That last Snark addition reduces access to the initial B-heptomino, so you're making fairly tricky again to connect a stable converter to the beginning of the conduit. But I don't think it's impossible yet...!
muzik wrote:It might be interesting to see if we can interweave this conduit in complex ways, and see how high a repeat time we can get without using oscillators...
Well, it won't be
very interesting after a while, because the sky is the limit. You can end up with as high a repeat time as you want, just by crossing an earlier part of the circuit after the chosen length of time.
Here's an example, with apologies for the multiple copies of the same G->MWSS circuit -- you can decide whether that disqualifies this as a continuation:
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x = 237, y = 342, rule = B3/S23
99b2o$98bobo$92b2o4bo$90bo2bo2b2ob4o$90b2obobobobo2bo$93bobobobo$93bob
ob2o$94bo2$107b2o$98b2o7bo73b2o3b2o$98b2o5bobo73b2o2bob3o$105b2o78bo4b
ob2o$181b4ob2o2bobo$181bo2bobobobobo$184bobobobob2o$185b2obobobo$189bo
2bo$192bobo$95b2o78b2o16b2o$96bo79bo7b2o$93b3o80bobo5b2o24bo$93bo83b2o
29b3o$207bo$207b2o4$162bo$162b3o22b2o$165bo21bo29bo$164b2o22b3o24b3o$
190bo23bo$214b2o$192b2o$192b2o$164bo2b2o$165b3o$166bo3$204b2o$204b2o$
218b2o$218b2o$222b2o$222b2o2$154b2o$141b2o11b2o$141bo3bo2bo$142b7o51b
2o$199bo2bo$128b2o14b5o12b2o37bobo$129bo13bo5bo11b2o38bo$129bobo12b3o
2bo$130b2o15bob2o$144b4o2bo$139b2o3bo3b2o$139b2o4b3o$147bo$147bob2o$
146b2ob2o3$138b2o$138bo$139b3o$141bo$194bo$194b3o$26bo114b2o54bo$24b3o
114bo2bo51bobo$23bo118b3o52bo$22bobo109b2o45bo$22bobo61bo47bobo5b3o34b
3o$23bo62b3o40bo6bo4bo2bo33bo19b2o$89bo15bo23b3o4b2o3b2o22b2o11b2o18b
2o$82b2o4b2o13b3o15bo10bo32b2o21bo$83bo18bo18b3o7b2o55b3o$83bobo16b2o
20bo66bo$7b2o75b2o37b2o65b2o$7b2o$223bo$221b3o$220bo$27b2o191b2o$27bob
o90b2o$29bo90b2o$20b2o7b2o$20b2o$178b2o$10bob2o164b2o3bo$8b3ob2o168bob
o4b2o$7bo118b2o4b2o31b2o16bobo2bobo$8b3ob2o77b2o33bo5b2o8b2o22bo18bo2b
o$10b2o2bo76b2o34b3o12b2o19b3o19b4o$13bobo113bo33bo$9bob2obobo121b2o
27bo17b2o$9b2obo2bo16b2o105bo25b3o17b2o$12bo19bo103b3o25bo$12b2o16bobo
103bo27b2o39b2o$10b2o2bobo13b2o119b2o52bo$9bo2bo2b2o135bo41b2o10b3o$
10b2o140bobo39b2o12bo$48b2o103b2o$47bo2bo110b2o$38bo9b2o110bo2bo$37bob
o121b2o$37b2o4$164b2o$12b2o15b2o133bo$11bobo15b2o134b3o$11bo155bo$10b
2o148b2obo$17b2o132b2o3b2o2b2ob3o$18bo132bo2bo2bo8bo$18bobo131b5o3b2ob
3o$19b2o140bobo$154b2obo3bobo$154bob2o4bo$48b2o$48b2o3$56b2o15b2o$57bo
15bo3bo$57bobo11bobo2bobo$58b2o11b2o3bobo$65bo9b2ob3o$64bobo14bo$15b2o
47bobo8b2ob3o$15b2o48bo9b2obo3$76b2o2b2o$20b2o54bobo2bo79b2o$20b2o56bo
bo80b2o$16b2o44b2o13b2ob2o$16b2o45bo14bo62bo$57b2ob3o13bobo46b2o12b3o$
57b2obo15b2o48bo11bo$22b2o27b2o73bobo9b2o$22b2o27b2o26b2o46b2o$79b2o
54b2o23bo11b2o$134bo2bo21bobo10b2o43bo$53b2o80bobo20bo2bo55b3o$46b2o5b
2o81bo22b2o59bo$46b2o171bobo$139bo79bobo$138bobo79bo$138bobo17b2o$129b
o9bo19bo$129b3o24b3o$132bo23bo8b2o$131b2o32b2o68b2o$153b2o80b2o$153b2o
3$215b2o$214bobo$214bo$141b2o70b2o7b2o$141b2o79b2o$127b2o$127b2o101b2o
bo$123b2o105b2ob3o$123b2o111bo$230b2ob3o$229bo2b2o$228bobo$44bo104b2o
76bobob2obo$44b3o102bo60b2o16bo2bob2o$47bo99bobo61bo19bo$46b2o99b2o62b
obo16b2o$59b2o151b2o13bobo2b2o$59bo167b2o2bo2bo$57bobo172b2o$57b2o135b
2o$49b2o142bo2bo$48bo2bo142b2o9bo$49b2o153bobo$205b2o4$46b2o$47bo165b
2o15b2o$44b3o166b2o15bobo$44bo187bo$48bob2o180b2o$46b3ob2o2b2o3b2o164b
2o$45bo8bo2bo2bo164bo$46b3ob2o3b5o163bobo$48bobo94b2o76b2o$48bobo3bob
2o87b2o$19bo29bo4b2obo$17b3o174b2o$16bo177b2o$15bobo$15bobo$16bo135bo$
152b3o12b2o$155bo11bo$154b2o9bobo$165b2o$2o155b2o$2o143bo10bo2bo67b2o$
144bobo9bobo68b2o$145b2o10bo2$20b2o$20bobo199b2o$22bo199b2o$13b2o7b2o
140bo61b2o$13b2o147b3o61b2o$134b2o25bo23b2o$3bob2o127b2o25b2o22b2o$b3o
b2o132b2o50b2o27b2o$o138b2o50b2o27b2o$b3ob2o$3b2o2bo$6bobo180b2o$2bob
2obobo179b2o5b2o$2b2obo2bo16b2o169b2o$5bo19bo125b2o$5b2o16bobo125b2o$
3b2o2bobo13b2o140b2o$2bo2bo2b2o155b2o$3b2o164b2o$41b2o126b2o$40bo2bo$
31bo9b2o$30bobo$30b2o5$5b2o15b2o$4bobo15b2o$4bo$3b2o$10b2o$11bo133b2o$
11bobo131bobo$12b2o132bo3$41b2o$41b2o99b2o17b2o$143bo17bo$143bobo13bob
o$144b2o13b2o2$128bo$128b3o$86bo44bo34bo$82b2obobo42b2o32b3o$8b2o72b2o
bobo75bo$8b2o64b2o9bobobo73b2o$74bo10bo2b2o2b2o$75bo7b3o6b2o$74b2o6bo$
13b2o67b2o$13b2o$9b2o110b2o$9b2o110b2o$50b2o92b2o$50b2o92bobo$15b2o27b
2o100bo$15b2o27b2o88b2o10b2o$134bo$50b2o72b2o9b3o$46b2o3bo52b2o19bo11b
o$39b2o5b2o3bobo50bobo15b3o30bo$39b2o11b2o52bo15bo31bobo$106b2o46bobo$
155bo$99b2o$99bobo$101bo47b2o$92b2o7b2o45bobo$92b2o54b2o$53b2o$53b2o2$
105bo$103b3o$79b2o21bo$79bo22b2o$77bobo$77b2o7b2o$86bo23b2o$84bobo24bo
$84b2o25bob2o$103b2o4b3o2bo$103b2o3bo3b2o$108b4o$94b2o15bo$93bobo12b3o
$93bo13bo$92b2o14b5o$112bo$86b2o22bo$58b2o26bobo21b2o$58b2o28bo$88b2o
6$52bo$52b3o$55bo18bo$54b2o18b3o$77bo$76b2o4$76bo$75bobo$76b2o10b2o$
88b2o3$50b2o$50b2o2$81b2o$66b2o7b2o4bo$66b2o7bo6b3o$60b2o14b3o5bo$60bo
bo15bo$62bo$62b2o!
Usually people try to optimize to get the
lowest possible repeat time, because that way eventually you can't find any more improvements, and that means you can stop...!
