Long barge

Long barge is an 8-cell still life discovered by the JHC group in 1970.[1] It is a long version of a barge.

Long barge
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Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 8
Bounding box 5×5
Frequency class 11.8
Discovered by JHC group
Year of discovery 1970

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]

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References
  1. Dean Hickerson's oscillator stamp collection. Retrieved on June 18, 2009.
  2. Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on March 30, 2010.
  3. Adam P. Goucher. "Statistics". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 24, 2016.
Vessels
No corners (barges) (^-2) • (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3 • ^4 • ^5 • ^6 • ^7 • ^8 • ^9
One corner (boats) (^-2) • (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3 • ^4 • ^5 • ^6 • ^7 • ^8 • ^9 • ^10
Two corners (ships) (^-1) • ^0 • ^1 • ^2 • ^3 • ^4 • ^5 • ^6 • ^7 • ^8 • ^9 • ^10
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