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Re: Turing Drawings

#31

Post by porges »

Xor waves (this has 2 distinct 'phases' before setting down into a nice static pattern): http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,2,1,3,0,2,0,0,2,3...

Escher's hourglass: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,3,3,1,3,0,1,2,1,2,0...

Zigzags (devolves): http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,4,3,3,0,3,1,2,1,1,1...

A big static one: Construction line: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#212,2,13,1,2,207,1,0,...

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

Re: Turing Drawings

#32

Post by lsb »

zeckalpha wrote: post #2

This is great, but can't you only show me drawings which halt? I sit there waiting and I don't know if they'll stop...

If it's a limited number of states in the automaton, and a limited amount of "tape" in the canvas, it's not a Turing machine, it's a Finite-State Automaton, which is easy to analyze for loops.

Re: Turing Drawings

#34

Post by j2kun »

porges wrote: post #31

Xor waves (this has 2 distinct 'phases' before setting down into a nice static pattern): http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,2,1,3,0,2,0,0,2,3... Escher's hourglass: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,3,3,1,3,0,1,2,1,2,0... Zigzags (devolves): http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,4,3,3,0,3,1,2,1,1,1... A big static one: Construction line: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#212,2,13,1,2,207,1,0,..…

How does anyone find these. I keep hitting "random" with various choices of states and colors and I get either white noise or an epileptic seizure.

Re: Turing Drawings

#36

Post by porges »

j2kun wrote: post #34
porges wrote: post #31

Xor waves (this has 2 distinct 'phases' before setting down into a nice static pattern): http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,2,1,3,0,2,0,0,2,3... Escher's hourglass: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,3,3,1,3,0,1,2,1,2,0... Zigzags (devolves): http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,4,3,3,0,3,1,2,1,1,1... A big static one: Construction line: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#212,2,13,1,2,207,1,0,..…

How does anyone find these. I keep hitting "random" with various choices of states and colors and I get either white noise or an epileptic seizure.

Too many of either is unlikely to generate anything interesting, stick to very small numbers.

Re: Turing Drawings

#37

Post by quux »

Damn, I found one that made sierpinski triangles early on and didn't realize how rare those would turn out to be, haven't seen another one since.

Re: Turing Drawings

#38

Post by daeken »

I used a (very distant, now) variant on Langton's ant to do some "Turing drawings" of my own over the years: http://demoseen.com/langton/#.FP$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~

The command set is detailed at the bottom of the page -- feel free to make your own and share them. They can be a whole lot of fun.

Edit: A few more examples: http://demoseen.com/langton/#.FP$!~7 http://demoseen.com/langton/#+.7 http://demoseen.com/langton/#T+.gt

Re: Turing Drawings

#40

Post by lelandbatey »

I quite like this one, it's as though the environment deteriorates. Don't watch it to fast:

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

At one point, right before it goes over the "entropy cliff" it creates what looks like a lot of Sierpinski triangles:

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

I found it quite interesting that one as complex as this could stabilize:

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

This seems to end up like a frozen lightning bolt: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,3,3,3,2,4,0,2,2,3...

This creates a pattern almost like hair in the wind: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,2,3,0,2,4,3,0,3,1...

Seems as though it's many cats standing on each others heads: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,0,3,1,0,3,1,2,1,0...

Like waves on a beach: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,3,4,2,1,2,2,0,4,0...

Some otherworldly data wind: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,0,3,3,3,3,1,0,3,2...

Eventually, all clouds fade away: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,3,3...

In and out of phase: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,2,2,0,3,1,2,3,1,0...

Like sand dunes moving: http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,1,3,3,1,0,2...

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

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

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