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Difficulty: Expert Saturday, May 13, 2006

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CHAT LOG for Saturday, May 13, 2006

12:00 am
rycaut

flip
12:23 am
raggedyandy3478

done
12:23 am
raggedyandy3478

and without any subscripts.....too easy for an 'expert' rating
12:28 am
DarleenMB

done! either I'm getting real good or this one is too easy for an expert rating but I'll take the points.
12:34 am
polytriks

Were you able to solve w/o guessing?
12:45 am
polytriks

anyone solve this badboy?
12:45 am
Vega

Just did, but I made a guess.
12:46 am
polytriks

hmph - congrats anywho
12:59 am
rycaut

not sure if it deserves the expert rating - just got it myself
1:08 am
etrepum

that went quicker than most of the easy ones
1:15 am
architect.zero

done. but I had to guess and it fell into place from there
1:25 am
shortstop

done - made 1 guess also
1:35 am
sprite

morning all
1:36 am
Lamancha

Morning Siprte
1:36 am
Babbler

hi sprite : )
1:36 am
Lamancha

or even Sprite..!
1:36 am
sprite

bad boy? With so many givens? Sounds interesting! Hi all *hug*
2:03 am
Lamancha

Well I did it, this what was a hidden triple and I think a hidden pair - but my brain was hurting too much, so it could have been a lucky guess
2:04 am
Lamancha

Off to drop in on Babble
2:07 am
GingerUK

morning everyone... or evening, what's this expert like?
2:08 am
sprite

It's interesting! :)
2:08 am
GingerUK

ooohhh thanks Sprite... how you doing with it?
2:08 am
sprite

Just restarted ;)
2:09 am
GingerUK

been at it long/
2:10 am
sprite

I thought I should learn to work systematically, in stead of playing around intuitively... and I made a mistake somewhere very soon. So not too long, it was better to restart than to find the mistake.
2:10 am
GingerUK

I do that if the mistake isn't obvious. I try to be systematic but almost always end up being intuative!
2:12 am
sprite

Usually I hop around the grid like a madwoman, having a blast ;) Let's see if I can be systematic for once. Without mistakes.
2:12 am
GingerUK

I feel a little green man party coming on!
2:14 am
sprite

I believe raggedy finished this one without the green army.
2:15 am
GingerUK

wow!! I don't think I can, you need a bit of a photographic memory1
2:15 am
sprite

I am putting my little green soldiers in by hand right now. I feel that script some brilliant someone wrote for that purpose, gives too many possibles for me.
2:18 am
GingerUK

I used a few in the centre square but found an opening in the top 3 boxes so am going with them for now.
2:19 am
GingerUK

are you Dutch Sprite? if you are your english is fantastic!!
2:20 am
sprite

Totally Dutch, so thanks for that big compliment :)
2:20 am
GingerUK

:-)
2:23 am
shiroro

this one's unsolvable. seriously.
2:24 am
sprite

Some people managed to solve it, shiroro, so I think we need to look further :)
2:25 am
grigs

Done it's all logic based no brute force or guessing required
2:27 am
sprite

That is good to know. Thanks and congratz!
2:28 am
GingerUK

I have all 9's places....
2:33 am
sprite

I am doing great with the 6s.
2:33 am
GingerUK

hmmm I have 6/9 6's... will see if I can find other 3 :-)
2:34 am
mikehell

6's &9's don't require too much effort...
2:34 am
GingerUK

hi Mike.... LOL let us be happy :-)
2:35 am
sprite

That is if you're brilliant, mike. We are proud of ourselves :)
2:35 am
GingerUK

got them Sprite :-)
2:36 am
mikehell

Yes, I'm happy too. sleep would do wonders for my solving skills, but that has not been available lately :(
2:36 am
GingerUK

LOL Mike, I know that feeling!
2:37 am
sprite

To babblers and sudokuplayers sleep is an overestimated thing :)
2:37 am
mikehell

Yeasterdays Easy was unsolvable for my sleepless mind :)
2:38 am
sprite

Lol, I believe I restarted twice yesterday. Perhaps... well... SOME sleep could work miracles, I guess ;)
2:38 am
mikehell

and four nights in a row with little sleep, not good at all...
2:39 am
GingerUK

I had 2 restarts on it too but 2 days earlier I did the hard with no restart and in about an hour!!
2:39 am
sprite

I am pretty sure my brain is not compatible with the puzzle ratings here.
2:40 am
sprite

I have 2 rows! 2 and 3 :)
2:41 am
mikehell

At least mine isn't. throw few hidden triples that solve everything, and I'm so stuck that there is no way for me to solve those
2:41 am
GingerUK

I find removing the green army every now and them helps clarify things
2:41 am
GingerUK

wtg Sprite
2:41 am
sprite

I am being systematic for once and I must admit it is paying off. Got a column too, the middle one.
2:43 am
grzybu

done :)
2:43 am
sprite

wtg!
2:43 am
mikehell

Two rows and three boxes...
2:44 am
sprite

...and that column in the middle. We are at the same spot, mike!
2:44 am
mikehell

yep
2:44 am
GingerUK

I'm not!
2:45 am
sprite

But you will :)
2:45 am
bigshow

getting close now, 16 cells to go!
2:45 am
bigshow

getting close now, 16 cells to go!
2:45 am
sprite

Makes 32 ;)
2:45 am
bigshow

oops double post!
2:48 am
bigshow

noooooooooooo
2:48 am
bigshow

i've gone wrong somewhere
2:48 am
bigshow

son of a ......
2:48 am
sprite

Oh dear... pink alert?
2:48 am
bigshow

8 squares to go, and it's not possible to complete
2:48 am
sprite

That is nasty.
2:49 am
GingerUK

I have row 3 and need to solve a double for 2 and middle box
2:49 am
GingerUK

now kids are demanding breakfast1
2:49 am
sprite

How totally inconsiderate of them!
2:51 am
bigshow

omg, I can't see the fault, think it's time to start over :(
2:51 am
sprite

Always hate that when it happens.
2:51 am
bigshow

i'll come back to it later :)
2:52 am
GingerUK

now they are happy with cereal I can look again!
2:54 am
GingerUK

got row 2
2:54 am
sprite

Yeah!
2:55 am
GingerUK

and centre box... assuming I made a right decision!
2:56 am
sprite

center box sounds right.
2:58 am
sprite

Down to 16 and stuck.
2:59 am
mikehell

Stuck @ 24
2:59 am
GingerUK

I'm still a little behind you
3:00 am
mikehell

As I said, some of these "advanced" techniques are still too much for me to spot:(
3:01 am
sprite

Same here. I am doing one guess now, and it looks like it is falling all in place.
3:01 am
GingerUK

hmmm... 3 boxes complete, 2 and 3 on top and centre
3:03 am
sprite

You are following the same route as I did, Ginger :)
3:03 am
mikehell

There are so little open squares that guessing would solve this really easily
3:06 am
mikehell

But I don't want to guess...
3:07 am
shiroro

Every guess I made broke the puzzle, so I don't know what to do
3:07 am
sprite

Feels like giving up, doesn't it? I went back to before the guess too.
3:11 am
sprite

Yeah! A hidden triplet solved it for me.
3:11 am
GingerUK

wtg Sprite :)
3:12 am
mikehell

May I ask which row?
3:13 am
mikehell

So that I know what I'm looking for... Too blind to find them by my self
3:18 am
GingerUK

arghhhh pink attack!
3:20 am
Atalante

why was that an expert?? *blinks* or more importantly, why did I find that easier than some easies?
3:21 am
GingerUK

I think people solve things differently with different bits of their brain so I guess we all view the ease differently!! Did that make sense??
3:22 am
Kukana

I thought it started easily but am now totally stuck with 24 to go, can't see any hidden pairs or triples at all
3:27 am
shiroro

solved it with a good guess :<
3:27 am
GingerUK

wd
3:37 am
chebuctonian

hi all
3:37 am
chebuctonian

damn, expert!?
3:44 am
GingerUK

done!!!
3:47 am
chebuctonian

grats!
3:50 am
Kraszan

done :)
3:55 am
Kukana

Hmm, in desperation I tried two online solvers that gave explanations, and the both said it wasn't possible without guessing, once you get down to the last 24 boxes
3:58 am
chebuctonian

some of the online guessers are wrong :)
4:00 am
chebuctonian

wOOt! I did it :)
4:01 am
augurus

"It wasn't possible without guessing, once you get down to the last 24 boxes."

Incorrect.
4:02 am
Kukana

Well if there's a way to do the end without guessing, I'd love to know! Any hints??
5:44 am
lawfully

expert... is it bad?
5:58 am
Cathy

That one didn't seem too bad to me. I've only been playing a few months, and I just did it in less than 25 mins. I've struggled more with some of the Medium & Hard ones :)
6:21 am
augurus

Maybe it's just me, but recognizing 'deadly patterns' helps.
6:22 am
pthomp

not that bad
6:26 am
peternl

hi all, expert hey? What's a "Deadly pattern"?
6:28 am
MaW

all done. not too hard actually...
6:29 am
lawfully

I have 21 to go, all interlinked hopelessly...
7:02 am
Diane

I'm at 24 . . .
7:03 am
peternl

24 here
7:03 am
Diane

deceiving at first.
7:06 am
peternl

indeed
7:11 am
MrOoijer

I got stuck at 24 too and had to guess :-(
7:11 am
MrOoijer

now I am going to do the NRC sudoku of today
7:13 am
Diane

NRC of sudoku?
7:14 am
MrOoijer

it's a dutch newspaper that has a special kind of sudoku
7:15 am
MrOoijer

with four more "boxes" and very few clues to start with
7:15 am
Diane

ouch
7:42 am
peternl

finally
8:12 am
yul

hello everybody
8:12 am
kneestabber

hey yul
8:13 am
yul

i am flying to Barcelona in several hours, hope to do this expert one
8:13 am
yul

today
8:15 am
kneestabber

It's been going pretty quickly for me--hopefully it won't give you fits
8:16 am
yul

i have to stop chatting or i will make a mistake, asusual :)
8:18 am
kneestabber

alright good luck--and have a safe flight
8:18 am
yul

thanks
8:25 am
kneestabber

Done! Goodday all!
8:25 am
yul

buy kneestabber
8:35 am
sherb

Expert? ...quicker than some of the Easy ones...
8:51 am
yul

i was sooo close to making a mistake but everything happened to my delight ;)
8:52 am
yul

had to find a contradicting numbers, it did not flow naturally at the very end
8:53 am
yul

adios
9:14 am
lawfully

done... but I can't say it was easy...
9:43 am
tuco

This puzzle was said to be invalid by my puzzle verifier. hehe I guess it was wrong.
9:58 am
LeslieAnn

does anyone have the link for the explanation of all the strategies? i too am stuck at 24.
9:59 am
Douglas

heh, I'm at 24 too, though only just got here
9:59 am
LeslieAnn

i was stuck at 24 at 1 a.m., then decided to call it a night :)
10:04 am
LeslieAnn

stupid 7s and 8s
10:13 am
SunflowerSusy

LeslieAnn, click on the Help at upper right, go to Object of the Game, and it has the Wikipedia link in the explanation. I think that's what you want.
10:13 am
LeslieAnn

thanks sunflower, i think this is what i was looking for: http://www.angusj.com/sudoku/hints.php
10:30 am
Douglas

All done :)
10:36 am
LeslieAnn

douglas, a hint on how to beat the gridlock??
10:37 am
Perry

This site is good too - http://scanraid.com/BasicStrategies.htm#NP and http://scanraid.com/AdvanStrategies.htm
10:38 am
Perry

gotta run - good luck!
10:41 am
Moozey

twice I have done this one and get down to the last two square and find that I have gone wrong and it feels so easy, goodness knows where I keep going wrong
10:48 am
Moozey

third time lucky :o) See you all tomorrow
10:56 am
amess0312

man i'm stuck
10:57 am
amess0312

i've got it all broke down....but can't eliminate anything
11:00 am
amess0312

horray I guessed right and got it
11:00 am
amess0312

horray I guessed right and got it

11:00 am
amess0312

horray I guessed right and got it
11:05 am
Grace O'Malley

Hello Everybody
11:11 am
Grace O'Malley

Bye Everyone
11:11 am
scribble

bye grace!
11:12 am
scribble

hi everybody!
11:13 am
scribble

"expert" means "impossible"
11:24 am
Douglas

hi scribble :)
11:25 am
TP17

done.... got stuck on one box, made an elimination, then it all fell into place. good luck everybody
11:34 am
scribble

oh....hi douglas! sry i got a little sidetracked.
11:45 am
miller da killer

hi everyone!
11:46 am
Limer

Hey, Miller da killer
11:46 am
miller da killer

so an expert,eh? i've been having a hard time with the hards these days, so this one may prove to elude me!
11:49 am
miller da killer

it's a beautiful, sunny saturday morning over here!!! are you all blessed with wonderful weather where you are?
11:49 am
hurshy

so-so
11:50 am
btwrt

it is cold and rainy here
11:50 am
Limer

No, cold, windy, wet. Good day to do Sudoku
11:50 am
hurshy

and babble!
11:50 am
Limer

Listening to Paul Colman Trio
11:50 am
miller da killer

creedance clearwater revival here.
11:51 am
hurshy

oooh i love them
11:51 am
btwrt

sarah brightman
11:52 am
miller da killer

me too!!!
11:53 am
Limer

Lots of good tunes out there.
11:54 am
miller da killer

didn't sarah brightman play christine in the phantom of the opera movie that came out in the 1980's?
11:55 am
btwrt

did they do a phantom of the opera movie in the 80's? she was in the play, at least
11:55 am
btwrt

she was in the original london cast of the play
11:55 am
btwrt

i'm listening to her 'classics' cd, i quite like it
11:55 am
miller da killer

my sister is a phantom geek, and she has informed me that, yes, there was a movie in the 80's with her in it/
11:56 am
Limer

Just say the Play Phantom up at Grand Rapids.
11:56 am
btwrt

ahh ok :) i haven't seen that one. i saw the recent one, and i liked it very much
11:56 am
miller da killer

the music of the night was actually written for her when she was married to andrew lloyd weber.
11:56 am
miller da killer

i liked the recent one too.
11:56 am
btwrt

right - andrew pretty much tailored the songs to her capabilities
11:57 am
miller da killer

that's probably why no one else can really sing them as well.
11:57 am
Limer

Ha.
11:57 am
Limer

Nailed that puppy!
11:57 am
Limer

Rank me, baby!
11:57 am
miller da killer

i try so hard to master those high notes, but lets face it, i'm no opera singer.
11:57 am
miller da killer

:(
11:57 am
miller da killer

actually i'm no singer at all, but that won't ever stop me.
11:58 am
Limer

Need tighter underwear
11:58 am
miller da killer

and limer you make me jealous!
11:58 am
hurshy

lol
11:58 am
Limer

I can't sing opera
11:58 am
miller da killer

tighter underwear help you sing better?
11:58 am
btwrt

yeah, i sing the high notes so i like to listen to this kind of thing
11:58 am
Limer

No reason to be jealous
11:59 am
miller da killer

I'M SO CONFUSED!!! do the tight underwear help with sudoku or with opera singing?
11:59 am
Limer

Tight undies help with singing. That and a sharp fork
12:00 pm
miller da killer

ahh. i see. i'm singing right now as we speak.
12:01 pm
Limer

Sounds good.
12:01 pm
Limer

Sounds good.
12:01 pm
miller da killer

:) but not in tight underwear lol

12:01 pm
Limer

LLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGg
12:02 pm
Limer

tmi
12:09 pm
miller da killer

but i'm not in underwear!
12:10 pm
Limer

Niether am I
12:14 pm
miller da killer

my computer is not letting me post all these things, they just keep disappearing.
12:14 pm
Limer

That one came through
12:17 pm
miller da killer

grrr... i don't have a very good internet connection here obviously.
12:18 pm
Limer

Mines slow also
12:20 pm
Limer

Ha
12:21 pm
Limer

Nailed the May 2nd puzz;e
12:21 pm
Limer

oops
12:22 pm
miller da killer

grr.... have to start over. bye everyone!!!
12:22 pm
btwrt

awww that sux
12:24 pm
miller da killer

ok, now that these are posting, maybe i'll stick around.
12:26 pm
miller da killer

sorry i was posting all that stuff over and over, it's just that i think my internet went into hibernation while you guys got to see all the frustration i was feeling
12:27 pm
btwrt

s'ok
12:27 pm
btwrt

i'm done, yay! :D
12:27 pm
miller da killer

good job!!!
12:28 pm
btwrt

thx :) i'm bad, i guessed. i was down to only 5 numbers left over ... 1,3,5,7,8 ... and i could not figure out anyway to solve it
12:28 pm
thedave

ya - that's where I'm stuck
12:29 pm
btwrt

i couldn't even figure out a way to use x-wing ... and that's my only advanced technique ;)
12:29 pm
miller da killer

if it makes you feel better, i don't think i have ANY advanced techniques.
12:30 pm
jamaca05

I normally never figure one out that harder than medium, this one I have finished!!!
12:30 pm
btwrt

awesome job, jamaca!
12:31 pm
jamaca05

thank you, lunch is over- now back to work
12:31 pm
miller da killer

yeah, good job.
12:31 pm
btwrt

k c-ya :)
12:38 pm
scribble

wow this is easy!
12:38 pm
btwrt

have you finished, scribble?
12:38 pm
btwrt

for me, it seemed super easy until almost at the end, i got totally stuck
12:38 pm
scribble

no but its going along quite nicely.
12:39 pm
scribble

oh....well i guess ill be there before too long...
12:39 pm
miller da killer

yes i think i'm at that point now.
12:39 pm
scribble

well the 6s were super simple.
12:40 pm
btwrt

the 9s are very easy, to
12:40 pm
btwrt

*too
12:40 pm
scribble

im headin there next.
12:43 pm
scribble

wow the nine were really easy.
12:44 pm
scribble

gonna do the ones
12:46 pm
scribble

well that wasnt very straightforward.
12:46 pm
miller da killer

woohoo!!! done and gotta dash. bye all!
12:46 pm
btwrt

hmm?
12:46 pm
btwrt

good job miller! :) c-ya
12:46 pm
scribble

good job miller! bye!
12:47 pm
scribble

maybe i should do the 3s...
12:48 pm
scribble

nope
12:50 pm
uiklop

that wasn't as hard as some
12:51 pm
scribble

not feeling that way at the moment...
12:53 pm
Krys10

Scribble, I foun the 2's to be pretty simple...
12:53 pm
Krys10

Scribble, I found the 2's to be pretty simple...
12:53 pm
scribble

idk if these are posting or not....but im afraid to refresh.
12:53 pm
Krys10

today might be a good day to do this on paper :)
12:54 pm
scribble

thanks krys.
12:55 pm
scribble

sry i had to open another window to see the chat, on the one im workin on it wont work.
12:56 pm
Krys10

bah, have to go to the post office. back later!
12:57 pm
scribble

c-ya! :)
1:08 pm
helenkeller

go
1:10 pm
sowandreap

done finally
1:21 pm
helenkeller

done
1:22 pm
helenkeller

13 minutes - huh - this is one of those "easy" ones deceiving itself into thinking it's hard, lol
2:14 pm
Linda

back to try again. i messed up earlier. thought it was really easy, but how wrong one can be!
2:34 pm
hman

Yeah, it was deceivingly easy at the beginning.
4:00 pm
dinoshadow

I'm finding that out now, was able to place a lot before having to go green
4:07 pm
noblelover

hey people...
5:20 pm
sinnergy

that was really easy.
5:20 pm
sinnergy

weird
6:25 pm
zemoxian

Well, that was no 3/18
6:25 pm
zemoxian

I don't think that deserves an "Expert"
6:41 pm
peternl

March 28 is fun too
6:42 pm
zemoxian

I took several tries to get through 3/18
6:42 pm
zemoxian

I zipped through today's
6:43 pm
zemoxian

I'm doing a medium now. It is taking me longer just to fill in the greens. :-P
6:49 pm
Michal

i cant finish it!!
6:50 pm
Michal

still got 24 blanks
6:53 pm
zemoxian

I filled in quite a bit before I started to put the green numbers. Then once I got to a point that I didn't see another move, it took a guess.
6:53 pm
Michal

me 2... a wrong guess...
6:53 pm
zemoxian

it just happened to be the right one
6:53 pm
Michal

lucky u!
6:54 pm
Michal

im not that lucky
6:54 pm
zemoxian

Well, what I'd do is remove that choice as invalid and take another one. THat was what I was expecting to have to do
6:56 pm
Michal

i cant remember what i did...:)
6:56 pm
peternl

What I do is copy the screen as a picture,open it in AppleWorks, make two copies and follow two "guesses" simultaneously
6:56 pm
Michal

didnt think of that...
6:56 pm
peternl

Usually one of the guesses leads to a contradiction fairly quickly
6:57 pm
peternl

I find as a last resort for hard/experts, it works quite well
6:57 pm
Michal

i want to do it withoutguessing..
6:58 pm
peternl

Although I'm doing March 28's now, and that's providng challenging...
6:58 pm
Grace O'Malley

Hello Everyone
6:58 pm
Michal

hello
6:58 pm
peternl

<y way, I don't consider it guessing if you've proved one possibility leads to a contradiction
6:58 pm
Michal

i guess...
6:59 pm
peternl

My definition is "You guessed the solution if, when finished, you do not *know* that there is *only one* solution"
6:59 pm
zemoxian

Not all puzzles can be done without guessing. I had to guess several times on 3/18. I became quite effecient at it. :-)
6:59 pm
Michal

:)
7:02 pm
zemoxian

peternl, I don't think that follows. I see guessing--the way I do it--as testing a hypothesis
7:02 pm
Grace O'Malley

Bye Guys have fun
7:02 pm
zemoxian

Bye Grace
7:02 pm
peternl

zem: That's fine, as long as you test all hypothesis', then it's no longer a guess, it's a proof
7:03 pm
zemoxian

Besides, if you solve it by brute force, you could find one solution while another may exist.
7:04 pm
peternl

That's what I mean, that would be guessing. Unless you solved it by brute force and tried each variant, not just stopped when one worked
7:06 pm
zemoxian

Well, I guess my objective has been to find a solution, not all. I've just assumed the puzzle maker would choose single solution puzzles.
7:08 pm
peternl

I think the definition of sudoku requires a single solution for a puzzle to be strictly valid. I just use my definition to distinguish between a complex contradiction elimination proof and a guess and hope for the best.
7:09 pm
zemoxian

:-)
7:13 pm
Michal

finished!
7:13 pm
Michal

ith guessing...
7:13 pm
Michal

with*
7:18 pm
zemoxian

cool!
7:19 pm
scribble

grrrrrrrr.....i had to start over.
7:19 pm
zemoxian

I made a mistake somewhere in the medium and I'll be starting that over.
7:20 pm
zemoxian

Hi scribble
7:20 pm
scribble

hey zemox :)
7:22 pm
zemoxian

I finished today's "Expert" in record time. Now, I've just been beay by a medium. :-P
7:23 pm
scribble

i had all of this done except 2 numbers....and found out that i messed up. :(
7:23 pm
David Mitchell

Oooh, "expert"!
7:24 pm
scribble

oh joy
7:24 pm
scribble

:P
7:25 pm
David Mitchell

Sorry, scribble
7:25 pm
David Mitchell

I don't know if I'll be able to solve it
7:25 pm
David Mitchell

but I like a challenge
7:26 pm
scribble

its fairly easy....til you get down to the last box and mess up.
7:26 pm
David Mitchell

Heh
7:27 pm
zemoxian

It was over too soon for me
7:28 pm
LeslieAnn

do you folks who are done have any hints for the last hurdle? i have 24 boxes left and *seem* hopelessly stuck
7:28 pm
zemoxian

I did guess, but I guessed right and it solved itself after that
7:29 pm
zemoxian

I did a checkpoint and took a guess.
7:29 pm
David Mitchell

Not yet, Leslie Ann
7:29 pm
LeslieAnn

well that is a good hint! :) i think i will have to resort to that.
7:33 pm
David Mitchell

It's hard to believe it'll get hard when it's going so easily so far
7:37 pm
hurshy

it's not too bad david... just's needs a "forcing chain" at the end
7:38 pm
David Mitchell

Eeep
7:38 pm
jojomnky

ack i'm scared i dont know forcing chains
7:39 pm
hurshy

it's just a fancy name for a guess :)
7:39 pm
zemoxian

that must be why I had to guess. I've read about those, but I'm still not clear about them
7:39 pm
LeslieAnn

is that it hursh? i've been staring at it all day SURE that i could get it :)
7:39 pm
zemoxian

oh
7:39 pm
hurshy

since we have two colors though, if you're all marked up in green, i just change a set to red as i work the guess through, so that i don't lose any info.
7:40 pm
jojomnky

smart.. though my linux box doesnt like the alt+click
7:40 pm
zemoxian

I'm lazy, I just checkpoint right before I guess
7:41 pm
hurshy

i do both :)
7:42 pm
hurshy

when it comes to experts, from now on, i don't mess around. measure twice, cut once, as the carpenters say.
7:46 pm
zemoxian

LOL
7:49 pm
David Mitchell

Comes down to 22, eh?
7:50 pm
David Mitchell

Pretty cruel. :)
7:52 pm
David Mitchell

Okay, I think I see it.
7:54 pm
David Mitchell

Weehaw!
8:00 pm
David Mitchell

Don't bother to save a checkpoint or mark in red: go for it!
8:00 pm
David Mitchell

;)
8:25 pm
zemoxian

Well, I finally got that "Medium" puzzle taken care of.
8:26 pm
zemoxian

See you folks l8r!
9:06 pm
thedave

Any hints how to finish this off?
9:14 pm
c.dric

i had to guess :[
9:25 pm
scribble

OMG!!!!! I FINISHED AN EXPERT!!!!!!!
9:25 pm
scribble's mom

your welcome!!!
9:25 pm
scribble

TY MOM!!!!!
9:26 pm
scribble

its raining...
9:26 pm
scribble's mom

OK have a good night xoxoxo
9:26 pm
LeslieAnn

congrats scribble!
9:26 pm
scribble

night mom luv ya!
9:26 pm
scribble

thanks leslieann!
9:27 pm
Zakiwi

Goodnight all, I got all but 3 squares, I messed up somewhere. :(
9:28 pm
scribble

well im gonna try to conquer babble tonight....probly wont succeed though.
9:28 pm
scribble

bye zakiwi!! i did the same thing the first time...
9:29 pm
scribble

it was the bottom middle box that messed me up.
9:29 pm
Zakiwi

I only try once then I give up, I suck.
9:29 pm
Zakiwi

same one here
9:29 pm
scribble

no you dont! this one is really hard, and i woulod have given up too if my mom hadnt of helped me.
9:31 pm
Krys10

yay! I just caught up on the archives - five puzzles in one day - very productive :)
9:31 pm
LeslieAnn

ooh, nice job krys!
9:32 pm
Krys10

Thanks :) Now I can stop carrying around printouts of undone puzzles in my pocket. 'night!
10:17 pm
spazzy

i'm not even going to try.........
10:22 pm
israel

whew, finished
10:37 pm
David Mitchell

It's pretty easy up until the last 22 cells
10:38 pm
David Mitchell

Then you need to "color" or "force a chain": trace out the implications of placing one number
11:29 pm
RandLS

man, the experts would be so much more enjoyable if they didnt require a guess