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{{Glossary}}
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To '''hammer''' a [[LWSS]], [[MWSS]] or [[HWSS]] is to smash [[pattern]]s into the rear end of it in order to transform it into a different type of [[spaceship]]. A '''hammer''' is the object used to do the hammering. In the following example by [[Dieter Leithner]], a LWSS is hammered by two more LWSS to make it into a MWSS:
To '''hammer''' a [[LWSS]], [[MWSS]] or [[HWSS]] is to [[Collision|smash]] reactions into the rear end of it in order to transform it into a different type of [[spaceship]]. A '''hammer''' is the object or reaction used to do the hammering.
 
In the following example by [[Dieter Leithner]], a LWSS is hammered by two more LWSS to make it into a MWSS:


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Hammering can be done with period-30 devices.<ref name="post23791" />
Hammering can be done with [[p30 technology|period-30 devices]].<ref name="post23791" />
 
It is possible to hammer xWSSes using sacrificial still lives, making it possible to construct stable hammers. For example, a stable HWSS to MWSS converter uses a hammering reaction between an HWSS and a constellation of a loaf and block which converts it into an MWSS.<ref name="post182936" /> A stable MWSS to HWSS hammer also exists which uses the same concept with a different constellation.<ref name="post222522"/>


==References==
==References==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="post23791">{{LinkForumThread
<ref name="post23791">{{LinkForumThread
|p          = 23791
|format = ref
|format    = ref
|p      = 23791
|title     = Re: MWSS-to-LWSS Partial
|title = Re: MWSS-to-LWSS Partial
|author     = triller
|author = Mark Walsh
|date       = October 14, 2015
|date   = October 14, 2015
}}</ref>
<ref name="post182936">{{LinkForumThread
|format = ref
|p      = 182936
|title  = Re: Stable signal converters
|author = Goldtiger997
|date  = April 19, 2024
}}</ref>
<ref name="post222522">{{LinkForumThread
|format = ref
|p      = 222522
|title  = Re: Construction Challenges and Ideas
|author = Entity Valkyrie 2
|date  = December 10, 2015
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
</references>
</references>


==External links==
==External links==
{{LinkLexicon|lex_h.htm#hammer}}
* {{LinkLexicon|lex_h.htm#hammer}}
 
[[Category:Collisions]]

Latest revision as of 08:13, 31 May 2026

To hammer a LWSS, MWSS or HWSS is to smash reactions into the rear end of it in order to transform it into a different type of spaceship. A hammer is the object or reaction used to do the hammering.

In the following example by Dieter Leithner, a LWSS is hammered by two more LWSS to make it into a MWSS:

x = 20, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 o2bo$4bo3b2o$o3bo2b3o5b4o$b4o2b2obo4bo3bo$8b3o4bo$9bo6bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 400 THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 16 Y 6 THEME Book GPS 4 AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 3 T 16 PAUSE 1 LOOP 17 ]]
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Hammering can be done with period-30 devices.[1]

It is possible to hammer xWSSes using sacrificial still lives, making it possible to construct stable hammers. For example, a stable HWSS to MWSS converter uses a hammering reaction between an HWSS and a constellation of a loaf and block which converts it into an MWSS.[2] A stable MWSS to HWSS hammer also exists which uses the same concept with a different constellation.[3]

References

  1. Mark Walsh (October 14, 2015). Re: MWSS-to-LWSS Partial (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. Goldtiger997 (April 19, 2024). Re: Stable signal converters (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. Entity Valkyrie 2 (December 10, 2015). Re: Construction Challenges and Ideas (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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