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by 137ben
August 5th, 2016, 7:32 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Golly 2.8 will support non-totalistic rules
Replies: 28
Views: 13887

Re: Golly 2.8 will support non-totalistic rules

Okay, since I am dumb and can't figure it out: what is the syntax for defining non-outer-totalistic rules?
by 137ben
February 23rd, 2014, 11:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there any form that survives randomness? Detect and react
Replies: 17
Views: 14637

Re: Is there any form that survives randomness? Detect and react

In Reliable cellular automata with self-organization , Peter Gacs proved the existence of a 1-dimensional cellular automaton which is computationally universal, and for which a universal computer can survive random perturbation if the error rate is sufficiently small. It's pretty complicated (it has...
by 137ben
January 1st, 2014, 5:31 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B3/S238
Replies: 37
Views: 26203

Re: B3/S238

Isn't it "honeylife"? Well, Dave appeared to be referencing this post: In case they do not, how about: "Pedestrian Life" for B38/S23 (since traffic lights do not occur in this rule), "Pulsar Life" for B3/S238 (given the frequent pulsars from pi heptominoes), and "Honey Life" for B38/S238 (since big...
by 137ben
November 21st, 2013, 12:32 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Census script
Replies: 2
Views: 3898

Re: Census script

There was one run through this site awhile ago. It is no longer supported or being recorded.
by 137ben
November 14th, 2013, 2:15 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Geminoid Challenge
Replies: 166
Views: 513999

Re: Geminoid Challenge

Also, Matthew Cook's construction of universal computation in ECA rule 110 stores information as the distances between spaceships rather than the presence or absence of spaceships themselves, so that idea isn't new either.
by 137ben
October 28th, 2013, 6:46 pm
Forum: Scripts
Topic: A simulator with support for randomness
Replies: 8
Views: 6895

Re: A simulator with support for randomness

I know the CellularAutomaton command in Mathematica supports arbitrary transition functions, including pseudorandom rules. It seems to be optimized for one-dimensional rules, and doesn't do very well displaying animations of 2d rules the way Golly can. You also can't get it for free.
by 137ben
October 26th, 2013, 9:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Game of Life Links
Replies: 64
Views: 207426

Re: Game of Life Links

The link to Calcyman's site appears broken...
by 137ben
October 21st, 2013, 4:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is a replicator?
Replies: 14
Views: 15146

Re: What is a replicator?

Wait. You reminded me why I found Life fascinating in the first place. But I was just searching the wiki and realized... there are no replicators in life. At least, not in the wiki. There are replicators for high-life but not for life. Does anyone here have the seed for one? thx There are no curren...
by 137ben
June 1st, 2013, 11:14 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Wireworld JvN
Replies: 16
Views: 11418

Re: Wireworld JvN

I just realized something: OR gates cannot be synchronous. This means that unless if we can find a conditional 2-gen advancer to fix the problem, this rule will be inevitably worse than the original Wireworld. I believe this is what you are looking for: I already posted an OR gate above... looking ...
by 137ben
June 1st, 2013, 2:08 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Wireworld JvN
Replies: 16
Views: 11418

Re: Wireworld JvN

This device will convert a p4 stream into a p8 stream, by deleting all electrons which follow another by 4 generations:

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x = 24, y = 5, rule = wireworldjvn2
14.2C$14.2C$BA22C$2C12.2C$14.2C!
by 137ben
June 1st, 2013, 2:03 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Wireworld JvN
Replies: 16
Views: 11418

Re: Wireworld JvN

Yea... the interesting thing about that device is that when switching the cell on, the electron will continue in a straight path unaffected, while when switching the cell off, it is destroyed. This can be used to make a very long period oscillator. For example: x = 20, y = 20, rule = wireworldjvn2 2...
by 137ben
May 31st, 2013, 10:52 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Wireworld JvN
Replies: 16
Views: 11418

Re: Wireworld JvN

Here is a pattern which is simultaneously a switchable memory cell and a heisenburp. Specifically, an electron can switch the cell on or off without being effected! It can even loop around again. x = 15, y = 18, rule = wireworldjvn2 2.C$2.C$2.C$2.C$2.C$2.C$2.C$2.C$2.C$3C$C.2C$4C$2C$15C$.C12.C$2C12.C...
by 137ben
May 31st, 2013, 6:43 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Wireworld JvN
Replies: 16
Views: 11418

Re: Wireworld JvN

It can emulate an interesting class 3 rule: x = 60, y = 60, rule = WireWorldjvn2:T60,60 5.B5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C$5.A5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C$5.C5.C 5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C$5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C$5.C5.C5.C5.C 5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C$60C$5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C$5.C5.C5.C5.C5.C 5.C5...
by 137ben
May 31st, 2013, 3:43 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Wireworld JvN
Replies: 16
Views: 11418

Wireworld JvN

I decided to modify normal wireworld to work in a JvN neighborhood. Initially, I kept all the rules otherwise the same: # WireWorld JvN # # rules: 6 # # Golly rule-table format. # Each rule: C,U,R,D,L,C' # # Default for transitions not listed: no change # # Variables are bound within each transition...
by 137ben
May 27th, 2013, 1:00 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Geminoid Challenge
Replies: 166
Views: 513999

Re: Geminoid Challenge

So, it appears we now have a working glider synthesis and a glider destruction for the snark. That should lower the size of the geminoid significantly.
by 137ben
May 27th, 2013, 12:56 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Posts that Don't need an entire post
Replies: 6
Views: 5793

Re: Posts that Don't need an entire post

But we already have two other threads with essentially the same purpose...
by 137ben
May 22nd, 2013, 9:51 pm
Forum: Bugs & Errors
Topic: Auto-logout
Replies: 4
Views: 6654

Re: Auto-logout

Cookies are enabled...

I haven't had the described issue since I posted this.
Don't know what the deal was/is :?
by 137ben
May 21st, 2013, 7:28 pm
Forum: Bugs & Errors
Topic: Auto-logout
Replies: 4
Views: 6654

Auto-logout

Frequently when I try to post, I click "reply" and am immediately told to log in, even if I was already logged in. Upon re-logging in, I click "return to previous page" (or am automatically redirected), and am instantly returned to the page telling me to log in! This repeats indefinitely until I clo...
by 137ben
May 21st, 2013, 7:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Golly 2.5 has been released
Replies: 43
Views: 76624

Re: Golly 2.5b3 is available for testing

Andrew In Golly 2.5, please support neighborhoods with any 8 neighbors selected from the 24 nearest neighbor set? Brian Prentice This has been requested before, and I thought it turned out to be hard to add directly without slowing down the rest of the program...it is probably too late to add it to...
by 137ben
May 13th, 2013, 12:51 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: p20 gun
Replies: 6
Views: 7280

Re: p20 gun

The following pseudo-period 20 rotor was found by extrementhusiast awhile ago: x = 217, y = 179, rule = B3/S23 187b2o$187bobo$157bo24b2o4b3o12bo$156bobo19b4o2bo4b3o8b4o4bo$156b2obo 7b2o9b3ob2o4b3o8b4o5bo$139bo16b2ob2o6bobo17bobo9bo2bo9b2o$139b2o15b2ob ob3o6bo16b2o10b4o9b2o$127b2o11b2o14bobo2bo2bo2bo...
by 137ben
May 5th, 2013, 12:18 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Posts that Don't need an entire post
Replies: 6
Views: 5793

Re: Posts that Don't need an entire post

Or accidental discoveries...
by 137ben
May 5th, 2013, 12:11 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Finding the smallest spaceship of given speed
Replies: 12
Views: 13396

Re: Finding the smallest spaceship of given speed

Indeed, the width 13 already has a bounding box with an area of only 221. An interesting question: what is the smallest orthogonal spaceship (by some definition of "smallest") with speed lower than c/2? So far, by bounding box area, the leading contender is x = 5, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 4bo$2b2o$2b2o...
by 137ben
May 4th, 2013, 11:50 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Blockic splitters
Replies: 35
Views: 40680

Re: Blockic splitters

The (26+n):2n proof-of-concept, as knightlife says, is maybe "cheating a little and not entirely satisfying". I don't think it's cheating exactly, I'm not sure why you are calling it a "proof-of-concept" when it works as presented and explicitly constructs a splitter with a glider to block ratio gr...
by 137ben
May 1st, 2013, 12:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Grid that dies in one step
Replies: 7
Views: 4945

Re: Grid that dies in one step

What measure of "smallest" are you looking for? The smallest in population that I could find was this: x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 2bo$2bo$5o$2bo$2bo! I was looking for the smallest possible grid in Conway's game of life which dies in one step. I guess it is the cross. I'm not sure you understand: ...
by 137ben
May 1st, 2013, 12:47 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship with extensible exhaust pipe
Replies: 8
Views: 10300

Re: Spaceship with extensible exhaust pipe

I'm pretty sure I've seen similar spaceships before, although not this exact form. Nice, though.