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Difficulty: Medium Monday, May 14, 2007

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CHAT LOG for Monday, May 14, 2007

12:09 am
itzie

Done!
12:16 am
moedog

hi, folks!
12:20 am
moedog

nice!
12:24 am
WHB

Done
12:26 am
shaunwilson

done
1:09 am
h

go
1:22 am
h

done
2:02 am
trung

hi
6:54 am
smooth_pappa

go
6:57 am
spreadeagle

32 filled without greens, now I'm stuck.
6:57 am
smooth_pappa

um... I'm thinking I'm just not awake yet... but I an having a really slow start to this one
6:58 am
smooth_pappa

oh wait... there we go
7:04 am
smooth_pappa

done
7:05 am
smooth_pappa

with greens at the end
7:05 am
bigshow

there's no shame in it pappa
7:06 am
spreadeagle

Done, but I needed greens to find a 3. Then it fell in place.
7:06 am
drwho

Finding the 3 in the lower right hand block is the key.
7:07 am
spreadeagle

Exactly. And I was blind.
7:07 am
bigshow

hey drwho
7:07 am
bigshow

i hear you're the scoremaster around here
7:08 am
drwho

Yes, you could say that.
7:08 am
bigshow

do you have an archive of scores that I can look at?
7:09 am
bigshow

just curious about a couple of real nasty ones I've encountered working through the archive
7:09 am
drwho

Yes.

http://www.pauls-pc-repair.com/sudoku/s
cores.php
7:10 am
drwho

I have only gone back to June 26, 2006 so far.
7:10 am
bigshow

ah ha, tasty, thanks very much :-)
7:11 am
drwho

If you are curious, you can find more information on how the scores are generated at:
7:11 am
drwho

http://www.pauls-pc-repair.com/sudoku/
7:12 am
bigshow

aah good work
7:13 am
drwho

The score today is 14. That 3 in the bottom right hand block is probably the trickiest bit, it takes a combination of techniques.
7:16 am
smooth_pappa

yeah... no kidding... my favorite technique? save a checkpoint, and explor one path... then go back, when I've made the wrong choice ;) jeez... maybe I ought to learn some new techniques lol
7:19 am
drwho

That's a good one, I reserve that for the Experts published here.
7:23 am
smooth_pappa

lol I don't use that very often... but there are some times when it just is quicker than looking for other hidden patterns
7:23 am
drwho

Todays puzzle ties the low score for the Mediums that I have analyzed so far.
7:24 am
drwho

I wondered about that. Your times are too quick to be using it much.
7:25 am
smooth_pappa

I used to play websudoku.com a lot. Thats a timed game, and it really made me focus on speed. I got it to a point there where my fastest easy was done in something like 2m 15s, and the quickest "evil" ranking was right around 5 minutes
7:26 am
smooth_pappa

usually, it was closer to 3.5 and 8 minutes respectively
7:27 am
drwho

I am inpressed. The hards there usually take at least 20 minutes for me.
7:28 am
smooth_pappa

nice chatting again, but I must be off... off to brave rush hour construction detour delays ;) have a god day
8:47 am
gman

Anyone interested in a challenging puzzle, see today's brainbasher--super hard. No guesses required but 4 advanced techniques
8:49 am
gman

Anyone interested in a challenging puzzle, see today's brainbasher--super hard. No guesses required but 4 advanced techniques
8:50 am
irv

what is the site?
9:05 am
gman

brainbashers.com I believe
10:38 am
spellacked

go
10:48 am
Minski

Done! Had to use greenies but more of an easy than a medium. Got most of the grid without greenies. Needed greenies for 3,4,8,9.
10:48 am
RodeoRogue

go
10:50 am
spellacked

done
10:50 am
spellacked

Used some greenies, but probably could have done without them if I was a little more thorough
11:18 am
RodeoRogue

done, few greens
11:23 am
UnikeTheHunter

Go.
11:58 am
frogprincess

go
12:28 pm
frogprincess

done
1:22 pm
ayz

yeay done
2:38 pm
skizzybiz

making quick progress so far -- just a couple minutes and i have half the grid filled in
2:40 pm
skizzybiz

or... maybe that's because i messed up!
2:43 pm
brianarn

Wow -- I just used swordfish on a hard puzzle in the archives, and it actually worked right. Maybe I finally understand that technique. :D
2:43 pm
skizzybiz

i don't think i've successfully used that technique yet
2:50 pm
brianarn

I use swordfish on one, and then somewhere I blew an easy about halfway through without a checkpoint. Sometimes I feel stupid. :D
2:50 pm
skizzybiz

at least it doesn't take long to recover :)
2:51 pm
skizzybiz

oh hey, i just got back from albuquerque
2:52 pm
brianarn

Sorry you had to be here ;)
2:53 pm
skizzybiz

i like what i've seen of it, actually. my fiance is out there doing research for a year
2:54 pm
brianarn

hehe -- it's not really all that bad, I just lived in the DC area for a year (altho born and raised here), and I miss the environment of a larger, more modern city. There's something to be said for the old charms, in a way, but I miss having a quality art museum. :D
2:54 pm
skizzybiz

hah! i was raised in the suburbs of DC, and i hate it there
2:54 pm
brianarn

That's a funny twist :D
2:55 pm
brianarn

Grass is always greener etc I suppose :D
2:55 pm
skizzybiz

of course, i'm now living in SF, so i have picked a bigger city, at least for now
2:55 pm
skizzybiz

i came here from pittsburgh, which i wouldn't mind moving back to if there were any decent programming jobs to be found
2:56 pm
brianarn

That's my big beef -- I can't do much with my CS degree here in Abq.
2:56 pm
skizzybiz

pittsburgh reminds me of abq in a lot of ways
2:56 pm
brianarn

I have in-laws in Pittsburgh -- I can kinda see that, thinking about it, just closer to water with an NFL team :D
2:59 pm
skizzybiz

oh well, maybe one day they'll have a tech industry that isn't centered around banks and hospitals
3:00 pm
brianarn

A guy can dream.
3:29 pm
helenkeller

go
3:42 pm
helenkeller

done
6:28 pm
brianarn

Woohoo, just 120 to go!
6:38 pm
malaraky

21 left, going green.
9:16 pm
jawilke

go
9:21 pm
jawilke

done
9:22 pm
jawilke

go on saturday's expert
9:26 pm
jawilke

got 17 squars... going green
9:34 pm
jawilke

woot! done w/o guessing.