Here are a couple Sudoku puzzles you might find intriguing. I hesitate to point this out, but the assumption that the brute-force backtracking algorithm can...
Loren Blaney
loren_blaney@...
Jan 7, 2006 2:23 am
3075
... Just tested these puzzles using my entry. On my laptop (P4 - 2.8 GHz - WinXP) they took 2 seconds and 24 seconds. My solver took about 3 minutes on some...
I made a little test suite for those sudokus. They're really hard, at least for my entry. The whole suite (87 inputs) took 9056 secs on my laptop (P4, 2.8GHz),...
Hi everyone, Just 11 more days until we can see how TFx cut so much from his entry. (Well, I know, I'm just not telling :-) Also, I have asked a few people...
Benjamin David Lunt
fys@...
Jan 21, 2006 5:02 am
3079
Hi there, 9.puz has multiple solutions. Is this by intention? Previous discussion said all puzzles should have unique solutions, and 9.puz is precisely the...
Hi Stefan, Sorry, but the rules say nothing about the puzzles having unique solutions, only that they are solvable. In other words your entry does not need to ...
Loren Blaney
loren_blaney@...
Jan 27, 2006 9:10 pm
3081
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:10:00 -0700, Loren Blaney wrote ... For a puzzle to be called a Sudoku it is a requirement that there is only one unique solution. Not...
Hi, ... Interestingly enough, I can handle those just fine :) ... Exactly, that's what I wanted clarified. If everyone agrees that tee-minus-three-days is too...
I agree there's room for debate here. As you probably realize, it's not easy coming with rules for a group of folks who are extremely good at thinking "outside...
Loren Blaney
loren_blaney@...
Jan 28, 2006 7:58 pm
3084
Hi everyone, Just a last minute note to let everyone know that you have about 30 hours until the dead line. However, I will accept entries until Wednesday the...
Benjamin David Lunt
fys@...
Jan 31, 2006 1:35 am
3085
Hugi Compo 25 results are now available from: http://www.frontiernet.net/~fys/hugi/hcompo.htm Please post all comments to this mailing list. Thanks to all of...
Benjamin David Lunt
fys@...
Feb 2, 2006 12:54 am
3086
Hi All! Here is combined version. -- Best regards, G3 mailto:tgm80@......
G3
tgm80@...
Feb 2, 2006 8:27 am
3087
Congrats to G3, Digimind and TFx! Exellent work! Beeblebrox...
Oleg Homenko
beeblbrx@...
Feb 2, 2006 8:45 am
3088
Hi G3, very good job!!! I lost myself in the I/O routines, compliments!!! I moved the pusha, so this is 63 bytes :) TFx...
Hi Fabio! Thursday, February 2, 2006, 2:28:52 PM, you wrote: FB> Hi G3, very good job!!! FB> I lost myself in the I/O routines, compliments!!! FB> I moved the...
G3
tgm80@...
Feb 2, 2006 4:06 pm
3090
Hi G3, I was playing with my code and your and Digimind's tricks, I made it to 62 ;) TFx :)...
... An old saying from Michael Abrash (old asm guru from way back, Dr Jobbs Journals. [Google his name]) "There ain't no such thing as the smallest code" ...
Hi Fabio! Friday, February 3, 2006, 5:17:42 AM, you wrote: FB> Hi G3, FB> I was playing with my code and your and Digimind's tricks, I made it to FB> 62 ;) ...
G3
tgm80@...
Feb 3, 2006 7:41 am
3094
In einer eMail vom 03.02.2006 08:44:11 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt ... the old cooperating vs. competing issue ;) In einer eMail vom 03.02.2006...
Gentlemans! Thanks to the organizers and I congratulate everybody on the excellent works! I hope we will compete again in a short time. Bytes, Chut...
Fekete Ãkos
fekete.akos@...
Feb 4, 2006 7:06 am
3096
Hi there! It's always interesting to see how small solutions are found for the compo tasks. Thank you, Ben, for hosting this compo. ... I'd be ready to do so. ...
I just wanted to echo Chut's congratulations, especially to G3, Digimind and TFx who did the impossible! Not only were their entries technically amazing, but...
Loren Blaney
loren_blaney@...
Feb 9, 2006 12:05 am
3098
Hello! What will be the next task? :) What do you think about older compos? Bytes, Chut...
Fekete Ãkos
fekete.akos@...
Mar 13, 2006 8:57 pm
3099
Howdy Chut! I think older compos are ... "old". What did you have in mind? I don't recommend it for a compo, but I just finished writing a TSR (that captures...
Loren Blaney
loren_blaney@...
Mar 13, 2006 9:52 pm
3100
... How about "L'ane Rouge" (or similar) puzzle solver?...
Oleg Homenko
beeblbrx@...
Mar 14, 2006 8:58 am
3101
... What web pages? Thanks, Dan ... Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze....
Sniper's website: http://www.frontiernet.net/~fys/index.htm http://www.frontiernet.net/~fys/tsrdemo.htm ... From: Dan Moore To: hugi-compo@yahoogroups.com ...
Loren Blaney
loren_blaney@...
Mar 14, 2006 5:58 pm
3103
... Ah, so THAT is who sniper is :) Useful link, it's one that I had been trying to find but couldn't remember where to search since I started coding again ...
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