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Comment author: jasonmcdowell 23 June 2011 05:37:33AM 5 points [-]

My favorite large CGoL object is the MetaPixel. It is a life object implementing a life unit cell, which actually looks like a life unit cell when zoomed out. A copy of it and some meta-simulations come with Golly.

http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/OTCA_metapixel

Comment author: Xachariah 23 June 2011 06:20:56PM 0 points [-]

One day science will uncover hidden binary buried deep in the Golden Ratio. Converting to text it reads...

// const int speedoflight = 512 planck units over 1 planck time // do NOT let anything go faster than that or it'll crash the rendering system -G // what about gravity wells? -S // screw it we need to ship, just give them them a time slow -G