List of updates since 28. August 2013 for GoL status page

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List of updates since 28. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by codeholic » December 9th, 2014, 5:14 pm

2014 has been plentiful of discoveries. But the last update on the Game of Life Status page is still 28. August 2013.

Let's collect all updates, so that Jason can update it quickly and all at once. I'll keep the top post updated.

If there is a notable variant (and normally more appropriate for adding it in the collection), it is mentioned in parens.
Patterns that don't affect the GoL status page, but are worth adding in the pattern collection.

Matthias' nominations: Your nominations are welcome.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by towerator » December 9th, 2014, 5:21 pm

Definitley, this has been a rich year and half for spaceships.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by dvgrn » December 9th, 2014, 5:27 pm

There's also simsim314's collection of improvements to the gun collection that Jason maintains -- that didn't get very far, but it does have a couple of new guns in it, not to mention the universal-period O(log N) gun-building script:


With the Snark and semi-Snark available, of course most of the guns can be improved at this point, but at least this is a start...!

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Sokwe » December 9th, 2014, 8:16 pm

codeholic wrote:Patterns that don't affect the GoL status page, but are worth adding in the pattern collection.
I presume that you are referring to patterns that should be added to Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. In that case, there are many more patterns that need to be added. One glaring omission is Michael Simkin's switch engine ping-pong. I think the most recent version of the jslife collection also doesn't have the snark.

When I was searching for billiard tables a few months ago, I started collecting oscillators and guns that needed to be added to the "osc" section of jslife. There are still several patterns to add, but hopefully I can get it done soon.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by codeholic » December 9th, 2014, 8:24 pm

Sokwe wrote:One glaring omission is Michael Simkin's switch engine ping-pong.
I thought about it, but I'm not sure about the category, that it would fit into (interactions or misc, probably). If I'm not mistaken, 26-cell quadratic growth hasn't been listed in the jslife collection.
Sokwe wrote:I think the most recent version of the jslife collection also doesn't have the snark.
It's in the life-status collection (osc-refl-gun/0043-refl.lif and osc-refl-gun/0053-refl.lif)
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Sokwe » December 9th, 2014, 8:48 pm

codeholic wrote:I thought about it, but I'm not sure about the category, that it would fit into (interactions or misc, probably). If I'm not mistaken, 26-cell quadratic growth hasn't been listed in the jslife collection.
The 26-cell quadratic growth pattern is under "jslife-oversize", which used to be a separate collection.
codeholic wrote:[The snark] is in the life-status collection (osc-refl-gun/0043-refl.lif and osc-refl-gun/0053-refl.lif)
But it's not in the jslife collection. The status collection is really only a quick reference to prove the existence of patterns that the status page claims exist. The jslife collection is currently the best general life collection, but it is in need of an update.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Sokwe » December 17th, 2014, 9:09 am

Here is a collection of oscillators that I think should be added to the "osc" section of jslife:
jslife-osc-supplement.zip
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I tried to give proper credits for all patterns, but I didn't always know people's real names, so I used their forum alias. I'm sure there are problems with this collection, so if you see any errors, omissions, or anything else wrong, please reply.

Edit: If you're not familiar with the jslife collection, you can download it from this page.

I also want to update the rest of the jslife collection. I'm currently trying to come up with what needs to be added, but I can't possibly remember everything, so I'm asking for suggestions on patterns. Here is what I have been thinking about so far (in no particular order):
  • All the patterns mentioned by Codeholic in the first post of this topic
  • David Bell's 260-cell sawtooth
  • c/5 orthogonal greyships by Hartmut Holzwart
  • c/5 diagonal puffers and rakes by Matthias Merzenich ("Sokwe")
  • fast, stable, almost-spartan pseudo-Heisenburp by Adam P. Goucher ("Calcyman") (based on a pattern by "Guam")
  • Small moving sawtooth by "cloudy197"
  • 10x10 garden of Eden by Marijn Heule, Christiaan Hartman, Kees Kwekkeboom, and Alain Noels
  • Maybe some of the other patterns from "Pattern of the Year" competitions (2010 and 2011). I don't know about some of biggest patterns (e.g. Gemini). I'm not sure what sort of size limit should be put on patterns in the "jslife-oversize" collection.
  • "Loafer" by Josh Ball ("velcrorex")
  • A loafer gun (e.g. the smaller of these two constructed by Shannon Omick)
  • A dart gun (I'm waiting for the technology to stabilize on this one) (Edit: this was already on Codeholic's list)
  • Mike Playle's Snark
  • Semi-snark by "Guam"
  • Stable MWSS-to-glider converter by Matthias Merzenich
  • Objects that can be synthesized with 4 gliders (a bunch of new ones by Bob Shemyakin, and a few by Matthias Merzenich)
  • Some of the other new syntheses (e.g., the 6-glider synthesis of eater 2 by Tanner Jacobi)
  • c/5 orthogonal wickstretchers by Matthias Merzenich and Hartmut Holzwart
  • A bunch of c/5 orthogonal spider tagalongs by Matthias Merzenich and a few by Hartmut Holzwart
  • This collection of small c/4 diagonal spaceships compiled by Nicolay Beluchenko (the collection includes many new ships found by Nicolay)
  • This collection of small c/4 orthogonal ships which includes many new ones found by Josh Ball and Matthias Merzenich (I think it's missing a 41-cell ship):

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    x = 362, y = 204, rule = B3/S23
    305bo$298bobob2obo$296bo3bobo$295bo$294bo3b2o$294bob2o$295bo$293bo$
    292bobo$289bo2bobo$288bobo$287bo2bo$288bo$279bo2b2o5b2o$279b2o2bo5bo$
    279bo3b3o2b2o$283b2obo3bo$284bo4bo$285b2o$286bo3bo$287bo2bo$288bobo9$
    298bobobo$296bo3bob2obo$295bo9bo$294bo3b2o$294bob2o$295bo$293bo$292bob
    o$289bo2bobo$288bobo$287bo2bo$288bo$279bo2b2o5b2o$279b2o2bo5bo$279bo3b
    3o2b2o$283b2obo3bo$284bo4bo$285b2o$286bo3bo$287bo2bo$288bobo10$293bo$
    291bo2b2o$289b3o$288bobo$288bob2o$287bo4bo$286b2o2$285bo4b2o$180bo3bo
    104bo$179bob2obo101b3o$179bobo106bo$180bo108bo12bo$178b2o57bo50b2o7bo
    2b3o$178b2o55b2o52bo7bo2b2o$182bob2o51bo51b2ob2o3bo$156b2o23b2o56bobo
    44bo2b2obob3o$155bo82bo2bo42b2o3bo3b4o$85b3o67b2o24b2obo53bo2bo44bo7bo
    $83b2o3bo66b2o24b2obo53bobo$81bo68b4obo27bo56bo$79b2o3bo3bo58bob3o28bo
    2b2o16bo36b2o$81bo2bo3bo57b2o7b2o24b3o15b2o17bobo17b2o$59bobobo19b2o
    116bo10b2o2b2o2bo21bob2o$57bo3bob2obo17bo3bo57bob2obo28bo22b5o3b3o6bo
    20b2o$56bo9bo17bo3bo57b2o3bo28b2o22bo4bo4bobo$55bo3b2o23b3o64bo27bo2b
    2o20bo4bob3o2bo24b2obo$55bob2o47b2o38b2o33bobo20bo4bo6b2o23b2obo$44b2o
    b2o7bo27b3o18b3o20bo17bo30b2o3bo20b2obo3b3o3b3o24bo$43b3o8bo29bo3bo17b
    o20bo18b3o29b3o24bo4b3o27bo2b2o19bobo93bo$44b2obo2bo2bobo28bo3bo18b2ob
    2o15b2o18b2o3bo26b2o26b2o2b2o28b3o20bo3bo24bo33bo31bobo$53bobo27b2o27b
    o5bo6bo27bo28bo25b2o54bo2b2o22bo2b2o29bo2b2o29bobo$9bo20bo17b2obo29bo
    2bo3bo18b2o7bobob3o6bo20b2o28bobo57bo25bobo20b3o31b3o33bo$7bo2b2o16bo
    2b2o17b2o27b2o3bo3bo19bo6bobo4b3ob2obo19bob2o28bo58b2o26bo19bobo$5b3o
    18b3o21b3o28bo27bo2bo9b2o25b2o88bo2b2o23b2obo17bob2o32b2o33bobo$4bobo
    18bobo24bo2b2o26b2o3bo21bobobob2o27bobo93bobo24bobo16bo4bo26b4o2bo$4bo
    b2o17bob2o25bo30b3o21b2o3bo30bo91b2o3bo23bo19b2o28bob3o3b3o30b3o$3bo4b
    o15bo4bo81bo33bobo90b3o24b2o48b2o7b4o28bo$2b2o19b2o214b2o44bo4b2o35bo
    27b2obo$242bo21b2o2b2o19bo25bob2obo38bo$bo4b2o14bo4b2o211bobo21b3ob2o
    16b3o26b2o3bo38bo$5bo20bo214bo25bob2o17bo31bo33bobo$2b3o18b3o240b2o21b
    o25b2o34bob2o$4bo20bo182bo57bo21b2o7bo2b2o13bo33b2ob2o$5bo20bo4bo139bo
    bo32b2o3bo54bob2o19bo7bo2b3o12b3o31b2ob2o$4b2o19b2ob2obo127bo11bo36bo
    2b2o53bo3bo18b2ob2o3bo4bo13b2o3bo30bo$5bo18bo3bo37bo26bo64bobo10bobo2b
    o2bo31b2o53bo19bo2b2obob3o25bo17bob2o6bobo$5b2o17b4o31bobob2obo25bobo
    11b2o50bobo13bo36bo55bo16b2o3bo3b4o22b2o19bo3b2o$2bo2b2o14bo3b2o30bo3b
    obo28bobo10b3o50bo16bob2obo29b2o59bobo12bo7bo23bob2o18bob2o6bobo$2o3bo
    15b2o33bo35bo13bo15b2o52b3obo30bo56b2o3bo44b2o25b3ob2obo$2bo18bo33bo3b
    2o46b2ob2o10b3ob2obo28bobo14bo4bo2bob2o23bo56bobo3bo40bobo29bob2o$55bo
    b2o33bobo17bo5bob3o6bo42bo3b2o3bob4o21b3o56b2obo43bo$44b2ob2o7bo50b2o
    7bobo6bo30b3o13b2o2bo2bob2o4bo23bo31bobo17bobo48bobo30bobo$43b3o8bo35b
    3o15bo6bobo9b2o26bo16bo8b2o4bo2b2o15bo3b2o30bo3bo15bo85b2obo$44b2obo2b
    o2bobo33bo19bo2bo14bo26b2obo19b2o3b2o3bo2b3o18b2o30bo4b2o13bobo86bo$
    53bobo32b2obo18bobobob2o10bo29bo33bo15b2obo33bo3bo2b2o$48b2obo26bob2o
    10bo16b2o3bo43bo49b2ob2o33b2o3bo$50b2o24b2o3bo10bo18bo41bo55bo3bo$50b
    3o25bobo6bobo62b2obo50b2obobo30b4o$52bo2b2o25b3ob2o54bob2o61bo3bo28b2o
    bo2bo47bo$54bo27b2ob2o53b2o3bo61bo32b4o2bo45bo2b2o$84bobo55bobo6bobo
    54bobo18bo2b2o10bo45b3o$85b3o58b3ob2o59bo17b2o2bo55bobo$85b4o57b2ob2o
    59b3o16bo3b3o2b3o48bob2o$88bo59bobo20bobo59b2obo2b2o47bo4bo$149b3o19bo
    38bo23bo52b2o$149b4o18bobo2bo2bo27bo2bo24b2o$152bo21bo32b2o2b2o23bo3bo
    45bo4b2o$175bob2obo26bo29bo2bo49bo$176b3obo57bobo46b3o$175bo4bo2bob2o
    102bo$172bo3b2o3bob4o103bo$172b2o2bo2bob2o4bo4bo96b2o$172bo8b2o4bo2b3o
    97bo$177b2o3b2o3bo2b2o98b2o$287bo2b2o3bo$285b2o3bo3b4o$287bo5bob3o$
    293b2o3bo4bo$298bo2b3o$298bo2b2o9$293bo$291bo2b2o$289b3o$288bobo$288bo
    b2o$287bo4bo$286b2o2$285bo4b2o$289bo$286b3o$288bo$289bo$288b2o$289bo$
    289b2o$286bo2b2o3bo$284b2o3bo3b4o$286bo5bob3o$292b2o3bo$297bo2b2o$297b
    o2b3o$302bo9$293bo$291bo2b2o$289b3o$288bobo$288bob2o$287bo4bo$286b2o2$
    285bo4b2o$289bo$286b3o$288bo$289bo$288b2o$289bo$289b2o$286bo2b2o$284b
    2o3bo3bobo$286bo8bo3bo$292b2ob3obo$292bo6bo$290bo6b3o$290b2o6bo$290bo!
  • A bunch of spaceships by Josh Ball. The following is an incomplete collection:

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    x = 259, y = 61, rule = B3/S23
    247b5o$246bo2bo2bo$246b2obobo$250bo$249bo$182bo65b2o$179b5o64b2obo$
    178bobo3bo64bo$20b3o155bobobobo65bobo$19bo159b2ob2o67bo$18bo5bo155b3o$
    18bo5bo160bo63b3o$19b2obo157b3o3b2o36b3o20b2ob2o$18b3o2bob2o151b2o2bo
    3bo40bob3o15b2obo$19bo5bo152bobo42bo3bo18b2o2bo$26bo153b4ob2o36bo3bo
    20bo$19b2o158b2o2bob2o60bo5bo$18b3o159b3o2bo41bo24b3o$18bo3b2o156bo2bo
    bo39b2o20b3o$18b3o160b2o42bo23b3o$18b2o161b2o43b3o21b2o$19bo159b2o3b3o
    38bobobo20b5o$19b2o148bo8bob2obo3bo38bob3o21bo$19bo2bobo141b3obo7bo4bo
    b2obo39bobo21bo$20bo3bo140bo17b2o3b2o38b2o22bo$25bo140b2o2bo8bo4bo42bo
    bo21bo$2b2obo3b4o13b2o139bo2bo9b2o6b2o$bo2b3ob2ob5o10b2o140b3o14bo$o3b
    2o2b2obo2bobo11bo76bo11bo13bo11bo27b2o11bo4bo34bo6bo15bo6bo$o27bo74b2o
    bo9bob2o9b2obo9bob2o17b3o4bo10bo5b2o34bobob2obobo13bobob2obobo$o3bo5bo
    4bo11bo2bo75b2o7b2o15b2o7b2o22bo14b2o3b2obo34b2o2b2o2b2o13b2o2b2o2b2o$
    5bo4bo17b2o77bo7bo17bo7bo23bo2bobo9bo2bobobo39b2o21b2o$2b2o11b2o12bo
    72bo2bo4b3o4bo2bo7bo2bo4b3o4bo2bo18b2o3bo10b2o$5b2o10bo88bo9bo15bo9bo
    23bo3bo9b4o41b2o2b2o17b2o2b2o$5bobo10b2o9b2o75bo9bo15bo9bo19b2o6bo8b2o
    44b2o2b2o17b2o2b2o$18b2o2bo6b3o6b2o68b2obob2o19b2obob2o20bo2b2ob2o9bo
    2bo4b3o37b4o19b4o$20b2obo5bobo3bob3o64bo2bo7bo2bo11bo2bo7bo2bo17bo3b3o
    10bobo4bo39bo2bo19bo2bo$23b2ob3obo2b2o5bo63bo2bo7bo2bo11bo2bo7bo2bo22b
    obo11bobobo39bo4bo17bo4bo$22bo3b2obo5bo3b3o65bo7bo17bo7bo22b2o2b2o10bo
    5bo38bo4bo17bo4bo$27b2o12b3o121b6o9bo44bob2obo17bob2obo$40bo3bo31bo5bo
    26b5o21b5o30b2o12b3o39bo2bo19bo2bo$29bo10bobob2o29b3o3b3o23b2obobob2o
    17b2obobob2o25bobo2bo12b2o39bo2bo19bo2bo$29bo12b3obo27bo2bo3bo2bo22b2o
    bobob2o17b2obobob2o22bo4bobo9bobo$28bobo42b3o7b3o20bo3bobo3bo17bobobob
    o28bo10bo2bo36bo14bo7bo14bo$40b3o31bobo5bobo24b2ob2o20bobobobo23b2o14b
    o39b2o4bo2bo4b2o7b2o4bo2bo4b2o$28bo9bob3o33b2o3b2o26b2ob2o19b2obobob2o
    22bo18bo36bo5b4o5bo7bo5b4o5bo$27b2o8b2o2bobo28bo4bo3bo4bo19bo2bo3bo2bo
    15bobobobobobo24bo13bobo37b2o4b2o4b2o9b2o4b2o4b2o$27b2obo11b2o33bo3bo
    23b2ob3ob3ob2o13bo2bobobobo2bo22bob2o11bo2bo37bo10bo11bo10bo$29b2ob2o
    2b2o6bo27b2o3bo3bo3b2o20bo7bo15bo4bobo4bo20bo4bo13bobo34bobo10bobo7bob
    o10bobo$30b2o4b3o4bo30bo2bo3bo2bo22b3o3b3o47bob6o11b3o36b5o4b5o9b5o4b
    5o$31bob2ob2obo3bobobo28bo5bo24bo2bobo2bo15b2o2b2ob2o2b2o18bo18b3o39bo
    2b4o2bo13bo2b4o2bo$31bo2bo3b2ob2o64bo7bo14bo2bo7bo2bo20bo14bo2bo38bo4b
    2o4bo11bo4b2o4bo$32b3o5bo6bo30b3o24bobo7bobo13bobob5obobo19b3o15bobo
    42bo2bo19bo2bo$33bo8bo3b3o27b2o3b2o21bo2bo7bo2bo14bobo3bobo41bo43b2o
    21b2o$34bo10bo2b2o25bo3bo24bo2bo7bo2bo10bob2obo5bob2obo36b2o40b2ob2ob
    2o15b2ob2ob2o$42bob2obobobo28b2o2bo18bo15bo9bo6bobo6bo17bo18bo$45b2o2b
    2o26bo3bo21bo15bo10bo3bo5bo3bo18b2obo16bobo37bo8bo13bo8bo$46b4o26b2o3b
    o3bo17bo15bo12b2o7b2o22bob2o16bo36b3o6b3o11b3o6b3o$48bo27bo27bobo9bobo
    47bobo16b2o35bo2bo4bo2bo11bo2bo4bo2bo$47bo29bo5b2o19b2o11b2o13bo2bo3bo
    2bo22b2ob2o15b2o34b2o10b2o9b2o10b2o$132bobo5bobo!
I am also requesting copies of these patterns, as I can't find my personal copies of them:
  • Adam P. Goucher's phi calculator (it was hosted on his old site, which is now unavailable) Edit: found
  • I'm almost certain that Josh Ball ("velcrorex") posted a 41-cell c/4 orthogonal spaceship at some point. I think it was the shortest c/4 orthogonal ship with a width of 14 or less. Edit: found
Edit 2: A few more patterns that I missed in my first list:
  • Smaller 1-cell thick quadratic growth by Chris Cain (smaller than Stephen Silver's original)
  • Whatever is the smallest half-baked ship (Edit: this was already on Codeholic's list)
  • Whatever is the smallest 31c/240 ship (centipede maybe?) (Edit: this was already on Codeholic's list)
  • p6 wick termination by Jason Summers and Matthias Merzenich to complete a c/4 diagonal wickstretcher
  • Some c/4 orthogonal puffers by Matthias Merzenich
  • These two ships by Matthias Merzenich:

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    x = 69, y = 65, rule = B3/S23
    59bo$58bobo$57bo3bo$58b3o2$52bo3b2o3b2o3bo$51b4o3bobo3b4o$50bo3bo3bobo
    3bo3bo$51bo6bobo6bo$54b3obobob3o$58bobo$53bo3bo3bo3bo$52bo13bo$52bo2bo
    7bo2bo$54bo9bo$52bo13bo$53bobobo3bobobo$55b4ob4o$54bo3bobo3bo$58bobo$
    56bobobobo$57b2ob2o$58bobo$53b3obo3bob3o$52bobobo5bobobo$53bo11bo$57bo
    $57b3o$56b2o2b3o$54b2o3bobob2o$53bo3bobobo3bo$61bob2o$54bo2b2ob2o$58bo
    4b2o$53b2ob2o5b2o$56b2o$59b2o$61bo$56b3ob2o$56bobobobo$55b2o5b2o$56bo
    4bo$55bobo3bo$56b2o4bo$58bo$55b2obo2b2o$60b3o$55bo5b2o$59bo$57bobo$59b
    o$55b3ob2o$54b2obobob5o$52b2obobo6b2o$5b3o17b3o24b3obo9bo$4bo3bo3bo7bo
    3bo3bo27bo4bo4bo$3b2o4bob3o5b3obo4b2o$2bobob2obo3b2o3b2o3bob2obobo31bo
    2bo$b2obo4bobo2b2ob2o2bobo4bob2o22b3o6b2o$o4bo3bo4bo3bo4bo3bo4bo21b3o
    7b2o$14b5o46bo$2o9b2obo3bob2o9b2o20b2o8bo$11bo2bo3bo2bo30bo2bo7bo2bo$
    10bo3bobobo3bo30b2o8bo2bo$11bo9bo42b2o!
-Matthias Merzenich

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by flipper77 » December 17th, 2014, 9:32 am

Sokwe wrote:
  • Adam P. Goucher's phi calculator (it was hosted on his old site, which is now unavailable)
I do have a copy of Adam's phi calculator, here you go(I also have a copy of his pi calculator, just in case.)

As for the c/4 spaceship you mentioned, is this what you want?:

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x = 19, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
bo$bo8bo$obo5bo3bo$8bo3b2o$5bob2o5b2o$b6o2bo6bo$2b2o6bo3b3o$10bo3bob2o
$13bo$18bo$17bo$17bo!
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Sokwe » December 17th, 2014, 9:43 am

flipper77 wrote:As for the c/4 spaceship you mentioned, is this what you want?
No, the pattern I'm thinking of had a minimum population of 41 (I think).
flipper77 wrote:I do have a copy of Adam's phi calculator, here you go(I also have a copy of his pi calculator, just in case.)
Thanks! Could you post the pi calculator as well?
-Matthias Merzenich

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by flipper77 » December 17th, 2014, 9:50 am

Sokwe wrote: Thanks! Could you post the pi calculator as well?
Of course, here you go.

Also, the reason I thought that was it because velcrorex found that particular ship here as well.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Sokwe » December 17th, 2014, 10:05 am

I wrote:Could you post the pi calculator as well?
flipper77 wrote:Of course, here you go.
Thanks again!
flipper77 wrote:Also, the reason I thought that was it because velcrorex found that particular ship here as well.
Right. That one is included in my list of patterns to add to the jslife collection. I vaguely recall the shape of the 41-cell ship: It was sort of squareish, I think the dimensions were 17x12 or 17x13... (Edit: I actually think the dimensions were either 17x13 or 17x14) I think it produced a 2-cell spark at its back end (the non-domino duplet). I sort of skimmed through Josh Ball's posts, but I couldn't find it.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by dvgrn » December 17th, 2014, 1:38 pm

Sokwe wrote:Could you post the pi calculator as well?
Just for the record, the most direct source of the pi and phi calculators, and a number of other patterns in the "huge" to "faintly ridiculous" category, is directly through Golly: Help > Online Archives > Very Large Patterns.

I suspect that this new-ish feature of Golly (Golly 2.1, wasn't it?) is in an unusual enough location, under the Help menu, that people don't always find it with a casual exploration of the GUI.

There's quite a large list of patterns that I'm plotting to add to the Very Large Patterns page, the next time insomnia strikes (and after the semester is over). Many if not most of them are on the list above. Top of my list is that it's extremely silly that there's a link to Gemini gun, but no actual Gemini. Seems a little unnecessary to have to wait around for the gun pattern to emit the first actual spaceship...

Maybe Very Large Patterns is a better target for update than jslife-oversize? For that matter, other subfolders and collections could also be added to the Online Archives -- that's what it was designed for, though there's always the thorny question of who will actually do the maintenance!

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by velcrorex » December 17th, 2014, 6:01 pm

Is this this ship you're looking for?

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x = 13, y = 16
10bo$3obb6o$4bo4bo$boobo$4b3o3bobo$bbo3bo4bo$bboo3bo3bo$7bo$bo5bo$bo3b
o$bo3bo$bbobo$bbo$$3bo$bb3o!
I'd also like to add another c/6 pushalong

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x = 18, y = 45
bb3o8b3o$booboo6booboo$bbobo8bobo$bbo12bo$bbob4obb4obo$bobboob4oboobbo
$7b4o$3bo10bo$3obbo6bobb3o$4bo3boo3bo$4bobo4bobo3$5bo6bo$4boboboobobo$
4boobboobboo$8boo$$6boobboo$6boobboo$7b4o$7bobbo$6bo4bo$6bo4bo$6boboob
o$7bobbo$7bobbo$$bo14bo$boo4bobbo4boo$bo5b4o5bo$bboo4boo4boo$3bo10bo$b
obo10bobo$bb5o4b5o$4bobb4obbo$3bo4boo4bo$7bobbo$8boo$5boobooboo$$4bo8b
o$3b3o6b3o$3bobbo4bobbo$bboo10boo!
-Josh Ball.

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Freywa » December 17th, 2014, 8:31 pm

I think Jason Summers is already dead, or at least has given up on GOL; that may be why the status page has not been updated. Could you try and contact him to disprove this hypothesis?
Princess of Science, Parcly Taxel

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x = 31, y = 5, rule = B2-a/S12
3bo23bo$2obo4bo13bo4bob2o$3bo4bo13bo4bo$2bo4bobo11bobo4bo$2bo25bo!

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Sokwe » December 17th, 2014, 10:22 pm

velcrorex wrote:Is this this ship you're looking for?
Yes, thanks Josh! Huh, it was more triangular than I remembered. Do you remember when you found it?
velcrorex wrote:I'd also like to add another c/6 pushalong
Oooh, that must be new! When did you find it?
dvgrn wrote:
Sokwe wrote:Could you post the pi calculator as well?
Just for the record, the most direct source of the pi and phi calculators, and a number of other patterns in the "huge" to "faintly ridiculous" category, is directly through Golly: Help > Online Archives > Very Large Patterns....

Maybe Very Large Patterns is a better target for update than jslife-oversize? For that matter, other subfolders and collections could also be added to the Online Archives -- that's what it was designed for, though there's always the thorny question of who will actually do the maintenance!
Thanks Dave! I didn't realize that those collections were being maintained in any way. When I download a new version of Golly, I usually add my favorite collections directly to the patterns folder for easy access. I agree that the very large life patterns (like Gemini) should be put in the "Large Patterns" collection rather than jslife-oversize. I'm not sure how small you want to get with patterns in the large patterns collection, but currently, they all seem to be bigger than the patterns in jslife-oversize. I think it might still be reasonable to add the "smaller" big patterns to jslife-oversize, while keeping the "really big stuff" in the large patterns collection. (e.g., 1-cell thick quadratic growth in jslife-oversize and centipede in Large Patterns).
Freywa wrote:I think Jason Summers is already dead, or at least has given up on GOL; that may be why the status page has not been updated. Could you try and contact him to disprove this hypothesis?
He could just be taking a break from the Game of Life. Jason Summers has been a very active participant in the community for the last (at least) 20 years. I wouldn't be surprised if he took, say, a 2 or 3 year break somewhere in that time. As to whether he's alive, well, his conwaylife.com account was last accessed on December 10th of this year, so unless he died in the last week (or someone else is accessing his account), he ought to still be alive.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by velcrorex » December 17th, 2014, 10:32 pm

The 41 cell c/4 ship I found in April of 2013. The c/6 pushalong is new, found in November 2014.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Sokwe » December 18th, 2014, 7:40 pm

Another thing to add to jslife: these three c/5 orthogonal ships by Paul Tooke (Jan. 2005)

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x = 82, y = 47, rule = B3/S23
3b3o10b3o15bo12bo16bo12bo$33bobo10bobo14bobo10bobo$2bo16bo12bo16bo12bo
16bo$2b2ob2o8b2ob2o13b2ob2o6b2ob2o14b2ob2o6b2ob2o$3b2o2b2o4b2o2b2o16b
2ob2o2b2ob2o18b2ob2o2b2ob2o$2obo4b6o4bob2o13bo4b2o4bo18bo4b2o4bo$7o2b
4o2b7o12b2o4b2o4b2o16b2o4b2o4b2o$bo2bobo3b2o3bobo2bo13bo12bo16bo12bo$
5bo10bo18b2obo4bob2o18b2obo4bob2o$5b2o8b2o20b3o2b3o22b3o2b3o$7bo6bo19b
o12bo16bo12bo$6b2o6b2o16b3o12b3o12b3o12b3o$2b3obo8bob3o12b2o14b2o12b2o
14b2o$2bob2o10b2obo12bobo12bobo12bobo12bobo$b2ob2o10b2ob2o12b3o10b3o
14b3o10b3o$4b2o10b2o15b3o10b3o14b3o10b3o$4bo12bo18bo8bo20bo8bo$36b3o4b
3o20b3o4b3o$3b2o12b2o13b3obo8bob3o12b3obo8bob3o$5bob2ob2ob2obo18bobo6b
obo18bobo6bobo$2bobo2b2o4b2o2bobo17bo6bo22bo6bo$bo4b2o6b2o4bo12b2o12b
2o14b2o12b2o$bo4bobo4bobo4bo12b2o12b2o14b2o12b2o$o7bo4bo7bo10b2o3bo6bo
3b2o12b2o3bo6bo3b2o$bo2b2o2bo4bo2b2o2bo11bob2obo6bob2obo12bob2obo6bob
2obo$2bo3bo8bo3bo10b3ob3o8b3ob3o8b3ob3o8b3ob3o$8b2o2b2o17bo18bo10bo18b
o$4bo12bo15bo3b2o4b2o3bo14bo3b2o4b2o3bo$6b2ob4ob2o21b2o4b2o22b2o4b2o$
5bo10bo16b2ob2o6b2ob2o14b2ob2o6b2ob2o$2b2obo2b2o2b2o2bob2o11bo2b4o6b4o
2bo10bo2b4o6b4o2bo$2b2obo3b4o3bob2o14b2obo6bob2o16b2obo6bob2o$o9b2o9bo
9bobo2b2ob4ob2o2bobo10bobo2b2ob4ob2o2bobo$obob2o10b2obobo16bo4bo24bo4b
o$2bobo12bobo$2bo3b2o6b2o3bo48bo4bo$b2o5bo4bo5b2o18bo2bo$o2b3o3bo2bo3b
3o2bo14b3ob2ob3o23b4o$2bo2bo10bo2bo15bo10bo$4b2o2bo4bo2b2o16b3o8b3o17b
2ob6ob2o$4bo12bo15b2o3bob2obo3b2o15bobo2bo2bo2bobo$3b2ob2o6b2ob2o16b4o
b2ob4o16bobo2bob2obo2bobo$3b2o12b2o12bob2o2b2ob2ob2o2b2obo12bo5b4o5bo$
5b2o8b2o15b3o12b3o11b2o4bo6bo4b2o$61b2obo3bo4bo3bob2o$62b2o14b2o$69bo
2bo!
Edit (21 Dec. 2014): More things to add:
  • This p40 thing, which is based on a still life reaction by Ivan Fomichev
  • p14 oscillator by Dongook Lee
  • Standard spaceship eater by Matthias Merzenich
  • A p28 wick by Jason Summers:

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    x = 126, y = 114, rule = B3/S23
    75bo$73bobo48bo$74b2o47bo$123b3o4$82bo$80bobo34bo$81b2o33bo$116b3o4$
    89bo$87bobo20bo$88b2o19bo$109b3o4$96bo$89bo4bobo6bo$88bo2bo3b2o5bo$87b
    o14b3o$87bo4bo$86bo$87bo3bo$88b2o$92b2o$80b2o8bo3bo$80b2o13bo$89bo4bo$
    94bo$80b2o4b2o2bo2bo$79bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$75bo3bo2bo2bo2bo$74bo2bo2b2o4b2o
    $73bo$73bo4bo$72bo13b2o$73bo3bo8b2o$74b2o$78b2o$66b2o8bo3bo$66b2o13bo$
    75bo4bo$80bo$66b2o4b2o2bo2bo$65bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$61bo3bo2bo2bo2bo$60bo2bo
    2b2o4b2o$59bo$59bo4bo$58bo13b2o$59bo3bo8b2o$60b2o$64b2o$52b2o8bo3bo$
    52b2o13bo$61bo4bo$66bo$52b2o4b2o2bo2bo$51bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$47bo3bo2bo2bo
    2bo$46bo2bo2b2o4b2o$45bo$45bo4bo$44bo13b2o$45bo3bo8b2o$46b2o$50b2o$38b
    2o8bo3bo$38b2o13bo$47bo4bo$52bo$38b2o4b2o2bo2bo$37bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$33bo
    3bo2bo2bo2bo$32bo2bo2b2o4b2o$31bo$31bo4bo$30bo13b2o$31bo3bo8b2o$32b2o$
    36b2o$34bo3bo$39bo$33bo4bo$21b3o14bo$23bo5b2o3bo2bo$22bo6bobo4bo$29bo
    4$14b3o$16bo19b2o$15bo20bobo$36bo4$7b3o$9bo33b2o$8bo34bobo$43bo4$3o$2b
    o47b2o$bo48bobo$50bo!
Edit (27 Dec. 2014): More things to add:
-Matthias Merzenich

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by unname66609 » December 25th, 2014, 8:05 am

A p28 wick:

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x = 336, y = 588, rule = B3/S23
obo$b2o$bo5$7bobo$8b2o$8bo5$14bobo$15b2o$15bo5$21bobo$22b2o$22bo5$28bo
bo$29b2o$29bo5$35bobo$36b2o$36bo5$42bobo$43b2o$43bo5$49bobo$50b2o$50bo
5$56bobo$57b2o$57bo5$63bobo$64b2o$64bo5$70bobo$71b2o$71bo5$77bobo$78b
2o$78bo5$84bobo$85b2o$85bo5$91bobo$92b2o$92bo5$98bobo$99b2o$99bo5$105b
obo$106b2o$106bo5$112bobo$113b2o$113bo5$119bobo$120b2o$120bo5$126bobo$
127b2o$127bo5$133bobo$134b2o$134bo5$140bobo$141b2o$141bo5$147bobo$148b
2o$148bo5$154bobo$155b2o$155bo5$161bobo$162b2o$162bo5$168bobo$169b2o$
169bo5$175bobo$176b2o$176bo5$182bobo$183b2o$183bo5$189bobo$190b2o$190b
o5$196bobo$197b2o$197bo5$203bobo$204b2o$204bo5$210bobo$211b2o$211bo5$
217bobo$218b2o$218bo5$224bobo$225b2o$225bo3$233b2ob2o$234bob2o$234bo$
220b2o9b2obo$220b2o11bo3$220b2o4b2o2bo2bo$219bo2bo2bo2bo3b2o$215bo3bo
2bo2bo2bo$214bo2bo2b2o4b2o$213bo$213bo4bo$212bo13b2o$213bo3bo8b2o$214b
2o$218b2o$206b2o8bo3bo$206b2o13bo$215bo4bo$220bo$206b2o4b2o2bo2bo$205b
o2bo2bo2bo3bo$201bo3bo2bo2bo2bo$200bo2bo2b2o4b2o$199bo$199bo4bo$198bo
13b2o$199bo3bo8b2o$200b2o$204b2o$192b2o8bo3bo$192b2o13bo$201bo4bo$206b
o$192b2o4b2o2bo2bo$191bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$187bo3bo2bo2bo2bo$186bo2bo2b2o4b
2o$185bo$185bo4bo$184bo13b2o$185bo3bo8b2o$186b2o$190b2o$178b2o8bo3bo$
178b2o13bo$187bo4bo$192bo$178b2o4b2o2bo2bo$177bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$173bo3bo
2bo2bo2bo$172bo2bo2b2o4b2o$171bo$171bo4bo$170bo13b2o$171bo3bo8b2o$172b
2o$176b2o$164b2o8bo3bo$164b2o13bo$173bo4bo$178bo$164b2o4b2o2bo2bo$163b
o2bo2bo2bo3bo$159bo3bo2bo2bo2bo$158bo2bo2b2o4b2o$157bo$157bo4bo$156bo
13b2o$157bo3bo8b2o$158b2o$162b2o$150b2o8bo3bo$150b2o13bo$159bo4bo$164b
o$150b2o4b2o2bo2bo$149bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$145bo3bo2bo2bo2bo$144bo2bo2b2o4b
2o$143bo$143bo4bo$142bo13b2o$143bo3bo8b2o$144b2o$148b2o$136b2o8bo3bo$
136b2o13bo$145bo4bo$150bo$136b2o4b2o2bo2bo$135bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$131bo3bo
2bo2bo2bo$130bo2bo2b2o4b2o$129bo$129bo4bo$128bo13b2o$129bo3bo8b2o$130b
2o$134b2o$122b2o8bo3bo$122b2o13bo$131bo4bo$136bo$122b2o4b2o2bo2bo$121b
o2bo2bo2bo3bo$117bo3bo2bo2bo2bo$116bo2bo2b2o4b2o$115bo$115bo4bo$114bo
13b2o$115bo3bo8b2o$116b2o$120b2o$108b2o8bo3bo$108b2o13bo$117bo4bo$122b
o$108b2o4b2o2bo2bo$107bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$102b2o3bo2bo2bo2bo$102bo2bo2b2o4b
2o3$102bo11b2o$101bob2o9b2o$101bo$98b2obo$98b2ob2o3$110bo$109b2o$109bo
bo5$117bo$116b2o$116bobo5$124bo$123b2o$123bobo5$131bo$130b2o$130bobo5$
138bo$137b2o$137bobo5$145bo$144b2o$144bobo5$152bo$151b2o$151bobo5$159b
o$158b2o$158bobo5$166bo$165b2o$165bobo5$173bo$172b2o$172bobo5$180bo$
179b2o$179bobo5$187bo$186b2o$186bobo5$194bo$193b2o$193bobo5$201bo$200b
2o$200bobo5$208bo$207b2o$207bobo5$215bo$214b2o$214bobo5$222bo$221b2o$
221bobo5$229bo$228b2o$228bobo5$236bo$235b2o$235bobo5$243bo$242b2o$242b
obo5$250bo$249b2o$249bobo5$257bo$256b2o$256bobo5$264bo$263b2o$263bobo
5$271bo$270b2o$270bobo5$278bo$277b2o$277bobo5$285bo$284b2o$284bobo5$
292bo$291b2o$291bobo5$299bo$298b2o$298bobo5$306bo$305b2o$305bobo5$313b
o$312b2o$312bobo5$320bo$319b2o$319bobo5$327bo$326b2o$326bobo5$334bo$
333b2o$333bobo!

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by towerator » December 27th, 2014, 3:36 pm

Thanks to Extrementhusiast, the crab joins the unnamed 2c/5, the dart, and the loafer in the rather short of non c/2 ships having a known glider synthesis:

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x = 98, y = 100, rule = B3/S23
86bo$84b2o$85b2o$71bobo$71b2o22bo$72bo20b2o$64bobo27b2o$64b2o$65bo6$
73bobo$73b2o$74bo2$85bobo$85b2o$86bo2$73bobo$73b2o$74bo4$74bo$72b2o$
73b2o13$62bo$61bo$61b3o19$22b2o$23b2o$22bo$9b3o$11bo55b2o$10bo56bobo$
67bo$32bo27bo$32b2o25b2o$8b2o21bobo25bobo16b2o3b2o$7bobo7b3o57b2o4bobo
$9bo9bo59bo3bo$18bo$81bo$80b2o$80bobo$5b2o$4bobo$6bo86bo$92b2o$3o89bob
o$2bo$bo94b2o$95b2o$69b2o26bo$68b2o$70bo2$93b3o$93bo$5b2o87bo$6b2o$5bo
$80b2o$80bobo$80bo!
I think it should be in too, and maybe the gun when it will be built.
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by unname66609 » December 27th, 2014, 8:20 pm

Sokwe wrote:Simpler p28 wick stabilization by "unname66609"
what is P28 gun?

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Scorbie » December 27th, 2014, 11:48 pm

unname66609 wrote:what is P28 gun?
We haven't found it yet. It would have been trivial to stabilize the p28 wick if we had one.
(还没找到p28gun。所以完成p28 oscillator不是自明的问题。)(No offense for putting this in.)

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by unname66609 » December 28th, 2014, 12:16 am

Scorbi1 wrote:
unname66609 wrote:what is P28 gun?
We haven't found it yet. It would have been trivial to stabilize the p28 wick if we had one.
(还没找到p28gun。所以完成p28 oscillator不是自明的问题。)(No offense for putting this in.)
还没找到 周期为 28 的枪? 完成周期为 28 的 循环 振荡器不是自明的问题?

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by Scorbie » December 28th, 2014, 2:17 am

I think I'll send you a PM and learn enough Chinese for a full conversation without the help of translators!
Sorry for talking too loud in an official forum.
请看看上边的User Control Panel的private messages.我觉得我说得不清楚。
EDIT:[quote=“unname66609”]用户设置的私人消息?[/quote]是。
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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by unname66609 » December 28th, 2014, 2:46 am

Scorbie wrote:I think I'll send you a PM and learn enough Chinese for a full conversation without the help of translators!
请看看上边的User Control Panel的private messages.我觉得我说得不清楚。
用户设置的私人消息?

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Re: List of updates since 23. August 2013 for GoL status page

Post by unname66609 » December 28th, 2014, 4:17 am

Scorbie wrote:I think I'll send you a PM and learn enough Chinese for a full conversation without the help of translators!
Sorry for talking too loud in an official forum.
请看看上边的User Control Panel的private messages.我觉得我说得不清楚。
EDIT:
unname66609 wrote:用户设置的私人消息?
是。
“EDIT:”是什么意思?

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