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by dvgrn
May 31st, 2019, 12:38 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: How does the 0E0P metacell work?
Replies: 55
Views: 41477

Re: How does the 0E0P metacell work?

... -photo christopher langton -une regle de bl langton -le nombre de regle -fourmi langton science etonnante. -gol science etonnante. -metacellule OTCA meta pixel video. -turing machine gol video. -sexyloop paper -sexyloop paper figure -diags intro von neumann automata -diags intro CBLOCK -diags ...
by dvgrn
May 29th, 2019, 3:50 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: How does the 0E0P metacell work?
Replies: 55
Views: 41477

Re: How does the 0E0P metacell work?

... an "orchestrated" idea that got mixed in there, but haven't gone over it carefully yet.) Acronyms in general are hard on the auto-transcriber: "OTCA metapixel" comes out as "mais ta cellule aux tcm et apx, elle se comportait macroscopiquement", which Google dutifully translates as "but your ...
by Naszvadi
March 30th, 2019, 8:41 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA
Replies: 3188
Views: 1163449

Re: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA

... = 7, y = 22, rule = B2/S3H 3b3o$bo3bo$3b2o2$b2obo$o$2bo9$obo$4bo$bo2bo$bobo$2bo2bo$6bo$3bobo! [APPEND 2019.03.30. #1] First hexagonal nonexplosive OTCA eater? Three phases, p60: x = 88, y = 13, rule = B2/S3H 9bobo9bobo9bobo9bobo9bobo9bobo9bobo$13bo11bo11bo11bo11bo11bo11bo$10bo 2bo8bo2bo8bo2bo8bo2bo8bo2bo8bo2bo8bo2bo$10bobo9bobo9bobo9bobo9bobo9bob ...
by wwei23
November 5th, 2018, 7:46 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Miscellaneous Discoveries in Other Cellular Automata
Replies: 4272
Views: 1044226

Re: Miscellaneous Discoveries in Other Cellular Automata

... x = 33, y = 5, rule = B2ein3cein4aeikyz5aqy6ce/S1c2aci3acnry4eikn5jr6en8 2o9bo9bo9bo$2o8bobo7bo9bobo$11bo18bobo$3b2o15bo$3b2o16bo! Reminds me of OTCA metapixel: x = 4, y = 3, rule = B2e3eij4cejknrt5iy6ac7c8/S1c2-k3ac4ijknr5ey6ack8 b2o$o2bo$b2o! x = 5, y = 20, rule = B2ei3eijkq4ik5cejy6cik7e8/S1c2ck3akqy4aek5ceq6ei7e8 ...
by Hunting
September 7th, 2018, 3:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Conway life spaceships as real spaceships
Replies: 40
Views: 35181

Re: Conway life spaceships as real spaceships

OTCA metapixel: if you look closely at your computer screen, you can see these. kok's galaxy: one, giant, spinning, galaxy. guns: lasers? or airplane hangars? or factories? depends, gosper glider gun: laser buckaroo/snark: ...
by chris_c
July 24th, 2018, 8:52 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges
Replies: 71
Views: 81391

Re: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges

... a metacell to the southwest to be driven by the remaining stream of gliders. So the unit as it stands is a little less self-contained than the OTCA metapixel or the p1 megacell, which only need simple fuses to make any finite patch of metacells. (Right?) Yes that's right. Every true cell needs ...
by dvgrn
July 24th, 2018, 8:14 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges
Replies: 71
Views: 81391

Re: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges

... a metacell to the southwest to be driven by the remaining stream of gliders. So the unit as it stands is a little less self-contained than the OTCA metapixel or the p1 megacell, which only need simple fuses to make any finite patch of metacells. (Right?) It almost seems as if there should be ...
by Redstoneboi
May 20th, 2018, 12:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Conway life spaceships as real spaceships
Replies: 40
Views: 35181

Re: Conway life spaceships as real spaceships

OTCA metapixel: if you look closely at your computer screen, you can see these. kok's galaxy: one, giant, spinning, galaxy. guns: lasers? or airplane hangars? or factories? depends, gosper glider gun: laser buckaroo/snark: ...
by Redstoneboi
May 20th, 2018, 12:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Conway life spaceships as real spaceships
Replies: 40
Views: 35181

Re: Conway life spaceships as real spaceships

What if we talked about stuff other than spaceships? what about OTCA metapixels? or kok's galaxy? or glider guns? or the UTM? or even the work in progress tetris game in life when it's complete? OR THE R-PENTOMINO? heck, we could even talk about other rules ...
by dani
April 17th, 2018, 6:43 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Snowflakes (B2ci3ai4c8/S02ae3eijkq4iz5ar6i7e)
Replies: 475
Views: 208143

Re: Snowflakes (B2ci3ai4c8/S02ae3eijkq4iz5ar6i7e)

... 2o29b2o$13bo28bob2o$12b2o29b2o! Found while trying to look for a tractor beam reaction (push dot + side g), similar to OTCA metapixel's clock. Fun knightwise pulling reaction: x = 60, y = 15, rule = B2ci3ai4c8/S02ae3eijkq4iz5ar6i7e 56bo$54b5o$54bo3bo$47b2o4b2obob2o$36b2o8bob2o4bo3bo$24b2o11bo9b2o5b5o$ ...
by dani
April 7th, 2018, 8:24 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Snowflakes (B2ci3ai4c8/S02ae3eijkq4iz5ar6i7e)
Replies: 475
Views: 208143

Re: Snowflakes (B2ci3ai4c8/S02ae3eijkq4iz5ar6i7e)

New p2:

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x = 9, y = 7, rule = B2ci3ai4c8/S02ae3eijkq4iz5ar6i7e
2bo2bo$o7bo$4bo$bob3obo$4bo$o7bo$2bo2bo!
It would be cool to see something like an OTCA metapixel or replicator in this rule, although how to go about that is a mystery.
by thorsilver
March 31st, 2018, 11:21 pm
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Script request thread
Replies: 572
Views: 336734

Re: Script request thread

Maybe I'm missing something, but don't those scripts only tile the OTCA metapixels, not Deep Cells or any of the other unit cell types? I'm wondering if there are scripts doing the same thing but for other unit cells (edit: just Deep Cells now). Also those ...
by thorsilver
March 31st, 2018, 10:32 pm
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Script request thread
Replies: 572
Views: 336734

Re: Script request thread

I was playing with the meta-meta-blinker pattern using OTCA metapixels earlier, but obviously trying to generate meta-patterns that large within Golly causes RAM issues pretty quickly. Are there any scripts out there for generating huge meta-patterns ...
by cordership3
March 27th, 2018, 4:21 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Random posts
Replies: 5930
Views: 1676156

Re: Random posts

Another idea: Create a machine in CGOL that takes a glider stream as input and creates a monochrome image using OTCA metapixel technology.
by dvgrn
March 4th, 2018, 12:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 5203
Views: 1451261

Re: Thread for basic questions

1. Could a puffer be made that is kind of like a moving otca metapixel? 1a. With/without leaving behind debris showing every generation When Calcyman gets done compiling his replicator-megapixel, it will be trivial to program it to emulate various CA ...
by 77topaz
March 4th, 2018, 12:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 5203
Views: 1451261

Re: Thread for basic questions

danny wrote:1. Could a puffer be made that is kind of like a moving otca metapixel?
1a. With/without leaving behind debris showing every generation
Hmm... Naszvadi's rule-110 guns in his Turing-completeness thread have a somewhat similar concept to that.
by dani
March 3rd, 2018, 11:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 5203
Views: 1451261

Re: Thread for basic questions

1. Could a puffer be made that is kind of like a moving otca metapixel?
1a. With/without leaving behind debris showing every generation
by Naszvadi
October 15th, 2017, 9:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Golly suggestions
Replies: 430
Views: 242051

Re: Golly suggestions

Triangular rules: OTCA-metapixel can emulate all triangular rules, with this arrangement, where X are cells emulated, dashes are ignorable static cells: XX--XX--XX--XX-- --XX--XX--XX--XX XX--XX--XX--XX-- --XX--XX--XX--XX XX--XX--XX--XX-- ...
by dvgrn
September 25th, 2017, 6:23 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges
Replies: 71
Views: 81391

Re: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges

... patch in the center of the metacell for a metapixel display area. That may still work, but it might have to be a little off-center like the OTCA pixel. I can push the ladder circuit a good bit farther southwest for the next update, but it will only go just so far without a major reworking ...
by dvgrn
September 23rd, 2017, 7:29 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges
Replies: 71
Views: 81391

Re: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges

... That way, programming the counter's output for a specific B*/S* rule is just a matter of adjusting an evenly-spaced array of eaters, as in the OTCA metapixel and the p1 megacell. Best New Effort So Far I've had a lot of trouble finding reasonably well-packed ladder mechanisms, either orthogonal ...
by dvgrn
September 17th, 2017, 10:07 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges
Replies: 71
Views: 81391

Re: Quest-for-Tetris Challenges

... the outside. The eight incoming state signals could be routed to a central bank of "stopper" circuits instead. The above design mindlessly mimics OTCA metapixel's polling -- but I do like the way that looks. Anyone have an alternate design, preferably in the form of an actual pattern? Vague hand-waving ...
by dvgrn
September 7th, 2017, 10:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Life Lexicon update -- now Release 29, 2 July 2018
Replies: 167
Views: 116710

Re: Life Lexicon update

{pre-pulsar} {2c/3 wire} {5c/9 wire} {AK47 reaction} {arm} {B29} {barberpole} {pseudo-barberpole} {breeder} {omniperiodic} {orphan} {OTCA metapixel} {overclocking}... Thanks! Have attempted to fix all of the above, hopefully without introducing any new errors. The new HTML can be found at ...
by Sokwe
September 6th, 2017, 11:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Life Lexicon update -- now Release 29, 2 July 2018
Replies: 167
Views: 116710

Re: Life Lexicon update

... many people. It's probably overkill to list them all, but seems incomplete if we list just one. {orphan}: second sentence should say "an orphan". {OTCA metapixel}: "LWSS spaceships" should be changed to "LWSSs" or "LWSSes" or whatever the preferred plural is. {overclocking}: The discussion of the ...
by dvgrn
August 21st, 2017, 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Life Lexicon update -- now Release 29, 2 July 2018
Replies: 167
Views: 116710

Re: Life Lexicon update

... apgluxe c/7 spaceship lightspeed bubble lobster spaghetti monster zebra stripes ... and changed "quarter diagonals" to "quarter diagonal" and "OTCA Metapixel" to "OTCA metapixel". Also trimmed trailing spaces, and found and fixed an incomplete definition of "slow elbow". Also updated the introduction ...
by dvgrn
August 21st, 2017, 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Life Lexicon update -- now Release 29, 2 July 2018
Replies: 167
Views: 116710

Re: Life Lexicon update

... repeat rate spaghetti monster zebra stripes The following definitions are {referenced} and then :defined: in a difference case: Ghost Herschel OTCA metapixel P1 megacell parallel HBK Push Thanks! I hadn't gotten around to running that check again after the last run of webify.sh . These are ...