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  • čas přidán 12. 12. 2014
  • The eater is a pattern in the Game of Life. See it devour some spaceships.
    The Game of Life is a cellular automaton invented by John Conway in the late 1960s.
    I write about it in my book Alex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1408817772
    The book has the US title The Grapes of Math:
    amzn.com/1451640099

Komentáře • 83

  • @ValkyRiver
    @ValkyRiver Před 4 lety +62

    That’s just “Eater 1”. There is also the Eater 2, Eater 3 and others.
    This is the Eater 2:
    O
    O O
    O O
    OO OOO
    O
    OO OOO
    OO O

    • @YTP_channel
      @YTP_channel Před 3 lety +4

      Oh!

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety +10

      @@YTP_channel I'm actually an expert at Conway's Game of Life. I discovered the Bandersnatch, p49 and p57 bumper loops, and constructed a spider gun that's a quarter of a million cells bigs

    • @YTP_channel
      @YTP_channel Před 3 lety +2

      😱!

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety +1

      @@YTP_channel Example of eater 2 eating gliders in four different positions: (RLE, please copy into golly)
      x = 87, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
      7bo24bo24bo24bo$6bobo22bobo22bobo22bobo$6bobo22bobo22bobo22bobo$5b2ob
      3o19b2ob3o19b2ob3o19b2ob3o$11bo24bo24bo24bo$5b2ob3o19b2ob3o19b2ob3o19b
      2ob3o$5b2obo21b2obo21b2obo21b2obo2$2o24b2o$b2o24b2o22b2o24b2o$o25bo25b
      2o24b2o$51bo25bo!

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety +4

      @@YTP_channel My Conway's Game of Life name is "Entity Valkyrie 2".
      Here is the spider gun.
      It's 263,246 cells large, and its size is 15,426×15,954.
      www.conwaylife.com/wiki/User:Entity_Valkyrie_2/Period-11040_spider_gun

  • @taufiqutomo
    @taufiqutomo Před 4 lety +67

    I'm interested in buying a hundred of those, to defend my headquarters against a potential attack. I would like to know the price. Thanks.

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety +6

      Sorry, but it doesn't work. A glider placed in this angle will actually eat the eater.
      RLE: x = 8, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
      7bo$5b2o$6b2o10$2o$obo$2bo$2b2o!
      O O
      OO
      O
      OO
      O O
      O
      OO

    • @taufiqutomo
      @taufiqutomo Před 3 lety +4

      @@ValkyRiver Just like normal armors that are weak from certain angles, *if* you can get that angle.

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety +3

      @@taufiqutomo
      Remember, an eater can only eat one lane. A glider, off by a single pixel, will destroy the eater.

    • @theadissons1372
      @theadissons1372 Před 3 lety

      @@ValkyRiver did you make this theory in your head or in paper

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety

      @@theadissons1372
      You can find all about this on conwaylife.com; it has been verified that an glider one cell off destroys the eater, and that the eater 1 can only eat on one lane.
      Eaters are particularly important in Herschel conduits.

  • @FireyDeath4
    @FireyDeath4 Před 5 lety +81

    Is it completely invincible?
    Or can it at least devour any moving object from any angle?

    • @glitchy9613
      @glitchy9613 Před 5 lety +2

      nope, tried.

    • @abdullahmertozdemir9437
      @abdullahmertozdemir9437 Před 4 lety +4

      Nah, doesn't work really w

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety +28

      @@abdullahmertozdemir9437
      A glider placed in this angle will actually eat the eater.
      RLE: x = 8, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
      7bo$5b2o$6b2o10$2o$obo$2bo$2b2o!
      O O
      OO
      O
      OO
      O O
      O
      OO

    • @jessiechen8681
      @jessiechen8681 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ValkyRiver HOLY JESUS THAT ACCUALLY WORKS

    • @jessiechen8681
      @jessiechen8681 Před 3 lety +5

      btw it reverses the gliders direction

  • @MMT--Games
    @MMT--Games Před 3 lety +4

    top 10 most strongest special military weapons

  • @wurttmapper2200
    @wurttmapper2200 Před 4 lety +6

    I love your book aboot Alex in Numberland!

    • @DemoniteBL
      @DemoniteBL Před rokem

      There's a moose loose aboot the hoose.

  • @elesystemic6742
    @elesystemic6742 Před rokem

    At least it cannot gobble up a heavy spaceship

  • @eater999
    @eater999 Před 6 lety +8

    :)

  • @leogr754
    @leogr754 Před 2 lety

    Alex Bellos you is amazing, very thanks for the video :)

  • @thomasbradley2916
    @thomasbradley2916 Před 10 měsíci

    Incredible

  • @cicero31415
    @cicero31415 Před 2 lety

    When it blew up sometimes gliders would come out of it

  • @aleksitjvladica.
    @aleksitjvladica. Před 6 lety +2

    Wow.

  • @cicero31415
    @cicero31415 Před 2 lety

    Oh I it’s working now

  • @rodeotcd
    @rodeotcd Před rokem

    My spaceship ate the eater

    • @minecraftify95
      @minecraftify95 Před 11 měsíci

      Possible errors: Wrong angle, distance, and/or spaceship.

  • @king_ian_yt
    @king_ian_yt Před 2 lety

    you can make a glider gun with a eater

  • @minsapint8007
    @minsapint8007 Před 3 lety +1

    So now I know what an Eater looks like.
    From the First Law books: An Eater is a person with the ability to absorb magical power by eating human flesh.
    I thik that this one is Khalul.

  • @somethingness
    @somethingness Před 4 lety +4

    A truly powerful being.

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety

      A glider placed in this angle will actually eat the eater.
      RLE: x = 8, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
      7bo$5b2o$6b2o10$2o$obo$2bo$2b2o!
      O O
      OO
      O
      OO
      O O
      O
      OO

    • @elesystemic6742
      @elesystemic6742 Před rokem

      You liar! My eater is killed!

    • @minecraftify95
      @minecraftify95 Před 9 měsíci

      @@elesystemic6742 Angle matters

  • @velcrostapler5139
    @velcrostapler5139 Před 3 lety

    da eater do be lookin like a snek

  • @Kunding143
    @Kunding143 Před rokem

    this can be made with the -demultiplexer-

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 10 měsíci

      Demultiplexer is made of three eater 1s, and turns a Herschel into a boat.

  • @stefan-ls7yd
    @stefan-ls7yd Před 3 lety

    Started watching veritaseum and ended up watching game of life eaters

  • @jessiechen8681
    @jessiechen8681 Před 3 lety

    valkyriver thanks for the info that at a certain angle the glider eats the eater!

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety

      Your welcome.
      Also, try experimenting with this :)
      O
      O O
      O O
      OO OOO
      O
      OO OOO
      OO O

    • @king_ian_yt
      @king_ian_yt Před 2 lety

      @@ValkyRiver it just vanished

    • @king_ian_yt
      @king_ian_yt Před 2 lety

      @@ValkyRiver and if you attack it with a glider it will turn into a glider

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 2 lety

      @@king_ian_yt
      When correctly placed, it can eat a glider going ↗️.

    • @king_ian_yt
      @king_ian_yt Před 2 lety

      @@ValkyRiver what is the layout

  • @mdouglaswray
    @mdouglaswray Před 3 lety

    Gee... think you could get the audio level any higher?

  • @crazy_wwww
    @crazy_wwww Před 3 lety

    yeeter

  • @yafi22
    @yafi22 Před 3 lety

    What happens with the HWSS?

  • @raffimolero64
    @raffimolero64 Před 6 lety +2

    fish hook/eater1

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 Před 5 lety +3

      I prefer "eater" as it even looks like an η.

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety

      @@rosiefay7283 But there exists eater 2...
      O
      O O
      O O
      OO OOO
      O
      OO OOO
      OO O

  • @columbus8myhw
    @columbus8myhw Před 3 lety

    What's the music? It doesn't _sound_ like Kevin MacLeod...

  • @alexhauptmann298
    @alexhauptmann298 Před 4 lety

    soundtrack???

  • @skiggywiggy8386
    @skiggywiggy8386 Před 4 lety

    Just set this up with a glider gun for maximum effect!

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety +1

      A glider placed in this angle will actually eat the eater.
      RLE: x = 8, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
      7bo$5b2o$6b2o10$2o$obo$2bo$2b2o!
      O O
      OO
      O
      OO
      O O
      O
      OO

    • @jessiechen8681
      @jessiechen8681 Před 3 lety

      @@ValkyRiver what if u set up an lets say "eater gun" and a glider gun

  • @limediamond4595
    @limediamond4595 Před 4 lety

    He’s too dangerous to be kept alive

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety

      Luckily, a glider placed in this angle will actually eat the eater.
      RLE: x = 8, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
      7bo$5b2o$6b2o10$2o$obo$2bo$2b2o!
      O O
      OO
      O
      OO
      O O
      O
      OO

    • @theadissons1372
      @theadissons1372 Před 3 lety

      @@ValkyRiver madlad

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Před 3 lety

      @Lime Diamond
      Eaters are, counterintuitively, extremely important objects in circuitry.

  • @Flareon406
    @Flareon406 Před rokem

    The thumbnail is not legit!

  • @user-ng5ek2kr6d
    @user-ng5ek2kr6d Před 2 lety

    czcams.com/video/YzIxVnJbJP4/video.html
    ... тут интересный вариант реализации игры ЖИЗНЬ

  • @cicero31415
    @cicero31415 Před 2 lety

    It dident work