Talk:2-engine Cordership

Should we have a redirect from "Two-engine Cordership" to here, and the same for other Corderships? 77topaz (talk) 22:59, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, let's. Apple Bottom (talk) 09:06, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Perhaps change the ConwayLife home page

Upon loading the home page, there is a chance of this being shown, with the description

A c/12 diagonal spaceship that is the smallest engineered spaceship (i.e., spaceship that was deliberately constructed instead of found) known to date.

However, it wasn't constructed in the sense of a human putting known reactions together in known ways, but by a computer search of possible ways to put them together.

It has also appeared in the sep_stdin census. Surely the fact that multiple times, two switch engines created at a specific displacement and phase shift from each other (with debris behind them) have formed it implies that 'constructed' is the wrong word, in the sense that Sir Robin is not described as such. Does the fact that such a search was necessary (as opposed to randomness) make it constructed? Are objects from symmetric censuses constructed?

Also, should the sep_stdin occurrence (and apparent uniqueness) be considered notable? Should it be stated that this was the only one found (and with 7 occurrences, implying that if the commonness is about constant for objects of the same size, this is the only 2-engine cordership without external mechanisms), and should some sample soups be shown? Some of them are nontrivial, it doesn't emerge immediately in the decay (like with search programs), and show how sparks originating in a footprint outside it can form its still lifes. Most pages for patterns that became (semi-)natural after their discovery don't show specific occurrences, but only mention their existence, is this notable enough to be an exception? praosylen's original predecessor (in which it was assumedly discovered) isn't shown either. DroneBetter (talk) 23:47, 3 January 2023 (UTC)