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- Yesterday, 12:20 pm
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: Rule definition terminology
- Replies: 101
- Views: 5098
Re: Rule definition terminology
Looking at the discussion so far, I think we can all agree that there isn't a consensus yet in favor of making confocaloid's proposed substitutions. Now is not necessarily the right time to add a page like this to the LifeWiki -- I'm happy to continue the discussion as long as there seem to be new ...
- Yesterday, 5:32 am
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: Rule definition terminology
- Replies: 101
- Views: 5098
Re: Rule definition terminology
It seems to me that "transition" is very frequently used with the exact same meaning as the proposed use of "condition" -- so frequently, in fact, that it makes sense to keep existing uses of "transition" in that sense in LifeWiki articles. It looks to me like a lost cause to try to substitute "con...
- April 26th, 2024, 4:55 pm
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: Rule definition terminology
- Replies: 101
- Views: 5098
Re: Rule definition terminology
The passage in the LifeWiki Style Guide does in fact mean that my "descriptive, not prescriptive" statement does not apply to the LifeWiki. Which, in turn, implies confocaloid is completely correct in arguing that LifeWiki articles should be edited for ease of understanding, even if it means replaci...
- April 26th, 2024, 3:14 pm
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: Rule definition terminology
- Replies: 101
- Views: 5098
Re: Rule definition terminology
I don't think I have seen mentioned the fact that websites like Lifewiki are generally descriptive, rather than prescriptive (eg. citing other sources for info). Currently, "transition" is by far the default way to describe rules. I agree that "condition" makes more sense, but as long as the purpose...
- April 24th, 2024, 11:27 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for Your Accidental Discoveries that Aren't in CGOL
- Replies: 908
- Views: 550730
Re: Thread for Your Accidental OCA Discoveries
A rule with 3c/10, 2 puffer speeds and 3 replicators (2 are failed rep which turns into 2 puffers): 2 engine 8c/46 x = 13, y = 23, rule = B34ce5cekry/S234e8 3bo$3bo4$2o$obo$bo4$10bo$9bob2o$10b2o$10bo5$2bo$bob2o$2b2o$2bo! Block puffer and pushalong x = 51, y = 39, rule = B34ce5cekry/S234e8 8bo31bo$7...
- April 17th, 2024, 10:29 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: tflock 2
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1533
Re: tflock 2
Another offset 180 degree reflector x = 12, y = 36, rule = B3-n/S1e2-a3-e4e 3bo2bo$2bobobo$3obo$3bo$3o2$3o2$2o13$5b3o$6bo9$5bo3bo$5bobobo$3bobobo bobo$bobo7bo$bo! Memory Cell x = 51, y = 29, rule = B3-n/S1e2-a3-e4eHistory 3.2A2$2.2A21.3D.3D.3D$16.A4.A3.D3.D4.D$.2A13.A.A2.A.A.3D.3D2.D$8.A7.A 4.A5.D.D...
- April 15th, 2024, 6:17 pm
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: tflock 2
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1533
Re: tflock 2
More reflectors/converters, and an oversized eater. x = 49, y = 47, rule = B3-n/S1e2-a3-e4e 12b2o2$10b3o30b2o2$11b3o27b3o$2bo$2b2o9b2o27b3o$obo30bo$bo12b2o17b2o9b 2o$31bobo$15b2o15bo12b2o2$16b2o28b2o2$47b2o$33bo$33bo$13bobo18b2o$11b obobo$11bo34bo$46bo$44b2o16$37bo7b2o$37b2o5bo$8bo6b2o20bo6bo$8b2o30...
- April 13th, 2024, 3:10 pm
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: tflock 2
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1533
Re: tflock 2
Repeat time 79 splitter x = 17, y = 63, rule = B3-n/S1e2-a3-e4e 5b2o2$4b2o$14b2o$3b2o11bo$16bo$2b3o2$b3o2$2o$16bo$16bo$14b2o2$13b2o2$ 11b3o2$12b2o$6bo$5b3o39$5b3o2$6bo! Larger reflectors/splitters I made leading up to it. x = 61, y = 90, rule = B3-n/S1e2-a3-e4e 8bo$5b2obo7bobo$4bobobobo2b2obobob2o$4...
- April 11th, 2024, 6:53 pm
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
- Replies: 963
- Views: 284530
Re: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
In the Immigration rule, is there a color-changing glider reflector? Someone claimed to have posted one, but while it turns red to blue, blue remains blue and doesn't turn red. (Or whichever two colors are used.) This is why I distinguish "color" and "colour", by the way. There's this color changin...
- April 11th, 2024, 6:33 pm
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for your corderization requests
- Replies: 87
- Views: 6288
Re: Thread for your corderization requests
I'm trying to assemble a period multiple of (17,11)c/34 using the following migratory replicator: Does 1x count as a period multiple? x = 14, y = 10, rule = B01e2ace34ajy5akq6ci7e/S01e234a5cinq 4bo5bo$bo3bo3bo3bo$2bo9bo6$o2bo$obo! If not, here is a 3 engine (51,33)c/102 spaceship. x = 92, y = 43, r...
- April 3rd, 2024, 4:44 pm
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: tflock 2
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1533
Re: tflock 2
Somebody should ... "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Edit: Here is a good partial that someone could turn into a splitter with seperate outputs: x = 18, y = 26, rule = B3-n/S1e2-a3-e4e 3bo$3bobo$2b2obo$bo2bo$2b2o2$3b3o2$3b2o10b2o$17bo$2b3o12bo2$b3o2$2o10$ 6bo$5b3o! Some *WSS converters...
- April 3rd, 2024, 10:29 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: tflock 2
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1533
Re: tflock 2
Domino tie domino seems to be the most versatile catalyst x = 48, y = 36, rule = B3-n/S1e2-a3-e4e 8b2o6bo10b2o15b2o$10bo5bo12bo16bo$10bo18bobo14bo$31bo10bo$5b3o7b3o9b3o 2b2o7b3o$7bo9bo2b2o7bo11b2o$7bo9bo11bo7$4b2o$6bo37b2o$6bo39bo$28bo17bo $14bo7bo3bo3bo6bo2bo$14b2o6b2o7bo9bo$14bo7bo3bo4bo5bo3bo$bo5...
- March 27th, 2024, 8:21 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Request a Rule to be "Tamed"
- Replies: 160
- Views: 84101
Re: Request a Rule to be "Tamed"
Can this rule be tamed(common lightspeed replicators are still fine) while keeping this 2c/6o? Here's my attempt x = 46, y = 66, rule = B2ac3nq4aiyn5e/S 43bobo$43bobo$43bobo$45bo2$43bo12$4obo3b2obob4obo4bob2ob2o2bob2o3bo$6b o2b3o3b3ob3ob4o2bob5ob2o$2b3o2bo2b2o2bobobo5b5o3bo2bo$3o2b2o4bo5b2ob3o 2bo3...
- March 21st, 2024, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for your corderization requests
- Replies: 87
- Views: 6288
Re: Thread for your corderization requests
2-engine 16c/90db-engine wrote: ↑March 21st, 2024, 6:17 pmCode: Select all
x = 3, y = 3, rule = B34i/S2-n3-a4a 3o$2bo$b2o!
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x = 23, y = 44, rule = B34i/S2-n3-a4a
4bo$3b2o26$5b3o5b2o$2bobo2b2o2bobob2o$bo2b2o3bo3b3obo$o4bobo6bo2bo$o3b
o3b2o4bob2o$2bobo4b3o$13b3o5$16bo$15bo4bo$15bo4b2o$14bo6b2o$14bo6bo$
14b3o3bo!
- March 21st, 2024, 11:02 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA
- Replies: 3060
- Views: 1082459
Re: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA
A c/9 rake that I can't get to corderize (it moves backwards): Here's another corderization: x = 23, y = 20, rule = B3-cy4twz/S23 7bobo2b2o$6bo3b2obo$6bo4b2o$2o4bob5o$2o3$10b2o$9bo8b2o$11bo5bo3bo$8bo 7bo5bo$8b3o6bo4bo$18bo3bo$19bo3$7bobo2b2o$6bo3b2obo$6bo4b2o$6bob5o! A ship with big sparks x = 41, ...
- March 13th, 2024, 5:31 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: B35/S23
- Replies: 134
- Views: 54670
Re: B35/S23
Depending on how big the fuse is, you could use LLS.Haycat2009 wrote: ↑March 12th, 2024, 1:10 amWhat search program should I use to find stable endings for the reburnable fuse? (bump)
- February 28th, 2024, 11:02 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
- Replies: 963
- Views: 284530
Re: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
This is what the pattern looks like after 350K steps, with a population of 146M.
- February 28th, 2024, 6:09 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
- Replies: 963
- Views: 284530
Re: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
I don't know, it just looks like an explosion. 260,000 generations run so far and no sign of stabilizing.confocaloid wrote: ↑February 28th, 2024, 2:12 amHow does one prove that it is actually "infinite chaotic growth"? There are similar seeds which appear to grow chaotically, but then settle into well-behaved (predictable) growth instead:
- February 27th, 2024, 6:19 pm
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
- Replies: 963
- Views: 284530
Re: Thread for basic non-CGOL questions
Here's a smaller one.
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x = 85, y = 7, rule = B2ce3ci4c/S1c2ce
84bo$83bo$84bo2$2b2o$o2bo$2b2o!
- February 21st, 2024, 2:23 am
- Forum: Other Cellular Automata
- Topic: Thread for your corderization requests
- Replies: 87
- Views: 6288
Re: Thread for your corderization requests
pls x = 6, y = 9, rule = B356/S23 3b2o$5bo$b2o2bo$4bo$3bo2$o2bo$b4o$3bo! It has been done. 18c/72 in B356/S23 engineered by hand using blinker puffers: x = 14, y = 37, rule = B356/S23 6b3o2$5b2o2bo$6bobo$7bo7$11bo$7bo2bobo$7bo3b2o$7b3ob2o$8bob2o2$8b2o2$ o$o$o2$o$o$o3$13bo$13bo$13bo2$5b3o5bo$13bo$4b...
- February 20th, 2024, 10:20 pm
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: "glider loop" for single-glider-only oscillators, or no?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 2770
Re: "glider shuttle" for single-glider-only oscillators
Tanner's p46 is a pi-heptomino hassler. It does have some discrete part, which travels and returns to its original position. But it is not a loop oscillator. Calling the pi-heptomino in Tanner's p46 "a part which travels" seems like a generous definition of travel given that the pi only ever appear...
- February 20th, 2024, 9:40 pm
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: "glider loop" for single-glider-only oscillators, or no?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 2770
Re: "glider shuttle" for single-glider-only oscillators
Unfortunately, such an approach would make it way too easy to describe oscillators as "loops". It would become possible to argue that the snacker is a "p9 pentadecathlon loop" (because the pentadecathlon is "looping through time"). It would become possible to argue that every oscillator is a loop (...
- February 20th, 2024, 8:31 pm
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: "glider loop" for single-glider-only oscillators, or no?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 2770
Re: "glider shuttle" for single-glider-only oscillators
I don't see usefulness of redefining 'glider loop' to allow oscillators that are not glider loops. Terms are useful only when they are precise and intuitive, and when one can tell what is an example versus what isn't. One argument which could be made for glider shuttles being a subset of glider loo...
- February 15th, 2024, 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread for basic questions
- Replies: 4793
- Views: 1230045
Re: Thread for basic questions
It doesn't even always work to identify contiguous rotors, though. It might not always work even for oscillators with no stator like Karel's p177 or Gabriel's p138 . I haven't tried those two particular cases -- maybe the color change can migrate through the dying sparks fast enough, not sure -- bu...
- February 15th, 2024, 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread for basic questions
- Replies: 4793
- Views: 1230045
Re: Thread for basic questions
How would one handle gutter symmetry, and other similar cases? I don't think rotors like this would ever become uniform. This algorithm wouldn't handle them. It would be the first step in identifying groups of cells which make up a single rotor, and then a next step would be running each piece with...