Anyone on MS playing Sudoku?

[b]Sudoku[/b] is a placement puzzle, also known as [b]Number Place[/b] in the United States. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numeral from 1 through 9 in each cell of a grid, most frequently a 9?9 grid made up of 3?3 subgrids (called "regions"), starting with various numerals given in some cells (the "givens"). Each row, column and region must contain only one instance of each numeral.

For instance, here is a typical puzzle:

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714.gif/250px-Sudoku-by-L2G-20050714.gif[/img]

...and here is its solution:

5 3 4 | 6 7 8 | 9 1 2 6 7 2 | 1 9 5 | 3 4 8 1 9 8 | 3 4 2 | 5 6 7 ---------+--------+------- 8 5 9 | 7 6 1 | 4 2 3 4 2 6 | 8 5 3 | 7 9 1 7 1 3 | 9 2 4 | 8 5 6 ---------+--------+------- 9 6 1 | 5 3 7 | 2 8 4 2 8 7 | 4 1 9 | 6 3 5 3 4 5 | 2 8 6 | 1 7 9

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku"]Wikipedia Link[/url]

It's become highly addictive..

wf

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where do we play? I hope the numbers are random each time... otherwise you just showed us the answer :evil:

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Nope. Those are given numbers. You have to fill in the blank squares. The idea is that each 3 x 3 square grid should hold all numbers 1 to 9. Also, each line (vertical or horizontal) has to contain numbers 1 to 9. Rules are dead simple, no math, but puzzles vary in difficulty. Check the link above on Wikipedia.

You play it anywhere. I've got it in my Palm, but there are plenty of pages, or ajust a crappy piece of paper.

For puzzles check [url=http://www.websudoku.com/]here[/url].

wf

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Massive here in the uk, most daily papers have been running 1 or 2 puzzles for about a year. Its quite amazing how its taken off, mainly because its so simple and no maths is involved.

Although some of them are a real b1tch to solve, and i just dont have the patience....

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herm.

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people who do soduku usually also rub their helmet over carol vorderman and live in their parents basement.

i love them.

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Thanks for your intelligent reply.

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[QUOTE=harry ramsden]people who do soduku usually also rub their helmet over carol vorderman and live in their parents basement.

i love them.[/QUOTE]

Dunno what you mean. Haven't seen my parents for weeks and my girlfriend looks like Farrah Fawcett, but I'll take that as a compliment, in any case. :lol:

All I can tell you is that I've never again become bored on a plane, and that it's a perfectly decent shithole companion.

wf

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[QUOTE=wowflutter]my girlfriend looks like Farrah Fawcett, [/QUOTE] Pics or STFU :D

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It is all about the Gattai 5 Puzzles [url]http://sudoku.top-notch.co.uk/gattai5.asp[/url]. Gotta love when you are halfway through and realise you have put the wrong number in somewhere.