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#Life 1.05 |
#D Line Puffer of width 33 |
#D |
#D The width is defined by the length of the first free-standing line |
#D in the puffer's plume. The formula for this is 12n+1-s, where n is |
#D the number of middle segments, and s is the number of cells covered |
#D by the little 3-cell, 5-unit puff-suppressors on the upper edge of |
#D this otherwise symmetrical pattern. |
#D |
#D Here, n=4, and s=6+5+5. The Y-shaped puff-suppressors can have 5, |
#D 6, or 7 units of spacing on between them, or between one of them and |
#D the end. You only need 2 or 3 such suppressors to produce any |
#D puffer width. |
#D |
#D Notice that placing random debris behind the puffer sometimes |
#D affects the plume permanently - even turning it asymmetrical if the |
#D debris was asymmetrical. It also affects the period of the puffer, |
#D that is, the number of generations it takes to repeat. By |
#D increasing the width, the period can be made to rise exponentially, |
#D surpassing 10^6 at a width of only about 70. But the most amazing |
#D thing is that it has a half-life on the order of 10^8 generations. |
#D |
#D By Hartmut Holzwart and Al Hensel, April 1994 |
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