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The '''block-laying switch engine''' (or '''block-making switch engine''') is a [[puffer]] that was found by [[:Category:Patterns found by Charles Corderman|Charles Corderman]]. It consists of a [[switch engine]] reacting with [[block]]s to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 [[generation]]s).
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A game invented in October 2009 at First Flight High School where participants use the word appletart or some of its variants. Originally it was focused on who could say it the loudest but has evolved over time. The ways to play include: 1. Who can say appletart the loudest? 2. Who can say appletart the most in a game? 3. Who will say appletart last? 4. Who will day appletart in the funniest or most awkward situations? 5. What word will be matched when someone says appletart? Will it be appletart, applepie, poptart, or something else?1. kid 1: Appletart. kid 2: Appletart! kid 1: APPLETART! Kid 1:APPLETART!!! kid 3: AAAPPLETAAARRT!!!!! kid 4: There goes another appletart game.2. I love playing the appletart game. Appletart! appletart game mugs & shirtsapple tart game appletart apple tart appletard appleturd applefart applefuckingtart applepie poptart by appletartkid Jul 16, 2011 share this add a video
It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits [[infinite growth]], and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the [[glider-producing switch engine]]).
 
Because of its easy construction (see the predecessor below), it has appeared in some superlinear growth patterns including [[mosquito 1]] and [[mosquito 2]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.argentum.freeserve.co.uk/lex_m.htm#mosquito1|title=Mosquito 1|author=Stephen Silver|publisher=The Life Lexicon|accessdate=June 1, 2009}}</ref>
 
==Image gallery==
{|
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|[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_debris.png|framed|left|The blocks left behind by the block-laying switch engine]]
|[[Image:Blocklayingswitchengine_pred.png|framed|left|A simple [[predecessor]] of the block-laying switch engine<br />{{JavaRLE|blocklayingswitchenginepredecessor|brief}}]]
|}
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pentadecathlon.com/objects/class4/typeB/SwitchEngine1/switchEngine1.php Single switch engine puffer trains] at the Life Objects Catalog

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Block-laying switch engine
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Pattern type Puffer
Number of cells 43
Bounding box 29 × 28
Direction Diagonal
Period 288
Speed c/12
Discovered by Charles Corderman
Year of discovery Unknown

The block-laying switch engine (or block-making switch engine) is a puffer that was found by Charles Corderman. It consists of a switch engine reacting with blocks to create an infinite number of new blocks (eight new blocks every 288 generations).

It is the most common naturally-occurring pattern that exhibits infinite growth, and is one of only two patterns that exhibits infinite growth that has been known to occur naturally (the other being the glider-producing switch engine).

Because of its easy construction (see the predecessor below), it has appeared in some superlinear growth patterns including mosquito 1 and mosquito 2.[1]

The blocks left behind by the block-laying switch engine
A simple predecessor of the block-laying switch engine
RLE: here

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Silver. "Mosquito 1". The Life Lexicon. Retrieved on June 1, 2009.
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