Playing Conway’s Life is a great exercise—I recommend trying it, to anyone who hasn’t. Feel free to experiment with different starting configurations. One simple one which produces a wealth of interesting effects is the “r pentomino”:
Edit: Image link died—see Vladimir_Nesov’s comment, below.
Playing Conway’s Life is a great exercise—I recommend trying it, to anyone who hasn’t. Feel free to experiment with different starting configurations. One simple one which produces a wealth of interesting effects is the “r pentomino”:
Edit: Image link died—see Vladimir_Nesov’s comment, below.
The link to the image died, here it is: