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Gilder gun in 247 moves
This is believed to be a near optimal formation of an iLife
glider-gun, starting from the EEN loaf, using the move sequences
developed by Dr. William Paulsen, described on the optimal
sequences page.
This sequence terminates at exactly 247 moves which is the
point at which the blue-cell's work is complete and the glider-gun
will naturally evolve. The LWSS can be seen moving east towards
the bi-block. To complete the formation of the glider gun just
move the blue-cell glider away (say to the north-east, starting
U/SS/SS/SS/SS...) and retire it. Alternatively refresh the page,
append the following string to the text box (must be at the far
right end, so scroll right first). Then hit load and just keep
clicking on the retired blue-cell to see the glider gun in action:
U/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SS/SSLRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Again, because of the length of this sequence I recommend
you avoid using the undo button which can be very slow. Instead
use Undo All, and then Redo to explore the sequence
forwards from the beginning.
material - Dr. William
Paulsen 2001-2003
applet - © Andrea Gilbert 2000-2002
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