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I was thinking about indexing these, but the very premise raises some interesting questions.

There is no real way to distinguish between an "unnatural" spaceship and one that does occur naturally, but supremely rarely. We know from Life that rare spaceships are definitely observable: gliders are ...

I guess this can be considered a goal list for the year. The way I see it, goals help focus progress better than just progressing randomly and/or in an unorganized matter.

Now to state my wishes:

1. I want to see a new period osciollator found, because I would like to know whether life is truly ...

I would like to propose two patterns.
1. The glider: Without the discovery of the glider, many of the patterns people have created in conway's game of life may very well not exist. This includes and pattern which involve rakes, glider synthesis, glider-based sawtooths, glider producing switch ...

A pattern I call "Nuclear Fission", because one glder goes in, and two go out.

New Pi Velocities
I know about the 9c/30 and 17c/45 pi reactions, but I have never seen any mention of these

1. Pi advances 10 cells in 24 generations, (5c/12)
x = 5, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2ob2o$b3o$2bo9$b3o!


2.
Pi advances 13 cells after 31 generations (13c/31)
x = 5, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 ...

I think it's called big S with tub.

Almost 4c/11.
x = 31, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b3o3b3o10b3o4b3o$o3bobo3bo8bo3bo2bo3bo$2ob2ob2ob2o8b2ob2o2b2ob2o$o9bo
8bo10bo!

Each is off by two cells, one creates a beehive. 4c/11 puffer maybe?

I have to say that is cool, and while it is not a puffer as one ...

Idk what the name of what this yields is, but it is rare
x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
obo2bo3b2obo2bobob4o3bo2bo$o2b3o2bobo2b5o2bo3b2ob3o$b2obo3bob2obo4b2o
2b6o$2o2b7o2b3obobo4bo$3b4o2b4o2bobo2b2o2b4o$bobob2ob2obobo5bo3b4ob2o$
bo4b2ob2obobo2bob2o2bob3o$obo4bo2bob3o3b2obo2b6o$o2bo3b4o3b2obob5ob2o ...

THis small soup yields the dead spark coils
x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
bob3o2b2ob5obo5b2o2bo$o2bo2b4obo2bobo4b3obob2o$2o2b6o6bo2b4o2bo3bo$bob
ob2obo2bob2obob6obobobo$b6o2bob3ob2o4bob5obo$ob3ob7obo2b2o4bo2bo$2bobo
b2o2b2o2b2o2bob2o2bo3bo$o3bo4b3ob2ob2o2b3o6bo$bobob6o4b2ob2o4bobobo$3o ...

This 30x30 soup yields a hat
x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
2bob2o2b3ob2ob6o2bo2bo$ob2o4bo2b7obobo2b4obo$2bobo2bob2obo3bo2b2o3bob
3o$2o5b6o3b2obobo4bo$obob3ob3ob3o3bobo4bo$bobobob2o2b3ob3obob3o2bob2o$
2o2bo5bob2obo2bo5b2obobo$ob2ob3obob3ob2obo8b2o$bobobo3bo3b2o4b2obobobo
$2bob3o6b5o2bobobo2bo ...

I just noticed something in the life cycle of block and glider which could potentially be VERY IMPORTANT. (and I mean that quite literally)

LEt's take block and glider at generation zero
x = 4, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
2o$obo$2b2o!

Now, let's look at generation 32 of its evolution.
x = 9, y = 11 ...

Not sure of the exact year but I think I actually had my first brush with conway's game of life when I was younger than ten. There was some online collection of interactive mazes I went to often and one of them was the maze of life, where you controlled a cell in life that had the ability to nove ...

Hey, i am new here.
So anyway, i found this pattern that looks like a methuselah but i am not sure about it

x = 160, y = 140, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o132$157b2o$156b3o$156bo2bo$158bo$154b2o2bo$155b3o!



I noticed something interesting about this pattern. Between generations 275 and 279, a loaf ...

1: Couldn't agree more. I put up something and it's like 99% of the time no one shows they care. I know not everyone has to be interested in everything I say, but not everyone should ignore everything someone says or posts either. For me, I feel proud when I find something new and cool, and why not ...

Nice, I look forward to seeing the finish product

And one four glider Methuselah:

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x = 13, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2bo8bo$obo7bo$b2o7b3o4$11bo$10b2o$10bobo$3b2o$4b2o$3bo!

Lasts 6048 generations and 11 gliders are escaping. Can someone find longer lasting one?

x = 12, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
9bo$9bobo$9b2o3$3bo$b2o$2b2o4bo$6b2o ...

Ever since I discovered MCell I have enjoyed messing around with CA rules and seeing what
patterns they produced. In fact I have spent over 100 hours in MCell coming up with
different rules since it is so easy to create them in that program. I came to this community
hoping to share these rules ...

4 glider constructible infinite growth pattern!!!
x = 132, y = 57, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o18$65bo$63bobo$64b2o28$129bo$129bobo$129b2o2$128bo$126bobo$
127b2o!
Wiki says:
Fewest gliders 5
But as far as I know (but I can be wrong) 4 gliders is fewer than 5, because 4<5. Has it been known already ...

Actually not true. If you have a seven cell switch engine predecessor and a pre-block and take the pre-block away, there's nothing to stablize the switch engine and it will, inevitably, kill itsself
Ah, then, we are using different definitions, as I only consider a switch engine one of the two ...

A nonomino that is a predecessor of the bi-pond

Wojowu wrote:

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x = 13, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
obo$b2o$bo2$b3o$3bo$2bo8bo$10b2o$10bobo!

Creates B-heptomino and R-pentomino, which later evolve into Herschel and another B-heptomino

On generation 70 a pattern which looks similar to a switch engine predecessor appears near the center of the pattern. I wonder...

Also, I've found that your fuse burns with speed (1,8)c/15, so it burns faster than c/2, which is considered lower limit of "interesingness" of fuses (and anything else), but it will be hard to implement circuitry based on your pattern, because it would be hard to clean debris, especially this ...

Wojowu wrote:In terms of speed of fuses, every fuse which sends information faster than c/2 is interesting, because slower signals can be send using spaceships travelling at c/2 or slower through vacuum. This property is for me interesting

Ok. Thanks for clearing that up.

x = 6, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
4o$bobo$3b3o!

find a polyomino which creates a switch engine, no matter how transient 5,000 "GOL"d
Creates switch engine and some debris on generation 48. Is that qualifying to reward? Debris interact with engine, and I'm not sure what you mean by "no matter how ...

Your natural infinite growth can be a lot smaller. I've just cut your pattern around, and this gives that:
x = 41, y = 76, rule = B3/S23
o8bo4bo4bo$13bo8b2o2bo3bo3bo$14bo14bo5bo$15bo5bo$11bo16bo$4bo6bo14bo$
14bo12bo10bo$bo4bo32bo$3bo13bo3bo14bo$b3o24bo3bo$o5bo5bo12b2ob2o$bo9bo
4bo8bo13bo ...

And the random infinite growth pattern can be reduced further to: x = 37, y = 61, rule = B3/S23
2bo$2b2o$2o$31bo2bo$o17bo11bo2bo$o16b2o13bo2$18bo$19bo6$31bo$22bo9bo$
20b2o2bo3b3o2bo$20bobo9bo$24bo3bo2bobo3$35b2o$34bo$33bo$32bo2bo$10bo$
9bo25bo$8bobo13$24bobo$26b2o6bo$35bo$4b2o28bo$3bo25bo3bo ...