Silver's reflector

From LifeWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Silver's reflector
x = 66, y = 91, rule = B3/S23 54b2o$54b2o2$22bo$20b3o$4bo14bo$4b3o12b2o$7bo$6b2o3$7b2o$7b2o17b2o$26b 2o2$64b2o$64b2o3$23b2o$23bo19b2o$25bo16bobo$24b2o16bo$20b2o19b2o$20bo$ 21b3o$23bo6$29b2o$29bo$10b2o15bobo$10b2o15b2o12$9b2o$8bobo$8bo$7b2o9$ 19b2o$19b2o6$8b2o$9bo19b2o$9bobo17bo$10b2o15bobo$22bo4b2o$21bobo$21bob o$10b2o10bo$9bobo$9bo$8b2o$23b2o$23bo$24b3o$26bo8$b2o$obo$2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ WIDTH 900 HEIGHT 1300 THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 12 GPS 30 AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 2 T 135 PAUSE 1/2 T 212 PAUSE 1/2 T 324 PAUSE 1/2 T 553 PAUSE 1 LOOP 554 ]]
Pattern type Stable reflector
Number of cells 121
Bounding box 64 × 81
Angle 90°
Repeat time 497
Discovered by Stephen Silver
Year of discovery 1998

Silver's reflector is a composite stable glider reflector that was discovered by Stephen Silver on November 6, 1998. It consists of Callahan G-to-H, Fx77, L112 and NW31. The final NW31 Herschel-to-glider converter can be replaced with Fx119 to give a glider-to-Herschel converter, Silver G-to-H.

For a long time it had been the smallest and fastest Spartan 180- and 90-degree stable reflector and the smallest stable glider duplicator, until it was surpassed by the syringe in 2015.

It has a repeat time of 497 ticks, improved from the previous 575 ticks achieved by a similar device with a second Fx77 in the place of NW31. However, it can be overclocked to much lower periods; an example is shown below where the Silver's reflector accepts a continuous glider stream with spacing 249 ticks. This property is utilized in QuickSilver Demonoid, and in that context the reflector is referred to as QuickSilver by authors.

x = 115, y = 141, rule = B3/S23 103b2o$103b2o2$71bo$69b3o$53bo14bo$53b3o12b2o$56bo$55b2o$73b3o4b2o$79b 2ob2o$56b2o16bo8bo$56b2o16bobobo4bo$73bo8bo$73bo4b3o$72bo4bobo33b2o$ 72bo3bo36b2o$75bo2$72b2o$72bo19b2o$74bo16bobo$73b2o16bo$69b2o19b2o$69b o$70b3o$72bo6$78b2o$78bo$59b2o15bobo$59b2o15b2o3$45bo$44bo$44b3o7$58b 2o$57bobo$57bo$56b2o9$68b2o$68b2o6$57b2o$58bo8bo10b2o$58bobo5bo11bo$ 59b2o5b3o7bobo$63b2o6bo4b2o$62bo2bo4bobo$63b2o5bobo$59b2o10bo$58bobo$ 58bo$57b2o3b3o$64bo7b2o$63bo8bo$73b3o$75bo3$101bobo$102b2o$102bo53$2o$ b2o$o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ ZOOM 8 THUMBSIZE 2 WIDTH 720 HEIGHT 720 X 25 Y -30 GPS 30 AUTOSTART LOOP 249 ]]
Silver's reflector overclocked to period 249
(click above to open LifeViewer)
RLE: here Plaintext: here