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What is the next symbol in the following sequence?

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Problem

What is the next symbol in the following sequence?
            _                       _
    _      |_      |       |                 |       |     |_
           |_        |     |       |_      |               |_

-- Ed Morris <edm@sol.rtsg.mot.com>
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The next symbol is:



because:
            _                       _
    _      |_      |       |                 |       |     |_
           |_        |     |       |_      |               |_

    _               _       _               _       _       _       _
   | |       |      _|      _|     |_|     |_      |_        |     |_|
   |_|       |     |_       _|       |      _|     |_|       |     |_|

-- Danny Dube <dubed@JSP.UMontreal.CA>

[ Editor: the answer given is a blank symbol. ]