From: Andrew C Goldish (acgoldis@athena.mit.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 05 1993 - 16:26:09 UTC
I was wondering whether or not it would be possible to create chaotic images
based on Conway's Game of Life. A computer can be seeded with a pattern of
cells, and for each cell on the plane, the pattern is changed for that point
(i.e. if it is there, it is removed, and if it is not there, one is put there).
One could then run a Life simulation for this modified pattern and color that
point a certain color depending on the final configuration, how long it took to
stabilize or die, and so on. You should get interesting results: points far away
from the seed pattern will not change the result at all, adding points in the
middle of a dense region will not affect the outcome as everyone will die anyway,
but adding cells around the edges should change things dramatically (i.e. turns
the *** shape, which stabilizes quickly, into * , which does not).
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ACG
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