#Life 1.05 #D SloPuf: Move fast but Puff slowly. A good motto to live your Life by. #D #D This can be modified in two ways to give larger periods as follows: #D #D Moving the back 12 spaceships backwards by 9 cells and outwards by 3 cells #D increases the period by 96. #D #D Moving the back 6 spaceships forwards by one cell and outwards by one cell, #D and moving the next 6 spaceships forwards by 3 cells and inwards by one cell #D increases the period by 8 and leaves one more blinker as output. (This can #D only be done when there is sufficient room along the center line.) #D #D An interesting linear combination of the two rules results in the following: #D #D Moving the back six spaceships backwards by 6 cells and outwards by 6 cells #D increases the period by 120 and leaves 3 more blinkers as output. #D #D By David Bell #N #P -41 -10 ...* .*...* * *....* ***** #P -41 -2 .** **.*** .**** ..** #P -39 3 ...** .*....* * *.....* ****** #P -33 0 *** #P -29 -3 ........* .**.*..*.* *.*.****.* * *.*.****.* .**.*..*.* ........* #P -17 -19 ****** *.....* * .*....* ...** #P -17 15 ...** .*....* * *.....* ****** #P 2 -23 .** **.** .**** ..** #P 2 20 ..** .**** **.** .** #P 10 -29 .** **.**** .****** ..**** #P 10 26 ..**** .****** **.**** .** #P 11 -13 ..**** .****** **.**** .** #P 11 10 .** **.**** .****** ..**** #P 21 -32 ..*** .***** **.*** .** #P 21 29 .** **.*** .***** ..*** #P 30 -22 ...** .*....* * *.....* ****** #P 30 18 ****** *.....* * .*....* ...** #P 34 -36 .** **.**** .****** ..**** #P 34 33 ..**** .****** **.**** .**