done

Done

done

go

donego

crud - i didnt check that the msg went thru...

took somewhere between 20-40 mins i think... no greens or reds needed - pretty straightforward actually.

h - You must have a crystal ball to be able to do this one without greens. I have 8 filled in, stuck. Going green.

Dang 5's! Why didn't I see that!

Done. I needed greens to find the obvious, then it was simple. Really easy for a "hard'.

LeslieAnn - It was August 25.

well you've done better than me spreadeagle I've only found 7 and am resorting to greenies

yip easy with the greens

no greens... it's rough waters at the start... but after some key fills, it's smooth sailing

interesting middle right sq

whew, finished it before heading to work. Needed a couple of greens. Poor reds are ignored

and go

good morning

mronign

closing in...

and done!

go

go

done - a little slow start, but found the wedge and it all fell into place

go

Go.

You can tell I'm old. I use capital letters.

Tough audience, eh?

what up?

done

Congrats, Fizz.

thx. I tried to do it without greens but was too impatient

I'm using greens. I Can't keep much in my head at one time.

when it start to blur all together is when I start

off to get what I'm suppose to be doing done :)

Something wrong. I'll quit for now... maybe come back later. I hate when I make a mistake.

what is the code to enter to get all the greens filled in?

The last time I gave the javascript it started a long discussion with some members calling it cheating.

hey eagle... know u from babble/

i'll take the code if you'll give it to me.

darn it ....trying to finish the 13th Feb and got down to the last two numbers and I mucked up somewhere else arrrrrggghhhhh

I've only been to babble a couple of times. Here's the code; since there is no prize and we only play to have fun, how can it be cheating?

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);

Let the arguing begin...........

do you have to have greasemonkey for that to work?

where do i put it? lol

Enter it in the address line of your browzer any time after you begin a puzzle.

tx eagle. if othere don't want it, then don't use it.

why the argument? get a life people... lighten up

whatever, filling in possibilities isn't even the hard part

its getting rid of them that sucks

I agree. I seldom use it because I don't "see" the solutions like I do when I type in the greens.

bbl have fun and tx eagle.

i think im too analytical to "see" the solution

You're welcome.

Ah, I wish I could use that script, but I'm at work and we can only use IE here. It's not that it's hard to put in the greens, it's just tedious and my lunch break only lasts so long.

Hi Kitty, it works fine with my IE7

Strange. When I pop that script into my address bar and click 'go', nothing happens. I've got IE6, maybe that's the problem.

I don't know. Did you remove everything else in the address bar first?

IE6 won't take the script - I've tried everythign

everything, even.

I've got 5 computers around the house and they all have 7, so I can't try it here. Sorry.

you can try creating a bookmark with that as the location

or I guess in IE a 'shortcut'

IE6 has "favorites", which I imagine are bookmarks, but I can't seem to save the script as one. . .

well, that code works with Firefox 2.0.0.1

go

done

well, that was pretty easy once i opened my eyes

geez, i felt like i was doing that one underwater or something

Well, I wish my eyes would open up, then...

Ah, there it is. I see, I see, said the blind woman...

done!!!

w00t!

i do so much better at sudoku than babble : )

Hi All this is my second time here, just signed up.

Good evening everyone!

Kicks the rolling tumbleweed...

Is anyone out there?

Nobody's home.

So, there is life out there

No life here. I'm doing sudoku on a Friday night. You call that a life? *LOL*

Alas

lol, same feelings here, nothing to do, and look where I end up

i think i picked the wrong night to learn how to play sudoku...

There are plenty of places online you could find to learn.

Here's something even more lifeless: I did the puzzle this morning.

lol

wow

I usually solve them over my morning cup(s) of coffee.

This "hard" seemed easy to me

Not sure if I'm ready to call it easy but I haven't been totally stonewalled yet.

Same here, moving slowly, yet steadily.

There's a few hidden triples that open up several cells.

triples? not familiar with the term.

Listening to the new Beatles album while doing this. It's only the fourth time I've listened to it this week. *grin*

awesome

marking greens. three cells with the same set of numbers in them.

ok, I know the concept, just not the term, thank you

e.g. three cells with "1 2" "2 3" and "3 1" as the only potential numbers.

Occasionally found in a set of four or five cells, but only on the really tough puzzles :)

How do you solve those triples? Just wait for one of them to reveal themselves?

Yes, you use them to eliminate those candidates from the box/row/column

Ok, thank you very much

Anyone listen to Mogwai?

what or who is Mogwai?

An alternative rock band

closer to post-rock

"Post-rock"? Sorry, I'm a child of the 60's. Therer can never be a "post -rock" because rock and roll is here to stay! *LOL*

hehe

yeah, I still don't understand the term itself

it's basically a recently created genre used to describe a type of rock that is very atmospheric, with little vocals if any at all

More into metal myself. Not the icky kind though.

I saw a recent photo of Peter Frampton today. God looking at him made me feel old.

Yeah, I listen to a bit of everything, I'm picky about metal, I like metal bands who incorporate more than just screaming vocals like Mnemic and From Autumn to Ashes

Right.

Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius are my two favorite grops.

Do you listen to Dream Theater?

been meaning to sample them, but haven't gotten around to it yet

They are incredible, I recently picked up their "Live at Budokan" CD and they sound as good live as they do out of the studio.

Orange are those "Post rock" or H-M groups that you mentioned?

Well I wouldn't call them heavy.

But metal, yes

Sonata Arctica tends to incorporate more orchestral elements (piano, violin) into their music, along with their front's wide vocal range it makes quite a unique sort of music.

Cool, I'll have to check into them

Dang, if only I hadn't already spent all the money on my iTunes cards I just bought

some samples here (playable in browser with flash)

http://www.last.fm/music/Sonata+Arctica

Sounds a little like Renaissance from the 70's. They took classical melodies and put them into rock, sometimes with an orchestra. Their singer was classically trained and had a several octave range. Although they were a long cry from metal when I saw them their opening act was an up and coming band called "A/C-D/C".

Ah, those aussies.

OK, I will now label this puzzle as "hard"

I just got snagged

Don't get your head in to the complicated maneuvers too much. Sometimes it's time to go back and start cross-cutting again :)

or vice versa, I suppose.

Wow, much thanks are owed to you orange. I just started cross-cutting and finished the puzzle.

:)

Difficulty score 36. Naked and hidden pairs.

I find that triples and quadruple usually turn out to be the hard way of getting what cross hatching would have gotten with much less work.

Anyone know how this game got its name?

I usually reserve triple/quad hunting as a last resort

Check the wikipedia article for the history of the name.