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by Bullet51
May 5th, 2026, 11:03 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Rules 1 transition from Life
Replies: 313
Views: 110099

Re: Rules 1 transition from Life

p8 oscillator in B3-c/S23:

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x = 14, y = 11, rule = B3-c/S23
4b2o$5bo$5bob2o3b2o$b2ob2obobobobo$b2obo4bobo$5bobobob2o$b3obo5bo$o2bo
2bob2obo$2o2b2o3bob2o$6b3o$6bo!
by Bullet51
April 9th, 2026, 4:47 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 1051
Views: 122973

Re: Wrong answers only thread

Q: Demonstrate that pure emptiness has causal power.
by Bullet51
February 9th, 2026, 10:23 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 1051
Views: 122973

Re: Wrong answers only thread

tommyaweosme wrote: ↑
February 8th, 2026, 7:45 pm
 Q: what is gemini solitaire?

A: Another name for double freecell.

Q: Why do Pseudo-random number generators have apperantly random behaviour?
by Bullet51
February 2nd, 2026, 6:04 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Miscellaneous Discoveries in Other Cellular Automata
Replies: 5196
Views: 1263990

Re: Miscellaneous Discoveries in Other Cellular Automata

C̴o̴n̴j̴e̴c̴t̴u̴r̴e̴:̴ ̴ ̴A̴n̴ ̴i̴n̴f̴i̴n̴i̴t̴e̴ ̴s̴t̴i̴l̴l̴ ̴l̴i̴f̴e̴ ̴i̴n̴ ̴B̴2̴3̴/̴S̴1̴4̴V̴ ̴h̴a̴s̴ ̴a̴t̴ ̴m̴o̴s̴t̴ ̴1̴ ̴S̴4̴ ̴c̴e̴l̴l̴.̴

Stronger conjecture: There are only 4 infinite still lifes in B23/S14V with at least 1 S4 cell.
by Bullet51
January 9th, 2026, 2:46 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 1051
Views: 122973

Re: Wrong answers only thread

A: ∞.
Q: What is Spider solitaire?
by Bullet51
November 21st, 2025, 5:43 am
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 1220
Views: 492663

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

The expansion factor of a sawtooth is the limit of the ratio of successive heights (or equivalently, widths) of the "teeth" in plots of population versus generation number. Why does the growth being not exactly exponentially spaced bar the existence of the expansion factor, on the LifeWiki page Saw...
by Bullet51
July 30th, 2025, 10:02 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 1051
Views: 122973

Re: Wrong answers only thread

eRroR_6o6 wrote: ↑
July 27th, 2025, 6:59 pm
 Q: When did we discover gliders in Real Life?
A: Wrong question. They are created instead of discovered.

Q: Is it possible to make a dodecahedra in Life?
by Bullet51
July 16th, 2025, 3:38 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 1051
Views: 122973

Re: Wrong answers only thread

A(islptng): It was constructed using just... itself. This would be considered a correct answer, as the waterbear is a self-supporting structure. Q: How many gliders can fit into a square of side length 3.877084? A: 9. Q: What happens when particles and antiparticles (a spaceship and its inverse) in...
by Bullet51
July 13th, 2025, 11:01 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Replicator
Replies: 28
Views: 23235

Re: Replicator

eRroR_6o6 wrote: ↑
July 10th, 2025, 10:05 pm
 Here's a conjecture: Every infinite oscillator has a period that is a power of 2.
(I'm kinda hoping this is false.)
Is an infinite oscillator an almost oscillator in the sense of LifeWiki?
by Bullet51
June 20th, 2025, 9:25 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p7:

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x = 17, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
8bo$7bobo$3b2o3bo3b2o$3bo9bo$2obo9bob2o$2obob7obob2o$3bobo5bobo$2obo9b
ob2o$bobobo5bobobo$bob2ob2ob2ob2obo$2obobo5bobob2o$3bo9bo$3bobo5bobo$
2obob7obob2o$2obo9bob2o$3bo9bo$3b2o3bo3b2o$7bobo$8bo!
by Bullet51
June 17th, 2025, 12:51 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p10 and accelerated p8: x = 39, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 7bo5b2o13bo5b2o$6bobob2o2bo12bobob2o2bo$5bo2bobob2o12bo2bobob2o$5bob2o 17bob2o$2b2obobo2bob2o2b2o5b2obobo2bob2o2b2o$3bob2o2b2obobo2bo6bob2o2b 2obobo2bo$3bo6bo3bobo7bo6bo3bobo$2obo8bobob2o3b2obo8bobob2o$2ob2o6b3o 7b2ob2o6b3o2$11b3o14b2o2b3o$11bo2b...
by Bullet51
June 17th, 2025, 10:20 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p10:

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x = 19, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
11b2o$12bo$11bo$11b4o$4b2o3b2o4bob2o$2obo2bobobob3o3bo$2obob2obobobo2b
3o$3bobo2bo6bo$3bo2bo2bo$4bobo$3b2o2b3o2b2obo$5bobobo4b4o$5bobo10bo$4b
2obobo2b2ob3o$8b2o3bobo$13bobo$14bo!
by Bullet51
June 6th, 2025, 8:36 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p8: x = 15, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 6b2o$6b2o2$4b6o$3bo6bo$3bob5obob2o$2obo5bobob2o$bobobob2o2bo$bobo7bob 2o$2ob2obo3b2ob2o$3bo2b2o3bo$3bobo3bobo$4b2ob3ob2o$6bo$6bob2ob2o$7bobo b2o! It can be kinetic-symmetrized in an obvious way. EDIT: p12 and p9: x = 18, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 5bo2b2ob2o$3b3o2b2ob2o$...
by Bullet51
May 28th, 2025, 10:26 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: 2xn spaceship project
Replies: 11
Views: 6364

Re: Creating a 2xN spaceship

I have already started a thread about 2xn spaceships, so it's recommended to merge the discussions in this thread to the 2xn thread.
by Bullet51
May 28th, 2025, 11:04 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p10:

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x = 15, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
5b2ob2o$5bo3bo$6bobo$3b4ob4o$obo9bobo$2ob7obob2o$3bo7bo$3bo3bobobo$2ob
obobo3bob2o$obo9bobo$3b9o2$5b2ob2o$5b2ob2o!
by Bullet51
May 23rd, 2025, 8:06 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

55p10 monomer: x = 40, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 4b2o$4bo$5b3ob2o3b2o$7bobobobobo$11bobo$7bo2b2ob2o11bo5bo$4b3ob2obo11b 3obo3bob3o$3bobo3bobo10bobo3bobo3bobo$b3o3bobob2o7b3o3bobobobo3b3o$o4b o3bo9bo4bo3bobo3bo4bo$b5obobo10b5obobobobob5o$6b2ob2o14b2obobob2o$3b2o 17b2o5bo5b2o$3bo18bo13bo$4bo18bo11bo$3b2o1...
by Bullet51
May 22nd, 2025, 8:58 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

Two p10s and a p8: x = 57, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 8b2o3bo14bo3b2o14bo$9bo2bobo11b3o2bobo13bobob2o$7bo4bobo10bo5bo15bobob 2o$7b2o2b2ob3o8b6ob4o10b2obo$b2o7bo6bo4bo7bobo2bo5bo3bo3bo5b2o$2bo2b4o b2ob2ob2o4b6o12bobobob3ob2o4bo$2bobo3bobo3bobo11bo10bo2bobo3bobobobo$o bo2b3obob2obobo5b4o2b2o10b3obo7bob2o$2...
by Bullet51
May 12th, 2025, 8:52 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: New p17 and other billiard tables

Here's a p18 oscillator that has no good reason not to be p19: x = 17, y = 13, rule = B3/S23 5b2o$5bobo$2bo4b3o3bo$bobo2bo3bobobo$obo2bob2obobo2bo$obob2o4bob2obo$b 2o2bobob2o4b2o$3b2o2bo3bob2o$3bo4b3o3bo$4b4o3b3o$7bobobo$6bo2b2o$6b2o! Here's a variant: x = 33, y = 20, rule = LifeHistory 29.2A$16.2A...
by Bullet51
May 7th, 2025, 9:18 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p9:

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x = 14, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
4bo$4b3o$7bo$2b5obo$bo4bob3o$b3ob2o4bo$4bobob3o$b2ob2obo$obobo2bobobo$
o3b4ob2obo$b3o4bo3bo$4bobobo3b2o$3b2ob2o!
by Bullet51
March 25th, 2025, 2:53 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 1051
Views: 122973

Re: Wrong answers only thread

A: This requires sesame oil as a predecessor, so a synthesis is easily derivable from that of sesame oil.
Q: How to construct a true-period p14 LWSS gun?
by Bullet51
March 15th, 2025, 10:10 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 5709
Views: 2254716

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

p8:

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x = 13, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
4bo$4b3o$7bo$2b5o4b2o$bo5b3o2bo$2b4o3b2o$6b2o$4bo3b3o$2b4obo3bo$bo4bob
3o$o2bobo2bo$3obobo$4bob2o$2ob2obo$bobo2bobo$bo2bo2b2o$2b2o!
by Bullet51
March 13th, 2025, 9:31 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 1051
Views: 122973

Re: Wrong answers only thread

Q: What is the first 5-cell spaceship to be discovered in any cellular automata ? Q: what is the first spaceship with 5 cells in any ca (because we can apparently repeat questions now) The two questions are different, because spaceships are not necessarily ordered by discovery date. Spaceships are ...
by Bullet51
March 13th, 2025, 3:40 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 369
Views: 88994

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

and the 4c/16 blinker puffer wave... x = 99, y = 24, rule = B3/S23 3$b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o$b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o12b2o$ 3bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo2bo10bo$3b12o2b12o2b12o2b12o 2b12o2b12o2b12o$3b2o3b2o3b2o2b2o3b2o3b2o2b2o3b2o3b2o2b2o3b2o3b2o2b2o3b 2o3b2o2b2o3b2o3b2o2...
by Bullet51
March 11th, 2025, 11:47 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your unsure discoveries
Replies: 3846
Views: 1805748

Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Is this kind of sparky eater known?

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x = 14, y = 13, rule = LifeHistory
2.2A3.2A$2.A.A2.A.A$4.A4.A$4A.4A.2A$A2.A.A2.B.A2.A$3.ABAB2A.A.2A$.3B
2ABAB.A$.2AB.4B2A$A.AB3.2BD$2.A5.D2$9.2A$9.2A!
by Bullet51
March 7th, 2025, 2:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Create your own terminology
Replies: 494
Views: 240688

Re: Create your own terminology

Spatial period A wick or agar has spatial period (m,n) if it is the same when shifted by (m,n). A storage system has spatial period (m,n) if shifting the storage by (m,n) gives a valid piece of information that can be retrieved. A metacell has spatial period (m,n) if it functions properly when tile...

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