ConwayLife.com

dvgrn wrote: July 28th, 2025, 4:34 pm That wouldn't have been good for the forums' signal-to-noise ratio. So just temporarily for a few users, I instituted a post quota: "don't make more than N posts by such-and-such date". This seems to have gotten the message across quite well.

What would have been the consequences of exceeding the post quotas?

b-engine wrote: May 17th, 2026, 1:34 am

dvgrn wrote: July 28th, 2025, 4:34 pm That wouldn't have been good for the forums' signal-to-noise ratio. So just temporarily for a few users, I instituted a post quota: "don't make more than N posts by such-and-such date". This seems to have gotten the message across quite well.

What would have been the consequences of exceeding the post quotas?

That user would be banned.

B468S02357 wrote: May 17th, 2026, 12:41 am Why is catalog's website catatalogue.hatsya.com instead of catalogue.com

Hatsya is the hosting company.

Hey nathaniel, can you please rework the search?

B468S02357 wrote: May 27th, 2026, 6:07 pm Hey nathaniel, can you please rework the search?

I do agree, phpBB search is a bit crappy.
But there is nothing we can do about it (at least not what I know).

1. This has been an inactive thread for quite some time now. [oops my bad not really]
2. I do not have the time to look thru over 200 threads and over 500 posts.
3. Fact is, I do not know where to post this question, so I will post it here [and be amazed if a speedy answer comes].

I am perfectly happy with my username otismo.
I really do not want more than one account.
I cannot "edit" [or change] my account username [and can understand why - no explanation necessary].
I was inspired by a new member who had a full URL [with "http://www.and.everything"] for a username.
So since a username change may be a hassle, and semi-permanent [not every time the wind changes]
AND may be "by request only [but only if I ask nice]"
I suppose the real question is

Do I really want to change my username [I am leaning towards Probably Not, but thot i wud ask anyway].

I do have that Conway.Life, you know . . .

[sezme.st also etc.]

Thank You !

<3

otismo wrote: July 13th, 2026, 8:59 pm *snip*

Here's your speedy answer, this is in the context of the user https://www.muye.dev:

dvgrn wrote: July 13th, 2026, 9:59 am *snip*
It would be really nice not to have to deal with a username that's basically advertising -- an unrelated URL. Personally I'm probably not ever going to encourage the use of a username like that by giving it a trusted flag.
*snip*

I do not think that changing my username to ☆☆☆Conway.Life☆☆☆ would be advertising.
People can [and do] have more than one account though, RIGHT?
Also not LifeWiki or trust-related [or is it].

Cheers !

<3

otismo wrote: July 13th, 2026, 9:29 pm I do not think that changing my username to ☆☆☆Conway.Life☆☆☆ would be advertising.
People can [and do] have more than one account though, RIGHT?
Also not LifeWiki or trust-related [or is it].

Cheers !

<3

The same principles still apply.

Could i get banned for talking about my cult on my own topic in the sandbox?

Why am I getting a 403 error when I try to post Golly Python code in this forum?

What determines whether or not an edit appears at the bottom of a post (as in “Last edited by [username] on [date], edited [n] times in total.”)?

MDA wrote: August 6th, 2026, 4:29 am What determines whether or not an edit appears at the bottom of a post (as in “Last edited by [username] on [date], edited [n] times in total.”)?

Whether your post is the last in a thread.

Does anyone even use the "add friend/foe" options? I don't, but I just wanted to know.

Why is “Thread for your advanced questions” under the General Discussion subforum and not under Help/Support like “Thread for your basic questions”?

Why does this appear in 's information page:
"User is inactive: Profile details changed"

Why am I suddenly no longer able to delete my posts? The delete button just vanished.
Edit: This doesn't happen for this post, for some reason.
Edit 2: It happens in all the forums except for the ones in the "conwaylife.com" section.

I6_I6 wrote: August 15th, 2026, 9:56 pm Why am I suddenly no longer able to delete my posts? The delete button just vanished.
Edit: This doesn't happen for this post, for some reason.
Edit 2: It happens in all the forums except for the ones in the "conwaylife.com" section.

You can only delete a post if it is the last post in the thread. If someone adds another post afterwards, you won't be able to delete yours anymore.

rabbit wrote: August 15th, 2026, 11:05 pm

I6_I6 wrote: August 15th, 2026, 9:56 pm Why am I suddenly no longer able to delete my posts? The delete button just vanished.
Edit: This doesn't happen for this post, for some reason.
Edit 2: It happens in all the forums except for the ones in the "conwaylife.com" section.

You can only delete a post if it is the last post in the thread. If someone adds another post afterwards, you won't be able to delete yours anymore.

Oh! That explains it.

We should add ConwayLife integration to Anything Forums so that we could add accounts from ConwayLife into Anything Forums and revive the ARED thread in Anything Forums.

unname4798 wrote: August 17th, 2026, 12:14 pm We should add ConwayLife integration to Anything Forums so that we could add accounts from ConwayLife into Anything Forums and revive the ARED thread in Anything Forums.

Please tell me this is a joke post.

We have an unique community.

Reviving this thread- Why is there an unusual amount of guests?(currently 60)

Resu wrote: December 23rd, 2009, 3:33 pm

How is this post from Resu dated December 23rd, 2009 if they only joined the forums on May 23rd, 2025?

MDA wrote: October 9th, 2026, 4:26 pm

Resu wrote: December 23rd, 2009, 3:33 pm

How is this post from Resu dated December 23rd, 2009 if they only joined the forums on May 23rd, 2025?

Resu wrote: December 23rd, 2009, 3:33 pm EDIT by dvgrn, 3 July 2025: Here is the first-post Spaceship Eaters stamp collection. Resu is currently the volunteer stamp-collection maintainer for this thread.
*snip*
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Original post by Ajax, 23 December 2009:

Ajax wrote:Post any spaceship eaters you have constructed here.

Almost Swan eater

Code: Select all

x = 29, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
9bo$9b3o$12bo$11b2o9bo$20b3o$19bo$19b2o2$o$3o$3bo21b2o$2b2o17b2o2b2o$
21b2o$6bo10b2o$5b5o6b2o$5bo2b2o8bo7b2o$7b2obo5b2o6b3obo$16b2o3bob2o$
10bobo6b2o$15b3obo4bo$12b3o3bo4bo$13bo7bo$13bo6bo2$16bo!

I'm still working on it, updates will come soon.