A cool growing wick!
Posted: August 21st, 2011, 1:03 pm
After some time playing around with *WSSs, I noted that various OverWeight Spaceships can stabilize each other:
Making a extensible moving wick. And if we make a *WSS with heads on both sides, it grows until it becomes a OWSS,
and is killed by its own sparks:
Similarly, if both sides are tails, it shrinks until it collapses. But that is not very useful.
Based on the principle that OWSS stabilizes each other, Ta-Daa: We have a growing wick that grows in one dimension and shrinks (burns) in another one:
PS: Was this discovered before? I did'nt find it in LifeWiki, so I posted here.
PSS: Have you ever notice the similarity between a *WSS head and a B-Heptomino?
Run this carefully for 12 generations and say what you think:
EDIT: Spacefiller for a tube:
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x = 25, y = 220, rule = B3/S23
7$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12b
o$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo
2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo
$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o
4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12b
o$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo
2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo
$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o
4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12b
o$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo
2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo
$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o
4$7b13o$6bo12bo$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o4$7b13o$6bo12b
o$19bo$6bo11bo2$6bo11bo$19bo$6bo12bo$7b13o!
and is killed by its own sparks:
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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o!
Based on the principle that OWSS stabilizes each other, Ta-Daa: We have a growing wick that grows in one dimension and shrinks (burns) in another one:
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x = 9, y = 422, rule = B3/S23
$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$
2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b
5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2b
obo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o
$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bob
o$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$b
o3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$
bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo
3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$b
o3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3b
o$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo
3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo
$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3b
o$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$b
o3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$
bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo
3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$b
o3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3b
o$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo
3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo
$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3b
o$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$
2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo$b5o4$b5o$bo3bo$bo3bo$2bobo2$2bobo$bo3bo$bo3bo
$b5o!
PSS: Have you ever notice the similarity between a *WSS head and a B-Heptomino?
Run this carefully for 12 generations and say what you think:
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x = 6, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
3bo$3b2o$4b2o$3b2o10$b3o$5o$3ob2o$3b2o!
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x = 5, y = 96, rule = B3/S23:T0,96
$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o4$5o$o3bo$o3bo$bobo2$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o4$5o$o3bo$o3bo
$bobo2$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o4$5o$o3bo$o3bo$bobo2$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o4$5o$o3b
o$o3bo$bobo2$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o4$5o$o3bo$o3bo$bobo2$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o4$
5o$o3bo$o3bo$bobo2$bobo$o3bo$o3bo$5o4$5o$o3bo$o3bo$bobo2$bobo$o3bo$o3b
o$5o4$5o$o3bo$o3bo$bobo!