What similarity? Can you be more specific? I can see how they have a little bit of stator in common, but as far as I can tell the similarity ends there.Haycat2009 wrote: ↑May 6th, 2024, 11:13 pmAre Elkie’s p5 and Drifty Eater 3 related? I notice the similarity.
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- May 7th, 2024, 3:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread for basic questions
- Replies: 4817
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Re: Thread for basic questions
- May 3rd, 2024, 1:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread for basic questions
- Replies: 4817
- Views: 1236510
Re: Thread for basic questions
is there anything stopping me from naming the L141 conduit "Lucy"? In Lucy+Fx153... Lucy/L141 I'll be a bit more explicit than previous posters. Please do not attempt to name new conduits. We have a tolerably effective systematic naming scheme for them. Even the most fundamental conduits (excluding...
- May 3rd, 2024, 1:18 am
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
- Replies: 923
- Views: 180993
Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Today, there has been EXTREME VANDALISM in the eater 1 page. I think that all these edits should be reverted. Vandalism is deliberate destruction or damage. The most recent edits to fishhook and Eater 1 were clearly made in good faith, so they are not vandalism. That being said, I think there shoul...
- May 2nd, 2024, 4:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NewLifeCA discussion thread
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6665
Re: NewLifeCA discussion thread
NewLifeCA #47, 30 April 2024 Brief addendum: New p7 Spaceships Period-7 spaceships are quite rare, so it's a bit of a surprise when two unrelated p7 ships are found in a short period of time. On March 21, 2024, Caleb R. Hilton found a 2c/7 orthogonal tagalong for two weekenders. Matthias Merzenich ...
- May 1st, 2024, 5:34 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4542
- Views: 1700130
Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread
It is sadly impossible to reduce the oscillator's period from 564 as a result of the Mazings used to eat the unwanted internal gliders. P6 or p3 eaters allow the period to be halved to p282: x = 74, y = 87, rule = B3/S23 37b2o$29b2ob2o2bo2bo$30bobo4bobo$29bo3b3obobob2o$29bob2o6bobo$30b2o2bo b2obo2b...
- April 28th, 2024, 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Intuitive understanding?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 280
Re: Intuitive understanding?
Can you elaborate on the purpose of this topic?
- April 28th, 2024, 5:23 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4542
- Views: 1700130
Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread
some P38 by P1GG on the forums: x = 94, y = 94, rule = B3/S23 53bo5bo$53b2o3b2o$53b2o3b2o$54bo3bo2$65b2o$64bobo$64bo$63b2o$55bobo4b o$55bo2bo3b3o$55bobo7bo$64b2o2$56bo$55b2o$51b5o2bob4o$51b3ob2o3b2obo$ 56bo4b2o5$56bo4b2o$51b3ob2o3b2obo$51b5o2bob4o$55b2o$5b2o28b2o19bo$5bo 5b2o16b2o5bo$6b3obobo16bobo...
- April 23rd, 2024, 10:40 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3149
- Views: 1147547
Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread
c/3 tagalong: x = 22, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 16bo$14b3ob3o$13b2o6bo$8bo3bo2bo3b2o$7b4o$6bo3bo$7bobo2bo$11bo2$10b2o $9bo2bo$7bo6bo$5b3o6b3o$b2ob2o3bo2bo3b2ob2o$b2o2bo2bo4bo2bo2b2o$o2bo14b o2bo! Also applicable for tagalongs: x = 52, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 16bo$14b3ob3o25b2obo$13b2o6bo21b2ob2ob2o$8bo3b...
- April 22nd, 2024, 9:16 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
- Replies: 965
- Views: 578388
Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
p305 glider gun with bounding box 69-by-65 (down from 83-by-64): x = 69, y = 65, rule = B3/S23 6b2o6b2o$ob2obobo6bobob2obo$2obobo10bobob2o$6bo8bo$5b2o8b2o$5b4o4b4o$ 8bo4bo$8b6o2$3b2o12b2o$3b2ob2o6b2ob2o$7b8o$8b6o$9b4o4$10b2o$b2o7b2o7b 2o$2bo16bo$2bobo12bobo$3b2o4b2o6b2o10bob2o$8bobo18b2obo$8b2o$27b...
- April 22nd, 2024, 3:38 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4542
- Views: 1700130
Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread
p26 wing hassler Cool! I know I sound like a broken record at this point, but can you mention how you found it? In general, it would be helpful if people gave a very brief description of how their patterns were found. Something as simple as "by hand", or "with X search program", or "completed a par...
- April 21st, 2024, 2:41 am
- Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
- Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
- Replies: 923
- Views: 180993
Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits
2009-09-14: In Talk:400P49, Matthias Merzenich decides that the pages 440P49.1 and 400P9 ought to be combined into "p49 glider shuttle," which later became p49 bouncer loop. He also proposes that the newer version be used in the infobox ... 2024-04-21 : Ever the indecisive contrarian who doubles ba...
- April 20th, 2024, 8:27 pm
- Forum: Website Discussion
- Topic: Thread for your website-related questions
- Replies: 351
- Views: 57400
Re: Thread for your website-related questions
with the two gifs, i was expirementing to see if i could post them on a forum post if i uploaded them to the wiki. Like Dave said, you should use the forum inline attachment feature, rather than the wiki. Images uploaded to the wiki that are not used on the wiki may be deleted without notice. it di...
- April 18th, 2024, 1:03 am
- Forum: Scripts
- Topic: qfind - a spaceship search program
- Replies: 137
- Views: 68104
Re: qfind - a spaceship search program
Argh, I should've waited for it to load the last dump file before ending it (They take hours to do so). BUT, I know that the total depth was 249 when it gave me the result. Generally, I think it's a good idea to redirect output to a file by adding " > filename.txt" to the end of the line like in th...
- April 17th, 2024, 11:27 pm
- Forum: Bugs & Errors
- Topic: general error
- Replies: 3
- Views: 182
Re: general error
I think that just happens sometimes. It usually doesn't last long. If it's a persistent problem for you, it would be helpful if you could give more details such as a copy-paste or screenshot of the error message, which operating system and browser you use, and when or how often the error seems to oc...
- April 17th, 2024, 11:11 pm
- Forum: Scripts
- Topic: qfind - a spaceship search program
- Replies: 137
- Views: 68104
Re: qfind - a spaceship search program
I used qfind v2.3 to find this. I typed this into the command line: qfind.exe -p 7 -y 1 -w 11 -s o -d c7ospk -e initrows.txt -t 80 Whereas initrows.txt is this: ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... .....o..... ........... ........... ........... .........
- April 17th, 2024, 3:43 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3149
- Views: 1147547
Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Look what I found! Awesome! And way more compact than I was expecting. I can't help but wonder if there's a bug in a search program. Notice that the original partial has a higher logical width than the completion, ignoring the frontend itself. x = 51, y = 48, rule = LifeHistory 3.5A5.5A15.5A5.5A$.2...
- April 16th, 2024, 2:16 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4542
- Views: 1700130
Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread
I'm assuming this wick has already been discovered, but it's neither on the TL hasslers page nor the Z hasslers page: If you wan't to know whether an oscillator is known, you should also check the osc folder of jslife , and the oscillator stamp collection in the oscillators folder of Golly. In this...
- April 16th, 2024, 4:45 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3149
- Views: 1147547
Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Interesting c/3 wick... Completed: x = 52, y = 135, rule = B3/S23 25b2o$21b2obo2bob2o$21b2o6b2o$21bobo4bobo$23b2o2b2o$22b2ob2ob2o$24bo2b o$22bo6bo$22bo6bo2$22b8o$21b2o6b2o2$25b2o$24bo2bo2$24bo2bo$23b6o$21b 10o$20bo10bo$18b3o10b3o$17b2obobo6bobob2o$16bo3bobo6bobo3bo$15b3o3bo2b 4o2bo3b3o$15b2o3bobo6b...
- April 15th, 2024, 7:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Golly 4.3b1
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2477
Re: Golly 4.3b1
Here are updates to two patterns in the collection. spaceship-types.rle (smaller (3,0)c/7; first (1,1)c/8; minimality proofs for (1,0)c/2, (1,0)c/4, and (2,0)c/5; corrected glider discovery year): #C A period p spaceship which displaces itself (m,n) during its #C period, where m >= n, is said to be ...
- April 14th, 2024, 2:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Golly 4.3b1
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2477
Re: Golly 4.3b1
There are still a few patterns that need updating (at least traffic-light-hasslers.rle, c3-orthogonal.rle, c4-orthogonal.rle, and spaceship-types.rle; probably more). How soon should this be done?
- April 12th, 2024, 4:31 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3149
- Views: 1147547
Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread
I think you're asking to preserve north clearance (the past of the NE traveling glider) and some northeast clearance (to avoid the future of the reaction we're applying the spark to). Here is an example solution that continues mostly south and southeast and I believe will fit in if I've understood ...
- April 12th, 2024, 8:57 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3149
- Views: 1147547
Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread
I found two new perturbations that remove debris from the diagonal c/4 glider advancer convoy. One of them is a small spaceship that suppresses the blockade when the fuse is ignited. The second one is the smallest spaceship which suppresses the blinker produced when the advancer emits its glider. V...
- April 11th, 2024, 3:58 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
- Replies: 3149
- Views: 1147547
Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Can a NE-traveling glider stream be turned around and shifted (a dirty solution would be fine) to complete become the input of a p488 advancer? x = 435, y = 491, rule = B3/S23 434bo$432b2o$433b2o242$434bo$432b2o$433b2o68$280bo7bo$279b2o5b2obo$ 279bobo3b2o2bo$283b2o2bo$281b5o$273b3ob2ob3o$273bo2bobob...
- April 11th, 2024, 3:18 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
- Replies: 965
- Views: 578388
Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
p36 gun reduced from 49x30 (1470-cell BB) to 47x30 (1410-cell BB) using a modification to the existing Jason's p36 mechanism that releases the glider using a different sparker layout Reduced further to 49x28 (1372-cell BB) using a custom sparker (smaller solutions probably exist): x = 49, y = 28, r...
- April 11th, 2024, 1:34 am
- Forum: Scripts
- Topic: zfind discussion
- Replies: 257
- Views: 213638
Re: zfind discussion
If I'm not wrong, zfind is able to search for knightships. Does anyone know how the gfind search space is modified in order to allow for these searches? I was working on implementing oblique / diagonal searches for cfind (unfortunately oblique searches don't work yet), so I'm curious to see how thi...