or too early

Is anyone out there playing from Iceland?

You maybe?

Nope. But I just came back from a visit to Iceland.

Sounds great. Did you enjoy it?

WONDERFUL! It's a beautiful country.

:) Lots of pics?

Oh, yes. So many adventures. The people are friendly and extremely well-educated. Their literacy rate is above 99%

Incredible! Must be the most of the world. I've always thought nature must be fantastic there.

It is. Green, green, green. Cascading waters everywhere. Lots of streams and rivers. We rode snowmobiles on thebig glacier, rode Icelandic horses, and soaked in mineral pools.

where are you from playwoman?

Sold! We must go there some day, sounds terrific!

And again, the hard is easier than the mediums :)

astig

I agree with you about the puzzles, Sprite.

where is rhat?

*that

I'm from southern California, Chrissie

I enjoyed the chat, playwoman, I will remember to go to Iceland one day. Bye!

Thanks, sprite. Bye.

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Done

OK, someone has to admit that i'm not as annoying as bobet

not my fault, my 7-yr old's so incense

hi all

hi

hi

very good ajax framework i think:)

done

Computer rating: 23. Easy if you use the little green numbers.

hello everybody

Is there any way to populate the squares automatically with possibilities?

javascript:for (i=1; i<=9; i++) {for (j=1; j<=9; j++) {if (grid[i][j].value == '') {ClearTinySquares(i,j);}}}for (i=1; i<=9; i++) {for (j=1; j<=9; j++) {if (grid[i][j].value != '') {var tmp_value = grid[i][j].value;for (k=1; k<=9; k++) {for (l=1; l<=9; l++) {if (grid[k][l].value == '') {if ((Math.ceil(i/3) == Math.ceil(k/3) && Math.ceil(j/3) == Math.ceil(l/3)) || i == k || j == l) {grid[k][l]['mini'][tmp_value] = -1;}}}}}}}for (i=1; i<=9; i++) { for (j=1; j<=9; j++) { if (grid[i][j].value == '') { for (k=1; k<=9; k++) { if (grid[i][j]['mini'][k] != -1) grid[i][j]['mini'][k] = 1; }}}}for (i=1; i<=9; i++) {for (j=1; j<=9; j++) {if (grid[i][j].value == '') {for (k=1; k<=9; k++) {if (grid[i][j]['mini'][k] != 1) grid[i][j]['mini'][k] = 0;}}}}PopulatePuzzle(grid);void(0);

i copied that from a while back, and i use it all the time

:D

I'm rather ignorant - what I do with it (after I've copied it)?

put that in your browser address bar and hit enter - it auto-populates. if you like, you can drag the address into your button bar (in firefox) and you have a handy shortcut.

i am speachless.

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hallo, yul

I'm using Firefox - drag into button bar?

hi :) i like diy way of solving puzzles.

hi all

Respectfully disagree, yul.

I agree with yul.

much time populating, and not enough time solving

But, just like other games, each person plays in the way that is most satisfying to them.

but part of the solving is to figure out how much you can solve without populating

diane (and everyone else), i do love putting in my own greens; but i never have that kind of time anymore, i have gotten SO busy.

but i'm going to save the script 'just in case' ;) thanks

OMG - that auto-populate is a piece of javascript gold

i love this game so much that i'm grateful for a personal help when i want to play but don't have a half-hour to put in greens

I scan first, mandi.

Many, many thanks cafeinatedelf!

i don't use marking. only in experts some times.

oh sure :) i just wish i remembered who made that script

yul, you must have an awesome brain :D

I'm too old to remember, yul

diane, did you figure out how to drag that into your button bar?

nope

if you grab the little spot immediately to the left of the address (where a teeny icon will be, more often than not), you can drag it to your button bar

Diane, are you using Firefox?

that is, if you have a button bar showing in your browser window

I've copied it into a word doc for future use, but would love to have it handier.

yep, Firefox user

I believe you can also paste the code in the address bar, and hit enter

Diane, do you have bookmarks below your address bar?

elf, not at all. i actually have some problems with it and see md regularly. i use sudoku to exersise my memory a bit.

no - I removed that. Should I?

Ah - just did it!

it's easier for this.... View => Toolbars => check bookmark toolbar

:)

(added bookmarks bar)

yul, i can always tell when i'm having an off day brainwise - i can't figure out the easiest sudoku. ;)

yes, everybody have such days

HUGE thanks, cafeinatedelf. Now I have a chance of catching up with all the ones I've not had a chance to do!

you're more than welcome, diane

I take it the script does not work with the evil empire browser?

iron sudoku is one of my top ten favorite places to go on the 'net. just want to say that.

Twin C - it should

twin, i don't know - i haven't tried it, to be honest

"bookmarklets" as they're called should work on any modern browser

Just pasted it into my browser and it didn't work

I concur, caf, about ironsudoku being a fun place. My time, though, has been so limited as of late.

*feels nostalgic* i joined back when there was less than a month's worth of puzzles...

Me, too, caf. I think I was here w/in a week of its beginnings

:) nice to meet another old-timer!

Twin C - IE instructions are on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet

Thanks! I'll go check it out.

better, yet, just d/l Firefox!

yeah really :D firefox is so much spiffier than IE. plus i love it.

I've got it DLed. I just have all my bookmarks in the evil empire.

Diane - where are you located?

Ontario - outside of Fergus

Twin C - it has an import function when you install it!

cool, I'm in Halifax

oooooooooooh - bookmark grabbing?

Twin C - yup :)

nice!

you can prolly export from IE and import, yes?

Never been there (yet) - would like to sometime.

FF also has an import function if it's already installed... but for most bookmarking needs, I use del.icio.us

yeah, i del.icio.us everything, except for my button bar, which has the stuff i use every day nice and handy.

hehe... same setup here. regular reference locally, everything else deliciouse'd

i love the internet! lol. sorry - i'm a bit sick today, so i may be acting weird.

shouldn't get sick on a weekend

i know :p it's poopy, but it happened anyway. i think it's because of the change in weather - my sinuses are REALLY sensitive.

hmm... this auto-fill is really nice, but a pain right now; I should have scanned FIRST, now I'm spending time un-checking possibles! :(

blame caffeinatedelf.

damn you, caffeinatedelf! ;)

yeah - i wish it was smarter

LOL! geez diane.

;)

hmm... I suppose a smarter script could be written, maybe a second one that removes possibles... lol, someone's done a solver in javascript, so it IS possible

augh, i'm being mobbed.

In my search this a.m. for a script, I kept running across one to clear greens, reds, and all. I don't understand how that would help.

huh.

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/3519

interesting!

but what's the point?

well, g'bye for now. i need to have a lie down.

take care, and thanks again. Get well!

sveet dreams ;)

finally finished.

everybody have a nice day

go

done

gee- i wish there were more hard ones like this one :)

Me too Helen! :)

not really hard.

Done!! I agree. Not too difficult.

sudoku must... sudoku must...

something about when to do sudoku...

can't... remember...

phew... shook enough cobwebs out to do it.