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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	14
Bounding box	7 × 7
Period	2 (mod: Unknown)
Heat	15
Volatility	0.68 \| 0.68
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	David Buckingham
Year of discovery	1977
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B3678/S2345678
# of rules	28 = 256
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	27†
Uploaded synthesis RLE	whynot_synth.rle
	†Can be constructed with 15 gliders using the reverse caber tosser universal constructor.
Pattern files
Plaintext	whynot.cells
RLE	whynot.rle

Revision as of 15:06, 19 June 2016

Why not is a period 2 oscillator that was found by David Buckingham in July 1977. It is extremely similar to by flops.

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-{{Oscillator|name=Why not|pname=whynot|p=2|h=15|v=0.68|bx=7|by=7|discoverer=David Buckingham|discoveryear=1977|c=14|life105=true|life106=true|plaintext=true|rle=true|animated=true|synthesis=27|synthesisRLE=true|rulespecial=[[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]]|rulemin=B3/S23|rulemax=B3678/S2345678}}
+{{Oscillator
+|name         = Why not
+|pname        = whynot
+|c            = 14
+|bx           = 7
+|by           = 7
+|p            = 2
+|h            = 15
+|v            = 0.68
+|discoverer   = David Buckingham
+|discoveryear = 1977
+|rulemin      = B3/S23
+|rulemax      = B3678/S2345678
+|rulespecial  = [[Conway's Game of Life|Conway Life]]
+|synthesis    = 27
+|synthesisRLE = true
+|life105      = true
+|life106      = true
+|plaintext    = true
+|rle          = true
+|animated     = true
+}}
 '''Why not''' is a [[period]] [[:Category:Oscillators with period 2|2]] [[oscillator]] that was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by David Buckingham|David Buckingham]] in July [[:Category:Patterns found in 1977|1977]]. It is extremely similar to [[by flops]].