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samgj
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Joined: 17 Jul 2005
Posts: 106
Location: Cambridge

PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:13 am    Post subject: Hey dude, where's my stuff? Reply with quote

I'm sorry it's taken a while to get the forums back up. We had hardware problems, followed by corrupt backups and phpBB version incompatabilities. The upshot is that I'm afraid we've lost a few months postings. If you registered more recently then you will need to do so again. There is still a chance that I will be able to retrieve the missing posts at some point, but in the meantime you are encouraged to register and post at will.

As some kind of meagre compensation, there's a sneak preview of changes that will come to the draw/play hint function. Take a look at:

http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/play.shtml?today=1&devel=1

You can add the "&devel=1" to the end of any draw/play url to see the new hint things at work. It's incomplete, so some advanced hints won't yet work. Feel free to comment if you want the chance of your say shaping it (within the boundaries of what I can reasonably do).

Sam
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kragzy



Joined: 01 May 2007
Posts: 112
Location: Australia

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No probs, Sam.

Great to have the forum back.

Many thanks.
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Angel



Joined: 26 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome back!
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keith



Joined: 19 Sep 2005
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Location: near Detroit, Michigan, USA

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 10:38 pm    Post subject: Hints Reply with quote

Sam,

The first hint in today's puzzle is:

Messages:
r2c3=4: locked candidate in box 1


I think you should have a hierarchy:

Mild hint: Locked candidate
Strong Hint: Locked candidate in Box 1
Answer: R2C3=4

Welcome back!

Keith
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samgj
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Joined: 17 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:57 am    Post subject: Re: Hints Reply with quote

keith wrote:
I think you should have a hierarchy:

Mild hint: Locked candidate
Strong Hint: Locked candidate in Box 1
Answer: R2C3=4


Yep -- you mentioned this before and I like the idea. I have it on the list, and it will be much easier to do with the rewritten hint calculator.

Sam
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justfunnin8



Joined: 03 May 2007
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Location: Miami, Florida USA

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome Back.

I like the new hint feature.

I also like how you improved the sweep feature to not insert removed candidates. That was kind of annoying.

Nice to see you back up and running.
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