5blink
5blink is a small period-5 oscillator found by Scot Ellison in July 2011. It contains a blinker that is rephased over and over again.
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||
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Number of cells | 28 | ||
Bounding box | 14×9 | ||
Period | 5 | ||
Mod | 5 | ||
Heat | 19.2 | ||
Volatility | 0.76 | ||
Strict volatility | 0.76 | ||
Discovered by | Scot Ellison | ||
Year of discovery | 2011 | ||
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Its stator includes a tub acting as a rock. This can be replaced with a boat, beehive, loaf, mango, small lake and most other still lifes with a similarly placed cell.
It give out a dot spark which can be useful for, e.g, the p50-based p90 glider shuttle.
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