bo2bo
bo2bob4ob2o35bo2b2obob2obob2o3b2o6bobo13bo30bo11b2o$212bobobob2o4bobo
37b2obobo3bo15b2o14bo31bo9b3o21b3o$187bo21b4ob4o2b2ob2obo38bo4bobo62b
3o9b2obo20bo$170bo17b2o18bo4bo4b2o3bob2obo34bobobob2ob2o30bo43b3o21bo$
115b2o52bobo15b2o20b3obob3o2b2obo3bobo32bobob2o5bo29bobo34bo8bo44b2o5b
2o$114bo2bo42b2obo5bob2o38b5o2bo2bob2obo2bo32bo5bob2o31b2o33bobo53b2o
5bo$111bo3bobo42bob2o6bo47b2o7b2o34b6obo36b2o30b2o58bobo$109b6obo148bo
4bo36bobo89b2o$108bo5bo152b3o32b2o5bo85b2o$100bo7bobo2bo2bo63b2o84b2o
34b2o5b2o46bo37bobo$98b2o9bobob4o63bo32bo79b2o59b4o32bo5bo$89bo9b2o10b
obo64bobo31bobo77bobo52bo7bo2bo29b2o$88bobo19b2o3b2o61b2o32b2o80bo12b
2o36bobo8bobo2bo27b2o$88bobo18bo2b2obo100b2o89b2o37b2o7b2ob4o$86bobob
2o9b2o4bo2bobobo2bo98bobo131bo6bo19bo24b2o7b2o$85bob2o3bo4b2o2b2o4b2ob
o3bob2o9bo36b2o38b3o4b2o5bo116b4o12bo5bobo16bobo16b5o2bo2bob2obo2bo$
85bo3bob3o2bobo9bobob2obo9b3o35bobo40bo4b2o5b2o52bo61bo3bo10b3o6b2o16b
obo14b3obob3o2b2obo3bobo$83bob5o2bo4bo9bo2b2o3bo8bo38bo41bo65bo66bo35b
obob2o9b2obo4bo4b2o3bob2obo$82bobo3bob2o15bobo3bob2o7b2o36b2o47b2o58b
3o60bo2bo16bo18bob2o3bo4b2o2b2obob3ob4o2b2ob2obo$82bo2b2o3bo8b2o7bob5o
2bo92bo2bo41bob2o48b3o42bobo18bo3bob2o3bobo6bo2bobobob2o4bobo$83bobob
2obo8bo10bo3bob3o3bo75b2o10bobo42b2obo47bo2bo36b3o4b2o16bob4o3bo4bo9bo
2bobo2bob4ob2o$82b2obo3bob2o7b3o7bob2o3bo3bobo74b2o2b2o5b2obobo91bo3bo
8b2o24b5o7bo12bobo5b2o16b3ob4obo2bobo$82bo2bobobo2bo9bo8bobob2o5b2o2b
2o74bobo4bo2b2obo48b2o39bo2b3o7b2o24bob3obo7bo11bo2b2obobo8b2o10bo4bo
2bo2bo$84bo2b2obo22bobo10b2o49bo25bo6b2o3bo48b2o40b4o10bo21b3o5b3o3b3o
12bobo4bo8bo10bo2b2o5b2o$85b2o3b2o21bobo60b3o30bo2b4obo123bo3bo3bo3bo
16b2obobobob2o7b3o8b2ob2o$86bobo25bo52b2o6bo24b2o7b2obo3bobo123b4obob
3obo7bo8bo2bobobo2bo9bo$84bobob4o76bo7b2o23bo8bo4bo2bo83b2o6bobo33b3o
3bo6bobo10bo3bobo$83bobo2bo2bo73b3o8bo21b3o9bob2obobo85bo7b2o28bob2obo
bobo9b2o11b2o3b2o$83bo5bo15b2o5b2o51bo32bo9b2obo3bob2o56b3o22b3o8bo29b
2obo2bo2b2o12bo9bobo$84b6obo14bo5b2o14bo79bo2bo2b2o2bo58bo22bo44bo2bob
o14bo6bo3b4o$86bo3bobo13bobo18b2o81bob2o2bo12b2ob2o42bo69b2o2bo12b3o5b
ob2o4bo$89bo2bo14b2o18bobo79b2obob2o12bo2b2o5b2o20bo89b2o19bo5bo$90b2o
19b2o101bo14bo4bo2bo2bo19b2o106bo3b6obo$110bobo46bo49b2obobobo9b3ob4ob
o2bobo18bobo104bobo5bo3bobo$111bo47b3o47bo2b2obobo7bo2bo4bob3o2b2o125b
2o8bo2bo$162bo48bo5bo8bobo2bo2bo3bobo2bo21bob2o102bo6b2o$118bobo40b2o
14b2o9bo20bob6o6b4ob2obo2b2ob2obob2o20b5o103bo$119b2o56b2o10bo18bobo3b
o7bo4bo4b2o5b2obo21b4o88b2ob2o9b3o$96b2o7b2o12bo67b3o18bo2bo11b3obob3o
2b2obo4bo32bobo59bo17bo2b2o5b2o$95bo2bob2obo2bo2b2ob2o95b2o14b2ob2o3bo
2b2ob3o23b3o6bob2o58b2o18bo4bo2bo2bo7bo$95bobo3bob2o2b3obob3o115b2obo
4bo25b3o4b3o61bobo14b3ob4obo2bobo5bobo$96bob2o5b2o4bo4bo104b2o9bobob2o
28bo4bo4b2o13b2o59bo2bobo2bob4ob2o5b2o$98bob2ob2o2bob2ob4o104bo2bo7bo
3bob2o32b5obo13bo61bobobob2o4bobo10bo$98bobo3bo2bo2bobo107b3o9b3o40bo
13bobo36bo21b4ob4o2b2ob2obo11bo$97b2o2b3obo4bo2bo109b3obob3o39b2o3bo
12b2o10b2o8bo17b2o18bo4bo4b2o3bob2obo7b3o$98bobo2bob4ob3o56bo50b2o3bob
obo3b2o36bobo3bo24bo7bobo15b2o20b3obob3o2b2obo3bobo$98bo2bo2bo4bo59b2o
49bob2o7b2obo37bo3b2o24bobo5bob2o38b5o2bo2bob2obo2bo11bo$99b2o5b2o2bo
34b2o21bo2bo50bo9bo64b2o4b2o6bo47b2o7b2o10bobo$105b2ob2o34b2o10b2ob2o
2b2o4bobo50bo2b5o2bo19b2o44bo20b2o60b2o$146bo10bobo2bobo3bo2bo6b2o41b
2ob7ob2o8b2o8b2o22bo21bobo18bo65bo$156bo3b2o6bo2bo6bobo39bo2bo3bo3bo2b
o8b2o29b2obo21b2o16bobo66bo$157b2obo7bobo9bo39b2obob2ob2obob2o7bo30bo
4bo38b2o35bo29b3o$158bobo2bo5b3o8b2o40bob2o3b2obo44bo75bobo$136bo21bob
obobo57bo4bo4bo24b2o14b4o76b2o34bo$137b2o20b2ob2o42bo16b3o3b3o25b2o98b
2o28bobo$136b2o66bobo18bobobo23b2o102bobo28b2o$205b2o19b3o24b2o42bo47b
3o4b2o5bo32bo$214b2o5b2o73bo2bo47bo4b2o5b2o32bo$158b3o53b2o5bo74bo3bo
45bo44b3o$156b2ob2o58bobo37b2o27b2o6bo3bo51b2o$140b2o14b2ob2o58b2o6bo
31b2o14b2o11b2o5b2o3bo50bo2bo41bo$140b2o15b2o56b2o9bobo47bo19bo2bo39b
2o10bobo40bobo$215bobo9b2o44b3o35b2o26b2o2b2o5b2obobo39b2o$148b3o65bo
6b2o48bo37b2o2b2o26bobo4bo2b2obo42bo$148bo73bobo90bobo26bo6b2o3bo43bo$
149bo27b2o37bo5bo5b2o87bo32bo2b4obo39b3o$177b2o37bo4b2o5b2o6b2o79b2o
22b2o7b2obo3bobo$137b2o32b2o63bobo103bo8bo4bo2bo43bo$137bo33b2o41bo3bo
17bo51bobo48b3o9bob2obobo42bobo$138bo73b3o3b3o67b2o49bo9b2obo3bob2o42b
2o$137b2o72bo3b3o3bo67bo59bo2bo2b2o2bo46bo$173b2o27bo8bob2o3b2obo129bo
b2o2bo49bo$166b2o5b2o25b2o7b2obobobobobob2o126b2obob2o48b3o$166b2o33b
2o6bo2bobobobobo2bo131bo$210b2obo5bob2o127b2obobobo52bo$211bo3bobo3bo
128bo2b2obobo49bobo$211bo9bo130bo5bo50b2o$209bob2o2b3o2b2obo126bob6o
55bo$209b2o3bobobo3b2o125bobo3bo58bo$212b3o3b3o128bo2bo59b3o$166b2o41b
3o9b3o126b2o$166bobo36b2obo3bo7bo2bo193bo$153b2o11bo39b2obobo4bo4b2o
14b2o176bobo$154b3o47bo4bob2o2b3o20b3o175b2o$152bo4bo44b3ob2o2bo3bobob
o17bo4bo11b3o164bo$150b6obo43bo4bob2o2b3o3b3o13b6obo11bo18bo148bo$149b
o5bob2o42bob2obo3b2o3b2o4bo11bo5bob2o11bo15b2o147b3o$149bob4o5bo39b2ob
ob3obo2bob2ob4o12bob4o5bo26b2o$150bobobob2ob2o39bo2bo5b2obo2bobo16bobo
bob2ob2o179bo$152bobo2bobo23bobo16b2o2b3o4bobo2bo17bobo2bobo178bobo$
151b2obobo3bo22b2o18bobo2bob4ob3o17b2obobo3bo178b2o$150bo5bob2obob2o3b
2o14bo18bo2bo2bo4bo19bo5bob2obob2o3b2o173bo$148bo2bobobobo3bobo3bobo
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Kazyan » July 13th, 2019, 3:53 pm

Stringy: A still life is considered "stringy" if it satisfies both conditions here:

1) it does not contain a loop of 4 or more distinct Moore-connected live cells. So, topologically, their Moore connections between live cells can be unfolded into only triangles and strings.

2) No triangle is a junction between three different branches of the still life, i.e. each cell of the triangle is also connected to a unique neighbor outside of the triangle.

This means that, if you unroll every island in the still life's live cells in a Moore-connected way, you get long strands of cells with the occasional triangle stuck in them, with no branches in the chain. Loosely, still lifes can be considered "more stringy" if they have more live cells with 2 neighbors than the other still lifes they're being compared to. Below is an illustration: the still lifes in row 1 fail criterion 1) and row 2 fails criterion 2. Row 3 shows increasingly-stringy still lifes.

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x = 58, y = 50, rule = LifeHistory
2C5.C7.C$2C4.C.C5.C.C$6.C2.C4.C2.C$7.2C6.C.C$2.A10.A.C.CA$.C.A9.2A.C$
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10.A!
Stringy still lifes are typically rare in soup searching and are difficult to synthesize, thus the interest in them. Plenty of still lifes currently wanted in the 17-in-17 thread are stringy.
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by testitemqlstudop » July 13th, 2019, 10:21 pm

m/n rake, m/n gun: a rake or gun that emits m gliders out of n gliders

Example: 2/3 rake

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x = 97, y = 193, rule = B3/S23
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13b2o6bo$9b4ob2o$9b6o$10b4o54$b6o$o5bo$6bo$5bo3$14b2o$10b4ob2o$11b5o$
12b3o3$12b4o$11bo3bo$15bo$6b2o6bo$2b4ob2o$2b6o$3b4o86$95bo$96bo$79b2o
15bo$78b3o15bo$78b3o15bo$78b3o12bo2bo$78b2obo12b3o$79b3o$80bo2$89bo$
83bo4b2o$84bo2b3o$84bo2b3o$81bo2bo2b2obo$82b3o3b3o$89bo!

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Gustone » July 14th, 2019, 5:05 pm

edge: operational end/extensible part of edge-repair 1
(standard) tagalong attachment point: glider-like thing at the back of many c/3 ships (such as the one on the right) that can be replaced with various tagalongs

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by phdanielli » July 27th, 2019, 8:47 am

Zig-Zag Spaceship: Diagonal Glide-Symmetric Spaceships.

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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Moosey » July 27th, 2019, 8:49 am

phdanielli wrote:Zig-Zag Spaceship: Diagonal Glide-Symmetric Spaceships.

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By that definition a glider is a zig-zag spaceship.
I'm wondering if we can exclude ships like a G.
Is there any metric for distance of one mod to the second? If there is then we can define it as a glide symmetric diagonal ship which has a distance >1 between the mods or something.
Or a distance > the length of the ship might make sense.
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Post by phdanielli » July 27th, 2019, 8:57 am

the center of the bounding box must at least move in the same direction more than 1 consecutive generation in either directions (or even multiple directions...but for now only 2-directional zig-zags are discovered) and at least 1 change of direction per glide cycle

EDIT: How about by definition a ship must completely leave it's initial bounding box before changing directions?

EDIT2: How about a ship must completely leave its bounding box before changing its directions in all phases? (all directional phases leaving current bounding box)

EDIT3: Credits to saka for allowing me to use this ship and for suggesting me to post this terminology here.
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Moosey » July 27th, 2019, 10:09 am

phdanielli wrote:
EDIT: How about by definition a ship must completely leave it's initial bounding box before changing directions?
That sounds right.
It's a similar concept to
Moosey wrote:A ship must move at least its length before its initial phase reappears (mod-wise)
However, that means a high-period diagonal spaceship works for this.
How about:
To be a zigzag ship, a ship must:
1. Leave its bounding box before the initatial phase reappears (pointing in any direction with any rotation)
2. Once its initial phase reappears it must have moved orthogonally or obliquely (but not just normal diagonal glide symmmetry-wise)
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by phdanielli » July 27th, 2019, 10:24 am

That would severely limit cases where when changing directions, the ship has a different form per direction. (eg: ortho-diag 2-phaser zig-zag ships, 135-degree or 45 degree is ok either way; depending on angle, could be a net-ortho ship or a net-knight ship)

Pure diag ships dont qualify as the change in direction happens before completely leaving the bounding box.
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Re: Create your own terminology

Post by Moosey » July 27th, 2019, 10:43 am

phdanielli wrote: Pure diag ships dont qualify as the change in direction happens before completely leaving the bounding box.
If they're high enough period they will leave the bounding box before their mod happens.
For instance:

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x = 18, y = 18, rule = B2acn3ceqy5cjkr6ck/S12-ei3cy4kny5aijq6ck7cHistory
3BA$B2AB$ABAB12$15.2BD$15.BDB$15.B2D$15.D2B!
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