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2007 December 16

Wicks & Fuses
Frozen LWSS fuse / rake

2007-12-16-delayed-rake.rle
Sideways LWSS rake based on a glider+constellation->LWSS reaction.
This puffer produces a row of still-life constellations, each
of which can output an LWSS and two gliders when hit by a glider.
The result is a repeating sideways LWSS generating reaction
at the back, progressively thawing the "frozen LWSS" string.
David Bell, 4 November 2007.
David Bell has constructed a two-stage sideways LWSS rake, where the first stage builds "frozen LWSSs" -- a chain of repeated still-life constellations -- and the second "thawing" stage consists of a glider that follows the chain (at a much slower speed) and liberates the stored LWSSs.

Here are a few more patterns experimenting with the "frozen spaceship" idea:

2007-12-16-G-to-LWSS-still.rle
glider-to-LWSS still life in X-shaped pattern, using 2LWSS->2G
David Bell, 30 October 2007

2007-12-16-MWSS-fuses.rle
Three fuses built from variants of an MWSS-to-MWSS still life
conversion reaction from Jason Summers, 29 October 2007,
David Bell, 9 November 2007

2007-12-16-MWSS-still.rle
modified version of a glider-to-MWSS still life from Jason Summers
(29 October 2007) allows an MWSS input trigger instead of a glider.
David Bell, 30 October 2007

2007-12-16-LWSS-stills.rle
Four fuses using different variants of a glider-constructible
still life that produces an MWSS when annihilated by a glider.
Still lifes in the fuses on the right also output an extra glider.
David Bell, 11 November 2007