Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!coy From: coy@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stephen B Coy) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Hodgepodge (Computer Recreations 8/88) Message-ID: <2251@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 88 19:14:58 GMT References: <12032@dhw68k.cts.com> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 24 In article <12032@dhw68k.cts.com>, thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) writes: > > I've been getting some unexpected results, which I think may be > due to my workaround of a hazard in the formula for "infected > cells." The formula is [S/A] + g. When A = 0, obviously you need > to assume something else for the new cell state value! But what? When calculating infected cells include the cell itself in the totals. This insures that A>0. The most puzzling part of the article to me was what values of g to use. The terms "small" and "larger" don't convey a whole lot of insight. What I've found is that with n=128 interesting values of g are around 45. Does anyone else have nay insight into this? FYI I'm running this on my Amiga doing 160x100 cells and getting about 1 generation every 6-7 seconds. Oh, I'm also using an 8-connected neighborhood. With just 4 neighbors I couldn't get anything that looked interesting. > -ken > ========== ....... =========================================== > Ken McLeod :. .: uucp: {spsd, zardoz, felix}!dhw68k!thecloud > ========== :::.. ..::: InterNet: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com Stephen Coy uw-beaver!ssc-vax!coy