Biting off more than they can chew
Biting off more than they can chew (or eater-bound pond[1]) is a period-3 oscillator found by Peter Raynham in July 1972.[2] Its alternate name of "eater-bound pond" comes from the fact that in generation 1, the object between the two eater 1s is a predecessor of the pond.
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||||||
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Number of cells | 22 | ||||||||||
Bounding box | 12×12 | ||||||||||
Period | 3 | ||||||||||
Mod | 3 | ||||||||||
Heat | 10.7 | ||||||||||
Volatility | 0.50 | ||||||||||
Strict volatility | 0.50 | ||||||||||
Discovered by | Peter Raynham | ||||||||||
Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||||||
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The oscillator can be extended by placing more copies of the middle object, rotating each new one by 180 degrees.
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gollark: Wait, it's fine.
gollark: I think you cleared it wrong.
gollark: NOW.
gollark: YOU CAN RETURN IT NOW
gollark: THAT WAS A DEMO
See also
References
- "Eater-bound pond". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.
- Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on March 14, 2020.
External links
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