Conway’s Game of Life

7 Responses

1. Ape Con Myth

   April 12, 2011 |

   Here’s the setup in the post:

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2. Ape Con Myth

   April 13, 2011 |

   It’s a simple arrangement but puts on quite the symmetrical show.

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3. Ape Con Myth

   April 13, 2011 |

   Awesome sauce…

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4. Ape Con Myth

   April 13, 2011 |

   Boxy evolution…

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5. Ape Con Myth

   April 13, 2011 |

   No dot is an island.

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6. Ape Con Myth

   April 13, 2011 |

   Checkerboard. Do not look at while operating heavy machinery.

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7. Ape Con Myth

   April 14, 2011 |

   The Wikipedia entry for Conway’s Game of Life identifies a number of basic patterns to try out. While the arrangements posted so far dead-end around 300 generations in, 7 instances of the acorn pattern allow you to crank it up to 20 hz and watch this one go for over 2,200 generations:

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