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From: Thomas Willhalm
Date: 29 Dec 2003 06:45:13
Message: <3ff013c9@news.povray.org>
Samuel Benge wrote:

> Cellular automatation(CA) evaluations were performed and expressed in a
> Euphoria program I made recently. The output(256 levels of grey) was
> rendered in POV as a height_field and given varying normal patterns
> along the y-axis.
> 
> The shapes portruding from the plane (not the crackle-based patterns on
> the ground) are the expressed CA calculations. No random number was used
> to create them, except on the upper portion of the test. I seeded the
> top with randomly colored pixels for 'food'. Given a set of
> circumstances, the procedure makes spcifically designed structures. I
> may post the results of my other tests in some webspace somwhere.
> 
> Questions and comments are always welcome.

Very nice! Looks like some strange extra-terrestrian buildings.

Can you actually deduce something about your CA from the image?
Asks for an animation BTW.

Greetings
Thomas

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