For discussion of specific patterns or specific families of patterns, both newly-discovered and well-known.
mniemiec
Posts: 1055
Joined: June 1st, 2013, 12:00 am

gmc_nxtman wrote:Anyways, here is a reaction between a boat and some junk to produce an 11-snake (which probably isn't helpful)
I call this "snake with feather". "11-snake" would be a snake whose body is lengthened by 5 cells. The junk looks highly artificial, and not worth synthesizing. However, a simple predecessor from the above reaction can be formed from a block, a honeyfarm, and an exploded block. Replacing the block by a glider and the exploded block by a slightly different one gives this:

Code: Select all

x = 5, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$2bo$2bo$3bo2$b2o$o2bo$b3o$2bo4$b3o$3bo$2bo!

This would take around 7 gliders. Since this still-life can already be built from 6 gliders, this reaction is interesting, but confers no advantage.
gmc_nxtman wrote:I also have this very clean stabilization of a glider-producing switch engine, with no debris, and just one backward glider:
There are a spurious block and blinker (i.e. debris) at the very back. In fact, this exact same census (with spurious glider, block, and blinker) is produced by the standard 5-glider synthesis:

Code: Select all

x = 58, y = 46, rule = B3/S23
56bo$55bo$55b3o7$2bo$obo$b2o25$3o$2bo$bo$28b2o$27b2o$29bo2$3b2o$4b2o$
3bo!
gmc_nxtman wrote:New induction coils aren't necessarily novel, unless they're smaller than previous ones. The smallest 4-cell induction coil is the block, and I could post the following induction coil as "new":
This is just one induction coil trivially (i.e. non-essentially) inducting another. Gluing together old pieces to make newer ones is rarely noteworthy, unless the combination possesses some functionality that the parts lack, or the combination arises from some natural reaction (like a soup or cheap glider synthesis), or is a necessary step in some other construction or synthesis. There are hundreds of Lego pieces, and these are interesting; there are billions of things one can make by combining Lego pieces, and most of these are not.
gmc_nxtman wrote:But it isn't really useful. No offense though. Just that still lifes/components of still lifes are less notable.
Exactly. This particular still-life is not particularly interesting, unless someone has some reason to try to construct it (either as part of some catalyst, like the ones found by Bellman, or just "because it's there").

On my web site, I have tried to show syntheses for most (if not all) objects and pseudo-objects up to a certain size, depending on periods (e.g. still-lifes up to 15 bits, pseudo-still-lifes up to 16,
P2 oscillators up to 18, P2 pseudo-oscillators up to 17, other oscillators and pseudo-oscillators up to 21 bits, and some up to 22-25 bits). The vast majority of these syntheses are boring and not worth noting, mostly being formed by cutting and pasting mechanisms from earlier syntheses. I include them for completeness, but most of them are the kind of things that aren't worth posting (let alone including on the Wiki). For the larger sizes, it's obvious that the vast majority of oscillators are merely larger variants of smaller oscillators that have already been synthesized. There are often a few that aren't (or that are variants with pathological geometries that resist known synthesis methods). These few are the ones worthy of attention. (For example, of the 57 22-bit variants of Silver's P5, one still eludes synthesis, making this otherwise uninteresting oscillator noteworthy).

gmc_nxtman
Posts: 1147
Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm

My main interest in Life (Conway's) is methuselahs or unstable objects with an interesting final census, which could lead to a glider synthesis and that the objects formation is non-trivial (unlike the "natural" schick engine) and small catalysts. I may try running Bellman, but will take a bit of work (installing linux).

The Turtle
Posts: 102
Joined: May 6th, 2015, 8:14 pm
Location: Chicago, Illinois

A fuse producing gliders in the direction of the fuse:

Code: Select all

x = 2337, y = 2329, rule = B3/S23
10bo$10bo$11o$11bo$12bo$13bo$14bo$15bo$16bo$17bo$18bo$19bo$20bo$21bo$
22bo$23bo$24bo$25bo$26bo$27bo$28bo$29bo$30bo$31bo$32bo$33bo$34bo$35bo$
36bo$37bo$38bo$39bo$40bo$41bo$42bo$43bo$44bo$45bo$46bo$47bo$48bo$49bo$
50bo$51bo$52bo$53bo$54bo$55bo$56bo$57bo$58bo$59bo$60bo$61bo$62bo$63bo$
64bo$65bo$66bo$67bo$68bo$69bo$70bo$71bo$72bo$73bo$74bo$75bo$76bo$77bo$
78bo$79bo$80bo$81bo$82bo$83bo$84bo$85bo$86bo$87bo$88bo$89bo$90bo$91bo$
92bo$93bo$94bo$95bo$96bo$97bo$98bo$99bo$100bo$101bo$102bo$103bo$104bo$105bo$106bo$107bo$108bo$109bo$110bo$111bo$112bo$113bo$114bo$115bo$116b
o$117bo$118bo$119bo$120bo$121bo$122bo$123bo$124bo$125bo$126bo$127bo$
128bo$129bo$130bo$131bo$132bo$133bo$134bo$135bo$136bo$137bo$138bo$139b o$140bo$141bo$142bo$143bo$144bo$145bo$146bo$147bo$148bo$149bo$150bo$151bo$152bo$153bo$154bo$155bo$156bo$157bo$158bo$159bo$160bo$161bo$162b
o$163bo$164bo$165bo$166bo$167bo$168bo$169bo$170bo$171bo$172bo$173bo$
174bo$175bo$176bo$177bo$178bo$179bo$180bo$181bo$182bo$183bo$184bo$185b o$186bo$187bo$188bo$189bo$190bo$191bo$192bo$193bo$194bo$195bo$196bo$197bo$198bo$199bo$200bo$201bo$202bo$203bo$204bo$205bo$206bo$207bo$208b
o$209bo$210bo$211bo$212bo$213bo$214bo$215bo$216bo$217bo$218bo$219bo$
220bo$221bo$222bo$223bo$224bo$225bo$226bo$227bo$228bo$229bo$230bo$231b o$232bo$233bo$234bo$235bo$236bo$237bo$238bo$239bo$240bo$241bo$242bo$243bo$244bo$245bo$246bo$247bo$248bo$249bo$250bo$251bo$252bo$253bo$254b
o$255bo$256bo$257bo$258bo$259bo$260bo$261bo$262bo$263bo$264bo$265bo$
266bo$267bo$268bo$269bo$270bo$271bo$272bo$273bo$274bo$275bo$276bo$277b o$278bo$279bo$280bo$281bo$282bo$283bo$284bo$285bo$286bo$287bo$288bo$289bo$290bo$291bo$292bo$293bo$294bo$295bo$296bo$297bo$298bo$299bo$300b
o$301bo$302bo$303bo$304bo$305bo$306bo$307bo$308bo$309bo$310bo$311bo$
312bo$313bo$314bo$315bo$316bo$317bo$318bo$319bo$320bo$321bo$322bo$323b o$324bo$325bo$326bo$327bo$328bo$329bo$330bo$331bo$332bo$333bo$334bo$335bo$336bo$337bo$338bo$339bo$340bo$341bo$342bo$343bo$344bo$345bo$346b
o$347bo$348bo$349bo$350bo$351bo$352bo$353bo$354bo$355bo$356bo$357bo$
358bo$359bo$360bo$361bo$362bo$363bo$364bo$365bo$366bo$367bo$368bo$369b o$370bo$371bo$372bo$373bo$374bo$375bo$376bo$377bo$378bo$379bo$380bo$381bo$382bo$383bo$384bo$385bo$386bo$387bo$388bo$389bo$390bo$391bo$392b
o$393bo$394bo$395bo$396bo$397bo$398bo$399bo$400bo$401bo$402bo$403bo$
404bo$405bo$406bo$407bo$408bo$409bo$410bo$411bo$412bo$413bo$414bo$415b o$416bo$417bo$418bo$419bo$420bo$421bo$422bo$423bo$424bo$425bo$426bo$427bo$428bo$429bo$430bo$431bo$432bo$433bo$434bo$435bo$436bo$437bo$438b
o$439bo$440bo$441bo$442bo$443bo$444bo$445bo$446bo$447bo$448bo$449bo$
450bo$451bo$452bo$453bo$454bo$455bo$456bo$457bo$458bo$459bo$460bo$461b o$462bo$463bo$464bo$465bo$466bo$467bo$468bo$469bo$470bo$471bo$472bo$473bo$474bo$475bo$476bo$477bo$478bo$479bo$480bo$481bo$482bo$483bo$484b
o$485bo$486bo$487bo$488bo$489bo$490bo$491bo$492bo$493bo$494bo$495bo$
496bo$497bo$498bo$499bo$500bo$501bo$502bo$503bo$504bo$505bo$506bo$507b o$508bo$509bo$510bo$511bo$512bo$513bo$514bo$515bo$516bo$517bo$518bo$519bo$520bo$521bo$522bo$523bo$524bo$525bo$526bo$527bo$528bo$529bo$530b
o$531bo$532bo$533bo$534bo$535bo$536bo$537bo$538bo$539bo$540bo$541bo$
542bo$543bo$544bo$545bo$546bo$547bo$548bo$549bo$550bo$551bo$552bo$553b o$554bo$555bo$556bo$557bo$558bo$559bo$560bo$561bo$562bo$563bo$564bo$565bo$566bo$567bo$568bo$569bo$570bo$571bo$572bo$573bo$574bo$575bo$576b
o$577bo$578bo$579bo$580bo$581bo$582bo$583bo$584bo$585bo$586bo$587bo$
588bo$589bo$590bo$591bo$592bo$593bo$594bo$595bo$596bo$597bo$598bo$599b o$600bo$601bo$602bo$603bo$604bo$605bo$606bo$607bo$608bo$609bo$610bo$611bo$612bo$613bo$614bo$615bo$616bo$617bo$618bo$619bo$620bo$621bo$622b
o$623bo$624bo$625bo$626bo$627bo$628bo$629bo$630bo$631bo$632bo$633bo$
634bo$635bo$636bo$637bo$638bo$639bo$640bo$641bo$642bo$643bo$644bo$645b o$646bo$647bo$648bo$649bo$650bo$651bo$652bo$653bo$654bo$655bo$656bo$657bo$658bo$659bo$660bo$661bo$662bo$663bo$664bo$665bo$666bo$667bo$668b
o$669bo$670bo$671bo$672bo$673bo$674bo$675bo$676bo$677bo$678bo$679bo$
680bo$681bo$682bo$683bo$684bo$685bo$686bo$687bo$688bo$689bo$690bo$691b o$692bo$693bo$694bo$695bo$696bo$697bo$698bo$699bo$700bo$701bo$702bo$703bo$704bo$705bo$706bo$707bo$708bo$709bo$710bo$711bo$712bo$713bo$714b
o$715bo$716bo$717bo$718bo$719bo$720bo$721bo$722bo$723bo$724bo$725bo$
726bo$727bo$728bo$729bo$730bo$731bo$732bo$733bo$734bo$735bo$736bo$737b o$738bo$739bo$740bo$741bo$742bo$743bo$744bo$745bo$746bo$747bo$748bo$749bo$750bo$751bo$752bo$753bo$754bo$755bo$756bo$757bo$758bo$759bo$760b
o$761bo$762bo$763bo$764bo$765bo$766bo$767bo$768bo$769bo$770bo$771bo$
772bo$773bo$774bo$775bo$776bo$777bo$778bo$779bo$780bo$781bo$782bo$783b o$784bo$785bo$786bo$787bo$788bo$789bo$790bo$791bo$792bo$793bo$794bo$795bo$796bo$797bo$798bo$799bo$800bo$801bo$802bo$803bo$804bo$805bo$806b
o$807bo$808bo$809bo$810bo$811bo$812bo$813bo$814bo$815bo$816bo$817bo$
818bo$819bo$820bo$821bo$822bo$823bo$824bo$825bo$826bo$827bo$828bo$829b o$830bo$831bo$832bo$833bo$834bo$835bo$836bo$837bo$838bo$839bo$840bo$841bo$842bo$843bo$844bo$845bo$846bo$847bo$848bo$849bo$850bo$851bo$852b
o$853bo$854bo$855bo$856bo$857bo$858bo$859bo$860bo$861bo$862bo$863bo$
864bo$865bo$866bo$867bo$868bo$869bo$870bo$871bo$872bo$873bo$874bo$875b o$876bo$877bo$878bo$879bo$880bo$881bo$882bo$883bo$884bo$885bo$886bo$887bo$888bo$889bo$890bo$891bo$892bo$893bo$894bo$895bo$896bo$897bo$898b
o$899bo$900bo$901bo$902bo$903bo$904bo$905bo$906bo$907bo$908bo$909bo$
910bo$911bo$912bo$913bo$914bo$915bo$916bo$917bo$918bo$919bo$920bo$921b o$922bo$923bo$924bo$925bo$926bo$927bo$928bo$929bo$930bo$931bo$932bo$933bo$934bo$935bo$936bo$937bo$938bo$939bo$940bo$941bo$942bo$943bo$944b
o$945bo$946bo$947bo$948bo$949bo$950bo$951bo$952bo$953bo$954bo$955bo$
956bo$957bo$958bo$959bo$960bo$961bo$962bo$963bo$964bo$965bo$966bo$967b o$968bo$969bo$970bo$971bo$972bo$973bo$974bo$975bo$976bo$977bo$978bo$979bo$980bo$981bo$982bo$983bo$984bo$985bo$986bo$987bo$988bo$989bo$990b
o$991bo$992bo$993bo$994bo$995bo$996bo$997bo$998bo$999bo$1000bo$1001bo$
1002bo$1003bo$1004bo$1005bo$1006bo$1007bo$1008bo$1009bo$1010bo$1011bo$
1012bo$1013bo$1014bo$1015bo$1016bo$1017bo$1018bo$1019bo$1020bo$1021bo$
1022bo$1023bo$1024bo$1025bo$1026bo$1027bo$1028bo$1029bo$1030bo$1031bo$
1032bo$1033bo$1034bo$1035bo$1036bo$1037bo$1038bo$1039bo$1040bo$1041bo$
1042bo$1043bo$1044bo$1045bo$1046bo$1047bo$1048bo$1049bo$1050bo$1051bo$
1052bo$1053bo$1054bo$1055bo$1056bo$1057bo$1058bo$1059bo$1060bo$1061bo$
1062bo$1063bo$1064bo$1065bo$1066bo$1067bo$1068bo$1069bo$1070bo$1071bo$
1072bo$1073bo$1074bo$1075bo$1076bo$1077bo$1078bo$1079bo$1080bo$1081bo$
1082bo$1083bo$1084bo$1085bo$1086bo$1087bo$1088bo$1089bo$1090bo$1091bo$
1092bo$1093bo$1094bo$1095bo$1096bo$1097bo$1098bo$1099bo$1100bo$1101bo$
1102bo$1103bo$1104bo$1105bo$1106bo$1107bo$1108bo$1109bo$1110bo$1111bo$
1112bo$1113bo$1114bo$1115bo$1116bo$1117bo$1118bo$1119bo$1120bo$1121bo$
1122bo$1123bo$1124bo$1125bo$1126bo$1127bo$1128bo$1129bo$1130bo$1131bo$
1132bo$1133bo$1134bo$1135bo$1136bo$1137bo$1138bo$1139bo$1140bo$1141bo$
1142bo$1143bo$1144bo$1145bo$1146bo$1147bo$1148bo$1149bo$1150bo$1151bo$
1152bo$1153bo$1154bo$1155bo$1156bo$1157bo$1158bo$1159bo$1160bo$1161bo$
1162bo$1163bo$1164bo$1165bo$1166bo$1167bo$1168bo$1169bo$1170bo$1171bo$
1172bo$1173bo$1174bo$1175bo$1176bo$1177bo$1178bo$1179bo$1180bo$1181bo$
1182bo$1183bo$1184bo$1185bo$1186bo$1187bo$1188bo$1189bo$1190bo$1191bo$
1192bo$1193bo$1194bo$1195bo$1196bo$1197bo$1198bo$1199bo$1200bo$1201bo$
1202bo$1203bo$1204bo$1205bo$1206bo$1207bo$1208bo$1209bo$1210bo$1211bo$
1212bo$1213bo$1214bo$1215bo$1216bo$1217bo$1218bo$1219bo$1220bo$1221bo$
1222bo$1223bo$1224bo$1225bo$1226bo$1227bo$1228bo$1229bo$1230bo$1231bo$
1232bo$1233bo$1234bo$1235bo$1236bo$1237bo$1238bo$1239bo$1240bo$1241bo$
1242bo$1243bo$1244bo$1245bo$1246bo$1247bo$1248bo$1249bo$1250bo$1251bo$
1252bo$1253bo$1254bo$1255bo$1256bo$1257bo$1258bo$1259bo$1260bo$1261bo$
1262bo$1263bo$1264bo$1265bo$1266bo$1267bo$1268bo$1269bo$1270bo$1271bo$
1272bo$1273bo$1274bo$1275bo$1276bo$1277bo$1278bo$1279bo$1280bo$1281bo$
1282bo$1283bo$1284bo$1285bo$1286bo$1287bo$1288bo$1289bo$1290bo$1291bo$
1292bo$1293bo$1294bo$1295bo$1296bo$1297bo$1298bo$1299bo$1300bo$1301bo$
1302bo$1303bo$1304bo$1305bo$1306bo$1307bo$1308bo$1309bo$1310bo$1311bo$
1312bo$1313bo$1314bo$1315bo$1316bo$1317bo$1318bo$1319bo$1320bo$1321bo$
1322bo$1323bo$1324bo$1325bo$1326bo$1327bo$1328bo$1329bo$1330bo$1331bo$
1332bo$1333bo$1334bo$1335bo$1336bo$1337bo$1338bo$1339bo$1340bo$1341bo$
1342bo$1343bo$1344bo$1345bo$1346bo$1347bo$1348bo$1349bo$1350bo$1351bo$
1352bo$1353bo$1354bo$1355bo$1356bo$1357bo$1358bo$1359bo$1360bo$1361bo$
1362bo$1363bo$1364bo$1365bo$1366bo$1367bo$1368bo$1369bo$1370bo$1371bo$
1372bo$1373bo$1374bo$1375bo$1376bo$1377bo$1378bo$1379bo$1380bo$1381bo$
1382bo$1383bo$1384bo$1385bo$1386bo$1387bo$1388bo$1389bo$1390bo$1391bo$
1392bo$1393bo$1394bo$1395bo$1396bo$1397bo$1398bo$1399bo$1400bo$1401bo$
1402bo$1403bo$1404bo$1405bo$1406bo$1407bo$1408bo$1409bo$1410bo$1411bo$
1412bo$1413bo$1414bo$1415bo$1416bo$1417bo$1418bo$1419bo$1420bo$1421bo$
1422bo$1423bo$1424bo$1425bo$1426bo$1427bo$1428bo$1429bo$1430bo$1431bo$
1432bo$1433bo$1434bo$1435bo$1436bo$1437bo$1438bo$1439bo$1440bo$1441bo$
1442bo$1443bo$1444bo$1445bo$1446bo$1447bo$1448bo$1449bo$1450bo$1451bo$
1452bo$1453bo$1454bo$1455bo$1456bo$1457bo$1458bo$1459bo$1460bo$1461bo$
1462bo$1463bo$1464bo$1465bo$1466bo$1467bo$1468bo$1469bo$1470bo$1471bo$
1472bo$1473bo$1474bo$1475bo$1476bo$1477bo$1478bo$1479bo$1480bo$1481bo$
1482bo$1483bo$1484bo$1485bo$1486bo$1487bo$1488bo$1489bo$1490bo$1491bo$
1492bo$1493bo$1494bo$1495bo$1496bo$1497bo$1498bo$1499bo$1500bo$1501bo$
1502bo$1503bo$1504bo$1505bo$1506bo$1507bo$1508bo$1509bo$1510bo$1511bo$
1512bo$1513bo$1514bo$1515bo$1516bo$1517bo$1518bo$1519bo$1520bo$1521bo$
1522bo$1523bo$1524bo$1525bo$1526bo$1527bo$1528bo$1529bo$1530bo$1531bo$
1532bo$1533bo$1534bo$1535bo$1536bo$1537bo$1538bo$1539bo$1540bo$1541bo$
1542bo$1543bo$1544bo$1545bo$1546bo$1547bo$1548bo$1549bo$1550bo$1551bo$
1552bo$1553bo$1554bo$1555bo$1556bo$1557bo$1558bo$1559bo$1560bo$1561bo$
1562bo$1563bo$1564bo$1565bo$1566bo$1567bo$1568bo$1569bo$1570bo$1571bo$
1572bo$1573bo$1574bo$1575bo$1576bo$1577bo$1578bo$1579bo$1580bo$1581bo$
1582bo$1583bo$1584bo$1585bo$1586bo$1587bo$1588bo$1589bo$1590bo$1591bo$
1592bo$1593bo$1594bo$1595bo$1596bo$1597bo$1598bo$1599bo$1600bo$1601bo$
1602bo$1603bo$1604bo$1605bo$1606bo$1607bo$1608bo$1609bo$1610bo$1611bo$
1612bo$1613bo$1614bo$1615bo$1616bo$1617bo$1618bo$1619bo$1620bo$1621bo$
1622bo$1623bo$1624bo$1625bo$1626bo$1627bo$1628bo$1629bo$1630bo$1631bo$
1632bo$1633bo$1634bo$1635bo$1636bo$1637bo$1638bo$1639bo$1640bo$1641bo$
1642bo$1643bo$1644bo$1645bo$1646bo$1647bo$1648bo$1649bo$1650bo$1651bo$
1652bo$1653bo$1654bo$1655bo$1656bo$1657bo$1658bo$1659bo$1660bo$1661bo$
1662bo$1663bo$1664bo$1665bo$1666bo$1667bo$1668bo$1669bo$1670bo$1671bo$
1672bo$1673bo$1674bo$1675bo$1676bo$1677bo$1678bo$1679bo$1680bo$1681bo$
1682bo$1683bo$1684bo$1685bo$1686bo$1687bo$1688bo$1689bo$1690bo$1691bo$
1692bo$1693bo$1694bo$1695bo$1696bo$1697bo$1698bo$1699bo$1700bo$1701bo$
1702bo$1703bo$1704bo$1705bo$1706bo$1707bo$1708bo$1709bo$1710bo$1711bo$
1712bo$1713bo$1714bo$1715bo$1716bo$1717bo$1718bo$1719bo$1720bo$1721bo$
1722bo$1723bo$1724bo$1725bo$1726bo$1727bo$1728bo$1729bo$1730bo$1731bo$
1732bo$1733bo$1734bo$1735bo$1736bo$1737bo$1738bo$1739bo$1740bo$1741bo$
1742bo$1743bo$1744bo$1745bo$1746bo$1747bo$1748bo$1749bo$1750bo$1751bo$
1752bo$1753bo$1754bo$1755bo$1756bo$1757bo$1758bo$1759bo$1760bo$1761bo$
1762bo$1763bo$1764bo$1765bo$1766bo$1767bo$1768bo$1769bo$1770bo$1771bo$
1772bo$1773bo$1774bo$1775bo$1776bo$1777bo$1778bo$1779bo$1780bo$1781bo$
1782bo$1783bo$1784bo$1785bo$1786bo$1787bo$1788bo$1789bo$1790bo$1791bo$
1792bo$1793bo$1794bo$1795bo$1796bo$1797bo$1798bo$1799bo$1800bo$1801bo$
1802bo$1803bo$1804bo$1805bo$1806bo$1807bo$1808bo$1809bo$1810bo$1811bo$
1812bo$1813bo$1814bo$1815bo$1816bo$1817bo$1818bo$1819bo$1820bo$1821bo$
1822bo$1823bo$1824bo$1825bo$1826bo$1827bo$1828bo$1829bo$1830bo$1831bo$
1832bo$1833bo$1834bo$1835bo$1836bo$1837bo$1838bo$1839bo$1840bo$1841bo$
1842bo$1843bo$1844bo$1845bo$1846bo$1847bo$1848bo$1849bo$1850bo$1851bo$
1852bo$1853bo$1854bo$1855bo$1856bo$1857bo$1858bo$1859bo$1860bo$1861bo$
1862bo$1863bo$1864bo$1865bo$1866bo$1867bo$1868bo$1869bo$1870bo$1871bo$
1872bo$1873bo$1874bo$1875bo$1876bo$1877bo$1878bo$1879bo$1880bo$1881bo$
1882bo$1883bo$1884bo$1885bo$1886bo$1887bo$1888bo$1889bo$1890bo$1891bo$
1892bo$1893bo$1894bo$1895bo$1896bo$1897bo$1898bo$1899bo$1900bo$1901bo$
1902bo$1903bo$1904bo$1905bo$1906bo$1907bo$1908bo$1909bo$1910bo$1911bo$
1912bo$1913bo$1914bo$1915bo$1916bo$1917bo$1918bo$1919bo$1920bo$1921bo$
1922bo$1923bo$1924bo$1925bo$1926bo$1927bo$1928bo$1929bo$1930bo$1931bo$
1932bo$1933bo$1934bo$1935bo$1936bo$1937bo$1938bo$1939bo$1940bo$1941bo$
1942bo$1943bo$1944bo$1945bo$1946bo$1947bo$1948bo$1949bo$1950bo$1951bo$
1952bo$1953bo$1954bo$1955bo$1956bo$1957bo$1958bo$1959bo$1960bo$1961bo$
1962bo$1963bo$1964bo$1965bo$1966bo$1967bo$1968bo$1969bo$1970bo$1971bo$
1972bo$1973bo$1974bo$1975bo$1976bo$1977bo$1978bo$1979bo$1980bo$1981bo$
1982bo$1983bo$1984bo$1985bo$1986bo$1987bo$1988bo$1989bo$1990bo$1991bo$
1992bo$1993bo$1994bo$1995bo$1996bo$1997bo$1998bo$1999bo$2000bo$2001bo$
2002bo$2003bo$2004bo$2005bo$2006bo$2007bo$2008bo$2009bo$2010bo$2011bo$
2012bo$2013bo$2014bo$2015bo$2016bo$2017bo$2018bo$2019bo$2020bo$2021bo$
2022bo$2023bo$2024bo$2025bo$2026bo$2027bo$2028bo$2029bo$2030bo$2031bo$
2032bo$2033bo$2034bo$2035bo$2036bo$2037bo$2038bo$2039bo$2040bo$2041bo$
2042bo$2043bo$2044bo$2045bo$2046bo$2047bo$2048bo$2049bo$2050bo$2051bo$
2052bo$2053bo$2054bo$2055bo$2056bo$2057bo$2058bo$2059bo$2060bo$2061bo$
2062bo$2063bo$2064bo$2065bo$2066bo$2067bo$2068bo$2069bo$2070bo$2071bo$
2072bo$2073bo$2074bo$2075bo$2076bo$2077bo$2078bo$2079bo$2080bo$2081bo$
2082bo$2083bo$2084bo$2085bo$2086bo$2087bo$2088bo$2089bo$2090bo$2091bo$
2092bo$2093bo$2094bo$2095bo$2096bo$2097bo$2098bo$2099bo$2100bo$2101bo$
2102bo$2103bo$2104bo$2105bo$2106bo$2107bo$2108bo$2109bo$2110bo$2111bo$
2112bo$2113bo$2114bo$2115bo$2116bo$2117bo$2118bo$2119bo$2120bo$2121bo$
2122bo$2123bo$2124bo$2125bo$2126bo$2127bo$2128bo$2129bo$2130bo$2131bo$
2132bo$2133bo$2134bo$2135bo$2136bo$2137bo$2138bo$2139bo$2140bo$2141bo$
2142bo$2143bo$2144bo$2145bo$2146bo$2147bo$2148bo$2149bo$2150bo$2151bo$
2152bo$2153bo$2154bo$2155bo$2156bo$2157bo$2158bo$2159bo$2160bo$2161bo$
2162bo$2163bo$2164bo$2165bo$2166bo$2167bo$2168bo$2169bo$2170bo$2171bo$
2172bo$2173bo$2174bo$2175bo$2176bo$2177bo$2178bo$2179bo$2180bo$2181bo$
2182bo$2183bo$2184bo$2185bo$2186bo$2187bo$2188bo$2189bo$2190bo$2191bo$
2192bo$2193bo$2194bo$2195bo$2196bo$2197bo$2198bo$2199bo$2200bo$2201bo$
2202bo$2203bo$2204bo$2205bo$2206bo$2207bo$2208bo$2209bo$2210bo$2211bo$
2212bo$2213bo$2214bo$2215bo$2216bo$2217bo$2218bo$2219bo$2220bo$2221bo$
2222bo$2223bo$2224bo$2225bo$2226bo$2227bo$2228bo$2229bo$2230bo$2231bo$
2232bo$2233bo$2234bo$2235bo$2236bo$2237bo$2238bo$2239bo$2240bo$2241bo$
2242bo$2243bo$2244bo$2245bo$2246bo$2247bo$2248bo$2249bo$2250bo$2251bo$
2252bo$2253bo$2254bo$2255bo$2256bo$2257bo$2258bo$2259bo$2260bo$2261bo$
2262bo$2263bo$2264bo$2265bo$2266bo$2267bo$2268bo$2269bo$2270bo$2271bo$
2272bo$2273bo$2274bo$2275bo$2276bo$2277bo$2278bo$2279bo$2280bo$2281bo$
2282bo$2283bo$2284bo$2285bo$2286bo$2287bo$2288bo$2289bo$2290bo$2291bo$
2292bo$2293bo$2294bo$2295bo$2296bo$2297bo$2298bo$2299bo$2300bo$2301bo$
2302bo$2303bo$2304bo$2305bo$2306bo$2307bo$2308bo$2309bo$2310bo$2311bo$
2312bo$2313bo$2314bo$2315bo$2316bo$2317bo$2318bo$2319bo$2320bo$2321bo$
2322bo$2323bo$2324bo$2325bo$2326bo$2327bo$2328bo$2329bo$2330bo$2331bo 3b2o$2332bo2bo$2333bobo$2334bo$2331b3o$2331bo!

Only two things are constant: change and the speed of light.

Kiran
Posts: 284
Joined: March 4th, 2015, 6:48 pm

A fuse producing gliders in the direction of the fuse:
The gliders pile up, producing a crystal of blinkers.

Also, an agar:

Code: Select all

x = 29, y = 29, rule = B3/S23:T29,29
b2o3bobo7bobo3b2ob4o$bo3b2ob4ob2o3bobo7bo$bobo7bobo3b2ob4ob2o$2ob4ob2o 3bobo7bobo$6bobo3b2ob4ob2o3bobo$2ob2o3bobo7bobo3b2ob2o$bobo3b2ob4ob2o
3bobo$3bobo7bobo3b2ob4ob2o$2b2ob4ob2o3bobo7bobo$o7bobo3b2ob4ob2o3bo$4o
b2o3bobo7bobo3b2o$3bobo3b2ob4ob2o3bobo$2o3bobo7bobo3b2ob4o$o3b2ob4ob2o 3bobo7bo$obo7bobo3b2ob4ob2o$ob4ob2o3bobo7bobo3bo$5bobo3b2ob4ob2o3bobo$ob2o3bobo7bobo3b2ob3o$obo3b2ob4ob2o3bobo$2bobo7bobo3b2ob4ob2o$b2ob4ob
2o3bobo7bobo$7bobo3b2ob4ob2o3bobo$3ob2o3bobo7bobo3b2obo$2bobo3b2ob4ob 2o3bobo$o3bobo7bobo3b2ob4obo$3b2ob4ob2o3bobo7bobo$bo7bobo3b2ob4ob2o3bo
$b4ob2o3bobo7bobo3b2o$4bobo3b2ob4ob2o3bobo!

Kiran Linsuain

gmc_nxtman
Posts: 1147
Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm

This still life is what apgsearch calls "11-boat wrap tail". I prefer to just call it "Boat with long curled tail"

Code: Select all

x = 8, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3b2o$2bo2bobo$3bo2bo$4b3o2$o$o$4bo$2o2bo$o3bo!  Last edited by gmc_nxtman on July 3rd, 2015, 3:32 pm, edited 3 times in total. Kiran Posts: 284 Joined: March 4th, 2015, 6:48 pm ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries Also, a little methuselah with a spark coil in its output: Actually a dead spark coil. Code: Select all x = 23, y = 23, rule = B3/S23 8bo5bo$3b3ob2o5b2ob3o11$5bo11bo$5b2o9b2o3$8bo5bo$4o2bobo5bobo2b4o$8bo 5bo3$5b2o9b2o$5bo11bo!  Kiran Linsuain mniemiec Posts: 1055 Joined: June 1st, 2013, 12:00 am ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries gmc_nxtman wrote:This still life is what apgsearch calls "11-boat wrap tail". I prefer to just call it "Boat with long curled tail" The blinker and beehive can be made from 5 gliders (blinker + 1/4 honeyfarm). I am not sure about the other junk. Since this still-life can already be made from just 5 gliders anyway, this reaction conveys no advantages to make it worth trying to synthesize. (By the way, in your RLE fragments, you should probably use rule = B3/S23, rather than rule = Life, for compatibility with more Life programs). gmc_nxtman wrote:Also, a little pattern with a spark coil in its output: This is a dead spark coil (a still-life with odd symmetry) rather than a spark coil (an oscillator with even symmetry). It occurs quite frequently in symmetrical soups, along with other similar symmetrical still-lifes, like pairs of docks, buns/R-bees, wings/R-loaves, or doves/R-mangos). Since all of these can be made very cheaply by themselves, it rarely makes sense to try to salvage them from soups. gmc_nxtman Posts: 1147 Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries mniemec wrote:you should probably use rule = B3/S23, rather than rule = Life, Fixed. Unusual synthesis component: Code: Select all x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 2b2o3b2o$2bo2bob2o$3b3o$6b2o$b3o2bo$o3bobobo$bo2bo2b2o$2bobo$3bo!  Tiny 2c5 spaceship reaction: Code: Select all x = 4, y = 7, rule = Life 3bo2$b2o$3o$b2o2$3bo!  Glider and switch engine eventually emerge unharmed: Code: Select all x = 699, y = 706, rule = Life 696bo$696bobo$696b2o699$15bobo$18bo$14bo2bo$o12b3o$2o!

Last edited by gmc_nxtman on July 3rd, 2015, 3:33 pm, edited 3 times in total.

Extrementhusiast
Posts: 1796
Joined: June 16th, 2009, 11:24 pm
Location: USA

Changing the bushing for the technician a bit (and adjusting the casing as necessary) results in a different P4 oscillator:

Code: Select all

x = 32, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
5bo20bo$4bobo18bobo$4b2o16bo2b2o$2b2o18b3o$bo3b3o18b3o$o2b2o3bobo13b2o 3bo$b2o2b3ob2o10bobo2b3o2bo$3b2o2bo13b2ob2o2bob2o$3bo3bo16bo3bo$4b3o 17bobobo$6bobo16bobo$7b2o17bo!  Not sure if this is new, but it most likely isn't. I Like My Heisenburps! (and others) mniemiec Posts: 1055 Joined: June 1st, 2013, 12:00 am ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries Extrementhusiast wrote:Changing the bushing for the technician a bit (and adjusting the casing as necessary) results in a different P4 oscillator: This is exactly the same kind of change (flat billiard table end to tub on the end) that changes the cauldron (P8) into 1-2-3-4 (P4). gmc_nxtman Posts: 1147 Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries Some results which I have not computed yet. Not posting them due to syntheses, just thought they were intresting. Mold: Code: Select all x = 11, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 6bo$6b3o$6bobo$8bo6$b2o$o2bo5b2o$b2o6b2o2$4b3o!

I've also uploaded some results of results of various quality, naturality, and symmetry.

Unnamed p5 related to the heart:

Code: Select all

x = 33, y = 33, rule = B3/S23
5b3o17b3o$8bo15bo$5bo2bo15bo2bo$9bo13bo$6bo3b2o9b2o3bo$obo3bo5bo7bo5bo 3bobo$o3b2o2b4o9b4o2b2o3bo$o7b4o9b4o7bo$b2o3b2ob3o2b2ob2o2b3ob2o3b2o$3bo2b3o6bobo6b3o2bo$4bob3o6bobo6b3obo$4bob3o4bobobobo4b3obo$5bo7b2o3b
2o7bo$11b2o7b2o$8bo3bo7bo3bo$8b4o4bo4b4o$15bobo$8b4o4bo4b4o$8bo3bo7bo
3bo$11b2o7b2o$5bo7b2o3b2o7bo$4bob3o4bobobobo4b3obo$4bob3o6bobo6b3obo$3bo2b3o6bobo6b3o2bo$b2o3b2ob3o2b2ob2o2b3ob2o3b2o$o7b4o9b4o7bo$o3b2o2b
4o9b4o2b2o3bo$obo3bo5bo7bo5bo3bobo$6bo3b2o9b2o3bo$9bo13bo$5bo2bo15bo2b
o$8bo15bo$5b3o17b3o!

And a trans-candlefrobra:

Code: Select all

x = 19, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
11b3o$11bo$11b3o2$12bo$12b3o$14b3o$14b2o$8b3o$8bobo$8bobo2$8bo$7bob2o$
6bo7b2o$6bob2o4bob2o$8b2obo6bo$4bo3b2obo2bo$obobo5bo2bo4bo$o2b2o9b4o$o
bo12bo$5b2ob2o$7bo$12b2o$12b2o2$7b2o$6bo2bo$7b2o!  Last edited by gmc_nxtman on July 3rd, 2015, 3:42 pm, edited 3 times in total. A for awesome Posts: 1901 Joined: September 13th, 2014, 5:36 pm Location: 0x-1 Contact: ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries 3 intriguing boat catalyses: Code: Select all x = 28, y = 8, rule = LifeHistory 25.C$13.C9.C2.C$13.C9.C3.C$2.C10.2C8.2C$3.C10.3C7.3C$.C2.C6.C9.C$C.C 7.C.C7.C.C$2C8.2C8.2C!

P.S. This is entirely unrelated, but here is a variant of the long hook with tail catalyst that should be easier to construct in one orientation:

Code: Select all

x = 42, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o10b2o12b2o8b2o$o5bo5bo13bo9b2o2b2o$b3obobo5b3o11b3ob2o6b2o$3bobobo7b o2b2o9bobobo7bo$6bo10b2o13bo$19bo!  x₁=ηx V ⃰_η=c²√(Λη) K=(Λu²)/2 Pₐ=1−1/(∫^∞_t₀(p(t)ˡ⁽ᵗ⁾)dt) $$x_1=\eta x$$ $$V^*_\eta=c^2\sqrt{\Lambda\eta}$$ $$K=\frac{\Lambda u^2}2$$ $$P_a=1-\frac1{\int^\infty_{t_0}p(t)^{l(t)}dt}$$ http://conwaylife.com/wiki/A_for_all Aidan F. Pierce gmc_nxtman Posts: 1147 Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries Some oscillators. Fore and back from C2_1: Code: Select all x = 23, y = 41, rule = B3/S23 6b2o$6b2o$obo$b2o11b3obo$bo11bo3bobo$6b3o4bo2bob2o$13bo5bo$17b2o$14b2o 2bo$14b3o$15bobo$16b2o2b3o5$10b3o2$14b3o$2b2o10bo5bo$bobo2b3o5b3o2bobo
$2bo5bo10b2o$6b3o2$10b3o5$3o2b2o$5bobo$6b3o$4bo2b2o$4b2o$3bo5bo$3b2obo
2bo4b3o$3bobo3bo11bo$4bob3o11b2o$20bobo$15b2o$15b2o!  Unnamed p2 resembling the fox from C2_1: Code: Select all x = 27, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 18bo4b2o$17b3o3b2o$16b2ob2o$b2o12b2o3bo$o2bo2b2o8b2o3bo$b2o6bo7bo6b2o$5bo3b2o8b2o2bo2bo$6bo3b2o12b2o$6b2ob2o$2b2o3b3o$2b2o4bo!  Last edited by gmc_nxtman on July 3rd, 2015, 3:47 pm, edited 1 time in total. BlinkerSpawn Posts: 1906 Joined: November 8th, 2014, 8:48 pm Location: Getting a snacker from R-Bee's ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries Synth component of unknown worth: Code: Select all x = 29, y = 10, rule = B3/S23 27b2o$28bo$26bo$26b2o$4bo9b2o8b2o$3bobo7bobo7bobo$4bo5bo3bo5bo3bo$2o7b
obo7bobo$2o3bo4b2o3bo3bobo3bo$4b2o8b2o4bo3b2o!

Last edited by BlinkerSpawn on July 2nd, 2015, 11:39 am, edited 1 time in total.
LifeWiki: Like Wikipedia but with more spaceships. [citation needed]

gmc_nxtman
Posts: 1147
Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm

28.003 from (I think 9) gliders:

Code: Select all

x = 17, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
9bo4b3o$3o4b3o$8bo8$6b2o$6b2o!

21-bitter from (10?) gliders:

Code: Select all

x = 13, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
6b2o$5bob2o$4b4o$7b3o$8bobo$2o3bobo3bo$2o3bo4bobo$10bobo$11b2o5$8b3o$
6b2obo$6b3o$2bobo$bo2bo$2bo$4bob2o$4b3o$5bo!  20-bitter from (9?) gliders, note how tick23 is similar to the junk hassled in unix, which is by itself a predecessor to a long barge: Code: Select all x = 9, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 b2o3b2o$o2bo2b2o$bobo$2bo3$2o$2o6$5b3o$4bo3bo$4b2ob2o$4bo!

19-bitter from (probably 5) gliders, constructible from two slightly-offset-in-space-and-time B heptominoes:

Code: Select all

x = 6, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2bo$b3o$o2b2o$o3bo$b2obo$3b2o2$5bo$4b2o$3b2o$4b2o!  22-er, part of a family of still lifes that I call "drillheads" after the following induction coils: Code: Select all x = 32, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 2ob4o2bo2b2ob3o2b3o2b3obobo$3bo2b5obo2bo3b2o2b2o4b2o$2o6b2o2bo2b4obo2b 2o3b3o$bo6bobo2bo2b3ob7obo2bo$2bo2bob4o2bo3b3obo9bo$3o3b3o2bobob4obo6b
obobo$ob2obo2b2obo2b7o2bo2b2ob2o$o5bo3bobo3bob3ob3o6bo!

Coils:

Code: Select all

x = 17, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
bob2o5b2o3bo$b2obo5bo2b3o$11b2o$b3o9b3o$o3bo6b2o3bo$2ob2o7bob2o$bobo8b
obo$bobo7b2obobo$2ob2o10b2o!

B and Bullet stick a G onto a hive, making it into an R-bee:

Code: Select all

x = 5, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
b2o$3o$b2o2$o$2o$b2o$2o3$2b2o$bo2bo$2b2o!  Last edited by gmc_nxtman on July 3rd, 2015, 3:50 pm, edited 6 times in total. Bullet51 Posts: 536 Joined: July 21st, 2014, 4:35 am ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries gmc_nxtman wrote: Tiny 2c5 spaceship reaction: Code: Select all x = 4, y = 7, rule = Life 3bo2$b2o$3o$b2o2$3bo!  You mean like this? Code: Select all x = 17, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 bo$bo3b2obob2o$o4bobo2bo$b2ob3o3bo$b2obo5bo$6bobobo$3b2o6bobo$6bobo$7b 4o3b2o$7bo6b3o$7b4o3b2o$6bobo$3b2o6bobo$6bobobo$b2obo5bo$b2ob3o3bo$o4b obo2bo$bo3b2obob2o$bo!  Still drifting. gmc_nxtman Posts: 1147 Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries Bullet51 wrote: gmc_nxtman wrote: Tiny 2c5 spaceship reaction: Code: Select all x = 4, y = 7, rule = Life 3bo2$b2o$3o$b2o2$3bo!  You mean like this? Code: Select all x = 17, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 bo$bo3b2obob2o$o4bobo2bo$b2ob3o3bo$b2obo5bo$6bobobo$3b2o6bobo$6bobo$7b 4o3b2o$7bo6b3o$7b4o3b2o$6bobo$3b2o6bobo$6bobobo$b2obo5bo$b2ob3o3bo$o4b obo2bo$bo3b2obob2o$bo!  Very nice! Did you find that with gfind/afind, or by hand? If by search, what was your input file? All my input files seem to be broken/work incredibly slowly... I found several reactions like this, that advance a few ticks and stop because one or a few cells are missing/born. 2c7: Code: Select all x = 4, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 2bo$b3o$b3o3$2o$bo$b2o!

c/6:

Code: Select all

x = 9, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
5b3o$3obo$4bo3bo$4bo!  c/3: Code: Select all x = 5, y = 7, rule = B3/S23 2bo$bobo$o3bo$b3o3$b3o!  c/2 incomplete wickstretcher (eventually turns into an OWWS, or over weight wick stretcher): Code: Select all x = 10, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 2b2obo2bo$2bo6bo$3b2o4bo$3o2b5o$o2bo$b2o!


mniemiec
Posts: 1055
Joined: June 1st, 2013, 12:00 am

blinker_spawn wrote:Synth component of unknown worth:
These ways of adding docks or long hooks have long been known. Unfortunately, getting that pre-block (or another equivalent predecessor) without interacting with the inducting still-life would be fairly expensive, which is why other methods are used (e.g. instead of bringing a block near an existing boat, bring a boat, or other similar still-life with a point, near an existing block).
gmc_nxtman wrote:28.003 from (I think 9) gliders:
Actually, only 8, as the bottom block can be replaced by a glider:

Code: Select all

x = 41, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
18bobo$18boo$19bo$$8bobo9boo22boo3boo9bo22bobbobobbo32booboboboobb o18b3o11boboboobo29booboboboboo29boobobbo36boo3b3o5bo4bo$$19bo$18boo$18bobo10$bboo$3boo$bbo! gmc_nxtman wrote:21-bitter from (10?) gliders: I don't see any easy way to make either of those two pieces of junk. The related still-life 21.58260 (with bookend moved over 2 spaces) can be made from 9 gliders, but that can't quite be trivially adapted to this object, as the add-bookend mechanism interferes when moved, and none of the alternates I have quite work either. gmc_nxtman wrote:20-bitter from (9?) gliders, note how tick23 is similar to the junk hassled in unix, which is by itself a predecessor to a long barge: Since it does, in fact, turn into a long barge in one tick, it is equivalent to one. A long barge can be added with 3 gliders, which is cheaper than the house-with-bit (probably 3) and block (2 more). See comments above about adding docks. gmc_nxtman wrote:19-bitter from (probably 5) gliders, constructible from two slightly-offset-in-space-and-time B heptominoes: Indeed it can. Thank you. 21.16812 from 5 gliders: Code: Select all x = 67, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 47bo$47bobo$47boo$25bo19bo$24bobo17bobo$24boo18boo3$bbo$obo22bo19bo19b
o$boo21bobo17bobo17bobo$23bobbo16bobbo16bobbo$23b3o17b3o17b3o$$10bobo 8b5o15b5o15b5o$11boo7bo4bo14bo4bo14bo4bo$boo8bo8bobo17bobo17bobo$bboo
17boo18boo18boo$bo7boo$8boo$10bo!  gmc_nxtman wrote:Pretty weird 14-bitter: This is 14.54, and can be made from 9 gliders, via the same predecessor. gmc_nxtman wrote:Strange 18-bitter, from a "long^2 hive in trans-blocks": The cis version (18.2588) can be made from 7 gliders. This (18.2587) can be made exactly the same way, but creating the block-on-cap facing the other direction. gmc_nxtman wrote:Thunderbird + Two preblocks = Hive on dock: Thunderbird is an artificial methuselah created when two blinkers approach from opposite sides. Good luck getting two blocks (let alone in those phases) in behind an approaching blinker! This is 18.8141, and can already be made from 7 gliders using a variant of the add-dock mechanism mentioned above (which can also give the bookend-siamese-bookend on tub, boat, or any other still-life with a point, or on an inductor with a line-of-3, like a bun, bookend, house, etc.). gmc_nxtman wrote:R-bee on shillelagh: Since this can already be made from 4 gliders, there's no use even attempting a better synthesis from soup results. gmc_nxtman wrote:Scorpion with tub: 15.123 currently takes 9 gliders. This soup makes the object form almost spontaneously out of a huge lump of junk, which would almost certainly cost more than that. gmc_nxtman wrote:Boat tie-table on block: 15.88 currently takes 9 gliders. This soup uses a honeyfarm predecessor, block, and short-table spark, all of which approach each other simultaneously. The block and a cousin of the spark are easy, and can be made from 2 gliders each. The honeyfarm predecessor is more problematic, since I don't know any way to make this cheaply; most of the methods I know made a related (but useless) predecessor in which the active point is not extended. If the honeyfarm predecessor has the point already extended, the spark will be considerably more expensive, as it would have to be shoved forwards all at once. gmc_nxtman wrote:Bookend siamese shillelagh: 13.213 can already be made from 5 gliders. That number is unlikely to be improved upon for any 5-glider object, unless one happens to find a totally random collision of 4 gliders that does so (as Boris Shemyakin's searches have often done), or one can find a soup where two two-glider results collide, or one where a single glider hits something buildable from 3 gliders. gmc_nxtman wrote:Boat-hat: 13.170 can already be made from 7 gliders. Since it drops out of a huge lump of junk, it is unlikely for this soup to produce a better synthesis. gmc_nxtman wrote:Cis-queen bee shuttle: This takes 6 gliders, and is unlikely to be improved. gmc_nxtman wrote:Figure eight: This takes 4 gliders. gmc_nxtman wrote:Great on-off, which for some reason is more common than eater plug: This can already be made from 5 gliders, via teardrop-into-traffic-light (just like this soup), plus one additional cleanup glider. gmc_nxtman wrote:22-er, part of a family of still lifes that I call "drillheads" after the following induction coils: The mechanism for hitting a beehive/loaf/mango with a bookend-like object to turn the still-life into an R-bee/R-loaf/R-mango, and the other object into an inductor, is fairly well known. I'm not sure quite how to make the block-behind bookend, however. gmc_nxtman wrote:Coils: The first one is used in the synthesis for Jack (and related oscillators). gmc_nxtman wrote:One of the strangest 18-ers I've seen in a while: 17.3266 (broken heart) is identical, except it has a beehive instead of a loaf. That takes 20 gliders to make. This (18.7327) can be made from 11 more, by turnin the beehive into a loaf. This soup breaks it down to this tantalyzingly simple predecessor. Does anyone have an idea how to synthesize it? Code: Select all x = 9, y = 5, rule = B3/S23 5bo$5b4o$b2o2bob2o$3o4b2o$6bo!  gmc_nxtman wrote:B and Bullet stick a G onto a hive, making it into an R-bee: I wasn't aware of this conversion. It can be done with 4 gliders. It's another one of the same form as the bookend-into-beehive interactions I mentioned earlier. Code: Select all x = 30, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 11bobo$11boo$3bo8bo$4bo$bb3o5$obo$oo$bo22booboo$25bobobo$bboo21bo3bo$3boo21b3o$bbo$7boo17b3o$6bobbo16bobbo$7boo18boo! gmc_nxtman wrote:c/2 incomplete wickstretcher (eventually turns into an OWWS, or over weight wick stretcher): This has long been known. It is what happens when you combine a LWSS at one end with a LWSS emulator at the other. Sokwe Moderator Posts: 1480 Joined: July 9th, 2009, 2:44 pm ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries gmc_nxtman wrote:Tiny 2c5 spaceship reaction This was discovered by Robert Wainwright in 1991 (see here). gmc_nxtman wrote:I found several reactions like this, that advance a few ticks and stop because one or a few cells are missing/born.... c/6: This component is already known and has been used in several c/6 spaceships: Code: Select all x = 185, y = 62, rule = B3/S23 173bo6bo$171b2ob2o2b2ob2o3$b3o13b3o17b3o10b3o24b3o14b3o30b3o27b3o$4bob
3o3b3obo15b3obo7b2o7bob3o14b3obo20bob3o20b3obo25b3obo14b2ob2o2b2ob2o$o 3bo11bo3bo15bo3bo2bo2bo2bo3bo22bo3bo12bo3bo28bo3bo25bo3bo10b2o2bo2bo2b 2o$4bo11bo19bo5bo4bo5bo22bo4bo10bo4bo28bo3bo25bo4bo10b2o2b2o2b2o$42b2o 2b2o34bo8bo70bo9bo8bo$bo2bo11bo2bo19bo3bo2bo3bo27bo7b2o7bo30bo32bo2bo
7b2o10b2o$2b3o11b3o20bobo6bobo28b2ob2ob4ob2ob2o32b2o35bo$7b3ob3o26b10o
33bobo2bobo37bo35b2o3bo14bo$5b2o7b2o26bo4bo77b3o36bo4bo2bo8bo2bo$5b2ob
2ob2ob2o24bo8bo74bobobo40bo14bo$39bo10bo72b3obo42bobo8bobo$8b2ob2o27bo
8bo33bo6bo32bobo46bo8bo$5bo3bobo3bo66bobob2obobo32b2o47bo6bo$7bobobobo
68b2o2b2o2b2o32bobo45b3o4b3o$7bobobobo72b2o85b2o4b2o$2b2o3bobobobo3b2o
151b2o10b2o$2b2o3bobobobo3b2o65b2o2b2o32bo6bo40b3o3b2o3b3o$bo4b2obobob
2o4bo64b2o2b2o31bobob2obobo40b2o3b2o3b2o$6bo2bobo2bo70b4o32b2o2b2o2b2o 41bo3b2o3bo$3b5obobob5o67bo2bo36b2o44b3o6b3o$2b2obo2bo3bo2bob2o65bo4bo$3b2o2b2o3b2o2b2o66bo4bo33b2o2b2o$2bo5b2ob2o5bo65bob2obo33b2o2b2o42b3o 6b3o$7bobobobo71bo2bo35b4o42b5o4b5o$9bobo73bo2bo35bo2bo41bo5bo2bo5bo$
6bo7bo108bo4bo41bo3bo4bo3bo$4bobo7bobo62bo14bo28bo4bo$4bobo7bobo62b2o
4bo2bo4b2o28bob2obo$5bo9bo63bo5b4o5bo29bo2bo$5bo9bo64b2o4b2o4b2o30bo2b
o$4b4o5b4o64bo10bo$3bo2b2o5b2o2bo61bobo10bobo23bo14bo$4b2o2bo3bo2b2o 63b5o4b5o24b2o4bo2bo4b2o$5bobo5bobo66bo2b4o2bo26bo5b4o5bo$5bo2bo3bo2bo 65bo4b2o4bo26b2o4b2o4b2o$6bobo3bobo70bo2bo31bo10bo$2b2o2b2obobob2o2b2o 67b2o30bobo10bobo$bo3b3obobob3o3bo63b2ob2ob2o28b5o4b5o$2bo3b3o3b3o3bo 102bo2b4o2bo$4b2o9b2o65bo8bo28bo4b2o4bo$81b3o6b3o31bo2bo$4b6ob6o64bo2b
o4bo2bo32b2o$7bobobobo66b2o10b2o28b2ob2ob2o$4b2obobobobob2o$8b2ob2o 108bo8bo$5bo9bo104b3o6b3o$3bobo9bobo102bo2bo4bo2bo$6bo7bo104b2o10b2o$2bo15bo$2bob2o9b2obo2$2b3o11b3o$3bob2obo3bob2obo$5bo2bo3bo2bo$5bo2bo3b
o2bo2$7bobobobo$8bo3bo!
I think it could be useful to start WinLifeSearch with this partial pattern to get new spaceships. Unfortunately, period-6 is difficult to search at.
-Matthias Merzenich

gmc_nxtman
Posts: 1147
Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm

New syntheses that aren't in the database.

12-boat with hook on block:

Code: Select all

x = 32, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b4o2b3ob3o3b2ob2o$2b2o3bobo2b2obobob2o2b4ob2obo$3obo5b2o2bobobo2b
obo3bo2bo$3bo2bob4o2b2obob4o2b2obob2o$4bo3b2o2b4obo8b6o$5ob6obobobo3bo bo3b5o$2bo2b2ob2o2bo2bo2bob2o3b2ob4o$ob2ob3o2b2obo3bo2b7ob4o!  Cis-mirrored table siamese long hook: Code: Select all x = 32, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 3b2ob4o3b2ob4o3b2o2b3obo$3bob2o3bob2o4b2ob5o3bobo$b2obo2bo2b3o2bob6o3b 2o2b2o$3b3obo2b5o2b4obo2b3ob2o$3bobo2b4o3bo4bob3o4b3o$3ob3ob5ob2ob2o3b
5o3bo$b2ob2obo3b2o4b2obo3bo2b2obo$2bo7bo3bo2b2o3bob4o2b2o!

Pond tie para-hook on block:

Code: Select all

x = 32, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
b2o3bobobobobo2b2o5bob6o$3ob4obobob8ob2obobo$obo4b3ob2ob2o3bo8bo2bo$bo b2obob2o2b2obo3b2obo6b3o$bob3ob2o2bo2bo2b3o2bob2o2b3o$2bob3obo3b3ob3ob o3bob2o2b2o$ob3ob2o2bobo2bobo2bobo2bo4bo$2b3o2b2obob3obobob3o2b2o2bobo !  Teardrop on short^2 worm with hook: Code: Select all x = 32, y = 8, rule = B3/S23 obob2ob10o7b2ob3o$2obo2bob5ob5o2b2obo2bo$b5ob3ob2obo4bob2obob2o2bo$11b
o3bobob2o2b5ob2o$bo2b3obo2bob4obo4bo2bob4o$bob3ob3o4bo2bo2b5o2b3o$2ob 2ob2o2b2o3bo5b5ob2o$bo2bobob2obobo7b5o5bo!

I also found that a TWIT can eat 2 gliders at once:

Code: Select all

x = 27, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
24bo$24bobo$24b2o$2bo$obo$b2o3$16bo$16bobo$16b2o2$11bo$9bobo$10b2o2$
16b2o$12bo3b2o$11bobo$10bobo$10bo$9b2o!  Also found this weird boat catalyst with two BG: Code: Select all x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 2o$obo4b2o$2b2o2bobo$7bo2$7bo$2b2o2bobo$obo4b2o$2o!

Last edited by gmc_nxtman on July 4th, 2015, 9:59 pm, edited 2 times in total.

BobShemyakin
Posts: 214
Joined: June 15th, 2014, 6:24 am

mniemiec wrote:
gmc_nxtman wrote:Pretty weird 14-bitter:
This is 14.54, and can be made from 9 gliders, via the same predecessor.
14.54 can be made from 5 gliders:

Code: Select all

x = 34, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
21bo$22bo7bo$20b3o6bo$29b3o4$20b2o9bo$21b2o8bobo$20bo10b2o2$3b2o$2bo2b
o24bo$3bobo24b2o$3obo24bobo$o2bo$b2o!

mniemiec wrote:
gmc_nxtman wrote:Strange 18-bitter, from a "long^2 hive in trans-blocks":
The cis version (18.2588) can be made from 7 gliders. This (18.2587) can be made exactly the same way, but creating the block-on-cap facing the other direction.
18.2587 from 5 gliders and 18.2588 from 7 gliders:

Code: Select all

x = 70, y = 60, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$2o2$11bo$10bo$10b3o3$26b2o$26b2o2$24b4o$6bo16bo4bo$6bobo15b4o$3b o2b2o$bobo20b2o$2b2o20b2o3$10bo$9b2o$9bobo20$2bobo$3b2o$3bo21b2o18b2o 18b2o$25b2o18b2o18b2o$o$b2o22b4o16b4o16b4o$2o6b2o15bo2bo16bo2bo15bo4bo$8bobo54b4o$8bo$65b2o$6b2o36b3o18b2o$5bobo38bo2b2o$7bo37bo2b2o$50bo2$47bo$47b2o$46bobo!  mniemiec wrote: gmc_nxtman wrote:Thunderbird + Two preblocks = Hive on dock: Thunderbird is an artificial methuselah created when two blinkers approach from opposite sides. Good luck getting two blocks (let alone in those phases) in behind an approaching blinker! This is 18.8141, and can already be made from 7 gliders using a variant of the add-dock mechanism mentioned above (which can also give the bookend-siamese-bookend on tub, boat, or any other still-life with a point, or on an inductor with a line-of-3, like a bun, bookend, house, etc.). 18.8141 can be made from 5 gliders: Code: Select all x = 45, y = 18, rule = B3/S23 43bo$42bo$42b3o3$32bo$22bobo8bo$23b2o6b3o$2o21bo$obo$2bo2b2o22b2o$b2ob
o2bo22b2o$2bo2b2o22bo$obo$2o$39b3o$39bo$40bo!

mniemiec wrote:
gmc_nxtman wrote:Scorpion with tub:
15.123 currently takes 9 gliders. This soup makes the object form almost spontaneously out of a huge lump of junk, which would almost certainly cost more than that.
15.123 currently takes 6 gliders:

Code: Select all

x = 37, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
21bo$19b2o$20b2o$33bo$32bobo$33bobo$35bo$15bobo17b2o$15b2o15b2obo$7bo 8bo15bo2bo$8bo24b2o$6b3o6b2o$15bobo$15bo3$7bo$bo5b2o$b2o3bobo$obo!  Bob Shemyakin mniemiec Posts: 1055 Joined: June 1st, 2013, 12:00 am ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries gmc_nxtman wrote:Cis-mirrored table siamese long hook: This can currently be made from 15 gliders. 9 to make the shorter version (22.77829) with bookends instead of long bookends/long hooks, and 3 gliders each to lengthen the bookends, giving 24.275790. gmc_nxtman wrote:I also found that a TWIT can eat 2 gliders at once: There are many reactions where a glider can hit the pointed edge of a still-life (e.g. tub, boat, loaf, etc.) where the results are the same, regardless of the direction from which the glider hits. This is also true of the two 2-glider collisions to make a B-heptomino. BobShemyakin wrote:14.54 can be made from 5 gliders: BobShemyakin wrote:18.2587 from 5 gliders... BobShemyakin wrote:18.8141 can be made from 5 gliders: BobShemyakin wrote:15.123 currently takes 6 gliders: Thanks. I have been noting all the glider syntheses that have been posted on various threads, but have not yet had the time to integrate them into my database, so most of my counts are 6-12 months out of date - which is still correct for most objects, but not for all the recently-optimized ones. BobShemyakin wrote:... and 18.2588 from 7 gliders: This is the same synthesis I had for 18.2588. gmc_nxtman Posts: 1147 Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries Queen-bee based glider shifter: Code: Select all x = 18, y = 13, rule = B3/S23$2bo$3bo$b3o$13bo$13bobo$14bobo$14bo2bo$14bobo$13bobo$13bo!  Very strange reactions involving pis: Code: Select all x = 21, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 7b2o3b2o$7bobobobo$9bobo$8b2ob2o8$2o17b2o$2o17b2o2$9b3o$9bobo$9bobo!  Code: Select all x = 25, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 9b2o3b2o$9bobobobo$11bobo$10b2ob2o8$2o21b2o$2o21b2o2$11b3o$11bobo$11bo bo!  Extrementhusiast Posts: 1796 Joined: June 16th, 2009, 11:24 pm Location: USA ### Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries gmc_nxtman wrote: Very strange reactions involving pis: Code: Select all RLEs That second reaction allows for at least two new variations of components: Code: Select all x = 62, y = 45, rule = B3/S23 13b2o3b2o35b2o3b2o$13bobobobo35bobobobo$15bobo39bobo$14b2ob2o37b2ob2o$2bo12bobo$obo5bo6bobo38b2ob2o$b2o6bo4b2ob2o38bobo$7b3o45bobobobo$3b2o 50b2o3b2o$2bobo$4bo2$16b2o$17b2o$16bo7b2o$3b2o19bobo$2bobo19bo$4bo7b2o$13b2o14b2o$12bo16bobo$29bo12$13b2o3b2o35b2o3b2o$13bobobobo5bobo27bobo
bobo$15bobo7b2o30bobo$14b2ob2o7bo29b2ob2o$24bo$14b2ob2o4b2o31b2ob2o$2b o5bo6bobo5bobo31bobo$3bo5bo3bobobobo37bobo$b3o3b3o3b2o3b2o8bo26bobobob o$27b2o26b2o3b2o$5bo21bobo$5b2o$4bobo!  In each case the new component is on the left, and the known way of doing that conversion is on the right. EDIT: Very different block-to-beacon component: Code: Select all x = 44, y = 29, rule = B3/S23 20bo$2bo15b2o$3b2o14b2o$2b2o9$9bo30b2o$10b2o28bo$9b2o6b2o24bo$17b2o23b
2o$10bo$10b2o$9bobo4$3b2o$4b2o8bo$3bo9b2o$8b2o3bobo$bo7b2o$b2o5bo$obo!

I Like My Heisenburps! (and others)

gmc_nxtman
Posts: 1147
Joined: May 26th, 2015, 7:20 pm

x = 11, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
6bo$7bo$5b3o3$5bo$bo3bo$obo2bo3b2o$2o7b2o!