User:I am islptng/CA Quiz

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Are you an CA enthusiast? Quiz

Your score starts at 0. Follow the instruction after each questions.


1. How many minrules of small objects can you retell?
(Add the same number of points as objects, max 20)

2. Have you ever done a project related to CA (like running a search or assembling a synthesis) twice just to relive the experience of doing it?

  • No - 0
  • Yes - 20

3. Have you ever used a Linux-style terminal?

  • No - 0 - Skip question 4
  • Yes - subtract 3

4. Have you ever chosen a new computer because it could run CA-related programs better/faster?

  • No - 0
  • Partly - 7
  • Yes - 10
  • I have a computer which only runs CA programs - 20

5. What programs have you ever ran? (Multiple answers)

  • LifeViewer - 0
  • Golly - 1
  • Mirek's Cellebration - 1
  • CAViewer - 1
  • rlifesrc - 4
  • nbsearch2 - 3
  • Precompiled apgsearch - 3
  • apgsearch v0/v1 - 3
  • apgsearch v4/v5 - 5
  • ikpx2 - 6
  • LLS - 7
  • LLSSS - 7
  • EPE - 7

6. Do you have any cellular-automata-related websites bookmarked on your computer?

  • No - 0
  • Yes - 3
  • I have a whole folder (or multiple) for them - 6

7. Can you name 10 patterns in any rule or rules discovered within the last year in a minute?'

  • No - 0
  • Yes - 8
  • I can name 20 - 15

8.Have you rulegolfed before?

  • I hate rulegolfing - subtract 5
  • No - 0
  • Use RuleSrc or other scripts - 3
  • By hand - 8
  • I enjoy rulegolfing - 16
  • Nothing can stop me from rulegolfing - 693147


Click on "Expand" on the right if you works with INT.

9.Have you remembered Hensel notation?

  • No - 0
  • A half - 4
  • The entire chart - 10
  • I can retell by watching any 3*3 cell configuration in 0.5s - 20
  • I can retell by watching any 3*3 cell configuration in 0.1s - 693147

Click on "Expand" on the right if you works with HROT or LtL.

9. Where are the neighbours of the white cell? (Colours only count if all cells of that colour are in their neighbourhood. Assume R3 for all neighbourhoods. Multiple answers)

x = 7, y = 7, rule = B/S012345678Investigator 4.L3$3.D$2.Q3.H$5.EA$F2.B! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] [[VIEWONLY]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
(click above to open LifeViewer)
  • All of them are neighbours - you work with LtL Moore (NM) rules. - 1
  • The coral and blue cells only - you work with Von Neumann (NN) rules. - 1
  • The only neighbour is the blue - you work with Cross or R1 von Neumann rules. - 2
  • The grey, coral and magenta cells only - you work with Saltire (NX) rules. - 2
  • The coral, blue, grey, yellow and orange cells - you work with Circular (NC) rules. - 3
  • The grey, coral, blue and magenta cells only - you work with Star (N*) rules. - 3
  • The grey, coral and blue cells only - you work with Euclidean (N2) rules - 4
  • The blue and green cells only OR the magenta, orange, coral, yellow and grey cells - you work with Checkerboard (NB or ND) rules. - 3
  • The magenta and blue cells only - you work with Exploded (NF) rules. - 4
  • All, but the ones closer to the white count more - you work with Gaussian (NG) rules. - 4
  • The coral, orange and yellow cells are neighbours - you work with Hash (N#) rules. - 4
  • Any other option - You're crazy! You use Custom Weighted (N@) rules. - 5
  • Any other option but some cells matter more than others - You are a god! You use Bespoke Weighted (NW) rules. - 5

Click on "Expand" on the right if you works with ruletables.

9.How many states have you ever included in a rulatable? Add the point of the result.


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