What Do You Think Of Sudoku?
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I think Sudoku is wicked. I like the Lotto Sudoku better!
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I think it is great.  Once you start to learn the rules, it is so much fun to watch and even better to play.
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I am a Sudoku addict, is that what you mean?\nIf you mean like ice breaker games I have tons cause I used to be a camp counselor. Here is one idea for a party.\nFor each team you'll need one T- shirt and one plastic storage bag. Place one nicely folded T-shirt in each bag then pour in about 2 cups of water and freeze all of them overnight. If this wasn't done where the event is taking place bring the T-shirt in a cooler filled with ice to keep them frozen. Instruct the teams that they'll be playing an Ice Breaker game. Then hand out the bagged T-shirts to each team. On "Go" the teams will have to get their T-shirts thawed out so that one person from their team can put the T-shirt on. Teams will get creative in their attempts to win. They could run the shirts underwater, put them in the microwave and even pounded the ice out of them. The first team to come back with one person in the T-shirt is the winner.
805112
I never liked it.  I don't like game shows that don't take brains, I mean, how hard is it to say "Deal...or No Deal"??  I prefer Jeopardy! because I feel good when I get one question right.
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READ PATIENTLY AND WITH FULL ATTENTION\n\n[In SUDOKU, row means the horizontal line of small boxes and column means the vertical line of small boxes; there are altogether 9 rows and 9 columns in a standard SUDOKU problem]\n\nTry to use the method of elimination. This means that check whether it is possible for a certain number to be in a box; choose first the mostly populated 3x3 box. Also notice which numbers are missing in the same row or column in which the concerned box lie (remember that integers only 1 to 9 can be present in a row or column or a 3x3 box and in each case ecah of the 9 integers can occur only once). In most cases you will find that a certain numbers cannot be inserted in that particular box simply because these are either in the same row or in the same column as the box. Make a list of these numbers which are not possible. Add to this list the numbers which are in the same 3x3 box (but which are not in the list) as the concerned box. Thus you might find that you have eliminated 8 numbers which is the only thing you want (as only numbers from 1 to 9 can be inserted in the boxes).
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Do a google search for Sudoku and click on the first link. This will take you a puzzle that you can print and work on.
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The name "Sudoku" is the Japanese abbreviation of a longer phrase, "Suuji wa dokushin ni kagiru (数字は独身に限る)," meaning "the digits must remain single"; it is a trademark of puzzle publisher Nikoli Co. Ltd in Japan. Other Japanese publishers refer to the puzzle as Number Place, the original U.S. title, or as "Nanpure" for short. Some non-Japanese publishers spell the title as "Su Doku".
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When you begin a new puzzle, it already has some "starting numbers."  Count the number of starting number in each row and write it to the right of the row.  Then count the number per column, and write it at the top of each column.  Pick the column with the highest starting count, and then find the empty square in that column that has the highest starting row count.  Figure out which number to put in that one square (there will usually only be 1 or 2 possibilities).  Continue in that column until you find a square with 3 or more possible choices.  Then go to the column with the next highest starting count, and proceed like that.  This method works pretty fast in general.
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Sudoku is a neat game of logic.  No math skills are needed other than recognizing the numbers 1 to 9, although there are more complicated versions now that use a grid larger than 9 x 9.  Games range from very easy to very difficult.  As with most games now, you can play on line if you choose.  It is VERY addicting!!  Here are a few links that might get you started if you want to learn to play Sudoku.  Also, check your local newspaper.  Many now carry a sudoku puzzle everyday.  Have fun!
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The puzzles are excellent for developing logical thinking skills and developing problem-solving strategies. They also develop patience, persistence and concentration. Last but not least: the sense of satisfaction at solving a super dooper mondo killer difficult puzzle makes me feel as if I'm THE smartest person in the world.
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I can do it... but let me think a little on it.  Can I take the full 4 months?  :-)\n\nOkay, I think I have a solution... took me about 5 minutes I think:\n\nIf I move the dot from B1 -> B2 and C1 -> C2, then B and C will still have 4 dots, and row four will still have 4 dots, but now row two will have 4 dots.\n\nYou didn't say they couldn't share the same square!!!!\n------------\nI'm back\n\nYou didn't exactly state what a "row" was.  I would have called that a "line" but maybe that's what you meant.\n\nOkay, I have a couple revised solutions.  A "row" is now defined as 4 dots that are colinear (on the same line) but each point must be distinct.  This invalidates my previous answer.\n\nOne solution matches with what has already been stated, which is:\nA4 --> B5  and  D4 --> C5.  This makes two pairs of overlapping lines each with 4 dots.\n\nHowever, my new solution is to take C1 and place it halfway between columns B and C and halfway between rows 2 and 3.\n\nThen you have a line on row 4, a line on column B, and two diagonal lines!!!!\n\nOne dot moved, 4 lines created!!!!\n\nAnd if you *must* move two dots, then just move B1 --> B5 and you still have a valid answer.
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The latest issue of Dr.Dobbs Journal has an article about Sudoku. They include source code for a program you can build that solves a lot of the puzzles.\n\nThis is a VC++/MFC project so you would have to build it using VC++, unless of course you just lift the algorithm and build your own framework to run it.
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After several attempts, it seems that it is rather impossible.  If you start in the bottom corner, you can get all but 3 squares rather easily.  If you're careful, you can have 1 remaining if you start diagonal to the corner.\n\nWhat are you trying to do this for?  Is it a website?  I'd love to try it again.
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It is a very frustrating game i am only 15 and have recently taken it up as a pastime. One day you will have a good day and the very next day you will play very badly. You just have to keep playing to get used to what works for you. Investing in lessons would be a good idea although they are not essential.
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I don't have a favorite number.  I don't think any of them were designed very well.  Let's take it apart.\n\n1.  Blah - it's just a line!\n2.  Curvy, but it doesn't really draw you in.\n3.  I get a sense of incompleteness - I want to close the openings.\n4.  Straight lines.  Just doesn't do anything for me.\n5.  I don't know, it just looks rather pointless.\n6.  It does have nice curves, and it's fun to write.\n7.  More straight lines.  I find myself wanting to kick the lower part to make it stand up straight.\n8.  You know, maybe I do have a favorite number after all.  It also means infinity, which is kinda cool I guess.  And it's nice and round and curvy, and there aren't any unsealed holes.\n9.  See Item 6.\n10.  See item 1; it's just a circle.\n\nSo 8 it is!
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I think practice is the only way. I use several different methods. But usually, I start with the obvious ones. Look within the boxes first to fit in the easy ones. Do that once again in case you missed any, then look at each row and column. Sometimes, if there looks like a few possibilities, you can work out if there is a number which can only go in one square which you might not see straight away. Sometimes, there will be squares where only 2 numbers are possible. If there are 2 squares in the same row/column/area which have the same 2 possiblities and then there is only one square remaining then you know the last square must be the other number. Some people don't think of that.
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I suppose it depends on what type of games you are talking about.  I like playing puzzle type games on:\nwww.popcap.com\nwww.games.com\nand yahoo has some good games as well