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Difficulty: Hard Sunday, October 15, 2006

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CHAT LOG for Sunday, October 15, 2006

12:42 am
Grendel

wee
1:47 am
WHB

Done
1:56 am
MrOoijer

not hard, done without any greens
2:26 am
h

indeed, no forcing-guesses reqd. i need greens to keep track of pairs tho.
3:52 am
Linda

this is very hard! will i ever get there?
4:03 am
Linda

done! once the greens are in it slots into place
4:41 am
peternl

hi all
6:10 am
rjan_de

easy one :-)
6:28 am
franebrown

no way!
10:04 am
spreadeagle

No too bad after the greens.......
10:06 am
franebrown

I'm restarting for the 3rd time which will be my final try!
10:51 am
spellacked

just waaay too many greens. Usually there's more early spotters, here just one 9, one 8
3:08 pm
drwho

Difficulty score = 22, it seemed tougher than that. Those little green numbers were essential today.
3:32 pm
Minski

Done!!
3:32 pm
Minski

franebrown - work with the 1 &4 in the bottom left hand square.
3:40 pm
dancechic768

easy
4:39 pm
Stephanie

go
4:53 pm
Stephanie

done
5:10 pm
coppershep

anyone read Foxtrot from the Sunday comics?
5:10 pm
Stephanie

no
5:10 pm
coppershep

there is a sudoku puzzle on there...with math equations for the starting numbers
5:11 pm
coppershep

couple of binaries, hex, factorials, etc...
5:11 pm
Stephanie

I'll have to check that out
5:11 pm
coppershep

wanted to know if anyone has attempted it yet...might have to brushup on my math skills
5:11 pm
coppershep

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ucli
ckcomics/20061015/cx_ft_uc/ft20061015
5:29 pm
Stephanie

No, copper, I haven't tried that puzzle and I won't! That's too far over my head!!
5:44 pm
coppershep

i just want to know if it possible before I try
6:00 pm
hurshy

oo fun i go look
6:22 pm
hurshy

hmm, yes, doable, but i don't know the FF-F8... is that from programming or something? without that, there isn't a unique solution.
6:27 pm
hurshy

there must be some programmers out there...
6:31 pm
hurshy

FF is an abbreviation for:

* Fast forward, a way of maneuvering a cassette tape or other linear media
* Form Feed, an ASCII control character
* Folios following - an archaic way of saying "and the following pages" (used in indexes)
* The US Navy Hull classification symbol for frigate.
* FF layout - front engine, front drive
* Fan fiction
* Fantastic Four
* Force field
* Fortissimo
* Fill factor
* Flip flop in digital logic
* Family Feud, a game show
* Fear Factor
* Finos Films, short form for the main filming company of Greece.
* Foo Fighters
* Final Fantasy, a popular video game title (FFa in fighting game circles)
* Fatal Fury, another video game (FFu in DOS FAT filenames)
* Final Fight, another video game (FFi outside fighting game circles)
* FireFox, the WWW browser (Incorrect but common usage. The correct abbreviation is Fx.)
6:32 pm
hurshy

none of those seem to help.
6:32 pm
hurshy

fooey.
6:50 pm
hurshy

ohhhhh, is there anybody out there?
6:50 pm
gwenski

Hi Hurshy
6:50 pm
hurshy

hi gwenski
6:51 pm
hurshy

i am a little flusterated.
6:51 pm
gwenski

Oh?
6:51 pm
hurshy

yes see down in the chat they said about this sudoku in the foxtrot comic today so i looked it up and i can do all but one of the calculations, i don't know what FF-F8 means.
6:52 pm
gwenski

I saw the comic strip, and noticed the chat when I came on.
6:52 pm
gwenski

I was thinking hexadecimal, maybe?
6:52 pm
hurshy

how does that work
6:53 pm
gwenski

ummmm.....
6:53 pm
hurshy

i google
6:53 pm
gwenski

Good idea.
6:54 pm
hurshy

cool that might be it! let me calculate now.
6:55 pm
hurshy

it works! that is 7!
6:55 pm
gwenski

WooHoo! I helped!!
6:56 pm
hurshy

i love you gwenski!!!! i never heard of this hexadecimal notation before!
6:56 pm
hurshy

you helped VERY much, you have made my day.
6:56 pm
gwenski

Enjoy the puzzle! I'm going to try to nail this one.
6:56 pm
hurshy

oh that puzzle is done now, i had everything but 4 boxes.
6:57 pm
hurshy

and i am rolling on this one too, yay.
6:57 pm
gwenski

Boy, you are quick!
6:57 pm
gwenski

Sorry. Should have said, Girl, you are quick!!
6:57 pm
hurshy

well i did all i could without that box first, you see, i was hoping i might not need it.
6:57 pm
hurshy

lol
6:57 pm
hurshy

ooooooooooooooo sole mio...
7:00 pm
gwenski

Drat. I'm doing something wrong. Twice now. I'll just have to get back to it later. Bye!
7:01 pm
hurshy

bye gwenski, thanks a million
7:01 pm
hurshy

however, i am done with this one now too if you want a clue.
7:02 pm
gwenski

Thanks for the offer, but I'll just work at it later. See ya around sometime, somewhere, probably!
7:02 pm
hurshy

how very definite.
7:03 pm
gwenski

and true!
7:03 pm
hurshy

yes :)
7:03 pm
hurshy

ttfn :)
7:03 pm
eyeman

hi gwenski - you a musician?
7:45 pm
moedog

a bit tough to get started, but once the bottom regions get sorted, everything falls into place
9:25 pm
coppershep

Yes Hurshy the FF is hexadecimal, simlar to binary but base 16...you see those numbers when windows crashes on you somtimes...
9:39 pm
davekingpt

How come I can finish "Hard" puzzles easier than "Medium"?