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by flipper77
November 24th, 2014, 1:10 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Soup search results
Replies: 2589
Views: 1911988

Re: Soup search results

This symmetrical soup produces something I haven't seen before: x = 32, y = 31, rule = B3/S23 3o7b2o2b4o2b2o7b3o$2o2bob9o2b9obo2b2o$3ob2o2b4obo4bob4o2b2ob3o$b2o4bo 4b3o2b3o4bo4b2o$3o2b2ob3o10b3ob2o2b3o$b4o3bob2o2bo2bo2b2obo3b4o$bo2bo 2bo2b3o6b3o2bo2bo2bo$2obo3b4ob3o2b3ob4o3bob2o$o3bo2b3o2bob4obo2b3o...
by flipper77
November 24th, 2014, 12:53 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Generalized Wire Automata
Replies: 21
Views: 7775

Re: Generalized Wire Automata

EDIT: What would be really useful to me now would be an A AND NOT B gate... It would let me make basically everything else left in a compact method. Using the same method I used to make a Bliptile OR gate, here's a Wire1H OR gate, as well as an A AND NOT B gate just because you asked for it: x = 41...
by flipper77
November 19th, 2014, 5:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher
Replies: 147
Views: 138624

Re: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher

I would like to see symmetry options added to apgsearch so that you're asked for symmetry options for the soups you search, which would be reflected by the temporary patterns generated by search's end, as well as the census results(i.e. @SYMMETRIES ...), so you'd know if a search has a certain set o...
by flipper77
November 19th, 2014, 4:53 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Soup search results
Replies: 2589
Views: 1911988

Re: Soup search results

A natural synthesis of tubs test tube baby: x = 46, y = 10, rule = B3/S23 2bo40bo$obo40bobo$b2o40b2o$18b2o6b2o2$15b3o10b3o$15b3o10b3o$22b2o$21bo 2bo$22b2o! A reaction that creates a p3 oscillator whose rotor is very similar to short keys, but I've never seen this anywhere else: x = 36, y = 12, rule ...
by flipper77
November 18th, 2014, 12:40 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your unsure discoveries
Replies: 3236
Views: 1492432

Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

A transparent beehive reaction involving a pre-traffic light that I don't remember seeing here on the forums:

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3bobo$3bobo$4bo2$2b2o$o3bo$2b3o!
by flipper77
November 15th, 2014, 8:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher
Replies: 147
Views: 138624

Re: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher

This might be a stupid question, but is there a way to turn the names of objects into the objects themselves? Go here That post not only has a script that turns canonised names into the objects, but there's a script to get previous soups from previous runs that generate objects you've encountered b...
by flipper77
November 9th, 2014, 8:05 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Soup search results
Replies: 2589
Views: 1911988

Re: Soup search results

Kazyan wrote:Synthesis for a strange oscillator:

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x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
obo$b2o$bo3$10bobo$11b2o8bo$11bo8bo$20b3o$10b3o$12bo10b3o$11bo11bo$24b
o8$5b2o$4bobo$6bo5$28bo$27b2o$27bobo!
Yet another Lifewiki synthesis needing an update:

- 4 boats [10 -> 7]
by flipper77
November 8th, 2014, 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher
Replies: 147
Views: 138624

Re: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher

I'm not sure that I agree that (practically) all still-lifes in the list should be set to 0. Absolutely, it's just that I left them that way for now, since I'm not too good at giving adequate scores for corresponding objects, hopefully this script takes off, and some sort of database can be organiz...
by flipper77
November 8th, 2014, 5:46 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Soup search results
Replies: 2589
Views: 1911988

Re: Soup search results

Lifewiki syntheses that need updating: - Griddle and Block [14 -> 6] - Griddle and Beehive [16 -> 9] - 1 beacon [10 -> 8] - Fore and Back [20 -> 10] - Tumbler [8 -> 6] - Jam? [7 -> 7, but natural] - Eater2 [9 -> 8] You also want to add this to the list: - 21P2 [11 -> 9] Because adding 1 more glider...
by flipper77
November 7th, 2014, 11:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher
Replies: 147
Views: 138624

Re: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher

After some time, I've managed not only to add the common SL's and oscillators from the Lifewiki, but I've added all the objects from Achim's text dump web page into the commonnames list, including other objects I've found, as well as a few from a post. Any names with double pairs of brackets are add...
by flipper77
November 5th, 2014, 10:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher
Replies: 147
Views: 138624

Re: apgsearch: a high-performance soup searcher

At some point I still might extend the common-names list to include Achim Flammenkamp's still-life and oscillator names, but that's not a very high priority for me at the moment. On top of this, I'd like to see the common-names list get organized along the lines of (still lives, oscillators, spaces...
by flipper77
November 4th, 2014, 6:48 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Soup search results
Replies: 2589
Views: 1911988

Re: Soup search results

A 22-bit still life: x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 o2bo3b2o4b2o$o2bob2o2bobob3o$4o2bo2b2o3b2o$3o4bobo3bobo$o3b2o2bo6bo$2b 2obob3obobo$bo3b4o2b5o$bo2bo3b3obo$5b2o2bob2o$b3o4b5o$obo2b3o2bo3b2o$ 5b2o4b4o$b2obob4obo3bo$o3bo3bobo4bo$3bo2b3ob2ob3o$2ob2obobo2b5o! It's simple enough to synthesize, but I'm n...
by flipper77
October 23rd, 2014, 12:27 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries
Replies: 2053
Views: 1419189

Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries

3 glider collision produces mold, hopefully someone can use this to break the 5 glider record:

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x = 143, y = 133, rule = B3/S23
141bo$140bo$140b3o$138bo$137b2o$137bobo125$bo$b2o$obo!
by flipper77
October 15th, 2014, 12:29 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Soup search results
Replies: 2589
Views: 1911988

Re: Soup search results

I'm not 100% sure what you meant by block-and-century, is this closer to what you want?

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x = 25, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
16bobo$17b2o$17bo2$15b2o6b2o$16b2o5b2o$15bo$20b2o$20bobo$21b2o7$18b2o$
18b2o10$2o$b2o$o!
If not, may you specify in more detail?
by flipper77
July 13th, 2014, 1:05 am
Forum: Bugs & Errors
Topic: Scripts that modify rules crash Golly
Replies: 8
Views: 8383

Re: Scripts that modify rules crash Golly

I'm also running the 64-bit version on my Windows 7 computer, and the script runs perfectly fine. I don't know what could cause it to do that, but I do know I have a working 64-bit version of Python
by flipper77
December 16th, 2013, 1:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Golly 2.6 has been released
Replies: 23
Views: 23432

Re: Golly 2.6 has been released

I'm using Windows 7, and there's a minor bug where anything assigned to the "." key won't be executed at all when I try to use it. Assigning the any action to a different key other than "." seems to works fine.
by flipper77
September 29th, 2012, 12:38 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: New Life
Replies: 80
Views: 66621

Re: New Life

Indeed this is. It's cool in that it is mobile. Anyway, here's some trail makers: x = 73, y = 35, rule = MilhinSA 4.B2.B2$4.A2BA8$10.B25.B.B$10.B25.B2.A$8.A27.3A.A$8.A28.B.A2.A$9.2B 26.B.B.B$37.A.B.B$38.BA2.A$38.A3.2A.B$7.4B31.B$7.B2.B31.A2BA24.B.B$8. 2B26.A2BA28.AB$36.B2.B17.2B6.A4.2BA$36.A2.A17.2B...
by flipper77
September 23rd, 2012, 10:48 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Transers 2
Replies: 1
Views: 2863

Transers 2

This topic is for the rule 0345/26/6. To start things off, here is a collection of objects that I discovered and created. All of them are guns except for the extendible oscillator on the end. Many of the guns have syntheses from a p6 oscillator, but here are the guns in order from left to right: 1. ...
by flipper77
September 17th, 2012, 3:15 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: A circuit ruleset
Replies: 47
Views: 27612

Re: A circuit ruleset

I found another stable OR gate that is even slightly smaller, and may be the best I can do. I even surprised myself with its simplicity when I found this: x = 32, y = 11, rule = Bliptile 3.A10.A10.A$3.A10.A10.A$3.A10.A10.A$4A.3A3.4A.3A3.4A.3A$A.4A.A3.A.4A. A3.A.4A.A$A6.A3.A6.A3.A6.A$5A.4A.5A.4A.5A.4...
by flipper77
September 17th, 2012, 12:54 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: A circuit ruleset
Replies: 47
Views: 27612

Re: A circuit ruleset

Although, a stable OR gate seems very hard to accomplish. Agreed. But at least there is a way. I was trying to find something small (and stable, like the XOR gate). :) I believe this qualifies as stable and small (compared to my last post). x = 53, y = 22, rule = Bliptile 7.A21.A21.A$7.A21.A21.A$7....
by flipper77
September 15th, 2012, 4:57 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: A circuit ruleset
Replies: 47
Views: 27612

Re: A circuit ruleset

After looking here for an idea, here's p22 OR gate made using NOT and AND gates x = 30, y = 98, rule = Bliptile 17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A $17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17.A$17. A$17.A$17.12A$17.A3.A6.A$16.4A.A.3A2.C$16.A2.A.3...
by flipper77
September 10th, 2012, 11:48 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your unsure discoveries
Replies: 3236
Views: 1492432

Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Does anyone know anything about this oscillator?

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x = 9, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
5bobo$o4bo2bo$ob2obo2bo$o$2bo2b2obo$b2o4bo$b3o3bo!
I'm aware of smaller oscillators, both in cells and bounding box, but its size is fairly small, so someone should know about it.
by flipper77
August 31st, 2012, 12:26 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Restricted B2 Rules
Replies: 14
Views: 9841

Re: Restricted B2 Rules

I've always though of something like this would create reflectors and a variety of other objects of interest x = 49, y = 27, rule = Restricted-b2s23h2 12.A9.C2.C2.C2.C2.C2.C9.A$11.A.9A.2B.2A.2B.2A.2B.9A.A$12.A9.C2.C2.C2. C2.C2.C9.A12$19.2A$19.A4$29.2B$30.B2$B2.CA$D2ABA$E.E$2.D$3.E! Although, one sho...
by flipper77
August 19th, 2012, 7:01 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: VN-B1x2S23
Replies: 11
Views: 8762

Re: VN-B1x2S23

Here's the first gun I found for this rule, it's p102 and double-barreled x = 14, y = 33, rule = B1x2S23 6.2B$5.A2.A2$6.2B$5.4B$.A2.2B2.2B2.A$B2.2B4.2B2.B$B2.2B4.2B2.B$.A2.2B 2.2B2.A$5.4B$6.2B2$5.A2BA$6.2B$5.4B$4.2B2.2B$2.3B.2B.3B$2.3B.2B.3B$4. 2B2.2B$5.4B$4.2B2.2B$4.A4BA$4.A.2B.A$3.B2.2B2.B$4.6B$.B...
by flipper77
August 4th, 2012, 5:30 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: how and when you discovered the game of life?
Replies: 65
Views: 57876

Re: how and when you discovered the game of life?

My math teacher from elementary school introduced us to the national library of virtual manipulatives. I was exploring until I ran across something called The Game of Life, so naturally I went to look at it. After exploring the patterns, and the rules that governed it, I had been hooked.