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New record:
51 bits: 24787 generations! pattern as integer: 2180305369668863 Not a record:
51 bits: 80 spaceships: pattern as integer: 2038440902770559 glider:80

Error in previous post, fixed version: Not a record:
47 bits: 21178 generations; pattern as integer: 137333622038527

x = 47, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
5o2b3o2b3ob4o2b3o5b3ob13o!




Not a record:
48 bits: 22878 generations; pattern as integer: 263738777007999

x = 48, y = 1, rule = B3/S23 ...

Not a record:
46 bits: 18963 generations; pattern as integer: 65901428276223

x = 46, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
3ob5ob6ob5o2b3o3b5ob10o!



New record:
46 bits: 72 spacehips: pattern as integer: 62105494518799 glider:72

x = 46, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
3o4b5o6b8o5b5o6b4o!



Not a record:
47 bits ...

Next day: "Conway's Game of Life (Simulation Game) - Made in Minecraft "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaoSzCfa9OM

New record:
44 bits: 22878 generations!


x = 44, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
6ob4o2b4o6b3ob5ob3ob7o!


Not a record:
45 bits: 21723 generations


x = 45, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
3ob3ob5ob3o2b3ob3ob5ob5o2b5o!


I have reran 5-43 bits and ran 44-45 bits with escaping spaceship counting code.

Records:
1 ...

43 bits: 17034 generations (no new record)
Resulting debris looks a bit like square.

In addition skipping rows of less than 3 I skip all that have only length<=4 live cells. Also skipping mirrored versions.

It seems to be already growing faster than exponential when looking at logarithmic plot. I do hope that it hits soon deep growth, but I'm sceptical that it would happen before ...

Yes, that 39x1 pattern at http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/index.php?title=One_cell_thick_pattern is what caused me to search further. So far all other infinite growth patterns are variations of these 2 (mainly different timing, sometimes few extra gliders and different initial debris). Main goal was ...

Grows infinitely and at tip of growth fires gliders:

x = 40, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
5o2b3o3b7ob5o5b9o!


If this and mirror are spaced at enough even distance, grows pattern back from collision point until out of space:

x = 10040, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
9o5b5ob7o3b3o2b5o9960b5o2b3o3b7ob5o5b9o ...