http://in.materials.drexel.edu/blogs/msetech/archive/tags/life/default.aspxTags: lifeenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://in.materials.drexel.edu/blogs/msetech/archive/2007/10/26/Life_3F00_-Golly_2100_.aspxFri, 26 Oct 2007 17:39:00 GMT28407c84-3155-498d-8296-280541a76566:2571Andrew Marx0http://in.materials.drexel.edu/blogs/msetech/comments/2571.aspxhttp://in.materials.drexel.edu/blogs/msetech/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2571<p>For those of you interested in such things as John Conway&#39;s Game of Life, a new open-source implementation pretty much takes the cake in terms of speed, size, and samples.&nbsp; You can find it on SourceForge at <a href="http://golly.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://golly.sourceforge.net/</a>.&nbsp; I&#39;ve created a dung beetle who leaves presents in his path:</p> <table cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;</td> <td style="background-color:#ff3333;">&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <p>I wouldn&#39;t be surprised if it&#39;s not original, but I&#39;ve never seen it before...<br /> </p><img src="http://in.materials.drexel.edu/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2571" width="1" height="1">life