#MCell 2.20 #GAME Larger than Life #RULE R7,C0,M1,S100..200,B75..170,NM #BOARD 160x160 #SPEED 0 #WRAP 1 #CCOLORS 25 #COLORING 2 #D #D Here is a a beautiful 'waffle' for the range 7 Box Larger than Life rule #D with birth interval [75,170] and survival interval [100,200], after 90 #D updates, with all 0's boundary conditions. The initial configuration is #D a central lattice circle of occupied sites with radius 12. #D #D Starting from a 50-50 random mix of live and dead cells, the dynamics #D produce a familiar nucleation scenario - most of the space relaxes to #D all 0's, but isolated pockets of activity form seeds for spreading #D colonies of 1's. Try it! Early on we observe an assortment of waffles, #D most imperfect, but some highly patterned and nearly symmetric. Later the #D imperfections take over and cover the space with another variety of #D pseduo-random 'seething gurp'. #D #D Intrigued by the delicate transient droplet patterns, Kellie Evans segued #D into 'engineering' mode in search of the perfect waffle. She discovered #D that for the LtL given here, if we start from a radius 10 lattice circle, #D then the waffle appears to grow 'perfectly' for more than 70 updates before #D beginning to unravel. #D #D David Griffeath #L 7.9A$5.13A$4.15A$3.17A$..19A$.21A$.21A$23A$23A$23A$23A$23A$23A$23A$23A #L $23A$.21A$.21A$..19A$3.17A$4.15A$5.13A$7.9A