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Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by rytis »

mck- wrote: post #24

just spent 10 minutes staring at it full-screen.. beautiful.. my wife looked at my twinkly eyes and asked befuddled: "what is this?" How would you explain it?

Ha, my daughter asked the same question, so I tried explaining all 4 rules, but she didn't seem to be very impressed. So I quickly googled, found this http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/ among the top result, and we went through all 4 rules, experimenting. That was a lot more interesting, especially when she found out about the 'objects'... :) So the page is bookmarked now :)

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by tisme »

raganwald wrote: post #48
tisme wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That does not credit Bill Gosper. http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~jowen/hashlife.html

Where doesn't it give appropriate credit? 1. The description line for the Github package reads "Gosper's HashLife in CoffeeScript" 2. The readme says: "Cafe au Life implements Bill Gosper's HashLife algorithm." 3. The docs say "Cafe au Life is based on Bill Gosper's brilliant HashLife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashlife>HashLife ; algorithm."

Well, I could be wrong but I swear did an 'F3' on the page earlier to search for Gosper and it seemed like it wasn't there then.

Apologies for not being able to use a browser and falsely accusing you!

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by morsch »

moreati wrote: post #16
jbperry wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are on a big screen, it might not be obvious. It's in the upper right and it's very subtle.

Very, very subtle. I had to adjust the angle of the screen

It might be worth recalibrating your screen. This page ff. is a good start: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/contrast.php

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by raganwald »

eranation wrote: post #36

Predicting the next HN front page article in the near future: "Show HN: weekend project - open source Google's conway's game of life"

Peaking at #3: "Screencast: Learn Go by Implementing Google's Game of Life."

And from the 2010 archives: "Conway's Game of Life is a Monad."

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by raganwald »

tisme wrote: post #52
raganwald wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where doesn't it give appropriate credit? 1. The description line for the Github package reads "Gosper's HashLife in CoffeeScript" 2. The readme says: "Cafe au Life implements Bill Gosper's HashLife algorithm." 3. The docs say "Cafe au Life is based on Bill Gosper's brilliant HashLife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashlife>HashLife ; algorithm."

Well, I could be wrong but I swear did an 'F3' on the page earlier to search for Gosper and it seemed like it wasn't there then. Apologies for not being able to use a browser and falsely accusing you!

Credit for ideas is important. I'd rather 100 people falsely accuse me than have one omission slip through. Thanks for caring.

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by mck- »

rytis wrote: post #51
mck- wrote: post #24

just spent 10 minutes staring at it full-screen.. beautiful.. my wife looked at my twinkly eyes and asked befuddled: "what is this?" How would you explain it?

Ha, my daughter asked the same question, so I tried explaining all 4 rules, but she didn't seem to be very impressed. So I quickly googled, found this http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/ among the top result, and we went through all 4 rules, experimenting. That was a lot more interesting, especially when she found out about the 'objects'... :) So the page is bookmarked now :)

Hehe, yeah, I tried explaining too, with all my passion, she just stared at me and said: "I have a nerdy husband" -_-'

I'll give it another shot with that link, perhaps tomorrow :)

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by saraid216 »

Laremere wrote: post #37
pixelbeat wrote: post #11

Added to my list, thanks. http://www.pixelbeat.org/misc/google_search_easter_eggs.html

Search "number of horns on a unicorn", it gives a google calculator result of 1.

It's basically an alias for 1.

https://www.google.com/search?q=number+of+horns+on+a+unicorn...

I know there are a ton more phrases that work as calculator aliases, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by saraid216 »

tsahyt wrote: post #30

What is it with all the Game of Life posts lately? There seems to be a new one every other day. Not that it's a bad thing, I think the GOL is a marvellous thing and the SmoothLife video was mesmerizing. I'm just wondering why they all pop up at the same time?

Seeing one Topic-X post will trigger many people to think, "Oh, and I remember Y-related-to-Topic-X," as well as "Hey, I wonder if I could find out more about Y-related-to-Topic-X," and away you go.

Also, http://www.amazon.com/Bursts-Hidden-Pattern-Behind-Everythin... (even though it is not a great book; it is mediocre IMO).

Re: Googling for "conway's game of life" gives a simulation in the results page

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Post by saraid216 »

carlob wrote: post #21

First the knowledge graph, now the game of life animation. It really seems Google is trying to be more and more like Wolfram|Alpha! :)

I just checked Wolfram Alpha and couldn't find the Javascript animation of game of life. Could you link me to how you did it?
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