A pop-up Java applet (see button, left) that displays a collection of the greatest patterns ever created in Conway's Game of Life. Version 0.41d New: There have been 2 surprises in the first 4 months of 2013. The first was a small, versatile c/7 spaceship named "Loafer" by Josh Ball. Unlike real life, the small, slow spaceships are the harder ones to build. This one fits in a 9x9 box. (See Spacesh