#Life 1.05 #R 012345678/3 #D One seed of size 8 which gives birth to a ladder. #D (The pentomino piece actually spawns a two-sided ladder, and #D then interaction with the other three cells kills its left branch.) #D #D Note that the ladder's horizontal spatial periodicity is 4. #D In fact, the head cycles through 12 distinct patterns in order #D to weave its periodic pattern, the last 6 of which are vertical #D flips of the first 6. #D #D David Griffeath and Cris Moore ***...*** ......*.*