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by acgoldis
March 29th, 2011, 2:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 13-cell still life not on list
Replies: 1
Views: 2130

13-cell still life not on list

Hi! I just through some random cells into the grid and had it evolve. I came up with a still life which didn't seem to be on any lists.

..*.............
.*.*............
.*..*...........
..**.*..........
....*...........
....*.*.........
.....**.........

The top half looks like a loaf. The bottom ...
by acgoldis
August 5th, 2010, 10:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another odd pattern not on the list
Replies: 1
Views: 2130

Another odd pattern not on the list

Here's another odd pattern. It looks like a long version of the "bookends" object. A couple of these objects pop up when you start with a row of 1023 cells.

.**.**.
..*.*..
..*.*..
*.*.*.*
**...**

Is it rare? I don't see it in the list of 16-cell patterns.

Thanks!
by acgoldis
July 28th, 2010, 10:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Odd pattern which isn't on the list
Replies: 4
Views: 3768

Odd pattern which isn't on the list

Hi!

I was goofing around with the program (most fascinating!) when i found an unusual still life which wasn't on any of the lists of 18-cell patterns. It looked sort of like angel wings. Is it very rare?

I'll try to text it out here. o means a living cell, * means a dead cell. Hopefully these ...