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<p>Bamboozle: /* Beacon Mover */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Oscillator|p=2|name=Beacon|pname=beacon|bx=4|by=4|c=6|h=2|animated=true|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true|v=0.25|discoverer=John Conway|discoveryear=1970|synthesis=3|synthesisRLE=true|rulemin=B3/S23|rulemax=B35678/S235678|rulespecial=[[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]]}}<br /> The '''beacon''' is the third most [[common]] [[oscillator]] (after the [[blinker]] and [[toad]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/freq_top_life.html |title=Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life |author=Achim Flammenkamp |date=September 7, 2004 |accessdate=January 15, 2009}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It is composed of two diagonally touching [[block]]s.<br /> <br /> The beacon is the simplest [[on-off]]. Its [[rotor]], known as [[diagonal on-off]], can be supported by several different stators: the two next-smallest are seen in [[eater plug]] and [[21P2]].<br /> <br /> ==As an eater==<br /> A beacon can be used as an [[eater]] for any even number of gliders, using the [[boat-bit]] reaction. When they collide into it as pictured below, the first glider of a set will be transformed into a boat, which will then be destroyed by the second.<br /> <br /> [[File:BeaconAsEater.jpg|framed|center|When gliders collide into a beacon like so, the beacon will eat any even number of gliders.]]<br /> <br /> ==Beacon Mover==<br /> Three cells or one block placed above and to the right of a beacon will move the beacon 1 cell up and 1 cell to the left after seven generations.<br /> [[File:Beacon_Mover_reaction.jpg|framed|center]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{LinkWeisstein|Beacon.html}}<br /> {{LinkLexicon|lex_b.htm#beacon}}<br /> [[Category:Patterns with diagonal D2 symmetry]]<br /> [[Category:Eaters]]</div>

Bamboozle https://conwaylife.com/w/index.php?title=Beacon&diff=20095 2014-12-21T20:43:20Z

<p>Bamboozle: I added a section about a reaction that moves a beacon up and to the left 1 cell after seven generations.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Oscillator|p=2|name=Beacon|pname=beacon|bx=4|by=4|c=6|h=2|animated=true|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true|v=0.25|discoverer=John Conway|discoveryear=1970|synthesis=3|synthesisRLE=true|rulemin=B3/S23|rulemax=B35678/S235678|rulespecial=[[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]]}}<br /> The '''beacon''' is the third most [[common]] [[oscillator]] (after the [[blinker]] and [[toad]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/freq_top_life.html |title=Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life |author=Achim Flammenkamp |date=September 7, 2004 |accessdate=January 15, 2009}}&lt;/ref&gt; It was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by John Conway|John Conway]] in March [[:Category:Patterns found in 1970|1970]]. It is composed of two diagonally touching [[block]]s.<br /> <br /> The beacon is the simplest [[on-off]]. Its [[rotor]], known as [[diagonal on-off]], can be supported by several different stators: the two next-smallest are seen in [[eater plug]] and [[21P2]].<br /> <br /> ==As an eater==<br /> A beacon can be used as an [[eater]] for any even number of gliders, using the [[boat-bit]] reaction. When they collide into it as pictured below, the first glider of a set will be transformed into a boat, which will then be destroyed by the second.<br /> <br /> [[File:BeaconAsEater.jpg|framed|center|When gliders collide into a beacon like so, the beacon will eat any even number of gliders.]]<br /> <br /> ==Beacon Mover==<br /> Three cells placed above and to the right of a beacon will move the beacon 1 cell up and 1 cell to the left after seven generations.<br /> [[File:Beacon_Mover_Reaction.jpg|framed|center]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{LinkWeisstein|Beacon.html}}<br /> {{LinkLexicon|lex_b.htm#beacon}}<br /> [[Category:Patterns with diagonal D2 symmetry]]<br /> [[Category:Eaters]]</div>

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