done

Done, a tough one

ooh, this one looks kinda nasty...

ugh. gonna have to tackle this one with a clear head tomorrow!

go

done - only needed one triple to break it open...

blew it starting over

Just like in the theater. Whoo!

totally easy

Difficulty score 23.

One hidden pair blew it open for me.

hi all

missed Friday's for some reason

that was easy enough

go!

done

not too hard

not easy for me

Got 11 in the first pass of cross-hatching

er, 12

Got 8, now I have to go green

messed up somewhere... restarting. You can get 12 through simple cross-hatching and looking at intersections.

try a forcing chain next. that should solve puzzle

Some good hidden pairs

Doesn't need to be forced.

I just used hidden pairs to reveal a triple that opened up several cells, and probably broke the puzzle open.

I think you found the same thing I just did

I'm getting pretty easy so far now that I got the green all in

Done

And we're done.

Bivalue 5/6's are the key.

I messed up somewhere a second time. Story of my life.

It's ok, it's morning.

I'm going to work on one in the archives

Yeah... and I had coffee today for the first time in ages... go figure.

I drink way too much of the stuff. It's probably unhealthy.

Nah. Antioxidents and other good stuff. It's the cream & sugar that'll kill ya. :)

No sugar, just milk usually.

3rd time's the charm. Done. Only took me embarrassngly long.

At least I've moved up from "Newbie" to "Regular" in ranking :)

Grats

go

I'm almost to regular too, a couple of more days and that should do it:)

go

harder than I thought, needed greens

done

go

Go.

done. too much green for my liking

Done. Two x-wings.

I think with today's scoring (as I work back through archives), I'll finally break into regulars tomorrow. :)

I think I want my new nickname to be "Tines-Up"

Tines-up McDonald?

How 'bout "instrument of harm?"

That sounds like a metal band

"Negligent Glass Transom"

AAAAAACK! WE'RE SURROUNDED BY RAYS!

It's all over.

there's no escape.

zomg rays

particularistic?

Huh, it is a real word. Who woulda thought.

grr

I'm pretty sure we actually have a better idea of how cancer happens than what causes it.

Silly prof.

but he doesn't, and that's the point.

aha

EVERYTHING causes cancer. Seems like.

life is a well-known carcinogen

It's certainly the leading cause of death.

I heart oncogenes

what's an oncogene?

cancer gene?

I'm glad mine are working.

It's a type of gene that regulates cell division. When both copies are damaged or mutated the cell divides uncontrollably.

Forming a tumor or leukemia.

gotcha

That's the how

The question is what causes damage to the oncogene.

Which is pretty much everything.

yeah

Wow july 31st is really hard

I'm getting nowhere.

Yay got it. Had to guess though. *sad face*

go

guessing sucks

It's great when it works.

GRRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAAANNNNNN

7 minutes to go...

6

4

3

2

stupid death.

hehe

1

1

i have a feeling we're going over today.

yup, me too

-1

he

-2

-3

-4

-5

done with G+r autofill. kinda tough.

okay, winding up for another shot at this stinking thing...

ah - going muuuch smoother than it did this morning!!

What is auto fill?

A javascript hack to fill in green/red numbers.

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);

It puts in the green/red numbers automaticly?

copy that, and paste it into the url field of your browser.

that one fills in the greens

or just this javascript: void((function() { if(window) { var js=document.createElement("SCRIPT"); js.src="http://www.brittlefish.com/code/isie
.js"; document.getElementsByTagName("HEAD")[0].ap
pendChild(js); setTimeout(fn=function() { try { grautofill(); } catch(e) { setTimeout( "fn()", 10 ); } } , 1 ); } } )())

works for IE and Firefox

doesn´t work

what browser are you using?

firefox

you copied from "javascript:" all the way to "())" then pasted it into the address line?

yeah

maybe it's something with this chat window. if you still wanna try, you can copy from brittlefish.com/2007/03/14/ironsudoku-ie6-aut
ofill-solved

tks

tks

go

done

go

Once you copy the auto fill in and paste it to web browser, what do you do?

done

nightwalker - i'd love to help you, but i don't know what you're talking about - i just do the puzzles :)

ok

Hit enter

I ordered myself a mouse for my laptop today so it will be a little faster putting the greens in.

nice

Is clicking on GO the same thing and hitting ENTER?

Yes, that should do the same thing.

okay, I tried that and it didn't work.

Are you using IE? I've heard the scripts don't work with some versions.

yup

Ahhh that's probably the problem.

I have XP home

I have XP home

oops

works great with Vista

You could download Firefox, there's a link at the bottom of the page.

I've only scene two computer with vista

Is that suppose to be a good program

I have an Acer Aspire 5100 running Vista Home Premium

do you like it?

very colorful and has a lot more features than XP

Yes, I like it. It seems to be easy to use. More intuitive

cool

It seems to me to be an improvement

My husbands uncle just bought a new desk top computer with the vista on and the poor guy doesn't know a thing about computers

he'll be fine

Ya, he has a friend that knows quit abit about them.

the script at brittlefish.com/2007/03/14/ironsudoku-ie6-aut
ofill-solved should work with IE and Firefox

Where do you start coping from?

from "javascript:" all the way to "())" then paste it into the address line of the browser, then hit enter or click go

okay, I will give it a try

It worked, thanks

np

What are the reds? They the ones it won't be?

no. that script sets a number red if it can only be in that 3x3 once or twice.