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Where to look for existing discoveries

Posted: March 7th, 2016, 4:46 pm
by Linicks
I have been keeping an eye on the thread in PATTERNS about the new glider found,

I just got gfind, and it works well.

Now, where do I find if something I have found already has been discovered?

Also, is there an index that explains the all the c/10 et al stuff that describes all these objects?

Thanks:

One I found but haven't a clue:

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x = 4, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
b2o$b3o$ob2o$3o$bo!
Nick

Re: Where to look for existing discoveries

Posted: March 7th, 2016, 4:59 pm
by drc
That is the lightweight spaceship.

Re: Where to look for existing discoveries

Posted: March 7th, 2016, 7:50 pm
by biggiemac
If you're looking for an explanation of the "c/10" and such, the lifewiki is good for that. This page has the discussion of spaceship terminology and a lot of the history too.
http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/Spaceship

Re: Where to look for existing discoveries

Posted: March 8th, 2016, 9:37 am
by muzik
This is a site that searches for files based on rle:

http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/lifesrch.htm

Re: Where to look for existing discoveries

Posted: March 8th, 2016, 2:15 pm
by Linicks
muzik wrote:This is a site that searches for files based on rle:

http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/lifesrch.htm
Thanks Guys, great help!

Nick