ConwayLife.com

Wow! Very nice job!

I'm currently trying to make a life simulation in HTML5. You won't need java, flash or any other plug-ins, but I do recommend a modern browser. The newest Firefox or Chrome should be fine. You can see it here:

http://florisbernard.nl/colorsoflife

When new cells are born, it calculates the average ...

Furthermore, exactly when a pattern "regularizes" is vaguely defined. Rather, a methuselah should stabilize
There is the same problem with the word "stabilize". It's vaguely defined as well. If it means "become stable" it should rule out any pattern with a blinker in the ash. A blinker is not ...

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Well... A "normal" methuselah doesn't really stabilize eiter. It's bounding box for generation n is expanding forever. That's not really stable. So it's a matter of definition...

Well, methuselahs don't "stabilize" per se, but the generation count is decided when the population becomes cyclical.

Unfortunately, I can't find the folder you specified, since I'm on a mac. Do you know where the folder is in there?

I've like to give this another try, but it appears that easy_install is set on 0.5. Once this is updated, I'll install it and try again.

What do you mean? You tried running `easy_install` and got version 0.5? I tested `easy_install` after I made the release and confirmed it installed 0.6. Perhaps ...

That about the code box gave me an idea. What if Golly accepted its own URI scheme for patterns? Something like the data URI scheme ( Wikipedia ). Then, a button could be added on the code block to open the pattern on Golly.

It could also be extended to install .table, .tree, .colors and .icons ...

I've like to give this another try, but it appears that easy_install is set on 0.5. Once this is updated, I'll install it and try again.

Well, of course it would be possible, but it's not really feasible because of the size and long recovery time required.

Well, the life applet is really mostly just a simple demonstration of sorts; it's mostly so new people can get a taste of how things work and look like. For people who want to spend more than a few minutes on it, it's almost always better to just download a standalone life application (Golly is the ...

calcyman wrote:

but I don't think type 3s are that rare.

What about every reaction that throws off sparks, capable of deleting nearby objects? Are they type-3?

I think so. This definition should include that.

Well, I don't think this has really been brought up before (at least in the amateur sphere). I'm personally fine with those names, but I'm sure someone will want to have something else.

Well, I've successfully linked them together, eliminating debris inbetween, but there is still some at the end.
x = 43, y = 31, rule = WMPVN-45678bc_459a_22
32.URQ$28.2S2.STPML$28.T.2N.TNOKHG$28.U.O.2IROIJFCB$18.POP6.U2.PQJQ2D
MJDEA$18.Q.Q7.QPTQKLEL2AHE2A$19.R.PFEF2.QRSLKOLFGAG2AC2A$18.TSU.GRGU ...

I can't say I'm surprised; in fact, I expected it to be made in Dwarf Fortress before Minecraft.

Arrg, it just shows an error message saying "MSVCR71.dll was not found".

You know, I've been thinking for a while, and don't you think that the redstone in Minecraft could count as a kind of 3D CA?


with wire and torches and blocks alone, it would probably be a ball-park range of a 18 state CA.

It technically does count, but it becomes more usable when condensed to ...

Unfortunately, I was not able to make it run under wine; I'll try it next time I go on Windows. I do recommend a cross-platform version if at all possible, though.

On Gadget Lab, one of the Wired blogs:

Geeky Gamers Build Working Computers out of Virtual Blocks

There you go, Ajax!

Eh, I saw this a long time ago. I wish we saw more things like this in WireWorld and the like; it'd be much simpler, aside from synchronization. I recently ordered the book ...

The mechanism you describe would reflect the glider stream anyways; there'd be no point.

Welcome, we've been getting quite a few new members recently.

Erkan Yilmaz wrote:(sorry, but did not see a thread where new people can introduce themselves)

I don't think there is one, actually.

ssaamm wrote:Does anybody know if there was a rule table made for Sexyloop? [pdf]
https://uhra.herts.ac.uk/dspace/bitstre ... 901918.pdf

I looked and couldn't find any; someone else may have better luck.

Awesomeness wrote:Do you think making a rule that doesn't have any other states but the required ones just for these spaceships would be worthwhile?

Not unless there are significant changes; however, a lower state CA with similar principles would be interesting.

Since there is such a re-interest in this rule, I'm uploading my patterns that I have found for it. I've only skimmed through the thread, so I'm sure many of the things have been rediscovered here.

I'm a bit slow on this, but the link up top is broken for me.