However, linepuffer (https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Line_puffer) seems to take exponentially long with it's width. Too bad it can't expand as it goes.
In order to have an aperiodic pattern you need a growing feedback loop.
qqd found this pattern that is a deceptively simple case of two LWSS streams bashing debris:
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x = 127, y = 108, rule = B3/S23
90b2o$86b4ob2o$86b6o$87b4o2$102b2o$100b2ob2o$86bo9bo3b4o$85bo11bo3b2o$
85b3o7bo2bo$97bo3b2o$96bo3b4o$100b2ob2o$68bo18b2o13b2o$67bo17bo4bo$67b
3o21bo$85bo5bo$86b6o$72b2o$71b2o$73bo2$70bo40b2o$70b2o35b4ob2o$69bobo
18b2o15b6o$89b2o17b4o9bo2bo$91bo33bo$121bo3bo$76bo36bo3bo4b4o$76b2o8b
4o23bo4b2o$75bobo7bo3bo18b2o7b3o$89bo17b2o9b2o$85bo2bo20bo7bo4b4o$121b
o3bo$82b3o14b2o24bo$82b3o13b4o19bo2bo$81bo3bo12b2ob2o$83b2o6bo2bo5b2o
6b6o$o79bo10bo3bo11bo5bo$3o73bo3b2ob2o5bo4b2o16bo$bo73bobo5b2o6bo3bo
11bo4bo$74bo3b2o2bo2bo5bo2bo5b2o7b2o$82bo2bo12b2ob2o$75bo5bo3bo12b4o$
77b7o15b2o2$88b6o$87bo5bo$93bo$79bo2bo4bo4bo$83bo5b2o$79bo3bo$80b4o3$
91b2o$87b4ob2o$87b6o$88b4o2$103b2o$101b2ob2o$87bo9bo3b4o$86bo11bo3b2o$
86b3o7bo2bo$98bo3b2o$97bo3b4o$101b2ob2o$69bo18b2o13b2o$68bo17bo4bo$68b
3o21bo$86bo5bo$87b6o$73b2o$72b2o$74bo2$71bo40b2o$71b2o35b4ob2o$70bobo
18b2o15b6o$90b2o17b4o9bo2bo$92bo33bo$122bo3bo$77bo36bo3bo4b4o$77b2o8b
4o23bo4b2o$76bobo7bo3bo18b2o7b3o$90bo17b2o9b2o$86bo2bo20bo7bo4b4o$122b
o3bo$83b3o14b2o24bo$83b3o13b4o19bo2bo$82bo3bo12b2ob2o$84b2o6bo2bo5b2o
6b6o$81bo10bo3bo11bo5bo$77bo3b2ob2o5bo4b2o16bo$76bobo5b2o6bo3bo11bo4bo
$75bo3b2o2bo2bo5bo2bo5b2o7b2o$83bo2bo12b2ob2o$76bo5bo3bo12b4o$78b7o15b
2o2$89b6o$88bo5bo$94bo$80bo2bo4bo4bo$84bo5b2o$80bo3bo$81b4o!But IlTifoneHaiyan (original post: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=576&start=2600#p152180) found this pattern that generates a growing feedback loop with crashing glider streams:
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x = 84, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
76bobo$76bo2bo$5bobo71b2o$4bo2bo73bo$3b2o74b4o$2bo75bo4bo$b4o67b3o5bo
2bo$o4bo68bo5bo2bo$o2bo5b3o60bobo7bo$o2bo5bo66bob4o$bo7bobo61bo2bo3bo$
2b4obo60b2o9bo$3bo3bo2bo55bo4bo3b5o$4bo9b2o56bo$4b5o3bo4bo48bo5bo2b5o$
11bo55b6o6bo$4b5o2bo5bo58bo3bo$4bo6b6o59bob4o$3bo3bo66bo7bo$2b4obo66bo
5bo2bo$bo7bo61bob2o5bo2bo$o2bo5bo61bo6bo4bo$o2bo5b2obo66b4o$o4bo6bo68b
o$b4o74b2o$2bo73bo2bo$3b2o71bobo$4bo2bo$5bobo!Can we build a truly "unlimited mess pattern"? There are non-periodic guns (such as primer: https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Primer) but can we use untamed random mess to generate unlimited novelty rather than a tightly controlled process?