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Topic: Free Press March 2, 2012 |
Orkamat
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Forum: Other puzzles Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:10 pm Subject: Free Press March 2, 2012 |
StrataGEM and GEMini are terms coined by Dpbobelisk in the thread on Aran's Red Green Transport here
Wow! Some folks there take their sudoku, IMO, a little too seriously and personally. They coul ... |
Topic: Q: apply two rules at once? |
Orkamat
Replies: 1
Views: 24692
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:00 am Subject: Q: apply two rules at once? |
. 2 . | 8 . 7 | . 3 1
3 1 . | 9 . 6 | 8 2 7
7 . 8 | 3 2 1 | 5 . .
-------+-------+------
2 5 3 | 1 6 8 | 7 4 9
. 8 . | 7 9 2 | 3 1 5
9 7 1 | 5 3 4 | 6 8 2
-------+-------+------
5 . 2 ... |
Topic: Feb 2 VH |
Orkamat
Replies: 13
Views: 54111
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:14 am Subject: Feb 2 VH |
Thanks for the skyscraper link. How peculiar that a strategy so closely related to others that I use regularly wasn't immediately obvious!
Also, the 9s in rows 1 & 8 form a finned x-wing (do t ... |
Topic: Feb 2 VH |
Orkamat
Replies: 13
Views: 54111
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:41 am Subject: Feb 2 VH |
Hmmmm... I couldn't follow the skyscraper thingy, and I kept getting stuck on the "obvious" (and useless) XY-wings, but I did solve the puzzle with a simple coloring on 9 that eliminated the ... |
Topic: Jan 12 VH |
Orkamat
Replies: 8
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:16 pm Subject: Jan 12 VH |
UR r4 & r6, r6c9 = 4 also does the trick
Is this the pattern to which you refer?
Yes. Not your garden-variety "rectangle," as the left-side squares share a box rather than a column ... |
Topic: Jan 12 VH |
Orkamat
Replies: 8
Views: 32296
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:04 am Subject: Jan 12 VH |
UR r4 & r6, r6c9 = 4 also does the trick
That makes 3 VHs in a row that I've solved all by my lonesome.
--Orkamat the ex-noob |
Topic: Jan 7 VH |
Orkamat
Replies: 3
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Forum: Daily Sudoku puzzles Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:11 am Subject: Jan 7 VH |
Yay me! I solved my very first VH with zero help or hints! ( and very little head-scratching) |
Topic: Interest in Sudoku? |
Orkamat
Replies: 13
Views: 74982
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 7:18 am Subject: Interest in Sudoku? |
Orkamat,
Maybe you're expecting too much of yourself? I don't want to accept a conclusion if I can't follow the logic either, but I can't follow the logic if I haven't learned it. Why not ask que ... |
Topic: Interest in Sudoku? |
Orkamat
Replies: 13
Views: 74982
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:06 am Subject: Interest in Sudoku? |
Post your questions! I am sure you'll be surprised by the response.
Keith
Well ... my questions so far mostly consisted of "huh?"
Take, for example, the posted solutions to Dec ... |
Topic: Interest in Sudoku? |
Orkamat
Replies: 13
Views: 74982
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Forum: General discussion Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:46 pm Subject: Interest in Sudoku? |
I've always had the feeling that too much high-level discussion might be turning off newer players and potential participants.
Indeed. The forum seems like a collection of very private discussions ... |
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