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Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: May 6th, 2021, 12:34 pm
by muzik
Burp: Evolution of an eater during its recovery time

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: May 16th, 2021, 11:16 pm
by MathAndCode
What should a component that turns a hat into xs16_c8al96z311 be called? Add against loaf? Add hang loaf?

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: May 20th, 2021, 9:22 am
by Aleph
A cutout synthesis is one where all the cells of the object that one wants to synthesize are already there, and one is simply removing all surrounding cells. Example cutout synthesis for a glider:

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x = 20, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2bo6bo$obo7bo2bo$b2o5b3obo$12b3o$4b2o$3bobo2b2o$5bo2bobob2o$10bobobo$
10b2o2bo4bo$14b2ob2o$18b2o!
EDIT: Example cutout synthesis for an LWSS:

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x = 21, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
17bo$15b2o$16b2o2$2bo$obo10bo$b2o7bobobo3b2o$6b2obob2obo2bobo$7bobo3b
o3bo$6bo2b4o3b2o$6b2o$11b2o5b3o$b2o8b2o5bo$obo16bo$2bo2$7b3o$9bo$8bo!
I skip the back spark since it's not needed for the LWSS to survive in the long term.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: June 15th, 2021, 4:28 am
by ColorfulGabrielsp138
"BTL": A suggested name for xp0_27x33, or its ash. The name is a pun on "block + TL predecessor collision" and "blinker with loaf". Not to be confused with "BTC" or "BTS".

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: June 15th, 2021, 10:36 pm
by MathAndCode
This shall be known as cis-Cerberus:

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x = 5, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2b2o$b2obo$2bo$2bobo$3b2o!
This shall be known as trans-Cerberus:

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x = 5, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2b2o$b2obo$2bo$obo$2o!

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: June 21st, 2021, 5:14 am
by Entity Valkyrie 2
MathAndCode wrote: June 15th, 2021, 10:36 pm This shall be known as cis-Cerberus:

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x = 5, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2b2o$b2obo$2bo$2bobo$3b2o!
This shall be known as trans-Cerberus:

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x = 5, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2b2o$b2obo$2bo$obo$2o!
So this would be cerberus weld bridge snake?

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x = 9, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2b2o$b2obo$2bo$2bo$3b2o$5bob2o$5b2obo!
I've seen this in guns and circuitry when an extra lane of clearance is needed:

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x = 15, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
12bobo$12b2o$6b2o5bo$o5bo2b2o$b2o4b2obo$2o6bo$8bo$9b2o$11bob2o$11b2obo
!
hotdogPi wrote: April 17th, 2021, 8:49 am 4. Hole spark. One generation is a loaf with one cell missing, and other is a beehive with one cell missing. (How do we not have a name for this yet if it's so common?)
That is called the L spark, e.g. in two pre-L hasslers:

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x = 24, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
4b2o12b2o$4o4b2o4b2o4b4o$3ob2o2b2o4b2o2b2ob3o$5bo12bo2$9b2o$9b2o$8b3o$
13b3o$13b2o$13b2o2$5bo12bo$3ob2o2b2o4b2o2b2ob3o$4o4b2o4b2o4b4o$4b2o12b
2o!

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: June 21st, 2021, 1:43 pm
by MathAndCode
Entity Valkyrie 2 wrote: June 21st, 2021, 5:14 amSo this would be cerberus weld bridge snake?

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x = 9, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2o$o2b2o$b2obo$2bo$2bo$3b2o$5bob2o$5b2obo!
specifically cis-cerberus weld trans bridge snake in order to differentiate it from the following:

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x = 29, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$2o2bo18b2o$ob2o18bobo$2bo19bo$2bo18b2o$3b2o15bo2b2o$5bob2o11b2o3b
ob2o$5b2obo16b2obo!

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: August 22nd, 2021, 7:33 am
by ColorfulGabrielsp138
Color of a XWSS (or other 2c/{number} orthogonal spaceship): Similar to "Color of a glider", see this post.
Please expand this post.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: October 21st, 2021, 7:45 pm
by erictom333
Athenian: What we actually refer to when we refer to "Spartan" circutry nowadays. Includes the eater 2, the Snark still life, the weld in the Scorbie splitter, etc. Anything that slmake can make. Spartan retains its older, stricter definition.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: October 21st, 2021, 8:20 pm
by dvgrn
erictom333 wrote: October 21st, 2021, 7:45 pm Athenian: What we actually refer to when we refer to "Spartan" circutry nowadays. Includes the eater 2, the Snark still life, the weld in the Scorbie splitter, etc. Anything that slmake can make. Spartan retains its older, stricter definition.
That might cause some confusion. "Athenian" has been used a few times already, originally to mean "anything that isn't Spartan". The term never caught on, maybe because "non-Spartan" was good enough for the purpose.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: October 21st, 2021, 8:47 pm
by Book
Pattern Engineer; pattern engineering. If your reading this, the defs should be obvious, I think. I've been using these terms orllay for a while, but have not found them used re GOL elsewhere. First appear in the forums Oct. 3 in a post of mine.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: October 22nd, 2021, 12:46 am
by erictom333
dvgrn wrote: October 21st, 2021, 8:20 pm
erictom333 wrote: October 21st, 2021, 7:45 pm Athenian: What we actually refer to when we refer to "Spartan" circutry nowadays. Includes the eater 2, the Snark still life, the weld in the Scorbie splitter, etc. Anything that slmake can make. Spartan retains its older, stricter definition.
That might cause some confusion. "Athenian" has been used a few times already, originally to mean "anything that isn't Spartan". The term never caught on, maybe because "non-Spartan" was good enough for the purpose.
I find no counterexamples. All "Athenian" circutry on the older sense either is or can be "Athenian" by my definition (as it bends to fit whatever's necessary).

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: October 25th, 2021, 7:55 am
by Avengium
I like to invent my own terminology. Is nice to see other people invents their own terminology too. I like Hippogriph, and athenian sounds epic.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: October 25th, 2021, 7:24 pm
by erictom333
To bring back up the debate on "zig-zag spaceship": A zig-zag spaceship must cross its line of glide symmetry entirely over its mod.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: November 7th, 2021, 3:36 pm
by Wyirm
No-one's posted in a fair bit, bump:

Charge: The density of an elementary spaceship as compared to 50% density. A spaceship's "density will be determined by it's average population divided by its average number of cells withing it's moore neighborhood. If an elementary spaceship has a density of higher than 50%, then it will be considered positively charged, or a proton. If a spaceship has a density of less than 50%, it will be considered negative or an electron. If a spaceship's charge is exactly 50% it will be condidered a neutron.

WIMS: (weakly interacting massive spaceship, sort of like weakly interacting massive particle dark matter theory). A weakly interacting massive spaceship is an engineered spaceship that is of a high enough period that any and all of it's spaceship streams should be possible for a glider or XWSS to traverse without either being damaged or rephased.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: December 14th, 2021, 4:13 pm
by muzik
Sparkling spring: A non-trivial period-2 oscillator which, in either of its phases, can be broken down into the following components with no orthogonal or diagonal connections:

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x = 54, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
45bo$43bobo$44bobo$44bo3$27bo4bobo3bo4bobo3bobobo$o17bo2bobo4bo4bo5b2o
2bo2bo2bo2bo$bo2bo2b2o2b3o2b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o4b2o5b2o4b2o!
Examples: (all known cases up to a population of 15)

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x = 52, y = 49, rule = B3/S23
bo8b2o8b2o8b2o8b2o$bo8bobo7bobo7bobo7bobo$bo$12bobo7bobo7bobo7bobo$13b
2o10bo$24b2o8bobo7bobo$8bo26b2o10bo$6bobo37b2o$7bobo$7bo$4bo8bo16b2o8b
2o$2bobo6bobobo7b3o4bobo7bobo$6bo4bo5bo3bo$2o9bo5bo3bo3bo6bobo7bobo$6b
2o5bobobo3bobo$bo13bo7bo2b2o6bobo7bobo$3bobo19bo$3bo32bobo7bobo$37b2o
10bo$48b2o$30b2o8b2o$2ob3o4b3o8b3o6bobo7bobo$o14b2o$bo3bo5b2obobo3b2o
2bobo5bobo7bobo$6bo18bo$b3ob2o5bobo6bo4b2o6bobo7bobo$15bo7bo$14b2o7bob
o10bobo7bobo2$38bobo7bobo$3bo16b2o3bo4b2o7b2o10bo$3bobo5b3ob3o2bo4bo4b
obob2o14b2o$bo5bo13bobo2bo8bo$6bobo3bobobo14bo2bo$2o6bo2bo5bo2b3obobo
5bo$6b2o3b2o3b2o7b2o5bobobo$2bobo30b2o$4bo4$3o7b3o3b2o2b2ob3o$5b2o10bo
2bo$b2obobo4b2obobo4bo3bo2$2bobo7bobo6b3obobo$15bo10b2o$4bobo7b2o$5b2o
!

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: December 14th, 2021, 5:10 pm
by Wyirm
erictom333 wrote: October 25th, 2021, 7:24 pm To bring back up the debate on "zig-zag spaceship": A zig-zag spaceship must cross its line of glide symmetry entirely over its mod.
Basically, an asymmetric spaceship with a modulus half it's period in which during at least one of its phases it does not intersect it's own line of glide symmetry?

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: December 14th, 2021, 5:49 pm
by muzik
muzik wrote: December 14th, 2021, 4:13 pm Sparkling spring: A non-trivial period-2 oscillator which, in either of its phases, can be broken down into the following components with no orthogonal or diagonal connections:

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x = 54, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
45bo$43bobo$44bobo$44bo3$27bo4bobo3bo4bobo3bobobo$o17bo2bobo4bo4bo5b2o
2bo2bo2bo2bo$bo2bo2b2o2b3o2b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o4b2o5b2o4b2o!
Looking at some oscillator collections, it may be worth adding a pre-block as well as a 7-cell century predecessor to that list:

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x = 18, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
3bobo4b2o$b2o2bo4bo2bobo$3b2o2bo4bo2bobo$2o15bo$6b2o3b2o4bo$bo12b2o$3b
obo6b2o$3bo10bo!
EDIT: I ended up looking at some of the higher-order p2s on pentadecathlon.com and there's these four components as well that arise in higher population oscillators, so these might also qualify.

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x = 55, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
3o2$bob2o46b3o$o4bo13b3o28b2ob2o$2o3bo13bob2o5bo10bobo3bo4bo3bo$7bo6b
6o2b2o5bo4b2o4bo3bo8b2o$4b3o6b2o8bo6bo5bo3bo3bo6b3o$7bo6b6o2b2o7bo4bo
3bo3bo6bo$3b3o13bob2o$6bo12b3o29bo$4bo4b2o$5bo2bobo$6bo$7bo2bo$9bo$9bo
!
And some messing about earlier got me a (entirely too big) p2 with v sparks inside of it, meaning those might also be able to be listed.

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x = 54, y = 54, rule = B3/S23
13bo$13bobo$11bo5bo$17bo$10b2o6bo2$12bo6b2o2$12b2o5bo2$11bo5b2o$24bo$
10b2o6bo5bobo$20bobo$9bo10bo6b2o2$8b2o17bo$25bo$7bo17bo$24bo$6b2o$22b
2o$5bo15bo$19bo$4b2o11bobo$15bo23bo$3bo9bobo21bobo$11bo29bo$2b2o5bobo
23b2o$34bo6b2o$bo5b2o23bo$32bo7bo$2o6bo22bo$10bo28b2o6bo$2bobo5bobob2o
13b2o14bobo$4bo10bo25bobo5bo$6bo7bo14bo13bo6b2o$7bo$7bo3bobobo2b2o7b2o
23bo$9bobo5bobo$11bo3bo11bo17bo6b2o$7bobo9bo25bobo$6bo4bob3o9b2o14bobo
5bobo$6b2o11b2o20bo7bo$12bobo10bo11bobo$21bobo13bo$10bobo2b2o6bo9bobo$
10b2o5bo15bo$29bobo$18b2o9bo$25bobo$19bo5bo$21bobo$21bo!
EDIT2: and I just noticed that this one from DRH oscillators might also qualify as well if we add both Ys:

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x = 60, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2o$o$bobobo15bo5bobo$5bobobobobobobobobobobo2bo2bobobobobobobo$b2o4bo
2bo2bo2bo2bobobo2bobobo2bo2bo2bo2bo2bo$6bobobobobobobo2bo2bobobobobobo
bobobobobo2bo8bo$bo2bo15bobo5bo15bobo2bo4bobo$3bobo40bobo2bo3bo2bo$3bo
44bobo2bo$50bobo4b2o$52bobo$54bobobo$59bo$58b2o!
EDIT3: Looks like the scope of sparkling springs just increased a LOT:

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x = 108, y = 90, rule = B3/S23
5$69bo$69bobo$65bobo$32bo30bobo6b2o$32bobo28bo$28bobo32bo8bo$26bobo6b
2o28bo$26bo43b2o$26bo8bo29b2o$28bo42bo11bo$33b2o29bo8bo7bobobo$28b2o
43bobo3bobobobobo$34bo28b2o12bobobobobobobo$27bo8bo40bobobobobobobobo$
36bobo3bo17bobo15bobobobobobobo$26b2o12bobobo15bo15bobobobobobobobo$
40bobobobo11bo15bobo3bobobobobo$23bobo15bobobo10b2o14bo9bobobo$23bo15b
obobobo24bobo11bo$21bo15bobo3bo11bo$19b2o14bo32b2o$33bobo18b2o6bo$18bo
41bobo6bo$31b2o23bobo5bo$17b2o6bo32bo11b2o$23bobo6bo31b2o$19bobo5bo42b
o$21bo11b2o31bobo$27b2o39bo$33bo$29bobo$31bo3$31bo$31bobo$27bobo$25bob
o6b2o$25bo$25bo8bo$27bo$32b2o$27b2o$33bo$26bo8bo7bo$35bobo3bobobo$25b
2o12bobobobobo$39bobobobobobo$22bobo15bobobobobo$22bo15bobobobobobo$
20bo15bobo3bobobo$18b2o14bo9bo$32bobo$17bo$30b2o$16b2o6bo$22bobo6bo$
18bobo5bo$20bo11b2o$26b2o$32bo$28bobo$30bo!

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x = 226, y = 104, rule = B3/S23
124bo$122bobobo$120bobobobobo$118bobobobobobobo$116bobobobobobobobobo$
114bobobobobobobobobobobo$112bobobobobobobobobobobobobo$110bobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobo$108bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$106bobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$104bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobo$102bobobobobobobobobo2bo2bobobobobobobobobobobobo$100bobobobobob
obobobobo5b2o2bobobobobobobobobobobo$98bobobobobobobobobo2bo10bobobobo
bobobobobobobobo$96bobobobobobobobobobo14bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$94b
obobobobobobobobo2bo18bobobobobobobobobobobobo$92bobobobobobobobobobo
22bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$90bobobobobobobobobo2bo26bobobobobobobobob
obobobo$88bobobobobobobobobobo30bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$86bobobobobo
bobobobo2bo34bobobobobobobobobobobobo$84bobobobobobobobobobo38bo2bobob
obobobobobobobobo$82bobobobobobobobobo2bo42bobobobobobobobobobobobo$
80bobobobobobobobobobo46bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$78bobobobobobobobobo
2bo50bobobobobobobobobobobobo$76bobobobobobobobobobo54bo2bobobobobobob
obobobobo$74bobobobobobobobobo2bo58bobobobobobobobobobobobo$72bobobobo
bobobobobobo62bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$70bobobobobobobobobo2bo66bobob
obobobobobobobobobo$68bobobobobobobobobobo70bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$
66bobobobobobobobobo2bo74bobobobobobobobobobobobo$64bobobobobobobobobo
bo78bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$62bobobobobobobobobo2bo82bobobobobobobob
obobobobo$60bobobobobobobobobobo86bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$58bobobobo
bobobobobo2bo90bobobobobobobobobobobobo$56bobobobobobobobobobo94bo2bob
obobobobobobobobobo$54bobobobobobobobobo2bo98bobobobobobobobobobobobo$
52bobobobobobobobobobo102bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$14bo35bobobobobobob
obobo2bo106bobobobobobobobobobobobo$12bobo33bobobobobobobobobobo110bo
2bobobobobobobobobobobo$16bo29bobobobobobobobobo2bo114bobobobobobobobo
bobobobo$10b2o32bobobobobobobobobobo118bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$4bo
11b2o24bobobobobobobobobo2bo122bobobobobobobobobobobobo$2bobo5bo29bobo
bobobobobobobobo126bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$6bobo6bo22bobobobobobobob
obob2o130bobobobobobobobobobobobo$2o6bo27bobobobobobobobob2o68b2obo63b
o2bobobobobobobobobobobo$14b2o18bobobobobobobob2o72bob2o66bobobobobobo
bobobobobobo$bo30bobobobobobob2o66b2o6b2o6b2o63bo2bobobobobobobobobobo
bo$16bobo11bobobobobob2o70bo7bo7bo67bobobobobobobobobobobobo$2b2o14bo
9bobobobob2o75bo7bo7bo67bo2bobobobobobobobobobobo$4bo15bobo3bobobob2o
78b2o6b2o6b2o70bobobobobobobobobobobobo$6bo15bobobobobo91b2obo75b2obob
obobobobobobobobobo$6bobo15bobobobob2o88bob2o78bobobobobobobobobobobo$
23bobobobo2bo79b2o6b2o6b2o74b2obobobobobobobobobobo$9b2o12bobobobobo2b
ob2o4b2o2b2o64bo7bo7bo78bobobobobobobobobo$19bobo3bobobobob2obo5bobo2b
o65bo7bo7bo74b2obobobobobobobobo$10bo8bo7bobobobo2bo2b2obob3o65b2o6b2o
6b2o74b2obobobobobobobo$17bo11bobobob2obobobo71b2obo4b2obo4b2obo73bobo
bobobobo$11b2o18bobobo2bo2bobob2o67bob2o4bob2o4bob2o70b2obobobobobo$
16b2o15bobobobobobobobob2o152bobobobobobo$11bo23bobobobobobobobobo148b
o2bobobobobo$9bo8bo18bobobobobobobobo2bo144bobobobobobo$9bo29bobobobob
obobobobob2o137bo2bobobobobo$9bobo6b2o21bobobobobobobobobobob2o132bobo
bobobobo$11bobo29bobobobobobobobobobobob2o125bo2bobobobobo$15bobo27bob
obobobobobobobobobobob2o120bobobobobobo$15bo31bobobobobobobobobobobobo
bo116bo2bobobobobo$49bobobobobobobobobobobobo115bobobobobobo$51bobobob
obobobobobobobob2o109bo2bobobobobo$53bobobobobobobobobobobobo107bobobo
bobobo$55bobobobobobobobobobobo104bo2bobobobobo$57bobobobobobobobobobo
b2o100bobobobobobo$59bobobobobobobobobobobo96bo2bobobobobo$61bobobobob
obobobobobo95bobobobobobo$63bobobobobobobobobob2o89bo2bobobobobo$65bob
obobobobobobobobo87bobobobobobo$67bobobobobobobobobo84bo2bobobobobo$
69bobobobobobobobob2o80bobobobobobo$71bobobobobobobobobo76bo2bobobobob
o$73bobobobobobobobo2bo72bobobobobobo$75bobobobobobobobobo68bo2bobobob
obo$77bobobobobobobobo67bobobobobobo$79bobobobobobobob2o61bo2bobobobob
o$81bobobobobobobobo59bobobobobobo$83bobobobobobobo56bo2bobobobobo$85b
obobobobobob2o52bobobobobobo$87bobobobobobobo48bo2bobobobobo$89bobobob
obobo47bobobobobobo$91bobobobobob2o41bo2bobobobobo$93bobobobobobob2o
36bobobobobobo$95bobobobobobobob2o9bo18b2o2bobobobobo$97bobobobobobobo
bob2o3b3o14b2o2bobobobobobo$99bobobobobobobobobobo13b2o2bobobobobobobo
$101bobobobobobobobobob2o6b2o2bobobobobobobobo$103bobobobobobobobobobo
b2o2bobobobobobobobobo$105bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$107bo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$109bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$
111bobobobobobobobobobobobobo$113bobobobobobobobobobobo$115bobobobobob
obobobo$117bobobobobobobo$119bobobobobo$121bobobo$123bo!

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: December 15th, 2021, 5:05 am
by erictom333
Wyirm wrote: December 14th, 2021, 5:10 pm
erictom333 wrote: October 25th, 2021, 7:24 pm To bring back up the debate on "zig-zag spaceship": A zig-zag spaceship must cross its line of glide symmetry entirely over its mod.
Basically, an asymmetric spaceship with a modulus half it's period in which during at least one of its phases it does not intersect it's own line of glide symmetry?
Not exactly. Your definition would include glide-symmetric spaceships with a gutter, for example:

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x = 111, y = 25, rule = LifeHistory
55.D$55.D$55.D$55.D$55.D$31.A5.A17.D17.A5.A$30.3A3.3A16.D16.3A3.3A$
55.D$55.D$55.D$2.2A5.2A5.2A5.2A19.2A5.2A2.D2.2A5.2A19.2A5.2A5.2A5.2A$
A3.A3.A2.A3.A2.A3.A3.A15.A3.A3.A2.A.D.A2.A3.A3.A15.A3.A3.A2.A3.A2.A3.
A3.A$A3.A.A.3A5.3A.A.A3.A3.3A3.3A3.A3.A.A.3A2.D2.3A.A.A3.A15.A3.A.A.
3A5.3A.A.A3.A$A5.2A2.3A.3A2.2A5.A4.A5.A4.A5.2A2.3AD3A2.2A5.A15.A5.2A
2.3A.3A2.2A5.A$2A.3A15.3A.2A15.2A.3A7.D7.3A.2A15.2A.3A15.3A.2A$A25.A
15.A12.D12.A15.A25.A$.A3.A15.A3.A17.A3.A7.D7.A3.A17.A3.A15.A3.A$2.A2.
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Regarding "sparkling springs": A much simpler definition would be: a period-2 oscillator where no cell dies of overpopulation.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: December 15th, 2021, 2:04 pm
by Wyirm
erictom333 wrote: December 15th, 2021, 5:05 am
Wyirm wrote: December 14th, 2021, 5:10 pm
erictom333 wrote: October 25th, 2021, 7:24 pm To bring back up the debate on "zig-zag spaceship": A zig-zag spaceship must cross its line of glide symmetry entirely over its mod.
Basically, an asymmetric spaceship with a modulus half it's period in which during at least one of its phases it does not intersect it's own line of glide symmetry?
Not exactly. Your definition would include glide-symmetric spaceships with a gutter, for example:

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x = 111, y = 25, rule = LifeHistory
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Regarding "sparkling springs": A much simpler definition would be: a period-2 oscillator where no cell dies of overpopulation.
Bounding box would fit, and remove the additional problem of higher period spaceships/engineless rakes, until you consider diagonally traveling spaceships. We can say "must not contain" but then that gets hard to define.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: December 15th, 2021, 2:25 pm
by yujh
I don’t really understand what you are talking about, basically the how ship need to cross the line, so no cells on the line or on the other side of the line.
Also you might want to check out bounding diamonds

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: January 15th, 2022, 11:00 am
by hotcrystal0
hotdogPi wrote: April 15th, 2021, 4:00 pm We already have (in alphabetical order) the FWSS, HWSS, LWSS, MWSS, OWSS, UWSS, and XWSS. Here's an addition to the family, the RWSS:

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x = 4, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bo$o2bo$3o!
This would be the BWSS(it becomes a B-heptaplet and nothing else)

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x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
2bo$3bo$3bo$4o!

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: January 23rd, 2022, 5:44 pm
by Macbi
'Soul' for a pattern that forces its own existence in the previous generation. The logic being that they can't be constructed by mortals but only created by a god.

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: January 27th, 2022, 8:01 pm
by Wyirm
"Cloud" A spaceship that cannot be broken down into smaller components, and goes through severe shape and size changes. like this:

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x = 3, y = 11, rule = B2i35678/S2a34e5i6-ak78
3o$obo$bo7$bo$3o!

Re: Create your own terminology

Posted: February 5th, 2022, 12:06 pm
by muzik
Strong replicator: A replicator which acts as a unit cell, such that individual replicator units can be removed at the correct points in its evolution such that its replication habit remains unaffected.

Weak replicator: A replicator which, while replicating infinitely from a single unit, does not act as a unit cell; removing individual units causes anything from a change in its replication habit (usually to something chaotic) to outright degradation of the replicators themselves.

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