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Talk:Brian Prentice

2022-05-09T20:36:07Z

Bprentice:

Bprentice, why do you keep removing contents in this article? At its current state there is only a hint about your forums username (and real-life residence, but it is not very useful), which is next to the page not existing at all and is not consistent with other people pages. Do you not want the potential LifeWiki readers to know about your custom cellular automata programs and rulespaces? [[User:GUYTU6J|GUYTU6J]] ([[User talk:GUYTU6J|talk]]) 03:55, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Please don't change this article again! It is currently accurate and needs no further attention.

Brian Prentice

But why? There seems to be no benefits to hide your own work from others and say it is "accurate". [[User:GUYTU6J|GUYTU6J]] ([[User talk:GUYTU6J|talk]]) 04:26, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

You removed the DEFAULTSORT magic word. When present, it sorts the page under the last name in categories, Special:AllPages, etc. It does not change the displayed text of the page at all. [[User:HotdogPi|HotdogPi]] ([[User talk:HotdogPi|talk]]) 13:38, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

GUYTU6J The only reason this article exists is because Dave Greene asked me not to delete it. In its current state it directs the reader to my posts which is the only place where they can get accurate information about my personality, interests and accomplishments. Adding links to other pages in the LifeWiki typically result in a bias of omission at best or rubbish at worst.

HotdogPi Look at other articles in the People section. Several of them have no DEFAULTSORT entry.

Book You are the one responsible for this controversy. You created the first version of the article and in it said that I was a Life Enthusiast. I have never worked with the Life rule. Since you clearly did not know anything about me you should have contacted me before publishing such drivel.

Talk:Brian Prentice

2022-05-09T04:17:25Z

Bprentice:

Brian Prentice

2022-05-09T03:50:16Z

Bprentice:

{{Person|name=Brian Prentice|res=Coos Bay, Oregon}}

'''Brian Prentice''' contributes to the forums under username '''bprentice'''.

Brian Prentice

2022-05-08T16:29:06Z

Bprentice:

{{Person|name=Brian Prentice|res=Coos Bay, Oregon}}

'''Brian Prentice''' contributes to the forums under username '''bprentice'''.

Brian Prentice

2022-02-22T15:52:28Z

Bprentice:

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'''Brian Prentice''' contributes to the forums under username '''bprentice'''.
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Brian Prentice

2022-02-22T15:39:16Z

Bprentice:

{{Person|name=Brian Prentice|res=Coos Bay, Oregon}}
'''Brian Prentice''' contributes to the forums under username '''bprentice'''.
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==External links==
*{{cite web
|url=http://bprentice.webenet.net/Hexagonal%20Cell/Java%20Square%20Cell.html
|title=Java Square Cell
|work=home page for Java Square Cell project, with links to Triangular Cell and Hexagonal Cell pages}}

Rule:EvenFiring6

2022-01-12T00:07:20Z

Bprentice: Bprentice moved page Rule:EvenFiring to Rule:EvenFiring6

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LifeWiki:Life links

2019-03-06T18:35:27Z

Bprentice:

This page contains a comprehensive list of links to important sites about [[Conway's Game of Life]] and related [[cellular automaton|cellular automata]].

==Introductory Articles==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_game_of_life Conway's Game of Life] at [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]
*[[Conway's Game of Life]] at [[LifeWiki:About|LifeWiki]]
*[http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html What is the Game of Life?] at Math.com
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/october1970.html The fantastic combinations of John Conway's new solitaire game "life"] - The original article describing Conway's Game of Life. Written by Martin Gardner and published in the October 1970 issue of Scientific American.

==Research Papers==
*[http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0004003 Searching for Spaceships] - A paper by [[David Eppstein]] describing spaceship search software and the discovery of the [[weekender]]
*[http://arxiv.org/abs/math/9905194 The still-Life density problem and its generalizations] - A paper by [[Noam Elkies]] that proves the still life conjecture that no infinite still life can have density more than 1/2

==Glossaries and Encyclopediae==
*{{LinkLexicon|style=raw|filename=lex_home.htm|patternname=The Life Lexicon}} by Stephen Silver (see also [http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/lexicon/ this version] by Edwin Martin)
*[http://www.radicaleye.com/lifepage/picgloss/picgloss.html A Brief Illustrated Glossary of Terms in Conway's Game of Life] by [[Alan Hensel]]
*[http://www.michael-hogg.co.uk/game_of_life.php Conway’s Game of Life - An Illustrated Guide] by Michael Hogg
*[http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/life/ Treasure Trove of the Life Cellular Automaton] by Eric Weisstein

==Online Pattern Catalogs==
*[http://ad-ca.narod.ru/downen.htm Alien life] - Pattern collections focusing on Life-like cellular automata other than Conway's Game of Life itself
*[http://pentadecathlon.com/objects/objects.php Game of Life Object Catalogs] at Pentadecathlon - contains most small still lifes, oscillators and spaceships
*[http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/lifepage.htm Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page] - patterns sorted by name, glider synthesis, size, or type; use "[http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/lifesrch.htm Search for pattern]" to see if a small object is already known
*[http://catagolue.appspot.com/census/b3s23 Catagolue census pages] - objects found by testing symmetric and asymmetric "random soup" starting conditions

==Downloadable Pattern Catalogs==
*[http://entropymine.com/jason/life/#collections Jason Summers' pattern collections]
*Pattern collections by Alan Hensel: [http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/lifebc.zip lifebc.zip] (basic collection), [http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/lifep.zip lifep.zip] (larger collection), and [http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/lifepw.zip lifepw.zip] (collection including other rules)
*Pattern collections by [[Stephen Silver]]: [http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/ships.zip ships.zip] (small [[spaceship]]s) and [http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/ssguns.zip ssguns.zip] (non-glider [[gun]]s)

==Blogs and News Sites==
*[http://pentadecathlon.com/lifeNews/ Game of Life News] at Pentadecathlon
*[http://b3s23life.blogspot.com/ Conway's Life: Work in Progress] - a blog by [[Dave Greene]]

==Other Personal Life Pages==
*[http://members.tip.net.au/~dbell/ David Bell] - for spaceship enthusiasts
*[http://www.radicaleye.com/lifepage/ Paul Callahan] - various articles and patterns
*[http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/ca/ David Eppstein] - Gliders in Life-like cellular automata
*[http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/achim/gol.html Achim Flammenkamp] - Gardens of Eden, frequency of naturally-occurring patterns
*[http://nickgotts-eventful.blogspot.com/ Nick Gotts] - Game of Life Patterns with Eventful Histories
*[http://radicaleye.com/DRH/ Dean Hickerson] - complex patterns such as [[sawtooth]]s
*[http://codercontest.com/mniemiec/lifepage.htm Mark Niemiec] - [[glider synthesis]] and object counts
*[http://www.gabrielnivasch.org/fun/life Gabriel Nivasch] - a variety of articles and code
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20091027025324/http://geocities.com/conwaylife/ Andrzej Okrasinski] (via archive.org; the original site is down)
*[http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/life.htm Stephen Silver]
*[http://entropymine.com/jason/life/ Jason Summers] - Various search programs and pattern catalogs (see above), also contains a "Status of Life" page recording what is currently known about Life.

==Downloadable Simulation Software==
*[http://golly.sourceforge.net/ Golly] - Linux, Mac, Windows ([[Golly|LifeWiki article]])
*[http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/Life32.html Life32] - Windows ([[Life32|LifeWiki article]])
*[http://www.trevorrow.com/lifelab/ LifeLab] - Mac
*[http://www.mirekw.com/ca/download.html Mirek's Cellebration] - Linux, Mac, Windows
*[ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/games/winlife.zip WinLife] (direct FTP link) - Windows 3.1
*[https://github.com/bobombolo/automata Minetest mod for exploring 1D, 2D and 3D CA and importing from collections]
*[https://github.com/marrow16/JaGol JaGol] - Java-based implementation of the Game of Life
*[http://bprentice.webenet.net/Java%20Square%20Cell/Square%20Cell.zip Square Cell] - a powerful CA simulator by [[Brian Prentice]]([http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1003&p=7364])
**[http://bprentice.webenet.net/Java%20Square%20Cell/Java%20Square%20Cell.html Square Cell documentation]
**[http://bprentice.webenet.net/Square%20Cell%20Patterns/Patterns.zip Square Cell pattern collection]

===Other CAs===
*[http://bprentice.webenet.net/Hexagonal%20Cell/ Hexagonal Cell] - hexagonal cell simulator by [[Brian Prentice]] ([http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1027&start=0#p7426])
*[http://bprentice.webenet.net/Triangular%20Cell/ Triangular Cell] - triangular cell simulator by [[Brian Prentice]] ([http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1023&p=7417])
*[http://bprentice.webenet.net/Java%20Square%20Cell/Java%20CA%20Programs.zip Java CA Programs] - an archive of Java simulators including Billards, Square Cell, Hexagonal Cell, Triangular Cell, Square Cell 1D and simulators for several special square cell rules together with a large pattern collection by [[Brian Prentice]]
*[http://bprentice.webenet.net/TiledCA/TiledCA.html Tiled CA] - by [[Brian Prentice]]; runs cellular automata simulations on a large number of grids which can be constructed from various shaped tiles ([http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1025&p=8246])

==Web Browser Based Life Simulations==
*[http://andersonvom.github.com/game-of-life/ andersonvom.github.com/game-of-life] - A Javascript / Processing.js open source implementation of the Game of Life
*[http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife] - Java applet with a simulator of the Game of Life
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns] - Java pop up applet with a fast simulator of the Game of Life
*[http://copy.sh/life/ copy.sh/life/] - Javascript/canvas implementation of the Game of Life by Fabian Hemmer using the [[HashLife]] algorithm, capable of handling large patterns
*[https://gwylim.net/hexcell gwylim.net/hexcell] - hexagonal cellular automaton
*[http://www.co.nz/gameoflife/ www.co.nz/gameoflife/] - Javascript/canvas implementation of the Game of Life
*[https://www.twitch.tv/bzh314 Twitch Plays Conway's Game of Life] - Enter commands by chat on Twitch. Support for RLEs (!RLE command). Multiplayer Battle Royale mode (!PLAY command).
*[https://gameoflife.xyz/ Game of Life editor/simulator/browser], using Javascript Angular framework - draw patterns or load from a large library.

==Downloadable Computation and/or Search Software==
*[http://catagolue.appspot.com/home apgsearch for Catagolue] - Downloadable distributed soup search script, written in Python for Golly
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/bellman/ Bellman] by Mike Playle - Program for searching stable catalysts in Conway's Game of Life. Written in C.
*[http://www.yucs.org/~gnivasch/life/index.html Catalyst] v1.0 by Gabriel Nivasch - Finds ways of modifying the evolution of an input pattern by placing catalysts that react with it, by a backtracking search. Written in C++.
*[https://github.com/simsim314/CatForce CatForce] by Michael Simkin - fast brute-force testing of arrangements of potential catalysts for signal-processing reactions. Written in C, based on the LifeAPI library.
*[http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2246 CollisionsSearch] v0.1a by Sergei Petrov (Guam) - finds arrangements usually of small Spartan or near-Spartan objects, with various constraints. Similar to CatForce, but with a GUI.
*[http://www.radicaleye.com/lifepage/gencols.txt gencols] by Paul Callahan - Enumerates collisions between patterns (e.g. gliders and still lifes). Includes output filters to detect oscillators, spaceships, or successful eating of one pattern by another. Life evolution rule is hardcoded as a sequence of bit-parallel integer operations (so it's possible to change but not easy). Written in C.
*[http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/ca/gfind.c gfind] v4.8 by David Eppstein - Search program for low-period spaceships. Extends partial patterns a row at a time, keeping track of rows in all phases of the pattern. Includes modes for finding symmetric patterns. Written in C.
*[http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/ca/gsearch.c gsearch] by David Eppstein - Performs a brute force search of all patterns fitting within a small rectangle. Evolves each pattern for a specified number of generations or until it repeats, grows too large, or matches a previously seen pattern. Recognizes spaceships, oscillators, unstable oscillators (such as queen bee and p90), replicators, and some [[puffer]]s. Includes modes for finding symmetric patterns. Written in C.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070117114706/http://www.volny.cz/kasuha/ Hersrch] by Karel Suhajda (via archive.org - the original site is down) - Searches for open or closed Herschel tracks in Conway's Game of Life, using a database of known static and periodic track components. Written in C++.
*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~dbell/programs/lifesrc-3.8.tar.gz lifesrc] v3.8 by David Bell - Search program for oscillators. Written in C.
*[http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/ca/ofind.c ofind] v0.9 by David Eppstein - Searches for low-period oscillators. Similar to gfind, but extends patterns in all phases simultaneously rather than a single phase at a time, and includes special handling of stator cells. User can specify what spark the oscillator should produce, or how it should interact with neighboring patterns of other periods. Written in C.
*[http://www.yucs.org/~gnivasch/life/index.html Random Agar] v1.1 by Gabriel Navasch - Looks for new Life oscillators, wicks, and agars. Generates random spatially periodic patterns, and runs them until they oscillate. Includes complete support for all possible symmetry types. Written in C++.
*[http://www.conwaylife.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=9 Scripts forum] at ConwayLife.com
*[http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1091&p=27164#p27164 Seeds of Destruction Game] v0.5 by Paul Chapman - Manual search assistant for self-destruct circuitry, efficient glider-construction cleanups, reburnable fuses, etc. Java application.
*[http://entropymine.com/wls/ WLS 0.71 (WinLifeSearch)] - a Windows port of lifesrc, with a GUI to help with setup. Windows executables are included in the zip files; source code is on [https://github.com/jsummers/winlifesearch github].
*[http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2070 zfind] - a spaceship search program by zdr.
*[https://github.com/rliston/life-soup life-soup] - an FPGA soup searcher [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=65127#p65127 written by Rob Liston in Verilog], running on the Xilinx EK-U1-VCU118-G evaluation board.

==Chats==
*[https://discord.gg/BCuYCEn Conwaylife Lounge] on Discord

==Other Links Pages==
*[http://dmoztools.net/Computers/Artificial_Life/Cellular_Automata/Conway's_Game_of_Life/ dmoz: Open Directory Project]
*[http://golly.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/golly/golly/src/Help/refs.html Golly Help: References]