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Difficulty: Medium Thursday, April 5, 2007

Not Completed Play This Puzzle

CHAT LOG for Thursday, April 5, 2007

12:05 am
TeaNCrackers

done
1:01 am
WHB

Done, a tough one
1:09 am
moedog

ooh, this one looks kinda nasty...
1:14 am
moedog

ugh. gonna have to tackle this one with a clear head tomorrow!
1:40 am
h

go
1:59 am
h

done - only needed one triple to break it open...
2:00 am
martom

blew it starting over
2:23 am
augurus

Just like in the theater. Whoo!
3:17 am
sprite

totally easy
5:59 am
drwho

Difficulty score 23.
6:06 am
drwho

One hidden pair blew it open for me.
6:16 am
peternl

hi all
6:16 am
peternl

missed Friday's for some reason
6:19 am
peternl

that was easy enough
6:55 am
smooth_pappa

go!
7:06 am
smooth_pappa

done
7:11 am
peternl

not too hard
7:35 am
franebrown

not easy for me
8:19 am
Andy

Got 11 in the first pass of cross-hatching
8:20 am
Andy

er, 12
8:33 am
night_walker_52

Got 8, now I have to go green
8:38 am
Andy

messed up somewhere... restarting. You can get 12 through simple cross-hatching and looking at intersections.
8:41 am
irv

try a forcing chain next. that should solve puzzle
8:53 am
Andy

Some good hidden pairs
8:53 am
OrangeSlice

Doesn't need to be forced.
8:54 am
OrangeSlice

I just used hidden pairs to reveal a triple that opened up several cells, and probably broke the puzzle open.
8:54 am
Andy

I think you found the same thing I just did
8:55 am
night_walker_52

I'm getting pretty easy so far now that I got the green all in
8:58 am
night_walker_52

Done
8:58 am
OrangeSlice

And we're done.
8:58 am
OrangeSlice

Bivalue 5/6's are the key.
8:59 am
Andy

I messed up somewhere a second time. Story of my life.
8:59 am
OrangeSlice

It's ok, it's morning.
8:59 am
night_walker_52

I'm going to work on one in the archives
9:00 am
Andy

Yeah... and I had coffee today for the first time in ages... go figure.
9:02 am
OrangeSlice

I drink way too much of the stuff. It's probably unhealthy.
9:03 am
Andy

Nah. Antioxidents and other good stuff. It's the cream & sugar that'll kill ya. :)
9:03 am
OrangeSlice

No sugar, just milk usually.
9:06 am
Andy

3rd time's the charm. Done. Only took me embarrassngly long.
9:07 am
Andy

At least I've moved up from "Newbie" to "Regular" in ranking :)
9:07 am
OrangeSlice

Grats
9:19 am
spellacked

go
9:20 am
night_walker_52

I'm almost to regular too, a couple of more days and that should do it:)
9:42 am
bunnyvicious

go
9:49 am
spellacked

harder than I thought, needed greens
9:56 am
bunnyvicious

done
10:21 am
RodeoRogue

go
10:33 am
UnikeTheHunter

Go.
10:52 am
RodeoRogue

done. too much green for my liking
11:02 am
UnikeTheHunter

Done. Two x-wings.
4:05 pm
brianarn

I think with today's scoring (as I work back through archives), I'll finally break into regulars tomorrow. :)
4:20 pm
Strider_45

I think I want my new nickname to be "Tines-Up"
4:20 pm
snppngtrtle

Tines-up McDonald?
4:21 pm
Gr8-H8

How 'bout "instrument of harm?"
4:21 pm
Strider_45

That sounds like a metal band
4:32 pm
Gr8-H8

"Negligent Glass Transom"
4:32 pm
Leigh

AAAAAACK! WE'RE SURROUNDED BY RAYS!
4:32 pm
snppngtrtle

It's all over.
4:32 pm
Leigh

there's no escape.
4:36 pm
Strider_45

zomg rays
4:40 pm
snppngtrtle

particularistic?
4:42 pm
snppngtrtle

Huh, it is a real word. Who woulda thought.
4:43 pm
snppngtrtle

grr
4:44 pm
snppngtrtle

I'm pretty sure we actually have a better idea of how cancer happens than what causes it.
4:44 pm
snppngtrtle

Silly prof.
4:44 pm
Leigh

but he doesn't, and that's the point.
4:44 pm
snppngtrtle

aha
4:45 pm
Gr8-H8

EVERYTHING causes cancer. Seems like.
4:45 pm
Leigh

life is a well-known carcinogen
4:45 pm
Gr8-H8

It's certainly the leading cause of death.
4:45 pm
snppngtrtle

I heart oncogenes
4:46 pm
Leigh

what's an oncogene?
4:46 pm
Leigh

cancer gene?
4:46 pm
snppngtrtle

I'm glad mine are working.
4:47 pm
snppngtrtle

It's a type of gene that regulates cell division. When both copies are damaged or mutated the cell divides uncontrollably.
4:47 pm
snppngtrtle

Forming a tumor or leukemia.
4:47 pm
Leigh

gotcha
4:47 pm
snppngtrtle

That's the how
4:48 pm
snppngtrtle

The question is what causes damage to the oncogene.
4:48 pm
snppngtrtle

Which is pretty much everything.
4:49 pm
Leigh

yeah
4:53 pm
snppngtrtle

Wow july 31st is really hard
4:53 pm
snppngtrtle

I'm getting nowhere.
5:13 pm
snppngtrtle

Yay got it. Had to guess though. *sad face*
5:32 pm
brittlefish.com

go
5:36 pm
Leigh

guessing sucks
5:38 pm
Gr8-H8

It's great when it works.
5:39 pm
Leigh

GRRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAAANNNNNN
5:43 pm
Leigh

7 minutes to go...
5:44 pm
snppngtrtle

6
5:46 pm
Leigh

4
5:47 pm
snppngtrtle

3
5:48 pm
Leigh

2
5:48 pm
Leigh

stupid death.
5:49 pm
snppngtrtle

hehe
5:49 pm
Leigh

1
5:49 pm
snppngtrtle

1
5:49 pm
Leigh

i have a feeling we're going over today.
5:49 pm
snppngtrtle

yup, me too
5:51 pm
snppngtrtle

-1
5:51 pm
Leigh

he
5:52 pm
snppngtrtle

-2
5:53 pm
Leigh

-3
5:54 pm
Leigh

-4
5:55 pm
Leigh

-5
6:08 pm
brittlefish.com

done with G+r autofill. kinda tough.
6:46 pm
moedog

okay, winding up for another shot at this stinking thing...
6:48 pm
moedog

ah - going muuuch smoother than it did this morning!!
6:58 pm
night_walker_52

What is auto fill?
7:05 pm
OrangeSlice

A javascript hack to fill in green/red numbers.
7:05 pm
moedog

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);
7:10 pm
night_walker_52

It puts in the green/red numbers automaticly?
7:18 pm
moedog

copy that, and paste it into the url field of your browser.
7:18 pm
moedog

that one fills in the greens
7:18 pm
brittlefish.com

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 ); } } )())
7:19 pm
brittlefish.com

works for IE and Firefox
7:30 pm
finforo

doesn´t work
7:31 pm
brittlefish.com

what browser are you using?
7:31 pm
finforo

firefox
7:33 pm
brittlefish.com

you copied from "javascript:" all the way to "())" then pasted it into the address line?
7:33 pm
finforo

yeah
7:34 pm
brittlefish.com

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
7:41 pm
finforo

tks
7:41 pm
finforo

tks
8:10 pm
Stephanie

go
8:26 pm
Stephanie

done
9:18 pm
helenkeller

go
9:25 pm
night_walker_52

Once you copy the auto fill in and paste it to web browser, what do you do?
9:42 pm
helenkeller

done
9:43 pm
helenkeller

nightwalker - i'd love to help you, but i don't know what you're talking about - i just do the puzzles :)
10:07 pm
night_walker_52

ok
10:08 pm
snppngtrtle

Hit enter
10:08 pm
night_walker_52

I ordered myself a mouse for my laptop today so it will be a little faster putting the greens in.
10:10 pm
snppngtrtle

nice
10:10 pm
night_walker_52

Is clicking on GO the same thing and hitting ENTER?
10:11 pm
snppngtrtle

Yes, that should do the same thing.
10:11 pm
night_walker_52

okay, I tried that and it didn't work.
10:11 pm
snppngtrtle

Are you using IE? I've heard the scripts don't work with some versions.
10:12 pm
night_walker_52

yup
10:12 pm
snppngtrtle

Ahhh that's probably the problem.
10:12 pm
night_walker_52

I have XP home
10:12 pm
night_walker_52

I have XP home
10:12 pm
night_walker_52

oops
10:13 pm
Limer

works great with Vista
10:13 pm
snppngtrtle

You could download Firefox, there's a link at the bottom of the page.
10:13 pm
night_walker_52

I've only scene two computer with vista
10:14 pm
night_walker_52

Is that suppose to be a good program
10:14 pm
Limer

I have an Acer Aspire 5100 running Vista Home Premium
10:14 pm
night_walker_52

do you like it?
10:14 pm
Limer

very colorful and has a lot more features than XP
10:15 pm
Limer

Yes, I like it. It seems to be easy to use. More intuitive
10:15 pm
night_walker_52

cool
10:16 pm
Limer

It seems to me to be an improvement
10:18 pm
night_walker_52

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
10:19 pm
Limer

he'll be fine
10:20 pm
night_walker_52

Ya, he has a friend that knows quit abit about them.
10:50 pm
brittlefish.com

the script at brittlefish.com/2007/03/14/ironsudoku-ie6-aut
ofill-solved should work with IE and Firefox
10:57 pm
night_walker_52

Where do you start coping from?
11:05 pm
brittlefish.com

from "javascript:" all the way to "())" then paste it into the address line of the browser, then hit enter or click go
11:05 pm
night_walker_52

okay, I will give it a try
11:06 pm
night_walker_52

It worked, thanks
11:06 pm
brittlefish.com

np
11:08 pm
night_walker_52

What are the reds? They the ones it won't be?
11:23 pm
brittlefish.com

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