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|[[Image:Blinkerfuse2.png| | |[[Image:Blinkerfuse2.png|frame|left|Longer version of the House-based blinker fuse, with shorter period<br />{{JavaRLE|blinkerfuse2}}]] | ||
|[[Image:Blinkerfuse3.png| | |[[Image:Blinkerfuse3.png|frame|left|Another blinker fuse ("bomb")<br />{{JavaRLE|blinkerfuse3}}]] | ||
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|[[Image:Blinkerfusehwss.png| | |[[Image:Blinkerfusehwss.png|frame|left|The heavyweight spaceship blinker fuse<br />{{JavaRLE|hwssblinkerfuse}}]] | ||
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|[[Image:Blinkerfuse6c13.png| | |[[Image:Blinkerfuse6c13.png|frame|left|The 6c/13 blinker fuse<br />{{JavaRLE|blinkerfuse6c13}}]] | ||
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==8c/21 fuse== | ==8c/21 fuse== | ||
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|[[ | |[[File:Blinkerfuse8c21.png|frame|left|The 8c/21 blinker fuse<br />'''Download RLE:''' [{{fullurl:RLE:blinkerfuse8c21|action=raw}} click here]]] | ||
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The c/10 blinker fuse burns cleanly through blinkers that are orthogonally offset. It consists of a single [[copperhead]] and can be used to create spaceships that grow very quickly. | The c/10 blinker fuse burns cleanly through blinkers that are orthogonally offset. It consists of a single [[copperhead]] and can be used to create spaceships that grow very quickly. | ||
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|[[File:Blinkerfusecopperheadc10.png|frame|left|The c/10 copperhead blinker fuse<br />'''Download RLE:''' [{{fullurl:RLE:blinkerfusecopperheadc10|action=raw}} click here]]] | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 10:44, 1 July 2016
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| Pattern type | Fuse | ||||||
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| Period | 18 | ||||||
| Speed | 2c/3, c/2, 6c/13, c/10 | ||||||
| Discovered by | Unknown | ||||||
| Year of discovery | Unknown | ||||||
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A blinker fuse is any fuse that burns through a line of blinkers. Alternatively, it may refer to the 2c/3 period 18 fuse that burns cleanly through blinkers that are spaced four cells apart, shown to the right. This particular fuse can be combined with blinker puffer 1 to create various interesting patterns, such as moving sawtooth, slow puffer 1, and slow puffer 2.
Note
House alone, attached to a blinker wick with spacing 4, is a predecessor to the fuse shown to the right.
Other 2c/3 blinker fuses
There are two other well-known 2c/3 blinker fuses that act on blinkers that are orthogonally offset by four cells, both of which are shown below. They both burn cleanly and have period 6.[1]
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c/2 fuse
The c/2 blinker fuse burns cleanly through blinkers that are orthogonally offset by an even number of cells and has period 2x spacing. HWSS burns clearly through output of both Blinker Puffers 1 and 2 and front part of Blinker ship 1.[2] It consists of a single heavyweight spaceship and is useful because it travels at the same speed as the known blinker puffers, allowing for the construction of arbitrary-length spaceships. Note that Coe ship's side spark can also be used in cleanup.
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6c/13 fuse
The 6c/13 blinker fuse burns cleanly through blinkers that are orthogonally offset by six cells and has period 26.[2] It is most well-known for the role that it plays in blinker ship 1, where the fact that it burns at a rate slower than c/2 is taken advantage of to create a growing spaceship.
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8c/21 fuse
Another blinker fuse which runs on the traffic light, similarly to the above fuse.
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c/10 fuse
The c/10 blinker fuse burns cleanly through blinkers that are orthogonally offset. It consists of a single copperhead and can be used to create spaceships that grow very quickly.
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See also
References
- ↑ Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. Retrieved on May 27, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alan Hensel's lifep.zip pattern collection.
External links
- A pattern in the Game of Life - Forum thread at xkcd.com