Lewis wrote:Maybe we could add another column into the census table, which lists the seed/number for the first soup which generates each pattern
Yes, I was considering adding a dict to the class Soup to accomplish this. It should only take a few lines of code.
Dave Greene wrote:So of course I'm really most interested in the still lifes that nobody has ever seen floating in the soup before... and for that we'll need a central server.
Precisely. At the moment I'm getting to grips with the Google App Engine so that I can implement this in the cloud (in Java, most probably):
codeholic wrote:Wow! That's not just another fun still life, it is a century eater! And now it has a relatively simple slow salvo synthesis!
Nice find! This actually does open up a lot of practical possibilities for using the bistable switch in self-constructing circuitry... in case anyone ever wants to do that.
Here's a slightly more cleaned-up version. It will still take quite a few slow-salvo gliders to build that initial constellation, but it's a very simple recipe to find now:
This is how the first period-30 glider gun was constructed, and subsequently the first breeder - ship + glider = queen bee. It can now be done more cheaply, as a shuttle can be made from three gliders. In fact, there are several 4-glider collisions that make a shuttle plus one appropriately-positioned block.
flipper77 wrote:3 glider collision produces mold, hopefully someone can use this to break the 5 glider record: ...
While this is an impressive result from the census point of view, it's not terribly useful from the synthesis perspective, because the number of additional gliders required to clean up all the escaping gliders, not to mention the rest of the ash, would make this an extremely expensive mold synthesis. If you were to be extremely lucky and find a single "magic bullet" glider that could eliminate it all, it would create an impressive 4-glider mold, but even if it takes only 2 gliders, this would be equivalent to the current best synthesis, but also much larger and messier.
x = 21, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$4bo$4bobo$5b2o4$10bo$9b3o$9bo5$3b2o$o3bo14b2o$4o14bobo$7b2o9b2o$
2o6bo$2o3b3o$5bo!
Unfortunately, there is a spark that destroys the block and long hook before it catalyzes anything. Just manually delete the spark when it occurs. I hope this reaction turns out to be useful.
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The only decision I made was made
of flowers, to jump universes to one of springtime in
a land of former winter, where no invisible walls stood,
or could stand for more than a few hours at most...
x = 21, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
6b2o10b2o$5bo2bo8bo2bo$5b3o2b6o2b3o$8b2o6b2o$7bo10bo$7b2obo4bob2o$12b
2o2$11bo$9bo2bo$8bo2bo$9bo2$7b2o$2b2obo4bob2o$2bo10bo$3b2o6b2o$3o2b6o
2b3o$o2bo8bo2bo$b2o10b2o!
former username: A for Awesome
praosylen#5847 (Discord)
The only decision I made was made
of flowers, to jump universes to one of springtime in
a land of former winter, where no invisible walls stood,
or could stand for more than a few hours at most...
x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
obo3bobo$b2o3b2o$bo5bo2$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o2$bo5bo$b2o3b2o$obo3bobo!
former username: A for Awesome
praosylen#5847 (Discord)
The only decision I made was made
of flowers, to jump universes to one of springtime in
a land of former winter, where no invisible walls stood,
or could stand for more than a few hours at most...
x = 10, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
bo6bo$3o4b3o$ob2o2b2obo2$4b2o!
former username: A for Awesome
praosylen#5847 (Discord)
The only decision I made was made
of flowers, to jump universes to one of springtime in
a land of former winter, where no invisible walls stood,
or could stand for more than a few hours at most...
x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
ob2o4b3obo2bo$5obobobo2bobo$2o5bo2bobo2bo$b3o2bo2bo3b3o$2bob4obob2o$bo
bo3bo5bo$o4b2obobobo$2bo2b2o4bob3o$3o2b2obobob2o$b3ob3obo2b4o$o3bo2bob
6o$bo2bo2bo3b2o$2bob7o3b2o$2b3ob10o$2b3ob2o5bobo$3b3ob2ob3ob2o!
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praosylen#5847 (Discord)
The only decision I made was made
of flowers, to jump universes to one of springtime in
a land of former winter, where no invisible walls stood,
or could stand for more than a few hours at most...
x = 17, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
11bo4bo$9bobo2bobo$10bo4bo2$8b3o2b3o$2bo$bobo2b2o$2b2o3bo$4b3o$2b2o$bo
3b2o$ob3o2bo$bo3b2o$2b3o$4bo!
former username: A for Awesome
praosylen#5847 (Discord)
The only decision I made was made
of flowers, to jump universes to one of springtime in
a land of former winter, where no invisible walls stood,
or could stand for more than a few hours at most...
x = 9, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$7b2o2$2b3o$bo2bo$o2bo$b2o!
Unfortunately, it is not in the correct place to turn this into an oscillator.
former username: A for Awesome
praosylen#5847 (Discord)
The only decision I made was made
of flowers, to jump universes to one of springtime in
a land of former winter, where no invisible walls stood,
or could stand for more than a few hours at most...
