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This is an intriguing consequence of Ogsterduck's 'CRAY life' save. If you know what to do with this, please make whatever use of it you can. A more detailed explanation can be found in the save itself.

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Technomancer 4th Aug 2015

Fair enough. Like I said right from the start, I don't know enough about computing to know how, or if, this could be used. To be honest, I was originally only planning to use this for its appearance, to represent an AI 'brain'. At some point it occurred to me that it might actually have some functionality too, but it's so far outside my range of knowledge that I can't really tell if it's worth pursuing that..
BMPro 4th Aug 2015

OMG!!! AWESOME!!!
ogsterduck 4th Aug 2015

This also relies on particle order to function properly so it is inherently unstable. I totally agree with Schmolendevice. FILT memory running at subframe speeds is much, much more compact and efficient than this. Heck, SWTC ram is faster and more predictable. Not trying to put you down Technomancer, it is an interesting concept. It is just not usable as a storage medium.
ogsterduck 4th Aug 2015

@Schmolendevice I do have knowledge of computing and information theory. I still think this thing's only practical use is as a pseudorandom generator. As memory you could only have a single byte of usable data stored in this and the syncronization needed to get that data would involve a lot of jury-rigging. Plus you would need to run the simulation backwards to find a suitable (arbitrary) starting point due to the chaotic nature of this device. (cont.)
Squaesh 4th Aug 2015

if you were to add a buffer with an eight frame clock, then this would be capable of repeating signals.
Schmolendevice 4th Aug 2015

For example, this device although interesting can only output a 'one' to any single bit every 8 frames. Yet in a real machine program, much of the time a one may occur many times in the same bit for multiple consecutive bytes/instructions. This system may be fast, but its maximum reliable running frequency would be 7.5 Hz while at present I am in the process of developing 60 Hz RAM capable of storing 768 'next-frame accessible' bytes.
Schmolendevice 4th Aug 2015

Do any of the folks presently devoting their time to developing this possess knowledge of machine language and the kinds of arbitrary data patterns this device must be capable of outputting to be useful? It's just that I'm questioning the practicality of this invention in comparison to 'newer' technologies for program storage.
explosivepowder 4th Aug 2015

WAi defug?! It changed for absolutly no reson! It was the EXACT setup i had! WTAF
explosivepowder 4th Aug 2015

ID:1834395 I broke the typerighter... Uhh
gollark8 4th Aug 2015

To make this a lot more useful, someone will need to make the TPT simulation run backwards.

The Powder Toy

Extremely compact programming system by Technomancer

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