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Here's another odd pattern. It looks like a long version of the "bookends" object. A couple of these objects pop up when you start with a row of 1023 cells.

.**.**.
..*.*..
..*.*..
*.*.*.*
**...**

Is it rare? I don't see it in the list of 16-cell patterns.

Thanks!

It's on the list. 16.612
http://pentadecathlon.com/objects/objec ... jid=16.612

Also, it's on the soup list, number 114.
http://conwaylife.com/soup/census.asp?r ... &os=1&ss=1