wow, this one has 7's i am amazed

That's why it's easy, I suppose...

Yes and numbers in the center box

yep

true!, that is also wonderful

easy?well, I feel stupid tonight, so that'sgood. :)

i agree with that

done!

you agree that i feel stupid tonight? :)

lol no that i feel stupid also

LOL

Morning all :)

hey debs!

Hiya Krys... How's you?

hanging in there!

Me too... by a thread...lol

hadn't planned to start this until I left the office and got home... oops

Someones dinners going to be late today then!...

it's 10 PM here - day is done :)

Oh.. get confused, but that that's nothing new..lol It's 06:30 here

in the morning? you're up early...

Always am.. have to wake Damian reincarnated up so that she can make herself look half human for school

you have my sympathy - I work with teenagers :)

You want another one?...lol

no thanks, have plenty here myself :)

done

Don't have to make a rush decision... think about it.. I'll chuck in come coupons!

wd rbm

its 1:31 am here...

Where's here?

hawaii?

1:31 in maryland

I'd love to go to Hawaii, thats my dream holiday

whoops, wrong directions dh

duh

all done.

wd scott

nice one, Scott

thx!

hooray, done. ugh.

yay grigs!

wd grigs

now, about that Babble I'm neglecting...

Wow, this was harder than the "medium" yesterday.

wd lurk

uh oh, i screwed up

At least it ain't like life.. You can erase it and start again :)

lol, true

i don't think it was harder than the medium but it wasn't that much easier

it required like 3-4 "insights"...yesterday required like 5-6

insights??

crap, I screwed up somewhere.

I'm going to start over once I get home, maybe tomorrow morning...:(

Can't wait for that "clear all" button!

lol

amen to that!

just refresh the page it will clear it

nope, saved too recently

oh

sad

Dont worry... it's not like you get extra points for how fast you do it

yup i'll live. see you later!

Cya Krys, take care

Oh good, an easy one. Maybe I'll finish!

I'm done... all that for one point ...geez

Take care, be happy & smile...Lifes too short... Cya ((hugs))

lol

all boxes filled but some green numbers too much...

so its time for some real serious logic or try, fail and repeat

Morning all :)
Is this a real easy one or one that should be called at least medium? ;)

ooh, an easy one. yay.

hmm, I saw 'easy' and thought this one might be a breeze, but nuh-uh.

morning Sprite

Hi Ginger :)
Yeah trioptimum, that's what I meant. The classification is even more of a puzzle than the grid itself, lol.

I think it's just there to lull people into a false sense of security :)

Lol!

At least the 9s are a breeze.

what is the best method to solve line by line or square by square.... i really just can not get past it....duh

My grid constantly flickers, as if some other text is being briefly superimposed over it. Do others have this problem?

should work either way

Hi Blaze, there are many ways leading to Rome, I think. You have to work out what suits you best. I just hop around, I always start with the obvious ones and then try to reason out new ones.

@ fnurt: perhaps you must upgrade to the newest firefox? I had the same problem and that helped.

I will try that.

thank you I will keep trying at it....

oops, I'd better get ready for work... :)

:D
I understand, triopt, we addicts are all the same :)

Sprite, you are so smart. Just like over at Babble.

Why that? I am not really good at Sudoku, I have no strategy at all, just plain stubbornness gets me through. But thanks for the compliment ;)

Because you told me to download the newest Firefox. ;)

What is the notation system being used here?

i feel like theres been alot of rough puzzles on here and it's really honed my skills

ROFLOL! That's actually Dr_God's smartness, he is the one who advised me on the first day.

How do you know when you got something right?

douglasbass: you dont until you run into a problem

Got the center 3x3 filled

awesome try for another one

douglasbass, if you put in a number that makes a double somewhere, the grid flashes red for a moment. But as long as there are no doubles, you are on your own. Until you hit a brick wall that is :)

Ok, thanks!

got row 6, column 9

Column 6 is pretty easy too.

so have I :) seems to be falling into place today!

yeah sprite, only 2 to put in that one, wads a bad move starting on hard 2 days ago. Doing this one is helping me see what I should be doing!

row 5, column 1

wtg Ginger :)

row 5, column 3

i feel like i've been using the green numbers and now i can't do it any other way

row 9, column 2

I am also saving it each time I put in a 'certain' so if I screw up later I know what's left is certain.

As long as it works for you, it is perfect, jojomnky :)

row 3, column 5

an easy one?

row 2, column 9

douglasbass, if we would all put in each number we found, this log would be getting pretty boring, don't you think?

oh, ok.

Thanks :)

peternl: yeah, rather easy indeed :)

whew I think I have 3 sq across the top.... hopefully

Hello folks!

Hi Vega :)

hey there

Hey Sprite and Peternl. *hops* Easy puzzle today?

so far, yep

but yesterdays medium was pretty easy too

It was indeed.

I believe "medium" can mean pretty well everything, from easy to expert :D

I knocked over an easy Sudoku on Zone.com in 3 minutes yesterday. Let's see if I can do the same here... ;P

Vega is a fast worker, he/she is the one to ask for strategies :)

She. =) I don't think I'm going to make this one in 5 min... I've found the Sudokus here are a class above most others elsewhere. Which is great!

I got the best stratergy for me last night )in UK) from a few people

oops, sorry, hit return too soon!

would you care to share that strategy

I agree, Vega! :)

Sprite - I'm not very fast. The sudokus the past few days have been tricky. =)

except for yesterday, definitely

I always think you finish pretty fast, Vega :)

I'm not very good at explaining but it's about checking the obvious...

hey :)

Hey Atalante :)

in the given numbers you can check if you have 2 numbers the same the 3rd can be easy to find...

I am obviously not very strategic...LOL I get some then have to switch and then oops gone back to square one...

someone help me explain the 'third column' please!!!

That's how I do it too, Blaze. It will get you there, though I am sure we will never be the fastest at this ;)

Sprite - *LOL* I must be perpetuating a very good illusion then!

It's okay Ginger, I find it real hard to explain Sudoku strategies in words... it's far easier demonstrating it.

is the given numbers in the square or the column/line ??

LOL thanks Blaze!

Done! Well, for once the classification fit the grid :)

wd Sprite!

Way to go =D

done

morning

gj peternl :)

wd peternl

I agree, 25 mins, so definjitely easy

Woohoo!

It's done, rawr. *runs off to Zone.com for another*

So, do points actually get added to your ranking, or not til April 1at (in honour of Apple's 30th bday I presume ;-)

I'm guessing they'll be saved!

wd vega

ooh ohh Ginger uk I think I just might have it...LOL

when you have got the obvious ones do you then use trial and error?

no

no?

you have to look at rows, columns and 9groups, and use that info to eliminate more

it's difficult to describe in words :)

yeah... I guessed that much but I have positions where 2 numbers could fit... the same numbers in each.... with very little clue!

but you should never have to guess

I just found that out too Rob!

if you know how to take a screenshot i might be able to show you what i mean

yes i DO KNOW HOW TO TAKE A SCREEN SHOT

OOPS sorry, caps lock moment

yeah i guessed :) if you can take a pic of your sudoku board and upload it to somewhere i can have a go at showing you what i mean

anywhere in particular?

well, anywhere on the web that i can see :)

lol, that would be helpful! but I don't have anywhere to upload it to so that shoots that one in the foot LOL... thanks anyway!

hehe ah well

does almost count in suduko like horeshoes.... I would llike to kick this one.... I was doing good until the last few lines urggh

that's too bad. Me, I'm still halfway through this one

wheee haaa, I've made it :)

I have a complete line and centre 3x3 but suddenly abrick wall appeared!!!

done!

wd :-)

*bounces over to babble*

Wow finally

wd powerg!

ooh frustrating

anyone else unable to use alt-click to mark red numbers?

working fine for me on IE6

tis probably ffx then

alt is an unusual modifier to use

alt click for red, shift clic k for green numbers

yeah

works on my ffx.

thanks mox, i pretty much implied i knew that :)

and incidentally you're far inferior to a Mox Diamond :p

not that I use 2 colors at the same time though

hmm...i dunno about inferior to diamond...

well, there are moments where it's useful, when you spend a while working out that a number can't go somewhere, even though it looks as though it can

diamond is a restricted rare or something isn't it?

(remembering back about 7 years)

haha...I havent played much since ice age. I dont think even the diamond is tourney legal in very many formats any more

hmm not sure when ice age was, i remember Tempest was probably the last set that came out before i stopped

tempest ('97) was after ice age (summer 95)...

oh yeah ice age, that's ancient

i remember now

;)

done it

cya tomorrow people :)

bye Rob!

bye

is this easy ? :P im finding it hard to enter 5th number

Arghhhhhh!!!!!!

A
rghhhhhh!!!!!!

Argh is right.

oops sorry about double post!!

i made a mistake just at the beginning how is this possible ;)

this diagram drives me crazy

lol, there is a square i can't click on ..

3rd left, 6th down .. can you guys click on it?

yes

lol, i'll try reloading ..

TiMuN you can't click that one cos the program put it there!

oops, don't know my left from right <blush>

nice one Ginger .. you should catch some sleep, maybe? :)

its ok, i can do it now .. i just refreshed the screen, and its working

and i'm done!!!

grats Bubbles!

1pt... well I'm not sure that was worth the effort...

LOL

:)

I'd be happy with that as I haven't any points yet!

i'm just doing this from work, while contents are beign uploaded to a site .. I dont mind about points

THIS IS NOT A DAMN EASY SUDOKU !!! :)

"Easy" is a bit subjective - how is it defined?

It's easy caus it gives 28 numbers. The lowest numbers required for the easy category.

I would think the distrubution of the 28 numbers would be significant?

hi everyone.. whats it like today

sure, its very easy

excellent.. about time really lol

I dont think there is any easy way of characterising difficulty level

finally did it, not that 'easy' though

i have completed my first online sudoku...congrats to me...

starting out

good morning

done!

congrats njl, if you're still there

hi all

mornin

oh, it's an easy one today!

did it - oh yeah

wtg ev

thought i had it done, but got to cocky and had to restart

congratulations, bernd ;)

du hast auch sonst keine hobbies

nein *g*

wozu auch ? ;)

wenigstens gelöst

noch nicht ganz, aber ich glaub, gleich müsst ich's haben

richtig stress heute beim arbeiten, hm?

jetzt ja :-(

viel spaß dabei :)

done

grats

jeez che, fast

I really should keep it open in case someone is stuck and needs a hint

how many points did ya get?

just 1

man liest sicht

jep - bis dann

how can you give hints on here chebuctonian?

Use chat?

O:-)

no, i mean, giving clues here isn't quite as easy as Babble!

True. It takes a little more communication

:)

well, I got my point for the day, so I had better go get ready for work

I'm stuck!!

but well done haxored1

i am too

stuck that is

lol Bunny, glad I'm not alone1

yo

you DJ

oops I mean Yo!

ug, done, off to babble

wd bunny!

hmm, not so 'easy' now is it?

crap

"Where's the override? THE OVERRIDE!?"

oh man! i was hoping for an easy one today! (i'm a bit of a dunce....)

done

done

what's the secret to these things???

done

this one? thoroughness - you can get a long way before marking all the possibilities. I find it's best to try to make as much progress as possible before resorting to the pencil marks because they can make it hard to spot patterns if there are a lot of them.

thanks for that caderoux!

how do you get pencil marks

alt

ty

and shift for green

and ctrl makes not marks

you can get green ones by holding down shift when you click the number. Red I think from holding alt.

Hold the shift or alt keys while clicking on a number

oops... shift and alt (sorry)

Shift (when clicking the number, not the blank box - so keep holding shift down or press it before choosing the number) for green, Alt for red - use them as you will. The recommended convention here is green - possible, red - impossible. If you've marked up every digit in every box, then boxes with a single green can be marked black

ok

ty

at last!

Gask..>Why do I keep going wrong on these things.

holy sh i finally finished it. it was medium at least 111

that wasn't so bad

yay! all done

I seem to prefer the tortoise approach :/

hahahha finished

wd Kalai

finally!!!

wd joae

Joe even!

done it!

!! I was finally able to finish one!

Woh... slow today...

More given numbers today

easy puzzle

not that it's easy for me today, just classified as easy :)

I wish I could save stages like a wiki

sheesh, finally done, yay paper

Done at last . Easier than recent grids, but not 'easy'

it's harder not being able to write down possible numbers in the corners

you can write down possibles

shift click

oh cool thanks

gee they should make it obvious.. thanks

it's in "how to play"

what are those?

=)

Not a particularly fast swingin level, but I guess thats why its called "Iron

I didn't know about the shift click! It will make things so much easier now.

evening

evening Goldthang

lunch time here

tea/dinner time here ;)

The world has many time zones..

24

Evening Ginger..

more than 24

oh really?

how many exactly then?

i'll check!

hah the internet...

maybe some hours are combied which makes up for the half hour zones

Many time zones.. One Iron Sudoku..

Beautiful..

ooh

;)

any Metallica fans out there?

39 time zones apparently, took me a bit to find it

hah nice job though

not on wiki?

it was, just not where i looked :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zon
es

guys, there are 24 hours in a day, therefore the world can only have 24 time zones. Some of the borders zig and zag a little, but there are only 24 recognized time zones...

what have i started? ;)

i think someone mentioned something about half time zones though,so that's why there are more than 24

damn you goldthang!!!

International Time Zone War.. What is this world coming to?

hah

Australia has some half ones (eg 10.5)

Australia has some half ones (eg 10.5)

http://www.worldtimezone.com/faq.html

hahahaha.. this is great!

well, whatever time it is...I'm done for the day...

and however much of it you have left, have a good bit of day :)

that's crazy...australia's got some weird stuff going on

aren't they the people who like to draw the world atlas up side down?

no.. they just like sheep..

lots!!

i think canadia has half time zones too

yeah that's where i first heard about it

That'll be New Zeland Goldthang... and Wales!

Zeeland, sorry

That's me done, see you tomorrow!

hi all

POH TAY TOES

I finally finished one!

Hey, this one has two solutions!?

Broken broken!

wow, mac, your cat looks a LOT like my cinder.

Oh, maybe not...

Hi hurshy! I know... that's what I thought too :)

but you haven't seen a pic of cinder!

this is mitten.

oh, that's right, the one in the pic is striped

hang on let me find one of cinder to put up.

Yeah, definitely 2 solutions. Oh well, I got them both...

there she is

not the best pic for seeing the similarity though

I can see the similarities :)

here's another one

Yeah - that one shows it even more

people are going to be confused :)

Heh... How old is she? Mine is 8 years old

done! woo!

mine is almost 6

this pic is from when she was like 1 though

I'll have to dig out the pic I have of Bongo when he was just a kitten... caught him in mid-yawn... it's on my old computer, at the moment

easy? I've yet to see an easy puzzle on here...

this is my third cat, marty

i suppose i should just zoom in on his face, that is hard to see

nice looking cat :) Is he an orange tabby?

yes, hang on for close up

I love orange tabbies :) I had one once - he was a rascal

there, is that better/

marty is the funniest cat ever.

why hello there!

hello wac

Great pic, hurshy :)

wow, that's a lot of cats ;)

marty is the happiest cat in the world, but has such a pathetic sounding meow that if you hear him you think he must have a very rough life.

he loves carrots.

lol, that's the way Bongo speaks, too. Always sounds cranky

mart doesn't sound cranky... just... pathetic

he likes to drink from the faucet

i bought an auto-sensor thing so i wouldn't have to keep turning it on for him

My orange tabby was part mountain goat, I think. He climbed places that none of my other cats ever even attempted

but then after a few months it stopped working :(

lol

marty also likes to have his nose pet. i mean his actual nose - the pink part. and you have to pet it hard, and he makes these snorting noises while you do it. he esp likes it if your hand is wet.

Yeah, I had a faucet drinker, too. There must be something really alluring about it

lol @ nose pet

marty just saw me drinking from the faucet one day while brushing my teeth and thought it seemed like a good idea. you could see that he was imitating me.

don't you think most cats would be really mad if you pet their nose like that?

marty likes it so much that he will stand up, grab your hand with his paw, and pull it down to his nose.

lol, I would think so - have never tried it. I know some cats are not fond of having their bellies touched

people think i "taught him a trick" but he just does it

I must say - that's a first for me - I've never heard of a cat liking its nose rubbed

my mitten used to not like having her tummy rubbed but i gradually won her over :)

the carrot thing is weird too, don't you think? marty likes carrots so much that he will jump up on the cutting board after you cut some up and rub himself against it.

of course he can't eat them bc he hasn't got the right teeth for that, being carnivorous... but he will lick them, and lick your hands if they are carroty

lol, that *is* weird :)

i tried buying him some pureed carrot baby food but he didn't want it. i don't know why bc i made sure the only ingredients were carrots and water.

he used to love apples but not so much now

Sometimes, there's just no explaining cat behavior

indeed

hi all

hola!

hursh - did you try shredded carrots??

does todays easy live up to its rank?

MD - I didn't think it was too bad...I started this morning, had to leave & then picked it back up & finished in a fairly short amount of time...

i was about to say yes, and then i messed up. . . so um. . .

hahaha i hate that

I think this is the hardest easy I've seen.

maybe I'm just stupid :-)

oh, EB - i think i did try shredded carrots, can't remember now.

maybe i should try just in case i didn't before.

hokie - not at all...it just depends...sometimes they just 'click' right away...others you agonize over...I have one I've been working on (paper) that I've had to restart 3 times because I stopped/started & redone b/c I goofed...

I don't think I'll EVER finish it!! : )

sure you will auntie :)

hursh - he might like that!!

i will go try it right now

hursh- thanks for the vote of confidence...I'm tempted to chuck it in the garbage...but there's this competitive/stubborn streak I have ; )

I think it depends on how you start it, too. most times I notice a domino effect. just not getting that here. I started over on my laptop & just compared where I was stuck. same spot on both computers.

my logic is not working today. Good thing I got those 10 points the other day. ;-)

hokie - that's when you go crazy!! (like my paper one...) - very frustrating...so I empathize!!

10 points?? for one puzzle?? egads!! that must have been a killer!! (this is only 1 point)...

I've got this one close, but I'm down to a point where some guessing is required. Doesn't seem like 'easy' puzzles should end up with guessing.

yeah, that doesn't seem right

I wonder if these points will be added into our rankings, since that won't show until 4/1....hmmm...

yeah, it's like 1 pt., 2 pts., 5 pts., & 10 pts. Funny thing is I've yet to notice a difference in any of them.

i hope so. . .i'd like to have something to show for hours of wasted time

MpP - I thought I was in the same place as you...and then I rechecked & something jumped out at me...

Wac - it's the enticement to keep you coming back!! just like Babble... : )

it's true

I made the mistake of starting this one at 1 am last night. 'Course I restarted today w/ the same (lack of) results.

plus the friendly conversation!

i do this at home when i should be doing homework, and i do the one's in the newspaper during class while i'm supposed to be paying attention

I think I started Babble last night, too, but I'm not sure.

hokie - I'd never be able to do this at 1:00 a.m. I have to be WIDE awake to even have a fightin' chance...

Wac - are you a 'kid' or college-age??

college

I'm probably not wide awake right now. ;-) think I will go take a shower. later!

how this works? the shorter u need to solve it, the more points u get?

where u go to school?

so a kid... ; )

nope, it's all about the level

blad - less points for degree of difficulty

basically :)

utah state

Well, luckily, my first guess was right and everything fell into place. There may have been a way to do it without guessing, but it would take an advanced approach to do that. An easy puzzle shouldn't end up there.

aah ok, its takes forever here

MpP - congrats on finishing!!

huzzah!

Wac - did you finish too??

i wish. . .

i restarted, but it just isn't going as well as the first time

Wac - sending positive vibes your way...hint - all the rows & columns have 1 - 9 in them...it might help!! 8 )

hey no way!!

who would have guessed!

NO SPOILERS!!!!

you're such a pal!

UGH! :)

hahahaha

auntie, it worked!

he ate a bunch of it!

hursh - yeah!!! happy cat!!

and then he wanted his nose pet!

Wac - what can I say!!

you're amazing! that's all there is to it

the other 2 cats came over when i put a plate down - figuring it was tuna or something yummy - and they were like, "what? carrot?"

hursh - they must not be vegetarians!!

nope, only mart.

mitten is the Dairy Queen.

and cinder likes her meat.

great, just logged on and it's an easy one. i might actually be able to finish today

well all - good luck!! heading back to do some work (now that my conf. call is over...) Bye!!

bye auntie!

see you!

hurshy. . may i ask why you call her auntie?

huzzah!

and this time it's for me!

w00t! i got it!

good job!

DONE... and without using the green and red letters... now to Babble...

just finished - i made hard work of that 'easy' one!

wac - you still here?

oh. not. some other day then.

I've got to do some work... will be back later

Does this version let you know when you have a row or column completely correct?

no

Does this version always have an answer you can get to without guessing?

Is there a way to mark potential values for a cell?

no

no

Thanks tekmoney

Actually I find out that you can mark potential numbers. Click a cell, then hold the control key and click a number.

sorry, meant shift key

yes it always can be done without guess

and you can do red and green numbers, if you like

cool, thanks

red is alt click

:)

thanks I didnt know that

any way to start over if saved?

not yet, dr_g is working on it. you must clear each box.

hey hurshy. . i'm back

but the question is. . . are you?

oh, hey wac

we all seem to check in rather infrequently

wac...oh, wac...come out come out wherever you are...

the answer to your earlier question is this: on babble, karys adopted babbler and easternblue. then babbler adopted me. this made EB my aunt, hence i call her auntie.

Do we have a score for this puzzle? if so where is it?

ExWren, when you finish, you get 1 point

Is that all? all this stress for 1 point?

I've almost filled all the squares, except for 5, and I don't know how to put it right, it's too complicated!

Ex - if you only have 5 left, it shouldn't be too hard, which 5 squares are they?

(this is an Easy, so 1 point, mediums are worth 2, hard 3, and expert 5)

ex - can i help you??

The numbers I need to place, already have thos numbers in the lines, I think I give in. I said right from the start that I can't do sudoku! I think I am past help

Many thanks for offering hurshey, but I am a hopeless case, I think I had better stick to words.

i could give you a tutorial if you want, it helped atalante

I only gave this a try to pass the time, I finished the babble grid

ex, have you tried other word game sites then?

do you play eight1 or tangleword?

or perhaps quiddler?

I know the theory, my daughter gave me a book on it a Christmas.

I have done eight1, and tangleword, not seen quiddler. I think I will retire gracefully from this game! Thanks a lot hurshy.

quiddler is quite different

it is found on www.setgames.com

today's is very challenging though

oops, www.setgame.com, no s at the end

anyway, see you on babble exwren :)

i must have something wrong with me, because i found yesterdays medium difficulty puzzle easier than today's easy one ... blahh

finally an easy one

here i go

Not easy for me...

Not easy at all! :(

hjppioidfhiogfdhfojhgojdhijgjoifsI HATE YOU SUDOKUUUU

lol

contestant: you should give some serious thought to switching to decaf

i think that sudoku, being so logical, is heartless and does not care

Done, finally, after one gues

guess ? hrmphhh

woohoo 1 big whole point well thats me done for the nite

much easier than the mediums

yay, I just beat my first puzzle

Yeah!

Way to go Phatman!

hello

Hi Samantha.

hi

Finally finished! Hurrah for me!

finally ... 1 Point!!!

Yay! First one I've been able to finish in a couple days.

Three squares left, the suspense is killing me....

One square.....

Yay! My second puzzle ever! One more point for harpjane!

evenin sudoku-ers!

New friend - Aloha

first point... ahhh!

this one was too easy

monday's was really hard though

ARGH i accidently dragged a number out of the popup and it reset my game :P

i'm having major problems!!!!

hi ashling

hi ;D

is there an easier way to clear all the cells than just clearing one at a time?

refresh the page if you haven't saved

finially got a point

I need a pencil

i can solve them just fine on paper. i have issues on teh computer, apparently.

hence the need for a pencil

even on the easy, i am so stuck

Done and Done

I get a whole 1 point

that was EASY?????

hurshy are you still here?

No

lol was just going to ask what is quiddle?

I said no!

ill google it

you better