You seem not to be familiar with Conway's Game of Life. I think reading about it will answer several of your questions, but surely some of it is just historica

You seem not to be familiar with Conway's Game of Life. I think reading about it will answer several of your questions, but surely some of it is just historical (the glider was discovered 43 years ago): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(Conway%27s_Life) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(Conway%27s_Life)