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This is the thread, as stated in the title, for your accidental discoveries. B-heptomino to glider: x = 47, y = 39, rule = B3/S23 2bo$obo$b2o$10bo$8bobo$9b2o17$27bobo$28b2o$28bo7$26b3o$28bo$27bo3$45bo $44b2o$44bobo! Oops, looks like this isn't it. Herschel and Glider plus Block Catalyst to Three Gli...

More unexpected findings: H+G=F8+G

This thread is for reactions of gliders with methuselahs to get oscillators. For example: x = 386, y = 439, rule = B3/S23 86$190b2ob2obo7bo$164b2o23bobobob2o7b3o$165bo24bo16bo14bo$165bobo38b2o 12b3o$166b2o2b2o47bo$170b2o25b2o3bo16b2o$186bob2o6b2ob2obo$185bo2b2o2b 3ob2obo2bo$185bo6b2o2b2ob2o17b2o$185...

You mean something like this? x = 70, y = 48, rule = B3/S23 6$41b2o$41bobo$44bo11bobo$29b2o10bo2bo10bo2bo4bo$28b3o13bo9b2o5b2o$16b o8bob2o12bobo8b2o3bo8b2o$16bobo6bo2bo5bo6b2o11b2o10b2o$17bobo5bob2o5bo 11bo8bo2bo$4b2o11bo2bo7b3o13b2o10bobo$4b2o11bobo9b2o14b2o$16bobo$16bo 9bo$27b2o$26b2o2$37bobo$37b2...

Accidentally found this reaction: x = 3, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 2o$2o4$b2o$2o$b2o$2bo! Interestingly enough, if a second B-heptomino is stuck in the exact same position as the first one after the boat is formed, a glider is released. Anybody know how to synthesize the B-heptomino in such cramped condi...

What period is it based off of? (e.g. p30, p46, p104, etc.)

Well, I don't live in Germany, so... :P

I intentionally (internationally?) didn't used the smiley to better capture the "mood" of the emoticon.

I found this p92 fuse entirely by accident: x = 102, y = 626, rule = B3/S23 93bobo$93b3o$94bo5$95bo$94b3o$94bobo3$91b2o$91bo$90b2o2bo5bo$97b4o$96b obo$98bob2o$86b2o10bob2o$84b2obo10b2o$84b2obo$87bobo$85b4o$85bo5bo2b2o $94bo$93b2o3$89bobo$89b3o$90bo5$91bo$90b3o$90bobo3$87b2o$87bo$86b2o2bo 5bo$93b4o$9...

a.k.a., the standard MWSS pushalong.

Two parts: a) What is the pattern that lasts the longest that produces a single object (block, glider, etc.) or includes an object? b) What is the pattern that has certain types of symmetry that lasts the longest? (No trivial examples, please) Types of symmetry and record-holders that I know of are:...

Accidentally found this little bugger while doing something else: x = 556, y = 546, rule = B3/S23 528bo7b2o$524bo2bo8bo$518b2o4bo4bo4bobo$517bo2bo13b2o$517b2ob2o8bo$ 518bo8b2ob2o$513b2o13bo2bo$512bobo4bo4bo4b2o$512bo8bo2bo$511b2o7bo2$ 530bobo21b2o$530b2o14bo7bo$531bo4b2o14bobo$535bo2b2o12b2o$535b2ob...

On another note (such as D#), most p30-based gun with two or three gliders can be constructed, although it will usually be very long.

P.S. I am posting replies to myself because the posts are about different subtopics within the same topic.

But how would you build the initial object?

What's this "u pushalong" that you are talking about? Is it the standard MWSS pushalong, or is it something else?

Kills the A, but not the LWSSs. x = 48, y = 47, rule = B3/S23 11$17bo$17bo$17bo6$10b3o9b3o$10bo2bo7bo2bo$10bo13bo$10bo13bo$11bobo2b 3o2bobo$15bo3bo$15bo3bo$15b5o$15bo3bo! Another way to do the same thing: x = 24, y = 27, rule = B3/S23 4$14bo$14bo$14bo$7b3o9b3o$7bo2bo7bo2bo$7bo13bo$7bo13bo$8bobo2b3o2...

Stop cussing.

I was thinking about how Conway's Game of Life relates to real living organisms in terms of the behavior.

This is the post for oscillators based on eater head modifications. Down boat with tail<->eater, p46: x = 155, y = 172, rule = B3/S23 38$98b2o5b2o$98b2o5b2o12$100b2ob2o$99bo5bo2$98bo7bo$98bo2bobo2bo$98b3o 3b3o6$71bo$70b2o15b2o$69b2o16b2o$70b2o2b2o$40b2o14b3o$40b2o12bo3bo43bo 5bo$53bo4bo42b3o3b3o$53b...

I use Firefox, but not sure which version. EDIT: Looks like I found something not on the site! x = 19, y = 38, rule = B3/S23 4$3bo$4b2o3bo$3b2o3bobo$7bobobo$6bobo2bo$7bo3b2o2$7b2o$6bobo$8bo9$8bo$ 6bobo$7b2o2$7bo$6bobo$7bobo$3b2o3bobo$4b2o3bobo$3bo7bo$11b2o! The two components are closely related to ...

OK, that is a MOUTHFUL! It's as if it I didn't have very many syntheses, and all of a sudden, I'm buried alive in them! Still helps though, but the links to the pattern files apparently do not work.

...I'm speechless, except for this message of course.

Recently, I've been interested in modifying eater heads with gliders to something else, say, a boat. I also like changing them back. It's much easier to change them back than to get them in the first place. Things I need help with: (head refers to eater head) Head->Tub Head->Beehive Down Loaf->Head ...

H-to-G that only emits a glider from every other Herschel: x = 261, y = 61, rule = B3/S23 3$31bo49bo49bo49bo49bo$29b3o47b3o47b3o47b3o47b3o$4b2o22bo25b2o22bo25b 2o22bo25b2o22bo25b2o22bo$5bo22b2o25bo22b2o25bo22b2o25bo22b2o25bo22b2o$ 5bobo47bobo47bobo47bobo47bobo37b2o$6b2o48b2o48b2o48b2o48b2o37b2o2$38b...

H = 2G + BlOBh: x = 27, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 25b2o$25bo$2o21bobo$bo21b2o$bobo$2b2o12$7b3o7b2o$8bo8bobo$8b3o8bo$19b 2o! Interestingly enough, a glider can be used to both invert the second glider and delete the BlOBh: x = 76, y = 41, rule = B3/S23 74bo$73bo$73b3o15$15bo$14bo$14b3o$25b2o36b2o$25bo37b...

H to 2G converter: Found it while looking for a conduit.

OK, my best attempt at a p540 or p1140 gun. Oddly enough, the same mechanism works for two different periods! x = 215, y = 181, rule = B3/S23 40$156b2o$31b2o123b2o$31b2o6$156bo$31b3o121b3o$30bo3bo119b5o$153bobobo bo$29bo5bo117b2o3b2o$29b2o3b2o2$156bo$32bo122bobo$30b2obo121bob2o$33bo 122b3o$29bo3bo12...