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The illusion of super-light-speed travel is caused by an LWSS that is always created, but is then destroyed in some cases, by a signal catching up to it from behind that necessarily never travels faster than the speed of light. It is not possible to make any use of the apparent super-light-speed signal. The front end of an output LWSS can't be distinguished from the alternative dying spark output until several more ticks have passed. Not surprisingly, this extra time is enough to drop the average speed of information transmission safely below c.
Leithner named the Fast Forward Force Field in honour of his favourite science fiction writer, the physicist Robert L. Forward. See also star gate and speed booster.
The Game of Life is not your typical computer game. It is a cellular automaton, and was invented by Cambridge mathematician John Conway.
This game became widely known when it was mentioned in an article published by Scientific American in 1970. It consists of a grid of cells which, based on a few mathematical rules, can live, die or multiply. Depending on the initial conditions, the cells form various patterns throughout the course of the game.
Each cell with one or no neighbors dies, as if by solitude.
Each cell with four or more neighbors dies, as if by overpopulation.
Each cell with two or three neighbors survives.
Each cell with three neighbors becomes populated.
Video’s about the Game of Life
Interesting articles about John Conway
Implemented by Edwin Martin <edwin@bitstorm.org>