STANDARD DEVIATION
IS THE POSITIVE SQUARE
ROOT OF THE MEAN OF
THE SQUARE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL
DIFFERENCES OF THE
TERMS FROM THEIR MEAN

ISRAEL



ROMANIA

BROODING SQUID

OUR UNIVERSE IF VERY COMPLEX
WITH MYSTERIOUS NATURAL LAWS
ACTING ON A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS
MULTIDIMENSIONAL STORYBOARD OF INPUT

JOHN CONWAY (PREVIOUS POST) CREATED A MODEL
OF FIXED DIMENSION
(TWO SPACIAL DIMENSIONS ON A GRID)
AND LIMITED NATURAL LAW
(FOUR SIMPLE RULES)
THAT PLAINLY DETERMINE WETHER A CELL IS ON(LIVE) OR OFF(DEAD)
BASED ON THE EIGHT CELLS SURROUNDING IT

1. ANY LIVE CELL WITH FEWER THAN 2 LIVE NEIGHBORS DIES
2. ANY LIVE CELL WITH GREATER THAN 3 LIVE NEIGHBORS DIES
3. ANY LIVE CELL WITH 2 OR 3 LIVE NEIGHBORS LIVES
4. ANY DEAD CELL WITH EXACTLY 3 LIVE NEIGHBORS BECOMES A LIVE CELL

THE GAME PLAYS ITSELF BASED ON AN INITIAL DESIGNED STATE

THE GAME WAS ORIGINALLY PLAYED OUT ON GRAPH PAPER
BUT WAS SOON ADAPTED BY COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS IN THE 1970S

BELOW IS A .GIF OF SOME 'SPACESHIPS' THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
REMEMBER THESE ARE SIMPLY INITIAL CONFORMATIONS
SET TO LIFE WITH FOUR SIMPLE RULES

THIS IS JOHN CONWAY LISTENING TO THE FLOATING SPHERE COIL

MORE JOHN CONWAY NEXT TIME VERY EXCITING
1997

FUSELAGE

SCRAP THE FUSELAGE
SPACE IS STUPID ANYWAY