Long barge
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| Pattern type | Strict still life | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 8 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 5 × 5 | ||||||||
| Static symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Discovered by | JHC group | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||||||
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A long barge is an 8-cell still life discovered by the JHC group in 1970.[1] It is a long version of a barge.
It can "eat" two domino sparks, such as those produced by pentadecathlon; said sparks can be replaced with blocks to form unix.
Commonness
Long barge is the fourteenth most common still life in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than eater 1 but more common than aircraft carrier[2] It is also the nineteenth most common object on Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.[3]
References
- ↑ Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
- ↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on March 30, 2010.
- ↑ Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
External links
- lex_l.htm#longbarge at the Life Lexicon
- The 9 eight-bit still-lifes at Mark D. Niemiec's Life Page
| Vessels | |
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| No corners (barges) | (^-2) • (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3 |
| One corner (boats) | (^-2) • (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3 |
| Two corners (ships) | (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3 |