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Difficulty: Hard Friday, March 23, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Friday, March 23, 2007

12:04 am
TeaNCrackers

done
1:01 am
drwho

Difficulty score 21. Naked and hidden pair analysis required.
2:43 am
h

go
2:53 am
h

done
3:32 am
sprite

easier than many easies
3:56 am
moedog

hi all
4:04 am
moedog

done. took a while to find the loose thread, but it unravelled nicely.
4:45 am
Kukana

amazingly easy for a 'hard' puzzle!
5:41 am
orsetta87

Hi all
5:41 am
orsetta87

come to visit my msn space
5:41 am
orsetta87

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5:42 am
orsetta87

write me a comment if you like it or not
5:42 am
orsetta87

I'm waiting for all you
5:42 am
orsetta87

8-)
6:31 am
eyeman

just one lucky green after an easy start. Good luck, all.
6:58 am
smooth_pappa

and go!
7:03 am
smooth_pappa

done. no greens (wow... that was quick)
7:32 am
Andy

go
7:48 am
yul

yes, that was an easy one
7:52 am
Andy

done. no greens.
7:54 am
Psycho_Puppy

Go.
7:59 am
Psycho_Puppy

Done. No greens. That was actually remarkably simple.
8:52 am
derfasaurus

i liked it
8:57 am
spellacked

go
9:19 am
spellacked

blew it once, had to start over, done
9:24 am
UnikeTheHunter

Go.
9:46 am
Krys10

ok, kitty and i are starting
9:47 am
UnikeTheHunter

I hope kitty can help.
9:47 am
Krys10

she's getting better, though she gets 6's and 9's mixed up sometimes
9:53 am
UnikeTheHunter

Done. It was interesting. But nothing harder than a triplet, which broke it open.
9:54 am
Krys10

will watch for it. it's the row/block and column/block intersections that always get me
9:56 am
UnikeTheHunter

Oh. And there was one loner, which I didn't spot until I put in greens.
9:56 am
Krys10

Bah, not so very hard
9:56 am
Krys10

kitty and i are off to do other puzzles - later!
9:57 am
UnikeTheHunter

Kitty doesn't like the easy ones, I take it.
9:57 am
Krys10

UTH, where are you located in California? I was a math tutor full-time until I quit last June
9:57 am
UnikeTheHunter

I'm in Lodi, near Stockton.
9:57 am
Krys10

kitty likes the expert ones that keep my lap available for much longer
9:58 am
Krys10

i was working in berkeley, now living in SF
9:58 am
UnikeTheHunter

Oh, I see you keep auto-greens with your profile. Good idea.
9:59 am
Krys10

if you've ever played Set with your clients you might liek this:
http://www.setgame.com/puzzle/set.htm
9:59 am
UnikeTheHunter

Thanks, I'll try it now.
9:59 am
Krys10

I've seen people I don't know referring other people I don't know to my profile to get the green script, so I'm glad people know it's available
9:59 am
Krys10

and my mother - she occasionally deletes the desktop sticky note that I set up with it
10:01 am
UnikeTheHunter

My son deleted my auto-greens one time. I'm planning to program a new auto-greens that won't put back greens I've removed.
10:41 am
babsmgl

anyone else seeing red letter "x"s where the numbers should be? what does that mean? i have tried reloading several times, i am stumped!
10:45 am
h

only solution is reload... i could write down the values if you want to try solving it anyway...
10:47 am
h

74........512.38.....8..79.....62..9...9.1...
6..74.....16..7.....96.813........47 in case that helps...
10:52 am
babsmgl

i
10:52 am
babsmgl

re on this site. thanks ,
10:58 am
Zoor

easy
11:08 am
pera

hello there...? :o)
11:08 am
pera

is anybody there...?
11:10 am
pera

yoo hoo...?
11:12 am
Limer

not hard at all
11:13 am
Limer

Ha
11:13 am
Limer

Nailed that puppy!
11:13 am
Limer

Rank me, baby!
11:13 am
Limer

No Green, red, but one checkpoint
11:13 am
Limer

Cue them muzak
11:13 am
Limer

My apologies to Hurshy.
11:14 am
pera

hello Limer...
11:14 am
Limer

And no guessing!
11:14 am
Limer

Sup, pera?
11:14 am
pera

can I ask you...?
11:14 am
Limer

you can ask
11:15 am
pera

this is my first day with SuDoKu... >shy<
11:15 am
Limer

WOW you picked a wonderful time to get started. This puzzle is not the easiest to learn on.
11:16 am
pera

I started with the one I have found in the newspapers... and I riched some point but I cant go on...
11:17 am
Limer

Are you using greens?
11:17 am
Limer

Or reds?
11:18 am
pera

I got a bit familiar with logic of Sudoku...but still cant go on...? Sorry... I do not know whati it means... green... red...?
11:18 am
Limer

Where's Bangping
11:18 am
pera

>shyagain<
11:19 am
Limer

Hold down the shift key when the number box pops up. A green number will be put in the square. Green means that is a possible number for that square. You can add any number of green numbers in one square.
11:19 am
pera

...?
11:20 am
Limer

Click on an empty square.
11:20 am
Limer

A box of numbers pops up, right?
11:20 am
pera

aha... OK! I have got it...
11:21 am
Limer

excellente
11:21 am
Limer

You are just so smart.
11:21 am
pera

hihihi >shy<
11:21 am
Limer

You can do the same with the control key, those results will be red.
11:21 am
Limer

try it
11:22 am
pera

OK... Got that one too... :)
11:22 am
Limer

you are awesome, uh, girlfriend, Boyfriend??
11:23 am
pera

you guess... ;)
11:24 am
Limer

Friend
11:24 am
Limer

I am a poor guesser.
11:24 am
pera

hihi...
11:25 am
pera

I am a boy...
11:25 am
Limer

Have you gotten the row second from the top
11:25 am
pera

no...why?
11:25 am
Limer

that's the first row I completed.
11:26 am
Limer

Can you get the 7
11:26 am
pera

uh... I am trying
11:28 am
pera

what level is this one...? easy, mid or hard...?
11:29 am
Limer

The difficulty is listed above the top right corner of the upper part of the puzzle.
11:29 am
pera

aha...ok...this is hard... :(
11:30 am
Limer

Yeah, it's hard, but not impossible. Try to get all of the 7's completed first.
11:30 am
Limer

You should get all of them but 2.
11:31 am
Limer

then in the second row, with the 7 filled in, try for the 9 in the second row.
11:32 am
pera

I am getting... random numbers... coz cant theother way...
11:33 am
pera

is it common logic to get one exact number first...?
11:34 am
Andy

Each puzzle is different
11:34 am
Limer

I usually start with one number that I can fill in the easiest.
11:34 am
Andy

My strategy is to start with a number, usually 1, and try to get all of the 1s I can. Then 2, then 3... then I start over. Once I can't get anymore that way, I move on to other strategies.
11:34 am
Andy

Hi, btw :)
11:34 am
Limer

It just so happens with this puzzle, the number 7 in the second row kind of jumped out at me.
11:35 am
pera

Hi Andy! :)
11:37 am
pera

uhh... this one is realy hard for me...:)
11:38 am
Limer

gotta go folks, Andy, see ya, and nice to hear from you. Pera, have a great time with the puzzle. You can get it, keep trying and learning.
11:38 am
pera

thanx a lot!!! cheerz man! :)
11:47 am
pera

Is anybody there...?
12:07 pm
pera

Andy, are you still there...?
12:13 pm
pera

all the best to everybody...
12:14 pm
pera

I give up...
12:29 pm
OrangeSlice

Goody, a hard one
12:43 pm
Andy

ahhh... back now...
1:15 pm
Andy

And now gone again
1:18 pm
mamabear

not hardly hard
2:29 pm
brianarn

Wish I'd gotten here earlier today - potential difficulty. Let's see how it goes.
2:50 pm
brianarn

Wow - that was easier than I expected. Liberal greens, but, I figure that's okay. I had more trouble yesterday. :D
3:57 pm
Zugzug7

Go
3:58 pm
ypsigirl

go for the 3rd time
4:07 pm
Zugzug7

Done. Fell right into place.
4:29 pm
dorens

in
4:39 pm
dorens

not all that hard
4:39 pm
dorens

out
5:28 pm
kittybat

Fell into place pretty easily for me. Didn't even need very many greens. More like an 'easy-medium' than a 'hard'.
5:52 pm
bloodaxe

are you here snp?
6:03 pm
Ebony

this is a little too easy
6:06 pm
helenkeller

go
6:15 pm
helenkeller

done
6:15 pm
helenkeller

that was pretty easy
11:35 pm
steph606

hello, just found you in here