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A '''factory''' is either a stationary [[still life]]/[[oscillator]] maker or a [[signal]] to still life/oscillator converter. | |||
The best-known and most common factory is the [[queen bee]], which produces [[beehive]]s | The best-known and most common factory is the [[queen bee]], which produces [[beehive]]s. | ||
Factories are commonly used as [[memory cell]]s, such as in a [[demultiplexer | Factories are commonly used as [[memory cell]]s, such as in a [[demultiplexer]]. | ||
If the factory | If the factory is an oscillator, it will generally need other components to support it; the new object does not move out of the way, and therefore must be used up in a reaction or destroyed before the next one is made. Some periodic factory mechanisms also stabilise themselves, like [[51P384]]. | ||
The following shows an example of a p144 gun, [[new gun 2]], which consists of a slight modification of [[Achim's p144]] whose output is used up in a reaction with [[Two blockers hassling R-pentomino|blockers hassling an R-pentomino]] to create [[gliders]]. This gun is [[David Bell]]'s improvement of a gun found by Bill Gosper in July, 1994, which is an arrangement where blocks eat the residual beehives of two queen bees which collide to create gliders every 30 generations. | The following shows an example of a p144 gun, [[new gun 2]], which consists of a slight modification of [[Achim's p144]] whose output is used up in a reaction with [[Two blockers hassling R-pentomino|blockers hassling an R-pentomino]] to create [[gliders]]. This gun is [[David Bell]]'s improvement of a gun found by Bill Gosper in July, 1994, which is an arrangement where blocks eat the residual beehives of two queen bees which collide to create gliders every 30 generations. | ||
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A factory is either a stationary still life/oscillator maker or a signal to still life/oscillator converter. The best-known and most common factory is the queen bee, which produces beehives. Factories are commonly used as memory cells, such as in a demultiplexer.
If the factory is an oscillator, it will generally need other components to support it; the new object does not move out of the way, and therefore must be used up in a reaction or destroyed before the next one is made. Some periodic factory mechanisms also stabilise themselves, like 51P384.
The following shows an example of a p144 gun, new gun 2, which consists of a slight modification of Achim's p144 whose output is used up in a reaction with blockers hassling an R-pentomino to create gliders. This gun is David Bell's improvement of a gun found by Bill Gosper in July, 1994, which is an arrangement where blocks eat the residual beehives of two queen bees which collide to create gliders every 30 generations.
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External links
- Factory at the Life Lexicon