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[[File:Screen_Golly.png|900px|left|thumb|Screenshot of the Golly interface]] | [[File:Screen_Golly.png|900px|left|thumb|Screenshot of the Golly interface]] | ||
After you've gone ahead and tried Golly with random patterns or the ones found in the left panel, you would have noticed that some of the patterns occur frequently. The patterns which remain still for all subsequent generations are called 'Still Lives'. Examples include the “Block” and the “Beehive”. Some patterns moving across the field at different speeds and directions are called spaceships. The smallest spaceship is known as the “Glider”. The “LWSS” is short for “Light Weight Space Ship”. Other patterns repeat after certain generations while maintaining their positions. These are called oscillators. The “Blinker” and the “Beacon” are the most common oscillator. | |||
[[File:Block.png|100px]] [[File:Beehive.png|100px]] [[File:Glider.png|100px]] [[File:LWSS.png|100px]] [[File:Blinker.png|100px]] [[File:Beacon.png|100px]] | [[File:Block.png|100px]] [[File:Beehive.png|100px]] [[File:Glider.png|100px]] [[File:LWSS.png|100px]] [[File:Blinker.png|100px]] [[File:Beacon.png|100px]] | ||
====Golly Ticker==== | ====Golly Ticker==== | ||