Richard K. Guy, 1916-2020

[Ian07]

For those who haven't already heard, Richard K. Guy, the discoverer of the glider among other things, passed away yesterday at the age of 103. He will be missed.

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x = 189, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
109bo58bo$107bobo57bo$48bo59b2o57b3o$48bobo61bobo$48b2o62b2o$45bo
16bo50bo52bo13bo$43bobo15bo103bobo11bobo$44b2o15b3o40b2o13b2o43bob
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$5bo35bo5bo4bobo4bo37b3o5b3o2b2ob2o2b3o46bobo2b2ob2o2bobo$42bo4bo
4bobo4bo39bo60bo7bo3bobo3bo$40b3o55bo10b2o3b2o42bobo8b2obobob2o$
49b3o3b3o51bo5bo43b2o3bo7bobo7bo$104b2o3bo5bo3b2o42bobo4b2o3b2o4bo
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16bo49bo54bo13bo$57b2o52b2o$56bobo51bobo$58bo56b2o60b3o$115bobo61b
o$115bo62bo!

[Moosey]

Rest In Peace, Richard K. Guy.
You shall be remembered by all the gliders.

[muzik]

Thank you for your service.

[Apple Bottom]

That's a real shame. 103 is a ripe old age (I hope I'll live that long!), but death is always a sad event, even so. My thoughts are with his friends and family.

EDIT: we now have a black ribbon on the LifeWiki to mourn his passing. (This can easily disabled, and reenabled later in case someone else dies; see the Tiki bar.)

[GUYTU6J]

Farewell, the pioneer of Game of Life.
❀❀❀❀❀

[Hunting]

Goodbye, Richard K. Guy. You will always be remembered by the Lifenthausiasts.

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

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x = 67, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
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3bobobo5bobobo4bo2bo3bobobobobobobobobo$2o2b2o2b3obobo2bo2b2o2bobobo5b
3ob2o3bo2b2o2b2o2bobob3obobobo$obobo5bobobo2bo2bo3bobobo5bobobo4bo2bo
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bo2bo2bobob2o$obobobobobobobo5bo4bo4bo5bobobobobobobo2bo2bobobo$2o2b3o
bobobobo5b3ob3ob3o5b2o2b3obobobob3obobob3o2$3ob3o5bo3bobobobo5b3ob3ob
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ob3ob3ob3ob3o3b3ob3ob3o$o3bobobo3bo3bobo2bo4bo4bo2bo$o3bobobo3b2o2b3o
2bo4b2o3bo2b3o$o3bobobo3bo3bobo2bo4bo4bo4bob2o$3ob3ob3ob3obobo2bo4b3ob
3ob3ob2o!

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x = 113, y = 144, rule = B3/S23
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$52bo2bo$51b3obob2o$44b2o3bo5bo2bo5b2o$43bo2bobob2o3b2obobo4bo$44bobob
o3bo4bobobobo$36bo8bo2bob2o5bo3bob2o$36b2o8b2o2bo7b3o2bo$35bobo12bo4b
3o5bo$44b6o5bo2b5o$44bo2bo5b2o2bo$53bo4b3o$50b2obo6bo$49bo2bo$49bobo$
50bo6$36bo$36b2o$35bobo7$84b2o$83b2o$85bo40$2o$b2o$o!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

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x = 70, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
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3bobobo5bobobo4bo2bo3bobobobobobobobobob2o$2o2b2o2b3obobo2bo2b2o2bobob
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4bo2bo3bobobobobobobobobo2bo$obob3o3bob3ob3ob3obobobo5bobob3o2bo2b3obo
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bobobobo5bo4bo2bo7bobobobobobobo2bo2bobobo3b2o$obobobobobob3o5b2o3bo2b
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b3ob3ob3obobo2bo4b3ob3ob3ob2o!

Not to be pedantic, but I'm pretty sure the commas aren't in the right location.

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

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bobobobobobobobobo2$2o2b3ob3ob3o5b3ob3ob3o5b2o2b3ob5ob3ob3ob3o$obobobo
bobobobo5bo4bo2bo7bobobobobobobo2bo2bobobo3b2o$obobobobobob3o5b2o3bo2b
3o5bobobobobobobo2bo2bobob2o2b2o$obobobobobobobo5bo4bo4bo5bobobobobobo
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b3ob3ob3obobo2bo4b3ob3ob3ob2o!

Not to be pedantic, but I'm pretty sure the commas aren't in the right location.

Fixed. There was an e x t r a c o m m a.

[hooked]

But it produces an LWSS.

[Hunting]

But it produces an LWSS.

I was surprised to see you here again. I thought you wasn't active anymore.

[otismo]

byeguy.mc

Richard K. Guy

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byeguyBMPcell.mc

bitmap cells

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MetaQUADglider.mc

does not always work

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[dvgrn]

MetaQUADglider.mc
does not always work...

Why not use a pattern of gliders where none of the lanes overlap with each other, like this for example?

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
6b3o$6bo$7bo4$18b2o$17bobo$19bo3$o$obo$2o4$12bo$13bo$11b3o!

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# splash-screen.py...

It's generally a better policy to link to the message containing the original script, than to make new copies of it. With copies all of the place, if the original script gets updated, there's no easy way for anyone to find and update all the copies.

Speaking of which, I fixed a bug in the original script -- it was using the wrong bounding box to determine where to put the pixel patterns. Please replace your script with the version 1.1 available at the above link. I've taken the liberty of deleting the two copies you made of the script (one here, one in a quotation on the other thread).

[otismo]

MetaQUADglider.mc
does not always work...

Why not use a pattern of gliders where none of the lanes overlap with each other, like this for example?

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
6b3o$6bo$7bo4$18b2o$17bobo$19bo3$o$obo$2o4$12bo$13bo$11b3o!

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# splash-screen.py...

It's generally a better policy to link to the message containing the original script, than to make new copies of it. With copies all of the place, if the original script gets updated, there's no easy way for anyone to find and update all the copies.

Speaking of which, I fixed a bug in the original script -- it was using the wrong bounding box to determine where to put the pixel patterns. Please replace your script with the version 1.1 available at the above link. I've taken the liberty of deleting the two copies you made of the script (one here, one in a quotation on the other thread).

more proof that dvgrn knows his stuff :

inmemSS.rle

in memoriam done a bit better

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glider_Q_SS.rle

just glider

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Fox_Frame_Combo_One_Glider_QUAD_pixel_SS.mc

looking good

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[Entity Valkyrie 2]

Requiem.mc

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