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The '''familiar fours''' are common [[constellation]]s of four identical objects. The five most common (in decreasing order of frequency) are [[traffic light]] (four [[blinker]]s), [[honey farm]] (four [[beehive]]s), [[blockade]] (four [[block]]s), [[fleet]] (four [[ship]]s in the form of two [[ship-tie]]s), and [[bakery]] (four [[loaf|loaves]] in the form of two [[half-bakery|half-bakeries]]). [[Four skewed blocks]] is also occasionally included in the list. | The '''familiar fours''' are common [[constellation]]s of four identical objects. The five most common (in decreasing order of frequency) are [[traffic light]] (four [[blinker]]s), [[honey farm]] (four [[beehive]]s), [[blockade]] (four [[block]]s), [[fleet]] (four [[ship]]s in the form of two [[ship-tie]]s), and [[bakery]] (four [[loaf|loaves]] in the form of two [[half-bakery|half-bakeries]]). [[Four skewed blocks]] is also occasionally included in the list. | ||
Other "less familiar fours" include the [[land of lakes]] (four [[pond]]s in the form of two [[bi-pond]]s) and [[four eaters]] (four [[eater 1]]s) found in [[Dean Hickerson]]'s Life integer constructions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conwaylife.com/ref/DRH/digits.html|author=Dean Hickerson |title=Patterns formed from the digits of numbers |date=March 26, 2007 |accessdate=March 15, 2019 }}</ref> but these do not have common enough random-[[ash]] predecessors to be counted as familiar fours. | |||
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|[[Image:fleet_small.png|framed|Fleet<br />{{JavaRLE|fleet|brief}}]] | |[[Image:fleet_small.png|framed|Fleet<br />{{JavaRLE|fleet|brief}}]] | ||
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|[[Image:bakery_small.png|framed|Bakery<br />{{JavaRLE|bakery|brief}}]] | |[[Image:bakery_small.png|framed|Bakery<br />{{JavaRLE|bakery|brief}}]] | ||
|[[Image:fourskewedblocks_small.png|framed|Four skewed blocks<br />{{JavaRLE|fourskewedblocks|brief}}]] | |||
|[[Image:landoflakes_small.png|framed|Land of lakes<br />{{JavaRLE|landoflakes|brief}}]] | |||
|[[Image:foureaters_small.png|framed|Four eaters<br />{{JavaRLE|foureaters|brief}}]] | |||
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==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 22:34, 21 February 2020
The familiar fours are common constellations of four identical objects. The five most common (in decreasing order of frequency) are traffic light (four blinkers), honey farm (four beehives), blockade (four blocks), fleet (four ships in the form of two ship-ties), and bakery (four loaves in the form of two half-bakeries). Four skewed blocks is also occasionally included in the list.
Other "less familiar fours" include the land of lakes (four ponds in the form of two bi-ponds) and four eaters (four eater 1s) found in Dean Hickerson's Life integer constructions,[1] but these do not have common enough random-ash predecessors to be counted as familiar fours.
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson (March 26, 2007). "Patterns formed from the digits of numbers". Retrieved on March 15, 2019.
External links
- Familiar fours at the Life Lexicon