Re: Hurricanes and Life

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:56:12 +0000 (UTC)

dar7yl wrote:

>>
> I remember wasting countless hours studying the characteristics of cellular
> automata. (Ok, actually I was just playing games:). My mates and I would
> set up elaborate scenarios with glider guns and other constructions, and
> have massive battles in Life-Space. We would set up barricades and opposing
> weaponry to attack our opponents and defend our own installations. It's
> amazing how a few well-placed blinkers and blocks could disrupt a glider
> stream.

Hurricanes are 3 d and G.O.L is a 2 d game. What is a barricade in three
dimensions?

Bob Kolker