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Difficulty: Easy Friday, April 21, 2006

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CHAT LOG for Friday, April 21, 2006

12:00 am
dinoshadow

DOC!!! You didn't fix spontaneous refresh and I Was almost done with a puzzle!
12:01 am
dinoshadow

And we have another easy - what is up with that?
12:03 am
sellout

Hellooo
12:03 am
sellout

Another easy, eh? Oh well
12:03 am
btwrt

wow, it DOES seem like we get a lot of these
12:04 am
btwrt

sellout - did you post that link? i was away until now :)
12:04 am
sellout

Ohh I could upload it
12:04 am
sellout

Like I said, it's totally preliminary, nothing to click on
12:04 am
btwrt

you don't have to go out of your way ;)
12:04 am
sellout

Nah no problem
12:05 am
btwrt

yay :)
12:06 am
btwrt

ahh, someday somebody will save the world with a sudoku puzzle, and then us sudoku-ers will be properly appreciated ;)
12:07 am
Krys10

that's weird, the chat log didn't roll over at midnight
12:07 am
sellout

superunleaded.org/color/test.html
12:07 am
Krys10

new feature?
12:07 am
sellout

Like I said, just something I quickly threw together.
12:07 am
btwrt

i wonder if dr god is fiddling, trying to eliminate the automatic refresh
12:07 am
btwrt

oh yeah, i like it! this would be fun to play. the colors remind me of candy
12:08 am
btwrt

lol, maybe it's my fixation with candy that makes me come off as a teenager
12:08 am
sellout

Haha
12:08 am
Krys10

i like the color thing too.
12:08 am
sellout

I just wanted to see what it would look like, at least.
12:09 am
sellout

Not sure I'd enjoy playing it...I'm a little too attached to the number paradigm :)
12:09 am
btwrt

yeah, i like it. doesn't it seem like it would be easier than numbers - being visual
12:09 am
sellout

Dunno...
12:09 am
sellout

If I ever get around to making it functional, I guess we'll see. :)
12:09 am
btwrt

almost like - it would be a good introduction to sudoku for young adults or something. a good visual representation of the game
12:09 am
Krys10

I think it would be easier for me to play with numbers (can count to nine, most days) but it would be a good challenge to play with colors
12:10 am
btwrt

although, you would still need math so ... maybe it wouldn't make it easier
12:10 am
sellout

Which math do you need?
12:10 am
btwrt

well, simple elimination
12:10 am
btwrt

although some of the techniques are a little more advanced
12:11 am
btwrt

i'm going to hush up now
12:11 am
sellout

Well, I guess if you were familiar enough with all the colors being used, it would end up being ok.
12:11 am
sellout

Haha
12:11 am
sellout

I dunno, it would take some getting used to, I'm sure
12:12 am
btwrt

prolly so ... i'm assuming it'd be easier, it might not be. i still have to try out the animals ;)
12:12 am
sellout

I'm never using the animals. No way I'd be able to do that.
12:13 am
btwrt

i'm trying them right now. ok, here i go ...
12:13 am
btwrt

augh
12:13 am
Krys10

I just switched too - it's so weird!
12:13 am
btwrt

i can't see my possibles - i mean i can't tell what animals they are!
12:14 am
Krys10

click on a blank square
12:14 am
btwrt

i think the 1 is a rabbit. oh duh they're still in the same number order
12:14 am
Krys10

forget it - I'm going back to numbers
12:14 am
Krys10

the little green animals are too small
12:15 am
btwrt

i'm going to try for another ... maybe two minutes. then i'll give up in shame.
12:16 am
btwrt

ok, i gave up :)
12:19 am
Krys10

BW, what's your icon?
12:21 am
btwrt

oh, it's a parakeet i drew when i was 3
12:21 am
btwrt

what's yours exactly? ivy?
12:21 am
Krys10

no, batgirl :)
12:22 am
btwrt

oops, ok :) i didn't realize she was green.
12:22 am
sprite

Bad girl :)
Morning all.
12:22 am
Krys10

i'm thinking of switching, though. wish the icons were a teensy larger here
12:22 am
Krys10

hi sprite!
12:22 am
btwrt

yeah, that'd be nice. hi sprite :)
12:22 am
sellout

Morning sprite
12:22 am
jdbarney

not fun when they are this easy
12:26 am
btwrt

well i have a splitting headache, so i'm off to bed :) night, all!
12:26 am
sellout

Night bt
12:26 am
Krys10

sorry about the headache - good night!
12:26 am
sprite

Hope you will feel better soon btwrt.
12:28 am
raggedyandy3478

done, we need harder ones!
12:41 am
Douglas

Now I'm a real member, I feel I've got to say hi to show off my profile pic, so good morning everyone!
12:51 am
sellout

Huh! I found this one harder than advertised. Weird.
1:07 am
ahda

this one is no easy at all
1:08 am
ls

i'm so glad you guys are saying that!
1:17 am
Douglas

Tada
1:40 am
GingerUK

Morning/Evening everyone!
1:50 am
british16chica

slow start, quick finish
1:50 am
british16chica

good night everyone!
1:58 am
sherb

good morning, good morning :)
1:58 am
Krys10

sherb, is your icon a grandma moses painting?
1:59 am
Lamancha

mornin' all
1:59 am
GingerUK

morning Lamancha and sherb
1:59 am
sherb

hi Krys :) ...no, it's a painting of Primrose HIll in North London, where I live... it's in a very simple style... is that what grandma moses is like?
2:00 am
sherb

hi Lamancha and Ginger :) :)
2:01 am
Lamancha

Krys - how'd you manage an extra two points over the rest of us in the rankings? - Not that I'm competitive at all ;)
2:04 am
sherb

oh, and Happy 80th BIrthday to the Queen :D
2:05 am
Lamancha

God Bless Her
2:08 am
sherb

this is a hard Easy...
2:09 am
sherb

£275 a day to do Cherie's hair... daylight robbery!!
2:22 am
GingerUK

done!
2:23 am
sherb

well done!
2:24 am
Lamancha

Well done Ginger
2:27 am
GingerUK

ty Lamancha
2:36 am
sherb

done... but there's still the archives...
2:43 am
Lamancha

Done - but took me a while to see the wood from the trees!
2:43 am
sherb

I've regressed to April 7th...
3:09 am
GingerUK

me to April 10th!
4:03 am
bex777

good morning everyone!
4:07 am
Bubbles

bugger bugger bugger, i decided to go pro but forgot i couldn't go back to where i was. Got to start all over again!!!!
4:08 am
Bubbles

morning bex
4:09 am
bex777

morning bubbles:)
4:16 am
sherb

morning bex and Bubbles :) :)
4:16 am
bex777

hiya sherb:)
4:33 am
Bubbles

hi sherb
5:27 am
jld

Good morning all
5:28 am
sherb

morning jld :)
5:28 am
tuco

this rating of Easy is not correct
5:28 am
MaW

I was thinking that
5:28 am
sherb

it gets easier...
5:28 am
tuco

I dubbed this puzzle into a ranking program and it came up Hard
5:29 am
tuco

I can understand if it was ranked Medium but 2 levels differenece?
5:29 am
jld

I'm finding it difficult to get started, but I was drinking last night...
5:30 am
MaW

hmm a bunch of numbers just fell into place for me
5:30 am
MaW

Perhaps it's just tricky to get started... I'd guess it as a Medium though
5:54 am
sprite

I wonder why I always find easy ones harder than hard ones.
5:56 am
bex777

me too sprite!
5:57 am
sprite

:) Perhaps it's got something to do with our expectations. When it's a 'hard', I expect hard. But with an easy it's never as easy as it sounds.
6:01 am
MrOoijer

pff a lot of work for only 1 point
6:01 am
sprite

Ah well, at least you get something for it ;)
6:02 am
MaW

Bah, had to start over twice, kept making the same mistake
6:02 am
MaW

Still, done it at last
6:02 am
sprite

Good job :)
6:10 am
Andy

Well, that's done. :)
6:12 am
sprite

I am getting stuck all the time, find a way out, get stuck again. Am I having a very blon'?de day or is this one harder than 'easy
6:24 am
hurshy

sprite, i didn't know you were blonde :)
6:29 am
yul

hello everybody
6:29 am
hurshy

hello, yul
6:31 am
yul

have you woken up allready, hershy?
6:32 am
hurshy

in which sense, yul?
6:32 am
yul

it is 6 32 am in the US...
6:32 am
hurshy

that's central time
6:32 am
hurshy

i'm on the east coast, 7:32
6:33 am
hurshy

but i am a bit groggy
6:33 am
hurshy

i have to teach at 8 though so i would have had to be up soon anyway
6:34 am
yul

Your pic looks like a sunny morning
6:34 am
hurshy

he's a cat with a sunny disposition :)
6:34 am
yul

in deeed
6:36 am
hurshy

for an easy, this one is very annoying
6:37 am
iosefi

is not easy
6:37 am
yul

yes, nothing is showing up
6:38 am
iosefi

and no checkpoint
6:38 am
iosefi

isnt fair
6:38 am
hurshy

life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death
6:39 am
iosefi

true
6:39 am
Vega

Done! I'd say this one sits at borderline between easy and medium.
6:39 am
iosefi

ty
6:39 am
hurshy

(that's princess bride wisdom for you)
6:40 am
yul

:)
6:42 am
caderoux

anyone here using that greening script from a couple days ago?
6:42 am
hurshy

hmph
6:42 am
Moozey

I'm not caderoux but that is because I am not using firefox
6:44 am
caderoux

I used it immediately - it showed no naked singles at the beginning - and a lot of the pattern needed to solve were doubles, triples, quads which are pretty hard to spot generally. Found very few locked candidates, if any, as I solved.
6:44 am
hurshy

it's like using a cart in pro golf - some argue that walking is part of the game, while others feel that it isn't
6:44 am
caderoux

Probably why most people think this is more like a medium
6:48 am
caderoux

you don't green up at all?
6:48 am
hurshy

no, of course i do
6:48 am
hurshy

i mean using the script vs doing it yourself
6:49 am
hurshy

there, that's done. hmm, not much time for babbling before class now...
6:50 am
caderoux

it's tedious - especially for this puzzle (with few locked candidates) - there is no advantage to not greening up completely for this one, since it's all triples and quads
6:55 am
yul

if you marking yourself, there are pairs there
6:56 am
hurshy

i did green up completely, and i pride myself on enduring the tediousness :)
6:58 am
yul

but sudoku is a form of 'creative accounting', it is suppose to be this way
7:00 am
Psycho_Puppy

This is a damned hard "easy"...
7:00 am
papercrane

It's pretty easy once you get it going.
7:02 am
Psycho_Puppy

I see. Now, if only I could get going....
7:02 am
Psycho_Puppy

Lol I love a challenge, though.
7:08 am
evanadine

yeah, its the "getting going" im having a challenge with...
i was able to get a lonely "F" without greening up!
(trying letters today instead of numbers)
7:14 am
yul

same here
7:18 am
yul

have to dash. buy
7:26 am
bex777

hurshy u still around?
7:34 am
M3

i give up for now i have made the same mistake twice!!!1
7:43 am
evanadine

easy, my left buttcheek!
heh
7:48 am
late4ever

finally done
7:49 am
evanadine

any hints as to which number (or letter, in my case) to focus on first?
7:50 am
UDbmas

Hi y'all
7:51 am
UDbmas

Hey evendine, I started with a 5 if that helps
7:52 am
evanadine

and that would be E for me...just placed a couple...heh
7:52 am
UDbmas

you picked letters? you ARE brave!
7:52 am
UDbmas

nice tiger lily BTW
7:53 am
evanadine

i dont think the letters re tougher than numbers...
but i attempted the animals on an easy-level archived puzzle yesterday, and THATS hard!!
7:53 am
evanadine

thanks -- my BF took the pic of some flowers his work sent him when he had surgery last year.
:)
7:54 am
UDbmas

gee, I want a PURPLE shirt, I look AWFUL in pink
8:00 am
Psycho_Puppy

:( This is awful. I'm getting nowhere.
8:01 am
evanadine

i have 2 columns completed, but i have a terrible feeling i made an assumption on the way thats gonna catch up with me later...
8:01 am
UDbmas

I am finding early help with the "mutually exclisive pairs" approach
8:03 am
evanadine

i hate marking up the grid that much...gets me SO confused!
8:04 am
UDbmas

agreed, but once I find squares with the pairs, then I clear the others
8:06 am
miller da killer

good morning everyone!
8:06 am
UDbmas

gm miller
8:07 am
miller da killer

quite a few easies these days, dont you think?
8:07 am
AliMcsweet

yes
8:07 am
Psycho_Puppy

Don't say that too soon..
8:07 am
evanadine

heh, take a moment to work the puzzle, then tell me if this one is really an easy one.
;)
8:07 am
Psycho_Puppy

Lol.
8:08 am
UDbmas

so dr_god says, but the so-called easu ones seem harder that the hard ones! LOL
8:08 am
miller da killer

i know, i probably just jinxed us!
8:08 am
UDbmas

nah, we were jinxed before you got here
8:08 am
miller da killer

depends. i think it's judged by how many numbers they give you to start
8:08 am
Psycho_Puppy

We were stuck anyway. Lol.
8:08 am
miller da killer

oh no!
8:09 am
Dave

it's difficulty is judged on the methods you need to know in order to solve it, I think
8:10 am
miller da killer

oh that makes sense...
8:10 am
UDbmas

oh, great... what about if we only know half of what we think we know???
8:10 am
Psycho_Puppy

Or none of what we think we know!
8:10 am
miller da killer

then you're in big trouble...
8:10 am
UDbmas

that would be me
8:11 am
evanadine

what if you know you know nothing??
8:11 am
Psycho_Puppy

I always thought I was okay at these, and the expert ones boosted my confidence, but I'm stuck ridiculously early on this.
8:11 am
Psycho_Puppy

It's embarrassing.
8:11 am
miller da killer

i don't believe that sudoku is like anything practice makes perfect
8:12 am
Psycho_Puppy

You do learn different techniques as you do more and more though..
8:12 am
UDbmas

it's probably one of those where once you find the "magic" squarem the rest is easy
8:12 am
UDbmas

oops... square
8:12 am
Dave

this one is difficult because it doesn't give you a lot right off the bat, but you just have to fill in the possibilities and work backwards... it is easy in the sense you don't have to use Y-wing or swordfish, etc., but seems more difficult because it takes a bit longer
8:12 am
UDbmas

dang, chat doesn't have spell check... lol
8:13 am
UDbmas

um... what's "y-wing" and "swordfish"?
8:13 am
Psycho_Puppy

Y-wing? Swordfish? Does anyone else feel really stupid right now?
8:13 am
miller da killer

me!
8:13 am
UDbmas

yep
8:13 am
Psycho_Puppy

Lol! I'm so glad I'm not alone! Haha.
8:13 am
EvilBernd

here
8:14 am
UDbmas

okay dave, we are hanging on your next words...
8:14 am
Psycho_Puppy

Omg!!! I wanna know!!!!!
8:14 am
Psycho_Puppy

he suspense is killing me...!
8:14 am
Psycho_Puppy

The^
8:15 am
UDbmas

lol
8:15 am
Dave

sorry, having to work too :)
8:16 am
UDbmas

np dave, we'll wait... lol
8:16 am
Psycho_Puppy

-Faints after all the hyperventilating of anticipation-
8:16 am
Dave

If you go here, it can take you through each strategy: http://www.scanraid.com/Sudoku.htm
8:16 am
Psycho_Puppy

No problem? Omg! Major problem! I want to know. =(
8:16 am
UDbmas

cool, thanks!
8:16 am
Psycho_Puppy

Lol okay Dave. Thanks!
8:16 am
miller da killer

hey thanks dave!
8:17 am
UDbmas

maybe we should all chip in and buy dave a lifetime?
8:17 am
Dave

the farther down the list you go, the "harder" the strategy is
8:17 am
miller da killer

i have a penny?!?!
8:17 am
Dave

haha, I'm already lifetime :)
8:18 am
UDbmas

oh I see, but you haven't picked a pic... hmmm... a man of mystery...
8:18 am
Dave

the best way to do that is find a sudoku rated insanely difficult, and let the solver take you through step by step... it's easier to learn that way than reading a bunch of "what if"s
8:18 am
Dave

hehe, I play on my work machine mostly, so I don't have a lot of pictures lying about, will probably find one someday I'm sure
8:19 am
UDbmas

there was on ranked expert a few days back, and it seemed easier than the easy ones to me
8:19 am
Dave

yeah, they're likely rated by a computer, which always makes it kinda difficult since difficulty level isn't a mathematical thing usually
8:20 am
UDbmas

woo-HOO on a roll now
8:21 am
Psycho_Puppy

Omg, me too.
8:21 am
Psycho_Puppy

This is awesome.
8:21 am
UDbmas

hrummmmpfffffff... spoke too soon
8:21 am
Psycho_Puppy

Uh oh.
8:26 am
UDbmas

okay... moving again
8:27 am
miller da killer

i'm finished, gotta go to school. see you all later!
8:27 am
Psycho_Puppy

Bye!!!
8:28 am
Dave

bye killer
8:28 am
UDbmas

wtg
8:30 am
UDbmas

yay! done. now to check out http://www.scanraid.com/Sudoku.htm
8:31 am
Dave

good job :)
8:31 am
Psycho_Puppy

You're finished?
8:31 am
UDbmas

take care all... see ya later
8:31 am
Psycho_Puppy

=( Dammit.
8:31 am
Psycho_Puppy

Wel done. Catch ya later.
8:31 am
UDbmas

hang in there puppy, it'll break open
8:31 am
Psycho_Puppy

Lol thanks.
8:31 am
Psycho_Puppy

Take care.x-x-x
8:33 am
Shyzzy

doh
8:33 am
Shyzzy

I've got one square left but it won't let me click on it
8:33 am
Psycho_Puppy

It won't? =-S That's harsh.
9:01 am
anmo

what's up sherb
9:02 am
anmo

imin calss
9:03 am
anmo

sherb, ya there?
9:05 am
anmo

brainwidth i still think that avenged sevenfold is better than tool
9:06 am
anmo

you still with the tool thing?
9:06 am
anmo

anybody there?
9:12 am
anmo

helloooooooooo
9:12 am
jojomnky

hi
9:12 am
jojomnky

my nose was stuck in sudoku
9:12 am
anmo

whats up?
9:12 am
anmo

o
9:13 am
anmo

this is easy
9:14 am
anmo

how far are you?
9:16 am
jojomnky

umm i'm a little stuck but i'll figure it out
9:24 am
Sunnybeach77

Hi all!
9:28 am
Sarah Bellum

Hello all, I'm new to this
9:29 am
Sulihin

hi
9:29 am
heynad

hello
9:33 am
anmo

HELLO
9:34 am
Sunnybeach77

It's fun and addicting. My husband is totally addicted and he got me started on it...
9:34 am
anmo

hi Sarah Bellum, Sunnybeach77
9:34 am
Sunnybeach77

Jello anmo
9:35 am
anmo

hello
9:35 am
anmo

whats poppin mistro?
9:35 am
Sunnybeach77

whhaa?
9:35 am
anmo

what up?
9:36 am
Sunnybeach77

nuttin what up wit you?
9:36 am
Sunnybeach77

OMG i am too old to be talking like that!
9:37 am
anmo

how old are you
9:37 am
anmo

im 16
9:37 am
Sunnybeach77

AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEE. that is SO cute! And i am sure you don't want to here it, but it is. i am 28!
9:38 am
Sunnybeach77

are u in the US?
9:38 am
anmo

thats cool caz you sound hot
9:38 am
anmo

ya
9:38 am
anmo

are you
9:38 am
Sunnybeach77

thanks man, i try. :)
9:38 am
Sunnybeach77

yep! VA baby!
9:39 am
MarkGVA

VA here too
9:39 am
anmo

i bet you are. what size bra do you wear. whats VA?
9:39 am
jojomnky

wow when did this turn into aol?
9:40 am
mwpeterson

a/s/l?
9:40 am
heynad

shouldn't you be in school anmo?
9:40 am
mwpeterson

:)
9:40 am
anmo

i am
9:40 am
Sunnybeach77

UUUUMMMM. Amen to that jojomnky. Ahem first of all i am happily married. VIRGINIA
9:41 am
Sunnybeach77

HI Mark from VA!
9:41 am
anmo

you need two people to stay active
9:41 am
anmo

someone else typed that
9:41 am
anmo

but its true
9:42 am
Sunnybeach77

maybe you should focus on your schoolwork
9:42 am
anmo

i got a 4 point
9:42 am
anmo

i do
9:42 am
Sunnybeach77

Yet you didn't know what 'VA' stands for???!!! Try again.
9:43 am
anmo

r you callin me dumb?
9:43 am
heynad

you must go to a great school
9:43 am
heynad

glad the tax payers are paying for it
9:43 am
anmo

bullshit i go to Durand
9:43 am
Sunnybeach77

No not dumb. Just silly.
9:43 am
brainwidth

Maybe you should have someone take a look at that giant growth.
9:43 am
Sunnybeach77

watch your mouth youngin'
9:43 am
brainwidth

Oh, that's just your head.
9:43 am
sherb

hey anmo... didn't take you long to get into a fight today...
9:43 am
brainwidth

Never mind.
9:44 am
anmo

i'm lovin it!!
9:44 am
Sunnybeach77

score
9:45 am
sherb

have you finished the sudoku yet?
9:45 am
anmo


no
9:46 am
Sunnybeach77

anmo you are precious.
9:46 am
brainwidth

I think you mean pretentious.
9:46 am
anmo

i nothx babee
9:46 am
Sunnybeach77

ahhahahahahaa
9:47 am
anmo

ya babe
9:47 am
Sunnybeach77

keep it up kid...
9:47 am
anmo

ok
9:47 am
Sunnybeach77

:)
9:47 am
anmo

you sound hot, big boobed,nice assed...
9:48 am
sherb

anmo - please keep it clean, or go and play somewhere else...
9:48 am
Sunnybeach77

gross, gross, and gross. what part of i am married and 28 and OH yea i have 10 month old baby is so hot?????
9:48 am
anmo

im sorry
9:48 am
brainwidth

I think Dr. God needs to start working on an ignore feature.
9:49 am
Sunnybeach77

thank you sherb
9:49 am
moedog

lol
9:49 am
mandi

I agree on the ignore feature!
9:50 am
sherb

anmo - shouldn't you be in class right now? ...it's not lunchtime yet...
9:51 am
anmo

im in arch drawing and we do nothing in there. i do nothing
9:51 am
anmo

3 minutesleft
9:51 am
sherb

arch drawing!! I would LOVE to have done that at school... but only the boys were allowed...
9:52 am
Sunnybeach77

interesting...
9:52 am
anmo

thats sexist
9:52 am
sherb

this was some years ago... things have changed now... but I missed my chance...
9:52 am
anmo

im sorry. but that is stupid that girls can't take arch drawing
9:53 am
Sunnybeach77

bye everyone!
9:53 am
brainwidth

bye sunny.
9:53 am
sherb

I draw a lot for enjoyment, but I'm not properly trained... suppose I could do night classes, but I'm too tired after work...
9:53 am
anmo

bye sunny and sorry i got out of hand
9:53 am
sherb

bye Sunny :)
9:54 am
Sunnybeach77

that's okay you sound like an okay kid anmo
9:54 am
Sunnybeach77

:)
9:54 am
dinoshadow

what is arch drawing? (I'm compugeek, not drawing geek)
9:54 am
anmo

i can tell you a program name that you can buy and draw housing
9:54 am
anmo

it is where you draw floor plans for houses
9:54 am
sherb

yes please
9:54 am
dinoshadow

ahhhhh
9:55 am
dinoshadow

architect - got it
9:55 am
anmo

Autocad Architectural
9:55 am
sherb

hi dino :) ...architectural drawing... or technical drawing we call it here...
9:56 am
anmo

hey
9:56 am
anmo

i want you toget me hard
9:56 am
anmo

jordin wrote that
9:56 am
anmo

i did not i was putting my book back
9:57 am
sherb

jordin sounds like a jerk...
9:57 am
anmo

he's an ass hole
9:57 am
anmo

but cool
9:58 am
anmo

he likes little boys like micheal jackson
9:58 am
anmo


9:58 am
anmo


9:58 am
anmo

its jordan
9:58 am
anmo

i am a pimp
9:58 am
moedog

i don't miss high school.
9:58 am
brainwidth

But moedog, they are the future, ;)
9:58 am
mandi

oh crap
9:59 am
anmo

o ya im goin to the navy
9:59 am
anmo

see ya light flashed
9:59 am
sherb

LOL mandi... we were all like that at one time...
10:00 am
sherb

later anmo... and jordan... :)
10:00 am
Mafia Boss

/ignore anmo
10:00 am
heynad

good...the country needs more people like you on the battlefield
10:00 am
brainwidth

Hopefully your sudoku skills will serve you well there.
10:00 am
mandi

and like I said before... oh crap
10:02 am
mandi

it's kinda peaceful in here now, isn't it?
10:04 am
sherb

mandi - we have similar icons... mine is a painting of Primrose Hill in North London... I'm guessing yours is something different?
10:05 am
mandi

Mine is the hill covered in daffodils on my parents property in Paso Robles, CA
10:05 am
sherb

beautiful... I can just make out the daffs... :)
10:06 am
mandi

thanks, it always makes me think of home, and a more quiet life
10:07 am
sherb

this is a lovely time of year... we've had a cold winter here, and the leaves are just starting to appear on some of the trees...
10:08 am
jojomnky

my question is, why cant i figure this one out?
10:08 am
mandi

we don't really get seasons in So. Cal :(
10:08 am
mandi

I can't figure this one out either
10:10 am
Limer

Hey, Mandigirl!
10:10 am
mandi

hi Limer
10:10 am
Limer

Never did find the person for the question yesterday
10:10 am
mandi

I'm sorry
10:11 am
mandi

I was going to ask if you did
10:21 am
btwrt

g'morning all :)
10:21 am
mandi

mornin'
10:21 am
the_man_stephen

morning (or afternoon for me!)
10:21 am
btwrt

are you really the man?
10:22 am
btwrt

the man that's been getting everybody down? ;)
10:22 am
the_man_stephen

:P
10:22 am
btwrt

lol sorry, i couldn't resist
10:23 am
the_man_stephen

hehe, no problem :D
10:24 am
btwrt

mandi - how is your paper going?
10:24 am
mandi

it's not
10:24 am
btwrt

awww :(
10:24 am
mandi

I played too much sudoku yesterday
10:24 am
btwrt

i need a shirt that says that
10:25 am
mandi

lol- how did your day go yesterday?
10:25 am
btwrt

my meeting was AWESOME :) i think i'm going to start doing some contracted freelance design work so - i'm very excited about it.
10:26 am
mandi

very cool!
10:26 am
btwrt

:D
10:26 am
mandi

congrats!
10:26 am
btwrt

thx!
10:33 am
Krys10

hello everyone
10:34 am
DarleenMB

hi all. I've been stuck on this darned thing for hours now. WHY does it claim to be "easy" is beyond me.... grrrrrr
10:35 am
Krys10

sherb, if you're still here:
http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women2/m
oses.html
10:35 am
Babbler

I agree. it's taking me longer than I thought... : /
10:36 am
Krys10

I worked on this last night on paper and got the last square and realized I had made a mistake somewhere along the way. From the chat log it sounds like a lot of people agree this seems harder than an "easy"
10:36 am
Babbler

thanks, Krys, I thought it was me. : (
10:37 am
mandi

it took me longer than I thought it would but I just keep filling in those darn green squares, which is tedious, and I finally got it.
10:37 am
Krys10

I thought it was me last night so I kept quiet.. but lots of people have complained since then :)
10:37 am
the_man_stephen

i reckon this one was harder than an easy
10:37 am
mandi

I think so
10:37 am
Krys10

yay! we reckon to consensus
10:37 am
the_man_stephen

easys shouldn't take 20 minutes!
10:38 am
mandi

anyway, good luck... bye all
10:38 am
Babbler

agreed! easys should only take a max of 10 mins!
10:38 am
Babbler

... if that!
10:38 am
Krys10

or more if you don't use green numbers
10:38 am
the_man_stephen

yup yup.
10:41 am
DarleenMB

Yeah, I can do the one in the paper in about 10 minutes flat.
10:42 am
Grace O'Malley

Is this Sudoku really hard?
10:42 am
Babbler

phew. finished. that was a lot of work for 1 point. : (
10:42 am
Babbler

not really hard, Grace, but not easy either. : /
10:43 am
Grace O'Malley

How Hard is it?
10:43 am
Stef

its more of a medium
10:43 am
Krys10

it sounds like people are saying you don't really need fancy advanced tricks to solve it but it takes longer than it should.
10:44 am
Babbler

yes, I agree with Krys. I didn't need to ahem, guess at any point, it was just more work than I was expecting.
10:45 am
Grace O'Malley

Ok thanks for telling me
10:46 am
Grace O'Malley

I better be going now sorry I couldn't chat with you all Bye.
10:46 am
Krys10

see you!
10:46 am
Babbler

see you : )
10:47 am
Babbler

time for me to go too. see you tomorrow : )
10:47 am
Krys10

bye babbler!
10:51 am
Grace O'Malley

Hey bye Babbler
10:52 am
Grace O'Malley

Hey Mayan Warrior are you online?
10:53 am
Krys10

phew! done! See you all next puzzle.
10:56 am
Grace O'Malley

Bye
11:13 am
anmo

hey everyone
11:15 am
anmo

hey sherb
11:23 am
anmo

sherb r u still doing archives?
11:23 am
anmo

i got a little out of hand today now i feel bad
11:23 am
Limer

hey anmo
11:24 am
anmo

hey
11:25 am
Limer

Nailed That Puppy!
11:25 am
Limer

Rank Me, Baby!
11:27 am
anmo

can you send a picture in here?
11:29 am
sherb

anmo - I'm playing Babble...
11:30 am
anmo

whats that
11:31 am
sherb

it's a word game... see the link below...
11:33 am
anmo

school won't let me i was lucky to be able to get in this chat room the school has a fotress on it which does not allow me to do certain things
11:35 am
anmo

gtg lunch is over bye everyone!
11:38 am
sherb

bye anmo... have a good weekend :)
11:39 am
sherb

I'm back at work next week, so you won't see me here until later in the day... :)
11:40 am
mandi

I have to go back to work next week too :(
12:25 pm
parsec

good afternoon everyone =)
12:25 pm
sprite

hi parsec
12:25 pm
caffeinatedelf

hullo parsec
12:26 pm
Grace O'Malley

Hi Everyone
12:26 pm
caffeinatedelf

'lo grace
12:26 pm
sprite

hi
12:27 pm
Grace O'Malley

I think this is a hard sudoku. Not Really that easy
12:28 pm
parsec

I've noticed that the ones that give me troubles are not always the ones rated as difficult, that's for sure.
12:28 pm
sprite

I second that.
12:28 pm
Grace O'Malley

I maybe have like two numbers
12:37 pm
Grace O'Malley

Are any of you having difficulties
12:38 pm
sellout

I thought it was a pretty tough one too.
12:38 pm
parsec

I just found my fourth number.
12:38 pm
sellout

A few people on here were saying "wow, that was too easy" while I was sitting there struggling with it.
12:38 pm
Grace O'Malley

Im doing better than I was before
12:38 pm
parsec

I think a lot of it is the kind of clue you are programmed to see first.
12:38 pm
MpP

yep, i thought this was a little bit tougher today
12:39 pm
MpP

especially for an Easy puzzle
12:39 pm
Grace O'Malley

This is my first puzzel to do ever on iron sudoku
12:40 pm
Grace O'Malley

puzzle soory
12:41 pm
parsec

well others were easier!
12:42 pm
sprite

So sad... no more sudokus to play. Archives used up. Have a nice day and till tomorrow :)
12:43 pm
Grace O'Malley

Bye Sprite
12:52 pm
TP17

I think the difficulty messages are just randomly generated
12:53 pm
parsec

heh.
1:00 pm
patsee

i've done "fiendish" rated ones easier than this one, but i do not know the x-y wing thing either.....
1:00 pm
parsec

there are 'fiendish' rated ones? 0.o
1:19 pm
UDbmas

hi all
1:31 pm
brainwidth

I thought this one was easy, but tedious. You couldn't get many numbers by simple cross-hatching, but once you filled in all the options, you could get it all by process of elimination. No advanced techniques necessary.
1:56 pm
kittybat

Ugh! Finished. I think this one was more of a medium. Not really advanced techniques so much as a lot of staring and hunting.
2:11 pm
The Wac

this one's kinda gross
2:15 pm
MarkGVA

I just started doing sudokus ... and cannot finish some of the "easy" ones on here ... thinking I do not know some of these "advanced techniques" ... please enlighten if u can
2:16 pm
The Wac

i couldn't really help you there mark. . . i've never used any 'techniques
2:16 pm
The Wac

this one doesn't really seem like easy though. . you know
2:16 pm
MarkGVA

attempting March 11 right now ... but can switch to today's if someone wants to explain something
2:16 pm
MarkGVA

agree
2:18 pm
lola

you there Anj?
2:19 pm
Anj

: D
2:19 pm
lola

: P
2:20 pm
lola

...did you start without me??
2:20 pm
Anj

I'm just mopping up some of the archives...
2:20 pm
lola

did you do todays?
2:20 pm
Anj

Yup : ) 24 carat guess : D
2:21 pm
lola

you're not supposed to guess on the easy ones!
2:21 pm
The Wac

it's a bit of a challenge today lola
2:22 pm
Anj

Force of habit. Besides, O like to keep logic on its toes } )
2:22 pm
lola

: / ...but don't encourage him! : D
2:22 pm
The Wac

:)
2:23 pm
Anj

...like I need encouragement, lol : )
2:24 pm
lola

...exactly
2:26 pm
lola

so, what do you do once you've filled in the fives?? lol! : D
2:26 pm
Anj

Go and play in the subscripts... : )
2:27 pm
The Wac

i'm still having a hard time with that
2:27 pm
Anj

There are a few logical deductions on the top line, but then you start getting multiple choices... : /
2:27 pm
lola

ooo, wait...the 6's are friendly too : )
2:27 pm
The Wac

i wish i was logical
2:29 pm
MarkGVA

lol ... I have only filled in one 5 on todays puzzle so far
2:29 pm
Anj

...which, of course, necessitates the Priori Technique...
2:29 pm
lola

LOL!
2:31 pm
The Wac

i've only got 2 mark
2:31 pm
The Wac

but i gotta scoot. . see you all later
2:31 pm
MarkGVA

actually, had 2 5s ... but thats it
2:32 pm
Anj

Bye Wac : )
2:32 pm
MarkGVA

finding that slicing and dicing is not getting me very far on most of these ... need others ...
2:32 pm
lola

'bye wac : )
2:32 pm
The Wac

bye bye!
2:35 pm
MarkGVA

somebody give me a hint/clue/technique to try pls :)
2:35 pm
EvilBernd

dont use number greater than 9
2:36 pm
MarkGVA

har har
2:36 pm
Anj

Mark, have you filled in the possibilities for each box using the subscripts?
2:37 pm
MarkGVA

what do u mean by subscripts?
2:37 pm
Anj

The little green numbers...
2:37 pm
MarkGVA

ooo ... how do I use the greenies?
2:37 pm
Anj

Hold down the shift key when entering : )
2:38 pm
MarkGVA

aha
2:38 pm
MarkGVA

now I don't have to keep all that in my head
2:39 pm
Anj

Frees up some bandwidth : )
2:42 pm
MarkGVA

thanks ... that helps with book keeping, but not going to help me make a break through ...
2:43 pm
Anj

Take a closer look at the top middle box ; )
2:43 pm
MarkGVA

k
2:45 pm
MarkGVA

found the 1/8 pair
2:45 pm
MarkGVA

ahh
2:46 pm
Anj

...whih means you can eliminate any other 1/8s in that box and on the same horizontal line : )
2:46 pm
MarkGVA

yup ... on my way ... that box is reduced to 1/8 and 4/7 ... got the 3
2:48 pm
Anj

It won't free up the rest of the grid but it will get you a load more numbers placed
2:48 pm
lola

you should teach babe ; )
2:48 pm
scribble

hi people!!!
2:49 pm
Anj

Evening scribble : )
2:49 pm
lola

hi scribble : )
2:49 pm
scribble

i luv the easy puzzles. :)
2:50 pm
MarkGVA

niiice ... got a bunch more now, thanks Anj :)
2:51 pm
Anj

y/w Mark : )
2:55 pm
Linda

for an easy one i'm not getting very far. anyone else?
2:56 pm
MarkGVA

have filled 11 numbers so far, Linda
2:57 pm
Linda

more than me - only 3!
2:58 pm
MarkGVA

huh ... u have to go back and take of greenies manually after u fill in a number ... that should be automatic ...
2:58 pm
MarkGVA

off*
3:00 pm
Anj

That's a thought. Maybe worth mentioning it to Dr God as an idea...
3:00 pm
Danno

I agree
3:00 pm
Danno

of course, I don't pay so I'd just like the ability to save Checkpoints back :)
3:00 pm
lola

woot! : )
3:01 pm
MarkGVA

box 8 complete
3:01 pm
Anj

go LOla! : )
3:01 pm
tskaze

umm is this one possible? i printed it out and spent too much time at school trying it, but i kept getting bad answers. anyone finish it yet?
3:01 pm
lola

but that would make it too easy! All youd have to do is fill in all the greens and the rest would be done for you. Surely the trick is to see the eliminations yourself?
3:02 pm
lola

thanks babe : ) ...and I didn't guess! ; )
3:02 pm
MarkGVA

no ... you would just save clicking time
3:03 pm
MarkGVA

hmm ... was just thinking inside a square ... maybe ur right ... people could abuse it
3:04 pm
MarkGVA

will just have to develop habit/step of scanning for greens to take off every time I fill in a number ...
3:04 pm
lola

mark, it does get easier the more you play, and you will start to recognise patterns that will help you : )
3:05 pm
MarkGVA

hey ... I just learned about the greens 10 minutes ago ... lol ... not worried yet :) ... thanks for the encouragement
3:06 pm
Anj

up/down/left/right checks are a smart move for eliminating numbers : )
3:06 pm
MarkGVA

right now, they are cluttering up the picture for me a bit ... not used to them ... a trade off for their book keeping value
3:06 pm
lola

mark, keep comparing columns/rows with boxes : )
3:07 pm
MarkGVA

that is what I call "slicing and dicing" ... checking row/column/box ... ;)
3:08 pm
lola

i try to get as many numbers without the greens first, then try to see where greens can only go in two or three places in a box or col/row. If you start going mad with the greens they can bog you down.
3:08 pm
Anj

...just nailed a medium archive with no guesses... I must be losing my touch : /
3:09 pm
lola

aaaah, i have taught him well : )
3:09 pm
MarkGVA

completely agree, lola
3:10 pm
lola

anj, have you done that difficult one i couldn't finish at your place?
3:10 pm
Anj

Yes...i've only got easies left in the archives...
3:10 pm
lola

what date was it/
3:10 pm
lola

...if you can remember : )
3:13 pm
Anj

It was between the 19th & 22nd March I think...
3:14 pm
Anj

Cool...when I view the archive puzzles and come back to the chatlog, today's completed puzzle is shown in all it's numerical glory : )
3:15 pm
lola

just found it...25th, the one with no numbers in opp corner boxes : /
3:16 pm
Anj

Go for it...
3:16 pm
hurshy

hurshy is available to assist if needed, loly :)
3:16 pm
lola

hey hursh! : )
3:16 pm
Anj

Hey Hursh : )
3:16 pm
hurshy

:)
3:16 pm
hurshy

can't find the socket? anj?
3:17 pm
Anj

OK, i'm open for bribes... all small, used, folding denominations in discreet brown envelopes accepted : D
3:17 pm
hurshy

what are people bribing you for?
3:18 pm
Anj

I can see the completed grid : )
3:18 pm
scribble

hey hurshy!!
3:18 pm
Anj

Hursh, I can find the socket, but i'm HD and the signal's analogue.. lol : )
3:19 pm
hurshy

a) i can see all the completed grids and i will help free, so no need to bribe anj
3:19 pm
hurshy

b) hi scribble!
3:19 pm
hurshy

c) pllllt anj
3:20 pm
lola

babe, how long did we stare at this damn grid?? and there was an obvious 8!
3:20 pm
Anj

...I know...
3:21 pm
Anj

ooooh! Hurshy pulls a Napster!
3:21 pm
hurshy

hehehe
3:23 pm
MarkGVA

lol ... just for fun/experiment, I filled in all possible greens ...
3:24 pm
scribble

im filling in all reds right now...
3:25 pm
MarkGVA

reds? ... there are reds too? ... what/how/where?
3:25 pm
scribble

use alt instead of shift
3:25 pm
lola

easy now mark...
3:25 pm
scribble

they are for impossibilities
3:26 pm
MarkGVA

those are for ones u know cannot go there?
3:26 pm
MarkGVA

gotcha ... don't think I will be using them ...
3:26 pm
hurshy

well you could use either color for either way
3:26 pm
hurshy

if you wanted to be a rebel
3:26 pm
scribble

haha im a rebel! :) actually id get confused and mess the whole thing up.
3:27 pm
MarkGVA

seems to me it is like negative picture/regular picture ... u use one or the other ... not both at once
3:28 pm
lola

that's what i found mark
3:28 pm
scribble

well i use red cuz thats the only time i have a reason to use the alt button.....and i like red more than green
3:28 pm
hurshy

see, scribblerebel
3:28 pm
Anj

I still favour the blindfold/pin approach...
3:28 pm
lola

well thought out scribble ; )
3:28 pm
lola

well thought out scribble ; )
LOL!
3:29 pm
lola

oo my chat box is doing weird things!
3:29 pm
hurshy

you are werid, anj
3:29 pm
hurshy

yeah it does that sometimes loly
3:29 pm
Anj

...as in you are very werid about me... hehehe : )
3:29 pm
hurshy

weird, not werid
3:29 pm
scribble

ahhh...arent we all though.....
3:29 pm
hurshy

hehehe
3:29 pm
hurshy

rebels? or worried about anj?
3:30 pm
MarkGVA

well, filling all the greens didn't help me ... no combos that help me eliminate stuff ... i.e. pairs or triplets ...
3:30 pm
lola

anj, people who live in glass houses and can't type should not throw stones!
3:30 pm
hurshy

for today's, mark? or an archived one?
3:30 pm
MarkGVA

todays
3:30 pm
scribble

were all weird, hurshy ;)
3:31 pm
Anj

That's the problem with this grid Mark... I resorted to the coin technique
3:31 pm
lola

you and your techniques! lol : P
3:31 pm
MarkGVA

have box 8 completed ... and row 2 is missing 2 numbers right now
3:31 pm
hurshy

there are combos
3:31 pm
hurshy

you just have to look harder
3:31 pm
MarkGVA

oh? ... will look again
3:32 pm
lola

i think it was a 5 that made the difference...
3:32 pm
MarkGVA

too many green numbers floating around probably ... hehe
3:32 pm
lola

but i have a memory like a sieve, so probably best to ignore me : /
3:33 pm
MarkGVA

i am sure it was ... down to 2 squares in several boxes for 5 ...
3:33 pm
Anj

...it was a tortoise for me : )
3:34 pm
lola

keep looking, there is a box with just a 5 in it : )
3:34 pm
scribble

i only have 2 numbers so far......is there somewhere i should pay attention to?
3:34 pm
lola

babe, do you really play ...um...with the animals?
3:35 pm
Anj

...call me Dr Doolittle : D
3:35 pm
MarkGVA

ok, I am going to break down and ask for another hint ...
3:36 pm
hurshy

what kind of a hint do you want?
3:36 pm
MarkGVA

and I think I am going to take off almost all these subscripts
3:36 pm
scribble

any kind
3:36 pm
scribble

for me at least
3:36 pm
hurshy

i will come up with a super duper coded hurshy hint
3:36 pm
blueskies29

hi all!! happy Friday!
3:36 pm
MarkGVA

I have box 8 complete ... rows 2 and 8 are missing 2 numbers
3:37 pm
scribble

uh oh hurshy....hi Blueskies!!
3:37 pm
blueskies29

hey scribble!
3:37 pm
MarkGVA

box 2 is missing 2 numbers ... and box 9 is missing 3 ... that should give u a good idea of where I am ...
3:39 pm
scribble

ok i cleeared out all subscripts....
3:40 pm
hurshy

the middle number in row 2 is the number of fingers count rugen had plus the number of snow white's dwarfs minus the number that's company divided by brett favre's uniform number
3:40 pm
hurshy

:)
3:40 pm
lola

8 )
3:40 pm
scribble

thanks alot hursh.....*rolls eyes*
3:40 pm
Anj

...taxi for Hurshy!
3:41 pm
hurshy

well if i just tell you people who don't want to know will get mad
3:41 pm
MarkGVA

not eight ... has to be 4 or 7
3:41 pm
hurshy

mark, lola wasn't saying 8, those are eyes
3:41 pm
scribble

who are the people in your clue?
3:41 pm
MarkGVA

lol
3:41 pm
blueskies29

lol
3:41 pm
hurshy

i think you should be able to google all the info in my clue
3:41 pm
MarkGVA

think that is my cue to take a break ... wow ...
3:42 pm
lola

oops, sorry! was making googly eyes! *note to self: don't use numbers in this chat log*
3:42 pm
hurshy

count rugen is from the princess bride
3:42 pm
scribble

oh i love that movie!!
3:42 pm
hurshy

anj wants me to leave? this is why he ordered me a taxi?
3:43 pm
lola

*whispers* he's a bit odd, remember hursh? : )
3:43 pm
hurshy

or he thinks i'm a bit odd with my super duper coded hurshy clues
3:43 pm
lola

your clues are great! : )
3:43 pm
hurshy

or driving away business?
3:43 pm
Anj

lol ; )
3:44 pm
hurshy

marty would like to say something to you all: meow.
3:44 pm
lola

I think he may be trying to get rid of the (free) competition... ; )
3:44 pm
MarkGVA

got it !! ... the magic 5 ... greenies helped after all
3:44 pm
lola

awww, tickle him between his ears for me : )
3:44 pm
hurshy

done :)
3:44 pm
lola

...i hope marty is your cat and not your hubby....!
3:45 pm
hurshy

yes this cat in the pic
3:45 pm
lola

: D
3:45 pm
hurshy

hubby doesn't meow much
3:45 pm
Anj

...can he hack a furball for me??
3:45 pm
lola

...he would if you tickled him right hursh ; )
3:45 pm
hurshy

from your throat or from his, anj?
3:45 pm
lola

woot! go mark : )
3:45 pm
scribble

LOL!!
3:45 pm
hurshy

i don't think vicarious hacking is efficacious
3:45 pm
lola

LOL!
3:46 pm
hurshy

he doesn't get furballs anyway
3:46 pm
scribble

thanks hursh i figured out your clue.
3:46 pm
hurshy

:) yay
3:46 pm
lola

hursh, anj watches too much shrek...
3:46 pm
hurshy

i like shrek :)
3:47 pm
Anj

...noble steed!
3:47 pm
hurshy

but puss in boots is not necessarily representative of normal cat behavior
3:47 pm
lola

me too! get me something deep fried and smothered in chocolate!
3:47 pm
lola

I'm a stallion baby!
3:47 pm
scribble

im makin waffles!! yall want some?
3:47 pm
lola

i know hursh, but that is what he's basing it on : )
3:48 pm
hurshy

i think maybe short haired cats don't tend to get furballs
3:48 pm
Anj

...er, Garfield actually...
3:48 pm
lola

I'll be your true love! Well...true enough! : )
3:48 pm
scribble

ugh, mine sure does.
3:48 pm
hurshy

hmm, scribble, i can't say i'm much of a waffle fan... could i have a waffle cone with ice cream instead?
3:48 pm
blueskies29

yes they do hursh..i have an obsessive groomer...hairballs abound!
3:49 pm
hurshy

garfield is REALLY not representative of normal cat behavior.
3:49 pm
hurshy

puss in boots would be closer
3:49 pm
lola

my daughter thought that was the funniest movie ever!
3:49 pm
hurshy

hmmm, i wonder why my three don't get them?
3:49 pm
Anj

...I wondered why Whiskas doesn't do Lasagne... : /
3:49 pm
hurshy

they clean a lot, especially mitten
3:49 pm
scribble

of course hursh! what flavor? oh, and my cat acts like garfield...:)
3:50 pm
hurshy

mint choc chip please!
3:50 pm
blueskies29

my cat watches tv and teases the dog...that much is true
3:50 pm
lola

hursh...we were seperated at birth!
3:50 pm
blueskies29

my fav hursh! make it 2 scribble!!
3:50 pm
hurshy

((lola))
3:51 pm
scribble

ooooh yum......ill get 2, that sounds too good to pass up. ok, 3 , one for blueskies too!
3:51 pm
lola

{{hursh}} :' )
3:51 pm
hurshy

oh yes squeezy hugs {{{lola}}}
3:51 pm
hurshy

i like 'em somethin awful, honest i do loly
3:51 pm
lola

: )
3:52 pm
lola

i know you do! do you know that i knew?
3:52 pm
Anj

...I can do vanilla...
3:52 pm
hurshy

yes i knew you knew
3:52 pm
lola

...that's because you ate all the coffee ice cream. naughty boy!
3:52 pm
scribble

ok...so 3 mint choc chip and 1 vanilla. brb
3:52 pm
hurshy

ewww coffee ice cream
3:52 pm
lola

i knew you would know that i knew!
3:53 pm
Anj

...excuse me?? WHO ate the coffee ice cream? Shall I call forensics??? : )
3:53 pm
hurshy

and i knew you would know that i knew that you knew!
3:53 pm
lola

oops! : D
3:53 pm
hurshy

is it just me or has knew ceased to look like a word?
3:53 pm
lola

.....i forgot it was me (said in small voice) : D
3:53 pm
scribble

ok guys, dig in!!! *hands out ice cream*
3:53 pm
hurshy

mmm, thanks scribble!
3:54 pm
blueskies29

ty scribble!
3:54 pm
lola

thanks scribble : )
3:55 pm
Anj

The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right? No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
3:55 pm
Anj

...cheers scribble : )
3:55 pm
scribble

ok hursh...get started on that fruit salad!!!
3:55 pm
hurshy

it might help if you lift your arm...
3:56 pm
MarkGVA

gotta go ... need to pack quickly and catch a plane to Boston ... will have to finish this later ... bye all ... Have a great weekend
3:56 pm
hurshy

oh yes, who wants some of the fruit salad i made yesterday?
3:56 pm
lola

mememememe!
3:56 pm
scribble

bye Mark!
3:56 pm
hurshy

kiwi-free for lola
3:56 pm
scribble

i want some please!
3:56 pm
lola

bye mark, have a safe trip : )
3:56 pm
Anj

later Mark - have a safe flight : )
3:56 pm
lola

aww, you remembered :' )
3:56 pm
hurshy

*hands out fruit salad, waves bye to mark*
3:57 pm
Anj

...kiwi-free? What does it have instead?? Quails???
3:57 pm
MarkGVA

thanks ... bye
3:57 pm
hurshy

anj did you catch my arm line - that was for you
3:57 pm
hurshy

no, not quails, extra pineapple
3:57 pm
scribble

fruit salad...yummy yummy....
3:57 pm
lola

: )
3:58 pm
Anj

...arm? OK, that one is in the general vicinity but the brain cell is refusing it orbital rights just now... : /
3:58 pm
hurshy

it's another bit from the court jester
3:59 pm
hurshy

when they are trying to sleep in that barn
3:59 pm
Anj

Hursh, you have a scary memory.... : )
3:59 pm
hurshy

i've only seen it once, or i would have come up with something better
4:00 pm
hurshy

you remembered the whole poison bit!
4:02 pm
Anj

I remembered the first bit...IMDB.com helped with with the rest...
4:02 pm
Anj

I couldn't remember it was the Court Jester though!
4:02 pm
hurshy

ah... i see... *coughs* cheater
4:03 pm
hurshy

didn't IMDB tell you it was though?
4:03 pm
hurshy

they did, but you didn't remember the arm part.
4:03 pm
hurshy

hurshy sees.
4:03 pm
blueskies29

k, all i can remember is the "you killed my father...prepare to die!" speech...&i'm not even sure i've got the right movie!!!
4:04 pm
Anj

Hursh, i've been a trainer for 7 years in a field where the facts & form change almost on a daily basis. The trick is to know the givens, and to know just where the other answer can be found ; )
4:04 pm
hurshy

no THAT is princess bride which i may be able to quote in its entirety
4:04 pm
blueskies29

my name is
4:04 pm
blueskies29

take it hursh!
4:04 pm
hurshy

inigo montoya... you killed my father... prepare to die
4:04 pm
blueskies29

there we go!! yeah hursh!
4:05 pm
hurshy

but everyone knows that line
4:05 pm
hurshy

i know like the whole movie
4:05 pm
blueskies29

of course now the stupid chant is stuck in my head!
4:05 pm
hurshy

which?
4:05 pm
hurshy

fool, fool, back to the beginning is the rule?
4:05 pm
blueskies29

lol
4:06 pm
blueskies29

got any other movies memorized?
4:06 pm
hurshy

hmmm... mary poppins, i think maybe
4:06 pm
blueskies29

songs or dialogue?? ;)
4:06 pm
hurshy

both
4:06 pm
hurshy

def. songs
4:06 pm
hurshy

prob most dialogue
4:07 pm
lola

supercallafragalisticexpialladocious! : D
4:07 pm
hurshy

:)
4:07 pm
Anj

vitreous china!
4:07 pm
hurshy

and don't get me started on animaniacs songs
4:07 pm
blueskies29

scary...then again...i might almost have the muppet movie down so who am i to say anything?
4:07 pm
hurshy

i memorized the whole countries of the world song
4:07 pm
blueskies29

omg lol
4:07 pm
hurshy

and a bunch of others, but that one is the most impressive
4:08 pm
hurshy

i was just singing it yesterday, as coincidence would have it
4:08 pm
lola

whole...countries...of...the...world...?? wow
4:08 pm
hurshy

i think they might leave out a few actually
4:09 pm
hurshy

what with trying to fit meter and all
4:09 pm
Anj

...tsk! gas men huh?
4:09 pm
lola

i don't even remember what colour underwear i put on this morning : /
4:09 pm
hurshy

*groan*
4:09 pm
Anj

I'm guessing it's yellow } )
4:09 pm
hurshy

pink plaid here :) (i know i know scribble, TMI)
4:10 pm
lola

i had to check! pink ; )
4:10 pm
hurshy

ooh, we match
4:10 pm
lola

...are the yellow ones missing anj? } )
4:10 pm
Anj

...no, they are still her ; )
4:10 pm
lola

i told you hursh...seperated at birth : )
4:11 pm
hurshy

*rest of us tiptoe out of chatroom*
4:11 pm
hurshy

lola didn't you make anj get AIM yet :)
4:12 pm
Anj

yes, but the Doc gave me some cream for that... : /
4:12 pm
hurshy

*groan*
4:12 pm
lola

no, he says i talk too much already...
4:12 pm
hurshy

where did my cookies go????
4:12 pm
hurshy

oh there they are
4:12 pm
scribble

sorry im taking the nerd/geek/dork test on okcupid
4:12 pm
lola

lol1
4:12 pm
scribble

lol1111
4:13 pm
hurshy

i thought my husband might have et them all
4:13 pm
lola

*! ...what is it with me and the numbers tonight?
4:13 pm
hurshy

loly, let me help
4:14 pm
lola

scribble, sounds like fun! how are you doing?
4:14 pm
lola

hursh, i meant to put a ! instead of a 1 : )
4:14 pm
hurshy

oh i see
4:14 pm
hurshy

i knew that
4:14 pm
hurshy

but i didn't know your later comment was referencing that
4:14 pm
lola

i knew you knew!
4:14 pm
hurshy

and i thought you were frustrated
4:15 pm
hurshy

:)
4:15 pm
lola

i am...but i'm stubborn too : )
4:15 pm
Anj

Lo, try Bun Shoe Tree Paw Hive Bricks Heaven Gate Line Hen : )
4:15 pm
lola

i told you already...i'm not doing that
4:16 pm
hurshy

what does he mean? why has he rhymed the numbers?
4:16 pm
scribble

ive got like 40 questions left...
4:17 pm
Anj

...i'm trying to cure Lola of numbers...
4:17 pm
lola

sounded naughty to me
4:17 pm
hurshy

you want her to use the animal pics?
4:17 pm
lola

i know, i know...what doesn't? *sigh*
4:18 pm
hurshy

you know if you guys ever get married and i come to the wedding, what stories i will have to tell when i toast you
4:18 pm
lola

married?? *runs away*
4:19 pm
Anj

I'm not sure I can handle a grid full if bunnies, penguins and hefalumps : /
4:19 pm
hurshy

just for the toasts, lola, just for the toasts. then you can get it annulled.
4:19 pm
Anj

: ' (
4:19 pm
hurshy

are you crying over heffalumps or lola running away?
4:19 pm
ls

=p
4:19 pm
lola

aww, you know I'm only kidding babe...xxx
4:20 pm
lola

hursh, lets just have a party instead! : D
4:20 pm
hurshy

ok :)
4:20 pm
lola

...were you planning on asking me tomorrow night babe?? lol : D
4:20 pm
hurshy

oh dear, if he was, this is awful
4:21 pm
scribble

haha im a nerd.....what party?
4:21 pm
Anj

...crivens! Foiled again...
4:22 pm
lola

scribble, we're going to have a not-a-wedding-reception...wanna come? : )
4:22 pm
lola

crivens?? : D
4:22 pm
hurshy

crivens, that's a new one!
4:23 pm
hurshy

wow, what a great store!
4:23 pm
Anj

...I think I caught that from the the Nac Mac Feegle...
4:23 pm
scribble

of course ill come! sounds like fun.
4:26 pm
hurshy

2 minutes again scribble
4:26 pm
hurshy

oh, no, 3
4:26 pm
lola

hey hursh, i'm taking a break to finish babble...can you help me out on the di6/30, please? : )
4:27 pm
scribble

WOW!! thats a record!
4:27 pm
hurshy

pollock of past tense, lola
4:27 pm
lola

oh, don't worry...just figured out i've got the dog in the wrong place!
4:27 pm
hurshy

the dog? but that's not babble...
4:28 pm
hurshy

oh the DOG
4:28 pm
hurshy

that ate your baby
4:28 pm
lola

umm, the australian wild dog??
4:28 pm
lola

lol, yes!
4:28 pm
hurshy

i thought you were going back to sudoku and using the animal pics
4:28 pm
hurshy

got confused
4:29 pm
lola

yay, i just finished : )
4:29 pm
hurshy

yay
4:29 pm
hurshy

did you no-list it?
4:29 pm
scribble

^*^*^*^*^FIREWORKS^*^*^*^*^*
4:29 pm
lola

you are kidding, right?
4:29 pm
hurshy

no, why?
4:29 pm
lola

aww, thanks scribble : )
4:30 pm
hurshy

you are not a no-lister?
4:30 pm
lola

it would take me about a week!
4:30 pm
hurshy

all the cool kids are doing it...
4:30 pm
scribble

peer pressure isnt good hursh...
4:30 pm
Anj

...been there, done that, bought the T shirt, ate the pie...
4:30 pm
hurshy

in this case it is
4:30 pm
lola

hursh, i got too much other stuff going on around me with small person etc...need to save time : )
4:31 pm
hurshy

oh yeah
4:31 pm
hurshy

kids
4:31 pm
hurshy

i forget about their existence a lot
4:31 pm
lola

what flavour pie??
4:31 pm
scribble

Lol
4:31 pm
hurshy

(those under 12 that is)
4:31 pm
Anj

...roadkill probably...
4:31 pm
lola

eeuuwww
4:31 pm
hurshy

i make the BEST apple pie
4:31 pm
Anj

...maybe mystery meat : )
4:32 pm
hurshy

and i invented a strawberry cream pie
4:32 pm
lola

hursh, that is something i cannot make!
4:32 pm
lola

ooo, that sounds yummy!
4:32 pm
Anj

...hot chocolate meringue!!!
4:32 pm
hurshy

you can make the one i invented loly, it's so easy
4:32 pm
hurshy

you use a graham cracker crust (or oreo!)
4:33 pm
lola

do tell!
4:33 pm
hurshy

you puree about a pint of strawberries, but you save a few aside for decoration
4:33 pm
hurshy

you gently fold the puree into an 8 oz container of cool whip with a rubber spatula
4:33 pm
Anj

...sophistry!
4:34 pm
hurshy

you put half the cream stuff in the crust
4:34 pm
hurshy

you slice a banana and put the slices in the cream
4:34 pm
scribble

hey im 12....am i a kid? i dont think so....
4:34 pm
hurshy

then you put the other half of the cream stuff on top
4:34 pm
hurshy

and then you slice up the extra berries and deck the top
4:34 pm
lola

what's cool whip?
4:34 pm
hurshy

it is yum-oh.
4:34 pm
Anj

...you lost me at Oreo... : /
4:35 pm
hurshy

cool whip is like whipped cream but stabler.
4:35 pm
hurshy

you don't have cool whip in the UK?
4:35 pm
lola

sounds yummy hursh!
4:35 pm
hurshy

i know you have oreos because atalante eats them
4:35 pm
lola

oreos yes...cool whip, not sure : /
4:36 pm
hurshy

thank you, i invented it because i couldn't find any good recipes for strawberry pie and i thought what i wanted it to be like and i did it
4:36 pm
lola

smart AND creative!
4:36 pm
hurshy

hmm, i wonder if i can ascertain on the internet whether cool whip is sold in the UK
4:36 pm
lola

i'll look on the internet shopping site
4:37 pm
scribble

i gotta go guys....see ya'll later!!
4:38 pm
hurshy

it comes in lite and fat free too
4:38 pm
hurshy

bye scribble!!
4:39 pm
lola

'bye scribble : )
4:39 pm
lola

can't see it hursh
4:39 pm
Anj

bye scribble : )
4:40 pm
hurshy

hmm well it is listed as an ingredient in a recipe on blacknet.co.uk
4:40 pm
hurshy

but maybe an american submitted the recipe
4:40 pm
lola

cool, i'll look for it in-store : )
4:41 pm
hurshy

well it says "or frozen whipped topping, thawed" for that one, so if you can find any sort of whipped topping...
4:41 pm
hurshy

you just can't use whipped cream, it would deflate.
4:42 pm
hurshy

oh i forgot to say that you refrigerate before eating to let it firm up.
4:42 pm
Anj

How about whipping single cream??
4:42 pm
hurshy

whipping single cream?
4:43 pm
hurshy

and it's best eaten within a day because otherwise the strawberry slices start to dry out. it's still yummy then, but it looks sad.
4:43 pm
lola

hursh, we get stuff in SA called orley whip and i think it's the same thing. i'll just look for the uk equivalent of that : )
4:43 pm
Anj

...or even double cream..
4:43 pm
lola

...and can you see Anj drooling? ; )
4:43 pm
bookwyrmish

The texture is more like double cream, or mascarpone...Anj, and I would recommend EITHER of them or whipping creamed cheese in and folding in whipped cream
4:43 pm
Anj

Lo, you might find that in the SA shop : )
4:43 pm
lola

ooo, marscapone! Now there's an idea!
4:44 pm
bookwyrmish

Cool whip (caution, snob report coming in) is frozen, and has lots of not-cool ingredients---in fact, it's called "topping" because it can't qualify as a dairy product for the "cream label"
4:44 pm
hurshy

but it's YUMMY!
4:44 pm
Anj

...uh-oh... Dream Topping alert...
4:44 pm
lola

yup, sounds like orley whip...lol! : D
4:44 pm
hurshy

sometimes i eat it plain
4:45 pm
pthomp

anj - speak dutch?
4:45 pm
hurshy

i find it so much yummier than real whipped cream, sick person than i am
4:45 pm
bookwyrmish

Just like corn-syrup based pancake "toppings" are nothing like maple syrup, cool whip is a slightly different animal than whipped cream
4:45 pm
lola

oh dear, think i'm going to have to start over : /
4:45 pm
bookwyrmish

((({{{hurshy}}}))))
4:46 pm
hurshy

oh, well at least i buy real syrup.
4:46 pm
Anj

pthomp, not that i'm aware, lol : )
4:46 pm
hurshy

c.s. lewis would be ashamed of me about the cool whip though.
4:46 pm
hurshy

((((bookwyrmish))))
4:47 pm
lola

maar jy kan 'n bietjie afrikaans praat ; )
4:47 pm
Anj

...? The Lion, The Witch and the Refrigerator?
4:47 pm
lola

hursh, why?
4:47 pm
Anj

...only a little bit Lola : )
4:47 pm
hurshy

oh, well in one of his essays, to illustrate some point, he talks about how some kids brought up on margarine actually prefer it to butter, and how disturbing that is, so i figure it is parallel
4:48 pm
lola

you're getting good at reading it too ; )
4:49 pm
bookwyrmish

I think it IS a good parallel. I grew up having pure maple syrup (I've often tapped the trees) and whipped cream, but margarine instead of butter...mmme
4:49 pm
pthomp

Dr. god is looking for a Danish translator - sorry not dutch/ Someone ripped off Babble sight
4:49 pm
hurshy

now i LOVE real butter
4:49 pm
Dr_God

I was just gonna ask about that. :)
4:50 pm
Dr_God

Anyone where from Denmark? :)
4:50 pm
Dr_God

http://www.playbabble.dk/Spil/
4:50 pm
lola

dr g, where is sprite from?
4:50 pm
hurshy

holland?
4:50 pm
pthomp

Cool whip used to have first ingredient listed as Artificial color. Old joke - "what color WAS it?"
4:50 pm
bookwyrmish

I learned to really love real butter, but not until I started baking (plus, my dad got sweet cream butter and would salt it himself, sayingit was fresher, when he spread it on bread...oh, his blood pressure!)
4:50 pm
hurshy

doc, don't you have like a database that tells which countries all the babblers are in?
4:50 pm
lola

ah yes, she is : )
4:51 pm
Dr_God

There is one Babbler from Denmark that I know of, but he hasn't been on the site for the past 6 hours.
4:51 pm
hurshy

can't you just email him though?
4:51 pm
lola

what do you need dr g?
4:52 pm
Dr_God

I did email him, but people that rip off other people's sites usually aren't on the up-and-up.
4:52 pm
Anj

Could you use Babelfish to translate?
4:52 pm
bookwyrmish

Weell, I'm done for. All this talk about food %^)
4:52 pm
hurshy

oh so you think that that babbler is the one who did it?
4:52 pm
hurshy

i see.
4:52 pm
Dr_God

Babelfish only has Dutch. It failed miserably.
4:53 pm
bookwyrmish

Good luck, Dr. God--there ought to be some protections out there %^*
4:53 pm
hurshy

so you need... like to be able to talk to lawyers in denmark or something?
4:53 pm
Grace O'Malley

Hello Everybody
4:54 pm
pthomp

might try the Norwegisn
4:54 pm
lola

the bloody cheek! Dr G, i can read a tiny bit of it but don't think i could write a mail...sorry : /
4:54 pm
hurshy

here's a professional service, if that helps: http://www.appliedlanguage.com/languages/dani
sh_translation.shtml
4:56 pm
hurshy

thomas dippel, is that the babbler?
4:56 pm
Anj

How about the Google Tool Bar? THat can translate languages...
4:56 pm
lola

hursh, i think so
4:57 pm
hurshy

his name is on the rip-off site
4:57 pm
hurshy

how can that happen? are programs not secret? anyone can just access them?
4:58 pm
lola

oh hursh, read your last post wrong. It's the guy who THINKS it's his bloody site!
4:59 pm
DarleenMB

Jamie, it looks like he's using ASP.net as a web builder. Click on the link in the info box. YOu could try reporting his theft to them. I'm telling you, report him to whoever is hosting his site and they will take it down!
5:02 pm
sellout

Did this guy rip off the code itself?
5:03 pm
sellout

Or just the Babble concept?
5:03 pm
Dr_God

Nope. Just the idea.
5:03 pm
sellout

Hmm. Are you hoping to get him to take it down, or to give credit, or what?
5:04 pm
hurshy

not to be unsupportive, but does it hurt you in any way, or is it just... annoying?
5:04 pm
Dr_God

I don't have much hope of anything. Someone else copied Babble last year, and all my requests for him to stop only resulted in him sending me juvenile emails from fake email addresses. :\
5:04 pm
hurshy

does it make you lose money?
5:05 pm
Dr_God

hurshy-
At this point, it's just annoying, but if he starts making money off of the Babble name, that's a different ballgame.
5:05 pm
hurshy

(my goodness i sound shallow)
5:05 pm
sellout

Well, if it's any consolation, you should at least feel flattered that your concept was great enough to be copied.
5:05 pm
hurshy

can you tell if he's charging for people to go pro or not?
5:05 pm
sellout

Right, if he starts collecting on it, then you've got a problem for sure.
5:05 pm
Dr_God

hurshy-
Doesn't look like he is
5:06 pm
hurshy

bad man anyway, bad bad man
5:07 pm
MDidia

Uh... just one thought - it's not as bad as it *could* be, he will only be taking Danish speaking players. And any Danish non-English speakers aren't going to play the original babble anyway.
5:07 pm
hurshy

mmm, is this a bad time to ask if you liked my idea about the rankings?
5:08 pm
sellout

What was your idea hurshy?
5:08 pm
Anj

No good...can't find any flemish/English tool that doesn't require a fee... : /
5:08 pm
Dr_God

I still haven't made up my mind on a solution to the Rankings deal. Not much I can do now that a lot of Pros will have a perfect score.
5:09 pm
hurshy

yes but we want perfect scores on both systems :)
5:09 pm
hurshy

nobody minds being tied for first with bunches of people :)
5:10 pm
lola

anj, just sent you mail : )
5:10 pm
hurshy

oh sellout, it was to do the cream of the crop rankings as basically the percent of the available points to date that you've gotten, plus credit per puzzle.
5:10 pm
Dr_God

I'm still holding out hope for a creative solution. I have a couple ideas rattling around in my head.
5:10 pm
hurshy

i see, i see... mine was uncreative *sniff, sniff*
5:11 pm
Dr_God

hurshy-
Now now. Chin up. ;)
5:12 pm
hurshy

otay. :) note - if you make speed a factor, people will cheat by screencapping and doing it on paper.
5:12 pm
lola

*hands hursh tissue....and slice of strawberry cream pie*
5:12 pm
hurshy

thanks lola. you're a true friend.
5:12 pm
lola

: )
5:13 pm
Dr_God

I will probably never add a timer to this site. Too much of a hassle, and it's not what my sites are about. ;)
5:13 pm
british16chica

couldn't you give an extra point for those who do it within the day a puzzle is available?
5:14 pm
british16chica

not that I mind the chance to catch up on missed puzzles...
5:14 pm
sellout

I have an idea.
5:14 pm
sellout

You may have already thought of it though.
5:14 pm
hurshy

but you're going to sellout, aren't you?
5:14 pm
sellout

Hahaha
5:15 pm
zemoxian

Or give half the points for puzzles finised late. Or only one point for late puzzles.
5:15 pm
sellout

Create a puzzle of each difficult level for every day. Four puzzles, and you can't get to the next hardest level without completing the one before it.
5:15 pm
Grace O'Malley

But what if you are really slow?
5:16 pm
sellout

Then in the archives, allow users to do the puzzles, but not for points.
5:16 pm
Dr_God

sellout-
That's just too many damn puzzles. My brain hurts just thinking about that. :)
5:16 pm
sellout

Do you create them by hand, or is it auto-generated?
5:17 pm
Dr_God

auto
5:17 pm
zemoxian

Well, I started one puzzle 7 minutes before closing time. Do I deserve full credit now that I'm pro?
5:17 pm
sellout

Well, it's an idea anyway. :) It'll keep the addicts happy as well!
5:18 pm
zemoxian

Actually, 4 puzzles a day would weed out the casual players.
5:18 pm
Dr_God

Certainly would. ;)
5:18 pm
melly126

we'd all be way too smart
5:18 pm
hurshy

but you notice dr_g only has 30something points, so perhaps he doesn't WANT to weed out the casual players
5:18 pm
Douglas

It might weed out the players
5:18 pm
Anj

Can we do archive grids in Babble now???
5:18 pm
zemoxian

sellout's point too.
5:18 pm
Christopher

i think the extra point on the day of the puzzle is a nice suggestion by british16chica earlier.
5:18 pm
Dr_God

I have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to do actually. I'm hoping to unveil it this weekend.
5:19 pm
lola

*lola covers her eyes because if the answer is 'yes' she can kiss her life goodbye*
5:19 pm
Dr_God

Have no fear, lola, I have no plans on allowing that. ;)
5:20 pm
hurshy

shucks.
5:20 pm
lola

*breathes sigh of relief* I love babble Dr G, but sometimes it feels like I've signed my soul over to you!
5:20 pm
Dr_God

:)
5:20 pm
hurshy

*checks doc's head for small red horns*
5:20 pm
Dr_God

Anywho. It's too nice out where I am. Gotta go outside and frolic. I'll check in later, folks.
5:21 pm
zemoxian

C ya!
5:21 pm
lola

'bye dr g....i missed the sunshine today...was babbling...
5:21 pm
Grace O'Malley

BYE
5:22 pm
zemoxian

I think I've spent too much time here today (playing catch up)...
5:22 pm
hurshy

bye doc!
5:22 pm
zemoxian

Adieu
5:24 pm
Anj

...cooo, first Babble chatlog was 6th Oct 2003 : )
5:24 pm
hurshy

well, it's getting late on this side of the pond, so maybe i'll head to bed... no wait, i only WISH i were british...i'm not really
5:25 pm
Grace O'Malley

Lola what is your icon of?
5:25 pm
Anj

...I am, but my head is in Chicago : /
5:26 pm
hurshy

uh-oh, watermelon juice on keyboard!
5:26 pm
hurshy

why chicago?
5:27 pm
kneestabber

Argh! Why am I having so much trouble with an 'easy'??!
5:27 pm
Grace O'Malley

Same question
5:27 pm
lola

grace, it's marilyn monroe : )
5:27 pm
hurshy

kneestabber, perhaps the pain in your knee makes it hard to think
5:27 pm
Grace O'Malley

Oh now I see that lola
5:27 pm
kneestabber

haha. It's not MY knee that hurts. ;)
5:27 pm
lola

anj, thanks for the flowers :' ) xx
5:28 pm
hurshy

*hurshy covers her knees*
5:28 pm
kneestabber

you have nothing to fear.
5:28 pm
hurshy

i can't get flowers from my husband - the cats would eat them.
5:28 pm
Anj

...just feels that way Hursh : /
5:28 pm
Grace O'Malley

So kneestabber whos knee hurts
5:28 pm
Anj

...get some catnip and have some fun : )
5:29 pm
kneestabber

well, actually, the name originated in high school
5:29 pm
hurshy

they aren't very interested in catnip, oddly enough
5:29 pm
kneestabber

I would reach over and stab my friend's knee during class
5:29 pm
kneestabber

childish, perhaps. but it was high school.
5:29 pm
hurshy

*disturbed*
5:29 pm
Grace O'Malley

Thay makes scence
5:29 pm
kneestabber

...oh it was with a pencil!
5:29 pm
stubie

A sharp one?
5:30 pm
kneestabber

i'm not that disturbed. ;)
5:30 pm
kneestabber

no, it was with a mechanical one with the lead retracted.
5:30 pm
hurshy

*pictures friend with lead poisoning* (i know i know they use graphite now)
5:30 pm
Grace O'Malley

Owch!
5:30 pm
kneestabber

he still swears there is a chuch of lead in his knee.
5:30 pm
kneestabber

baby...
5:30 pm
hurshy

i hate mechanical pencils, they always break on me
5:31 pm
Grace O'Malley

I agree
5:31 pm
Anj

isn't that called keyhole surgery nowadays, lol? : )
5:31 pm
kneestabber

there we go! finally done!
5:31 pm
kneestabber

now to sign up for pro
5:31 pm
Grace O'Malley

Did any of you think this puzzle was hard?
5:32 pm
Anj

...it was a little awkward for an easy...
5:32 pm
hurshy

yeah easies really oughn't to need greening
5:33 pm
hurshy

oops left out a t there didn't i?
5:34 pm
Grace O'Malley

Well I probably thought it was hard because I'm new
5:34 pm
hurshy

are you a redhead?
5:35 pm
Ju Ju Master

Yeah, this one is tough for an easy
5:35 pm
Anj

...no, she's a pirate : )
5:35 pm
Ju Ju Master

I'm stuck
5:35 pm
Grace O'Malley

no actually Grace o'malley is just a nickname
5:35 pm
hurshy

oh shoot
5:35 pm
hurshy

i like when i can make correct guesses about people
5:35 pm
Grace O'Malley

I really have brown hair
5:35 pm
hurshy

it makes me feel holmesian
5:36 pm
Grace O'Malley

Also anj is right Grace was a pirate
5:36 pm
kneestabber

Now pro! woo!
5:36 pm
hurshy

oh i thought it rang a bell but wasn't sure
5:36 pm
Anj

All Hail Knee : )
5:36 pm
hurshy

very nice oh pencil-weaponed one
5:36 pm
lola

yay kneestabber! : D
5:37 pm
Grace O'Malley

Congrats KNEESTABBER
5:37 pm
Anj

...a pirate that got pardoned by Queen Elizabeth if my memory serves me... : /
5:37 pm
kneestabber

haha. thanks.
5:37 pm
hurshy

girls gotta stick together
5:38 pm
Grace O'Malley

Grace hated the Queen because she was the pirate queen but she did protend to help the queen
5:39 pm
hurshy

hmm... murdered by pirates is good!
5:39 pm
Grace O'Malley

what is that?
5:39 pm
hurshy

princess bride
5:40 pm
Grace O'Malley

What is that?
5:40 pm
lola

mmmm...pirates...cap'n sparrow... : )
5:40 pm
hurshy

*sputter sputter*
5:40 pm
kneestabber

ok all, i'm off to take advantage of the nice weather. I'm sure I'll be back later now that I have old puzzles to complete!
5:40 pm
Grace O'Malley

captain sparrow is my hero he rocks
5:41 pm
lola

he rocks my boat grace ; )
5:41 pm
lola

'bye knee : )
5:41 pm
Grace O'Malley

I just thinck he is funny
5:41 pm
hurshy

the princess bride. by s. morgenstern. Chapter 1: Buttercup was raised on a small farm in the country of Florin. Her favorite pastimes were riding her horse and tormenting the farmboy who worked there. His name was Westley, but she never called him that.
5:41 pm
lola

funny...and yummy : )
5:42 pm
Grace O'Malley

I don't really think about guys that much cause I am only in 6th grade
5:43 pm
lola

oops
5:43 pm
lola

: D
5:43 pm
hurshy

if you have any sympathy for the feelings of a poor lonely hurshy, grace o'malley, you will rent the princess bride post haste.
5:43 pm
Grace O'Malley

Oh it is ok my sisters talk about boys all the time
5:44 pm
hurshy

loly i have an african song playing at me on last!
5:44 pm
lola

get back to me in a year or two grace ; )
5:44 pm
lola

really?? which one?
5:44 pm
Grace O'Malley

for why lola
5:45 pm
hurshy

because then you will like boys
5:45 pm
hurshy

princess bride is a movie, came out in 1987
5:45 pm
lola

grace...about cap'n sparrow : )
5:45 pm
hurshy

and i guess it isn't really african loly
5:45 pm
Grace O'Malley

Oh Good point
5:45 pm
Grace O'Malley

What isn't african?
5:46 pm
hurshy

just a section of it was, it's something by bach but with african bits added... some album called bach to africa *groan*
5:46 pm
hurshy

the song, grace
5:46 pm
lola

*looks around* Where'd anj go?/
5:46 pm
lola

groooaaan!
5:46 pm
hurshy

the african bits are fun
5:46 pm
hurshy

but they don't really seem to fit with the other bits
5:47 pm
Anj

...still here...
5:47 pm
Grace O'Malley

I have a whole bunch of african music.
5:47 pm
lola

i'm not surprised hursh : /
5:47 pm
lola

really grace...how come?
5:47 pm
hurshy

grace, grace, will you promise to rent "the princess bride" and watch it with all your friends? it MUST be passed on to the next generation!
5:48 pm
Grace O'Malley

sure hursh Oh and lola I just like african music and so do my sisters and my mom
5:49 pm
lola

cool! Is it traditional then?
5:49 pm
hurshy

i want some african music!
5:49 pm
hurshy

loly, tell me how to find some on last!
5:50 pm
Anj

Hursh, very little of that is streamable on Last...
5:50 pm
lola

hursh, i don't know much about the traditional stuff i'm afraid, i listen to SA rock mostly.
5:50 pm
Grace O'Malley

You can order really cool African music on the internet
5:51 pm
Grace O'Malley

Oh sorry lola I think it is traditional
5:51 pm
hurshy

hmm, the traditional stuff seems so fun and playful
5:51 pm
lola

grace, heard any kwaaito?
5:52 pm
Grace O'Malley

It depends
5:52 pm
lola

hursh, i'll look around and see what i can find for you...gimme a few days : )
5:55 pm
hurshy

okie dokie
5:55 pm
Grace O'Malley

Sorry to leave the chat but I have to go do my chores with all my animals I have to help my dad out in the field. And i'll watch the princess bride and I'll tell miller da Killer to for you ok. See ya all Bye
5:55 pm
hurshy

i should go too, i've been on all day!
5:56 pm
lola

'bye grace : )
5:56 pm
Grace O'Malley

bye lola
5:56 pm
lola

*hangs on to hurshy's ankles*
5:56 pm
hurshy

loly, shouldn't you be in bed? :)
5:56 pm
Grace O'Malley

How do ypou meen
5:56 pm
Grace O'Malley

oops
5:57 pm
lola

ummmmm... ; )
5:57 pm
hurshy

see that's the thing, it's so hard to leave when you're here
5:58 pm
Grace O'Malley

Sorry i am still here I didn't have to help my dad
5:58 pm
lola

aww, i'll see ya tomorrow hursh : )
5:58 pm
Grace O'Malley

Bye lola
5:58 pm
hurshy

ok loly :) i need to wash my cats' fountain, you see
5:59 pm
Anj

Back again... Hursh, only Springbok Nude Girls, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Seether are streamable on Last. You will have to try the Global Tag Radio for anything else...
5:59 pm
hurshy

and put away the laundry
5:59 pm
lola

bye hursh, see you later : )
5:59 pm
hurshy

i'll investigate, anj, thanks. bye all!
5:59 pm
lola

LBM would be a good place to start : )
5:59 pm
Grace O'Malley

You should listen to African oddessey Hursh
5:59 pm
Anj

later Hurshy : )
6:00 pm
Grace O'Malley

Got to go Have fun guys Bye.
6:00 pm
lola

hey babe, are you going to bed soon?
6:00 pm
lola

'bye grace : )
6:00 pm
Grace O'Malley

Bye Anj
6:01 pm
Grace O'Malley

Bye lola nice chatting with you
6:01 pm
lola

you too grace : )
6:03 pm
Anj

Bye Grace : )
6:05 pm
lola

Anj?
6:05 pm
Anj

HMm?
6:06 pm
lola

are you going to bed soon?
6:06 pm
Anj

Yes, how about you?
6:06 pm
lola

yeah. want to chat first?
6:07 pm
Anj

OK see you there : )
7:11 pm
Babbler

is the party over here nowadays?
7:11 pm
Babbler

lol!! I guess not!
7:11 pm
UDbmas

slow night
7:11 pm
Babbler

so I see!
7:12 pm
helenkeller

it says easy, but i dont think so, unless it's me . . .
7:12 pm
Diane

I concur. I've gotten myself screwed up 2x
7:12 pm
Babbler

helen, I thought the same. It's more like a medium. I didn't have to guess, but it took me longer than I thought. : /
7:12 pm
helenkeller

at the rate i'm going, don't think i can afford to divide my concentration with chat, lol
7:13 pm
helenkeller

well, wheew, babs
7:13 pm
Babbler

no, I couldn't chat either. : (
7:13 pm
helenkeller

i wonder if it's a friday thing
7:15 pm
SeedyV

Now I feel better taking so darn long on this one :D
7:15 pm
helenkeller

our misery lovin' little company
7:20 pm
Diane

Finally!
7:21 pm
helenkeller

wtg diane !!!!
7:21 pm
Babbler

good going! : )
7:23 pm
Diane

good night, and good luck!
7:27 pm
vluchtplan

well, today's puzzle should have been worth more than 1 pts!
7:27 pm
helenkeller

well, v, seeing as how i'm still struggling, i gotta agree with you!
7:29 pm
vluchtplan

yeah, i just finished it. takes a bit a while. was about to print it out and try to do it on paper, but i finally got through it :D
7:29 pm
helenkeller

wtg v!!!
7:42 pm
helenkeller

i can't believe it ---- finally done!!!
7:42 pm
helenkeller

i can't believe it ---- finally done!!!
7:42 pm
UDbmas

WTG
7:42 pm
scribble

^*^*^*^*^*^FIREWORKS^*^*^*^*^*^ for helen!!!!
7:42 pm
helenkeller

thx - gonna tackle the babble now, hope that goes better - ahhh, very nice scribbs,thx!!!
7:43 pm
scribble

have fun at babble! i had a hard time with it though, i though the grid was kind of hard.
7:44 pm
helenkeller

oh no, i don't know if i can take much more of this abuse, :)
7:46 pm
scribble

its fun abuse, though. :)
8:28 pm
yul

hi again
8:30 pm
evanadine

didnt even come CLOSE to finishing this one earlier...think its a matter of start over or give up at this point...heh
8:32 pm
DarleenMB

it's making me crazy. I cannot get the thing to make any sense! augh!!!!!!
8:33 pm
UDbmas

I think the first I got was a 5
8:36 pm
Grace O'Malley

Hi Everyone
8:36 pm
UDbmas

hi
8:53 pm
zemoxian

hello
9:00 pm
SeedyV

Finally cracked that bad boy. Done. :D
9:01 pm
rcheramy

Easy my ass
9:01 pm
rcheramy

lol
9:06 pm
yul

finally got it
9:07 pm
Grace O'Malley

Im Finished Im finish hip hip hurray
9:07 pm
Grace O'Malley

Got to go bye
9:44 pm
zemoxian

I've forgotten how many puzzels I've done today
9:45 pm
zemoxian

I think I have 2 easy ones left
9:46 pm
kneestabber

I know--I'm in the same boat. Just went pro today and doing the ones I've missed
9:47 pm
zemoxian

My goal is all the easy ones first
9:47 pm
zemoxian

They aren't really all that "easy"
9:47 pm
acheekymonkey

this one has a lot of green numbers for me....
9:48 pm
kneestabber

Not all of them. I found today's "easy" to be a little challenging...
10:18 pm
David Mitchell

This one looks different from most
11:17 pm
The Wac

good evening!
11:17 pm
The Wac

how's everyone doing tonight?
11:24 pm
blueskies29

good wac! and you?
11:24 pm
The Wac

i'm doing absolutely fantastic!!!
11:25 pm
zemoxian

I'm trying to solve my last easy puzzle before tomorrow
11:25 pm
The Wac

and how's it goin?
11:25 pm
zemoxian

Still a bit on the green side
11:26 pm
The Wac

this is one of the few times i really dislike the color green
11:26 pm
blueskies29

some of the "easy" puzzles are a little underrated i think...
11:27 pm
The Wac

no kidding
11:27 pm
The Wac

today's was a bit challenging i'd say
11:27 pm
zemoxian

I skimmed a book about writing sudoku puzzle generators
11:27 pm
The Wac

i was workin on it earlier and not getting anywhere. . .but i just came back here, and was done in ten minutes
11:28 pm
zemoxian

The ratings are a rough gustimate of how hard the puzzle will be.
11:28 pm
The Wac

oh yeah?
11:29 pm
The Wac

they tend to be somewhat accurate though
11:31 pm
zemoxian

The program in the book used a hand full of techniques rated from simplest up to brute force. If it could solve it with only the simplest technique and the # of blanks fell within a certain range, it was marked "easy"
11:31 pm
The Wac

ah i see
11:31 pm
zemoxian

Still, it might vary for human solvers.
11:31 pm
The Wac

true. . .how exactly would be a better way to rate them though. . .
11:33 pm
zemoxian

It looked like a good system. I imagine a more in depth analysis of the puzzle could give more accurate ratings
11:33 pm
blueskies29

i'd say it's a pretty accurate scale right now...after all,those easy puzzles that seem hard...just make you feel really smart when a "medium" seems easy!! lol
11:33 pm
zemoxian

... at the cost of greater computing time/power
11:33 pm
The Wac

probably!
11:33 pm
The Wac

that's right blue skies ;)
11:34 pm
caderoux

sudo cue has full analysis features
11:34 pm
zemoxian

And it makes you feel really good when you get through an "Expert"
11:34 pm
The Wac

oh yeah!
11:34 pm
blueskies29

nah...that just makes me feel grateful! lol ;)
11:34 pm
caderoux

this one should probably rate medium because it relies in triplets etc.
11:35 pm
The Wac

i think you're probably right caderoux
11:36 pm
caderoux

some of the hards here should also rate medium
11:37 pm
caderoux

the hards here rarely need x-wing or swordfish - some of the experts here had so many forcing chains, it was effectively brute-force
11:38 pm
caderoux

but it really doesn't matter in the end, because anyone can solve them all
11:41 pm
jdog

It's funny. 3 days ago I ranked tied for 96th on "Elders". Now I'm down to 107th. I've solved each of the last 20+ puzzles
11:42 pm
jdog

I suspect if you pay the $15, you get a rankings boost as well.
11:43 pm
zemoxian

Yes, if you do more puzzles
11:43 pm
jdog

ahhhh, that makes sense! thanks zem!
11:43 pm
zemoxian

tho, that hurts the non pro scores
11:44 pm
caderoux

all the new paying member can now pass up the non-paying members by doing the past puzzles which are not open to free accounts
11:44 pm
zemoxian

earlier we were discussing how to change the scores so we don't have a bunch of people tied for first
11:44 pm
jdog

what are the minimum # of puzzles to qualify for the "Cream of the crop" list?
11:45 pm
caderoux

there's something wrong with Krys10, too.
11:49 pm
zemoxian

What's that?
11:50 pm
caderoux

she has two more points than are possi ble
11:57 pm
zemoxian

Ack! so close! there's no place for a 3
11:57 pm
raggedyandy3478

haha, been there done that
11:57 pm
zemoxian

that's what I get for rushing
11:57 pm
raggedyandy3478

gl zemo
11:57 pm
raggedyandy3478

im ready for the next puzzle!