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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	15
Bounding box	10 × 5
Period	8 (mod: Unknown)
Heat	9
Volatility	0.89 \| Unknown
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Robert Wainwright
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B378/S23678
# of rules	25 = 32
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	6
Uploaded synthesis RLE	blocker_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	blocker.cells
RLE	blocker.rle

Revision as of 22:17, 2 July 2016

Blocker is a period 8 oscillator found by Robert Wainwright. It is a useful dot sparker consisting of two blocks hassling an unnamed object. It reappears half way through its cycle rotated through 180 degrees.

Blocker is about the sixteenth most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than mazing but more common than jam.^[1]

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 '''Blocker''' is a [[period]] [[:Category:Oscillators with period 8|8]] [[oscillator]] found by [[Robert Wainwright]]. It is a useful dot [[sparker]] consisting of two [[block]]s [[Hassler|hassling]] an unnamed object. It reappears half way through its cycle rotated through 180 degrees.