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...There seems to be many variants, each of which have only occurred once thus far. There are at least 692 variants that can be formed by the placement of the boat and two Rs in various positions and phase differences. The pattern file attached below shows all 692, with the vertical scale being the...

A new variant of the P190 (5,2) oblique ship has appeared on Catagolue. This one functions in the same basic manner as the previous spaceship, but the colliding R's are phased slightly differently. The minimum population of this ship is 32 cells (as opposed to 33 for the other variant): x = 24, y = ...

To reiterate a discovery mentioned on the Soup search results in rules other than Conway's life thread, a new (5,2)c/190 oblique spaceship has appeared from a C1 soup for this rule. It has a minimum population of 33 cells: x = 28, y = 40, rule = B38/S23 26b2o$26b2o5$21b3o$21bo$21b2obo$23b2o9$13bobo$...

The new ship is easy to synthesize in 8 gliders, since it is just two Rs and a boat. (In my first go at this I missed that the R + beehive just becomes another R). Here is one example: x = 52, y = 71, rule = B38/S23 o$b2o$2o36$12bo$10bobo$11b2o10$50bo$49b2o$2o47bobo$b2o$o$26b3o$11b2o 13bo$10bobo14bo...

A new oblique spaceship has appeared in a C1 soup for the rule B38/S23. It travels at a rate of (5,2)c/190 and has a minimum population of 33 cells. x = 28, y = 40, rule = B38/S23 26b2o$26b2o5$21b3o$21bo$21b2obo$23b2o9$13bobo$13bo2bo$13bobo2$12bo$5bo 7bo$3bobo6bo$3b3o12$b2o$obo$bo! This appears to b...

#78 and #84 through #89 are complete, with no results.

I finished #90 through #97, and #100 with no results.

I 'll search #78, and #84 through #89 next.

My search of #99 with version 0.2 is complete, with the only result another P5/P2 combination (octagon 2 and beacon, this time): ......**.. .....**.** ....**...* ...**..**. ..**....*. .**...*... **...*.... *..*...... .*.**..... .**....... I will start #100 with version 0.4, then continue with #90 th...

#98 complete with no results. Waiting for #99.

I'll do 98 and 99 (one at a time, since I'm using my computer for other things as well).

Here is a partially complete synthesis of a large 32 bit asymmetric still-life in B3/S238: This synthesis does not work in standard life.

-- All that said, I'd still absolutely love to see an eater2 pop out of a random soup sometime. Here you go! (That didn't take long.) From the soup dsmillerrndss2019887: x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 oobboobbobooobob$ bbboooboboobobob$ booboobbbboboobb$ bobooboooboboboo$ oooboboooobbbobb$ obooooooo...