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kragzy



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:26 am    Post subject: Feb 10 VH Reply with quote

Just an X wing on 2? Or have I messed it up again.
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Marty R.



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:57 am    Post subject: Re: Feb 10 VH Reply with quote

kragzy wrote:
Just an X wing on 2? Or have I messed it up again.

Beats me. A kite on 9 did it for me.
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Earl



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:27 am    Post subject: Feb 10 VH Reply with quote

There is also a UR (17) that does it.

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Clement



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:58 am    Post subject: Daily Sudoku: Tue 10-Feb-2009 VH Reply with quote

UR Type 1 <17> r12c39 leaving 2 in r2c3 solves the puzzle.
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George Woods



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:33 am    Post subject: An ER solution Reply with quote

Having declined the DR ,I used an (extended) ER, The 9s in box 4 give the "target" and the 9s in box 6 are the strong link. So the 9 in r9c9 is excluded because a 9 here gives a 9 at r8c1 attacking box4!
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crunched



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I too used a UR on the 17s for solution.
Code:

+----------------+--------------+-------------+
| 3    8   17    | 56   5689 2  | 569  4   17 |
| 5    167 127   | 168  1689 4  | 3    269 17 |
| 126  9   4     | 3    1567 67 | 256  26  8  |
+----------------+--------------+-------------+
| 1289 17  12789 | 28   3    5  | 4    289 6  |
| 289  3   6     | 4    28   1  | 7    5   29 |
| 4    15  1258  | 9    67   67 | 12   28  3  |
+----------------+--------------+-------------+
| 7    4   15    | 1256 1256 9  | 8    3   25 |
| 169  156 3     | 1256 1256 8  | 2569 7   4  |
| 689  2   589   | 7    4    3  | 569  1   59 |
+----------------+--------------+-------------+

Play this puzzle online at the Daily Sudoku site
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eddieg



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:28 pm    Post subject: Easiest VH puzzle in some time Reply with quote

That took all of a couple of minutes. The UR on 17 opened it up completely with simple elimination from there. Normally I review emails and work on a VH puzzle for up to 1 hour before it's solzed. Not today.
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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

do any of you want to take a stab at finding a solution which ignores the x-wings, xy-wings, xyz-wings and URs and skyscrapers?

in another part of the forum, this question was used to make puzzles more interesting.

since this puzzle posed little threat of insanity from the thinkers out there, maybe, just maybe, an alternate solution is needed to spice things up a little?

anyone wanna take a gander at skipping the normal routes?
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Stanley P



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:24 pm    Post subject: X-Wing on 2 Reply with quote

I am responding to the post by kragzy. I found the UR route but was intrigued by your comment about the x-wing. I too found the x-wing (rows 2 & 6) and surprisingly it solved it for me. I am a bit surprised because VH puzzles usually require more than an x-wing to solve.
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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

storm_norm wrote:

in another part of the forum, this question was used to make puzzles more interesting.


Norm, I missed (forgot?) this discussion. Where do I find it?

Ted
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storm_norm



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tlanglet wrote:
storm_norm wrote:

in another part of the forum, this question was used to make puzzles more interesting.


Norm, I missed (forgot?) this discussion. Where do I find it?

Ted

When Danny started to post puzzles, he sometimes would state that the puzzles were more interesting if we skipped the x-wings and xy-wings and xyz-wings or something to that effect.
I propose skipping x, xy, xyz-wings, UR type 1's and skyscrapers (that finish the puzzle).

its just a suggestion since this puzzle posed little threat otherwise. AND therefore would conjure up a little more insanity and interesting topics of convo.

I am in no way trying to sabotage the thread.

instead, I wanted to know what the posters thought about trying to find an alternative solution route in order to move past the same mundane banter about how the puzzles are solved with a single VH move.

in doing so, this might enlighten the readers of the VH forum to other patterns available for solving more difficult puzzles in the future.
the upside is limitless. it would be fodder for inviting stimulating intellectual convo.
Cool cool?


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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

storm_norm wrote:

instead, I wanted to know what the posters thought about trying to find an alternative solution route in order to move past the same mundane banter about how the puzzles are solved with a single VH move.

Great suggestion! I, for one, will pursue this idea in the future ..........

Ted
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wapati



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

storm_norm wrote:
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instead, I wanted to know what the posters thought about trying to find an alternative solution route in order to move past the same mundane banter about how the puzzles are solved with a single VH move.
....


Pretty much everybody does cleanup before looking for "hard" moves.

It is up to the solver what methods are part of the cleanup.

Ignoring an x-wing or an xy-wing or a UR1 seems silly, if you understand them. URs and BUGs are slightly different in that some people chose to never use them.

I think that listing a single VH cracker remains useful in cases where there are several concurrent VH or better moves. It encourages people who didn't find it to look further, if they have interest.

That's my nickel spent! Smile
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keith



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, why not just go and find a more difficult (harder) puzzle?

Avoiding a particular technique is not as simple as it seems. Don't use that X-wing? A skyscraper will do! Don't use that skyscraper? Then, coloring will do!

Don't use an XY-wing, that W-wing will do. Or an M-wing.

We've been down this road before. "Don't use a technique" becomes code for "don't use any technique that makes the same elimination as some (supposely lesser) technique does".

We should be looking for simpler ways to solve difficult puzzles. That is how we found the W-wing and the M-wing.

Why on earth would we want to look for more difficult ways to solve simpler puzzles? (For the same reason we do not step on the cracks in the sidewalk? It makes simple things seem not so simple.)

For an endless supply of puzzles of any (and somewhat unpredictable) difficulty, go to Menneske. Or, start solving Danny's daj puzzles in this forum.

Keith
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nataraj



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

keith wrote:

We should be looking for simpler ways to solve difficult puzzles. That is how we found the W-wing and the M-wing.

Why on earth would we want to look for more difficult ways to solve simpler puzzles?


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tlanglet



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really think we are all saying the same thing. How did we find the w-wing and the m-wing and all the other proved techniques we use daily. I think it was a result of trying something different by looking at the code in a new manner, and any thing different is difficult since it is new.

Ted
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keith



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nataraj,

You should have told me to lighten up a little!

Keith Smile
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nataraj



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am sure everybody has refrained from posting here in order to keep the date February 12th on top of the list Wink

For some en-lighten-ment and to further honor Darwin's birthday, this is the: Darwin Award site

My 2008 favorite: pining away
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keith



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nataraj wrote:
I am sure everybody has refrained from posting here in order to keep the date February 12th on top of the list Wink

For some en-lighten-ment and to further honor Darwin's birthday ...


Abraham Lincoln was born on the same day as Charles Darwin. February 12, 1809.

Keith
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sudocraz



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for posting this Nataraj.


I just read the Darwin Awards. Shocked It is hard to believe that people do such stupid things. Did anybody notice that this years group are all men?
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