User:Tommyaweosme/ons

ons or optimized naming system is an object naming system i came up with

thing/t

thing refers to any thing in particular

changer/c

changer refers to oscillators or still lifes

0changer/0c

0changer does not change. it is a still life

changer formula

(period-1)changer

ship/s

ship is a general term for anything that moves, like rakes, puffers, or spaceships

speed

d4ship - glider

o2ship - lwss

oblique

1,2ship - sir robin

always list smaller one first

random/r

random is usually refering to a random soup

methuselah/m

methuselah (commonly marked m) and optionally, next to the number of generations it lasts

example: pi is m173

combinations

thingship - puffer

shipship - rake

randomship - breeder

randommethuselah - those 16x16 random soup methuselahs people find somehow

methuselahship - puffer leaving methuselahs

changership - puffer leaving oscillators

2changership - puffer leaving period 2 oscillators (like blinkers toads and beacons)

abbreviations

as you can see, abbreviations. this is helpful for many reasons, including shortness, brevity, and character limits.