and now for something completely different

[pecunium]

What I was doing when The Blonde called was monkeying with plant genetics.

I found, you see, this wonerful time waster. Seed.

It starts with one little flower. You can clone it, or cross it (you can, I think, self-cross).

Mutation will creep in.

You can also call up the genotype, and edit them. Really drastic edits lead to very ugly blobs. Those can make for interesting crosses. You can save the genotypes. You can send them to the guy who made the applet (it's a flash application) and you can cut and paste other people's wonders.

Every so often, I may publish some genotypes, such as these:


50.0, 0x408c49, 5, 10, 31.5, 0.1, 1.5, 1.3, 46.8, 68.5, 0.9, 2, 0.0, 0.2, 0.0, 0.1, 1.3, -0.1, 0.1, -0.1, 0xad8e3c, 0x647b21, 5.8, 13.8, 7, 8, 0.6, 0.3

50.0, 0x408c49, 5, 10, 31.5, 0.1, 1.5, 1.3, 46.8, 68.5, 0.9, 2, 0.0, 0.2, 0.0, 0.1, 1.3, -0.1, 0.1, -0.1, 0xad8e3c, 0x647b21, 5.8, 13.8, 7, 8, 0.6, 0.3

50.0, 0x408c49, 5, 10, 31.5, 0.1, 1.5, 1.3, 46.8, 68.5, 0.9, 2, 0.0, 0.2, 0.0, 0.1, 1.3, -0.1, 0.1, -0.1, 0xad8e3c, 0x647b21, 5.8, 13.8, 7, 8, 0.6, 0.3

Comments

[clownburner.livejournal.com]

Neat game. I found this one slightly surprising.

77.9, 0x67b878, 12, 17, 31.3, 0.0, 1.1, 1.4, 56.1, 51.2, 1.0, 3, 0.5, 0.5, 0.1, 0.0, 2.8, -0.2, -0.2, -0.3, 0xddbb44, 0xd2463f, 12.5, 7.8, 7, 16, 0.6, 0.1

[packbat.livejournal.com]

This is pretty cool...

80.1, 0x54bb54, 2, 10, 30.3, 0.0, 1.8, 1.4, 14.0, 83.4, 1.3, 2, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.5, 0.1, 0.0, -0.2, 0xe7cf30, 0xf884a5, 5.5, 18.0, 8, 7, 0.8, 0.4

Edit: Ooh!

68.8, 0x54bb54, 2, 10, 30.3, 0.0, 1.8, 1.4, 14.5, 83.4, 1.3, 2, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.2, 0.1, 0.3, -0.1, 0xe1c33d, 0xf886a7, 5.6, 17.7, 8, 7, 0.8, 0.7

[amberite2112.livejournal.com]

50.0, 0x408c49, 3, 30, 31.5, 0.1, 1.9, 1.3, 46.8, 30.8, 1.6, 2, 0.0, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 1.3, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0xd6471e, 0x323d90, 5.8, 13.8, 7, 99, 0.6, 0.3
!!

and while we're at it

[amberite2112.livejournal.com]

35.7, 0x990000, 10, 10, 66.4, 0.0, 1.1, 1.5, 40.0, 78.6, 1.0, 2, 0.3, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.1, 0.0, -0.4, 0x330000, 0x0066cc, 5.0, 10.0, 6, 18, 0.5, 0.3

Re: and while we're at it

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I used that, crossed it with one of mine and, with a few subsequent crosses got:

18.1, 0xab5434, 9, 10, 49.3, 0.1, 1.3, 1.4, 42.6, 76.1, 0.9, 2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.0, 1.0, 0.1, -0.2, -0.3, 0x133000, 0xbdf0ff, 5.3, 24.0, 7, 15, 0.9, 0.3

[silent-sybil.livejournal.com]

Oh, my god, I hate you. *groan*

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, you are not alone in that sentiment.

On the upside, unlike lots of other internet time-wasters, this one can be done in fits and starts.

TK

[silent-sybil.livejournal.com]

True. :) I discovered today that it's a particularly fun thing to do while talking on the phone to five-year-olds (part of my job). Thanks for the link, seriously! I'm just... not going to click on it again right now. -_-