#C Runs for 21035 gens.  Initial pop = 32.  Final pop = 2570.
#C Final census includes a 'big S' (a 14-cell still-life), which forms
#C in gen 20040 from a collision between a pi-heptomino and a boat.
#C The pattern also produces 2 temporary pulsars, one in gens 10105 to 10153,
#C the other in gens 10338 to 10735.  Found by Paul Callahan, 1997.
#C See also http://www.radicaleye.com/DRH/methuselahs.html
x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
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