[2009-03-29 13:17:55 UTC] Huh.. [2009-03-29 17:30:16 UTC] Huh...? [2009-03-29 17:56:10 UTC] Just wondering, but in the picross-puzzles, what is the best thing to do, if there are no 15s and 0s? I mean, if there's a 10 or something, there is just the middle-5 that is guaranteed to be occupied, but not the rest and then I don't know how to continue. :S [2009-03-29 18:26:03 UTC] The puzzles you are solving are 15x15. The logic you are using with the 10 which has to occupy the middle 5, can be used with any number greater than 7. [2009-03-29 18:26:06 UTC] This is insanely hard. Puzzle 6 especially. :hay_guys: [2009-03-29 18:27:04 UTC] Yea, I got the thing with the numbers that have to occupy special places, but when the only other numbers are 2s and 3s, I have no hint for where to put the rest. [2009-03-29 18:27:09 UTC] Next, once you have a few pixels you know are black, try to conclude what "string" the black pixels belong to. [2009-03-29 18:28:09 UTC] You mean, to guess which ones from other lines do HAVE to occupy certain places according to the fixed five? [2009-03-29 18:28:39 UTC] No. [2009-03-29 18:28:49 UTC] ... [2009-03-29 18:28:51 UTC] Lol. [2009-03-29 18:29:13 UTC] So, the pattern? [2009-03-29 18:29:41 UTC] Say you found a 5 in the bottom row. You know that these 5 pixels are in the bottom-most strings [2009-03-29 18:31:09 UTC] Oh yea, I do that, but if I have a ten, I only get the middle 5, which makes it not obvious if the rest is in the top 5 or bottom five. :/ [2009-03-29 18:32:11 UTC] Let's solve puzzle #6 [2009-03-29 18:32:23 UTC] I'm on that one. [2009-03-29 18:32:41 UTC] Yeah, that's why I picked it :hay_guys: [2009-03-29 18:32:53 UTC] I know. :D [2009-03-29 18:32:59 UTC] I got the 10,11 and 12s and put in 5s into the the center square and. [2009-03-29 18:33:01 UTC] Do you see the row that has 10? (5th row from the bottom) [2009-03-29 18:33:28 UTC] I [2009-03-29 18:33:36 UTC] 'll show you my progress in a screenshot, kay? :D [2009-03-29 18:33:47 UTC] Okee [2009-03-29 18:34:11 UTC] Here ya go: http://willhostforfood.com/files4/1/2/2/12289Bild%2016.png [2009-03-29 18:34:59 UTC] Huge file :S [2009-03-29 18:35:21 UTC] 46kb. [2009-03-29 18:36:21 UTC] Can you view it? [2009-03-29 18:36:47 UTC] Look at the 7th column from the left. You know that the 1 black pixel you have is part of the 8, right? There's no fucking way it's part of the 2 -- the 8 would not fit bellow it. [2009-03-29 18:37:33 UTC] Because it's part of the 8, you know that the 3 pixels above it are black too. No other way an 8 can fit there. [2009-03-29 18:37:45 UTC] The 1 pixel can be the two, I mean, the 8 can be below, can't it? [2009-03-29 18:38:25 UTC] 7th column from the left, 5th row from the bottom. [2009-03-29 18:39:29 UTC] Yea, the 3 above are black already. [2009-03-29 18:39:29 UTC] (I can't view the image... try opening the link yourself... weird stuff) [2009-03-29 18:40:01 UTC] Huh, that's not what I uploaded. :C [2009-03-29 18:40:23 UTC] :\ [2009-03-29 18:40:35 UTC] Try this: http://willhostforfood.com/?Action=download&fileid=60374 [2009-03-29 18:40:36 UTC] Did you mark in the row that has the 9? [2009-03-29 18:40:44 UTC] You have the middle 3. [2009-03-29 18:40:49 UTC] Yea [2009-03-29 18:41:19 UTC] Can you see the screenshot now? [2009-03-29 18:42:21 UTC] Yup. [2009-03-29 18:42:28 UTC] Great [2009-03-29 18:43:57 UTC] Woo Wee Woo. [2009-03-29 18:44:11 UTC] Why can't I find anything to do? lol [2009-03-29 18:44:17 UTC] I solved it already [2009-03-29 18:44:26 UTC] Hehe [2009-03-29 18:44:43 UTC] Is what I have correct? [2009-03-29 18:46:05 UTC] I think so. [2009-03-29 18:46:28 UTC] 4th row from the bottom: What you have must be part of the 4. Think why this is. [2009-03-29 18:47:07 UTC] Yes [2009-03-29 18:47:36 UTC] But I don't know what completes the 4. [2009-03-29 18:48:04 UTC] Aha! No you do not. [2009-03-29 18:48:23 UTC] But it gives you more information about other things [2009-03-29 18:48:32 UTC] It does. [2009-03-29 18:51:40 UTC] Not much helpful information in that line, though. [2009-03-29 18:52:07 UTC] Is it not? [2009-03-29 18:52:37 UTC] At least I can't find it... [2009-03-29 18:53:25 UTC] You know the 10 in that column is further down. You can mark an X on the top there. [2009-03-29 18:54:20 UTC] Now you know that the 1 blank space left on the right the the X is empty (the 2 won't fit) [2009-03-29 18:54:42 UTC] It's a whole chain [2009-03-29 18:54:57 UTC] But in that line, the missing piece inbetween does not have to be the 4, the 4 could be to the right, couldn't it? [2009-03-29 18:55:38 UTC] like OXOOOOXO , from the first of the two, [2009-03-29 18:56:31 UTC] Are you talking about the 4th from the bottom? [2009-03-29 18:56:33 UTC] Aw crap, I gotta go. [2009-03-29 18:56:43 UTC] Yes [2009-03-29 18:56:59 UTC] The 1 1 4 1 one [2009-03-29 18:57:07 UTC] Ok, goodbyes [2009-03-29 18:57:27 UTC] Bye. :D [2009-03-29 18:57:33 UTC] If the 1 1 you have not part of the 4, the 4 and the 1 will not fit on the right [2009-03-29 18:57:53 UTC] It will. [2009-03-29 18:58:04 UTC] Try it, there are 5 empty spaces left. [2009-03-29 18:58:17 UTC] 3 go to the 4, one empty and then another pixel. [2009-03-29 18:58:27 UTC] Anyway, I'll try again later. [2009-03-29 18:58:32 UTC] You need spaces there [2009-03-29 18:58:37 UTC] OK bye [2009-03-29 18:59:49 UTC] Ooohhhhh..... I see what you're saying. I was thinking silly [2009-03-29 20:33:25 UTC] Goddamnit! Now I come back and the site is offline. :C [2009-03-29 23:02:11 UTC] qwertyuiop[]\asdfghjkl;' [2009-03-29 23:02:27 UTC] ooooppps [2009-03-29 23:02:45 UTC] didn't mean to send anything