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Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by ggchappell »

ggchappell wrote: post #114

Lovely. My findings: Here is one with a curious counter-clockwise rotation phenomenon: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#6,5,5,2,0,2,1,0,4,4,2... And a few that take a long time to stabilize and do some interesting things in the meantime: http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,5,2,4,1,1,1,3,1... http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,2,1,2,1,3,2,0... http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,1…

Another with rotation:

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,0,2,0,1,2,3,1,3,3...

And another:

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#2,20,1,10,0,0,10,0,0,...

I wonder if there is a simple explanation for this phenomenon.

And just for fun:

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,1,2,2,2,1,0,0...

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#8,3,2,2,1,5,2,1,0...

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,1,3,0,0,3,3,2...

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,7,2,3,2,1,1,3,0...

That last one will surprise you.

More ...

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,7,2,6,3,2,3,3,1...

Wait for it:

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,0,1,0,1,3,2,2...

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,2,5,2,1,5,1,2...

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by taliesinb »

drx wrote: post #103
taliesinb wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I'm quite aware of this. Not to be rude or anything, but it is kinda obvious if you've thought at all finite computational systems.

It is obvious, yeah. I wasn't implying you didn't know it was or anything, just explaining the first sentence to someone who might not have studied complexity theory.

You're right, that was actually a really good explanation. I'm sorry, I misinterpreted your comment! Retroactively upvoted, for what it is worth.

Re: Turing Drawings

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Post by ggchappell »

ggchappell wrote: post #114

Lovely. My findings: Here is one with a curious counter-clockwise rotation phenomenon: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#6,5,5,2,0,2,1,0,4,4,2... And a few that take a long time to stabilize and do some interesting things in the meantime: http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,5,2,4,1,1,1,3,1... http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,2,1,2,1,3,2,0... http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,1…

Here is a very nice variation on "Rapids":

http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,2,2,3,2,4,0,0...

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