'''Ruler''' is a pattern constructed by [[Dean Hickerson]] in April {{year|2005}} that produces a stream of [[LWSS]]es with gaps in it, such that the number of spaceships between successive gaps follows the "ruler function" (sequence [https://oeis.org/A001511 A001511] in The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences).
'''Ruler''' is a pattern constructed by [[Dean Hickerson]] in April {{year|2005}} that produces a stream of [[LWSS]]es with gaps in it, such that the number of spaceships between successive gaps follows the "ruler function"<ref>Sequence [https://oeis.org/A001511 A001511] in The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences</ref>.
The first length-n series of LWSSes is emitted at approximately generation 96*2^n. The pattern uses a Corderman [[eater 1|eater]] [[puffer]] found by [[Paul Tooke]] in January {{year|2004}}, a [[p48 glider gun]] by [[Noam Elkies]] in June {{year|1997}}, a [[p8 bouncer]] by Noam Elkies in September {{year|1998}}, and a p24 LWSS puffer (source unknown).
The first length-n series of LWSSes is emitted at approximately generation 96*2^n. The pattern uses a Corderman [[eater 1|eater]] [[puffer]] found by [[Paul Tooke]] in January {{year|2004}}, a [[p48 glider gun]] by [[Noam Elkies]] in June {{year|1997}}, a [[p8 bouncer]] by Noam Elkies in September {{year|1998}}, and a p24 LWSS puffer (source unknown).
Ruler is a pattern constructed by Dean Hickerson in April 2005 that produces a stream of LWSSes with gaps in it, such that the number of spaceships between successive gaps follows the "ruler function"[1].
The first length-n series of LWSSes is emitted at approximately generation 96*2^n. The pattern uses a Corderman eaterpuffer found by Paul Tooke in January 2004, a p48 glider gun by Noam Elkies in June 1997, a p8 bouncer by Noam Elkies in September 1998, and a p24 LWSS puffer (source unknown).