4/9/2006 - Su. Do. Ku.
I won't say that I have become addicted to Sudoku, but I have grown to enjoy them. If you haven't seen it, it's a 9x9 grid. A few of the cells are populated with a number between 1 and 9 and the rest are blank. Based on a few rules, you can figure out how to fill in the rest of the cells. They are kind of like numeric crossword puzzles. Kind of.
The interesting about them is that they all end the same way. The difference between a hard sudoku and an easy one is how much information you start with. By following a finite number of rules, you create additional information and eventually you have enough so that the hard puzzle has the feel of an easy puzzle.
On one hand, that lessens the allure, but on the other it's sort of pretty in a Goedel-Escher-Bach sort of way.
16,900 steps today. Moshi moshi!
The interesting about them is that they all end the same way. The difference between a hard sudoku and an easy one is how much information you start with. By following a finite number of rules, you create additional information and eventually you have enough so that the hard puzzle has the feel of an easy puzzle.
On one hand, that lessens the allure, but on the other it's sort of pretty in a Goedel-Escher-Bach sort of way.
16,900 steps today. Moshi moshi!
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