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   jimmyh43105 said, 2 months ago

   I’ve never tried Sudoku puzzles before; that addictive huh?
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   SherlockWatson said, 2 months ago

   Sing along with Sherlock: “Oh Sudoku, don’t you cry for me…”
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   discmon said, 2 months ago

   Probably possible. Correct me if I’m wrong? There should be a finite permutation of sudoku puzzles given a 9×9 grid and 9 numbers
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   DavidGBA said, 2 months ago

   How many are there? 9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 ways to fill a box, wait, google, wiki, 5 billion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Sudoku#Enumerating_all_possible_Sudoku_solutions
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   Radish said, 2 months ago

   I didn’t think Horace did things by the numbers.
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   ivor1 said, 2 months ago

   some of those tough ones will keep you busy for weeks.
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   bmonk said, 2 months ago

   @ivor1

   Most are only an hour or two to solve. Well, the five and six star ones. They have found puzzles rated up to eleven stars!
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   bmonk said, 2 months ago

   The nicest thing about sudoku for Horace is that they fit well on a Post-It note.
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   bopard said, 2 months ago

   Someone called Dr. Math guesses it at 16,930,529,280 Maybe he can do it: it’s less than the national debt. $16,700,634,854,470.52
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    NebulousRikulau said, 2 months ago

    One complication when calculating the number of Sudoku puzzles is that there can be different sets of clues that would lead to the same final grid. These would have to be considered different puzzles.
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    GymShoe said, 2 months ago

    H.orace… At least when you fall asleep…. you will not fall on the floor…… ! ! !
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    Garey Mckee said, 2 months ago

    Please order Samson’s first DSOTH book! Here is the link for Amazon!
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    ratdogbert said, 2 months ago

    @

    HEY! Don’t EVER refer to that kind of brain stimulation/relaxation as “time wasting!”

    Solitaire is good for the various brain wave forms, AS WELL as killing time until the next ButtMan movie is released!
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    Teresa said, 2 months ago

    My Sunday paper has a Sudoku with 5 puzzles melded together. the center puzzle’s 4 corners are the same as one corner of the other 4 puzzles.
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    Man, that one sometimes takes all day and half the night, other times, it takes until the next one comes out to get it solved.
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    Horace, get some sleep!
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    LiveToSurf said, 2 months ago

    Aha, Samson, welcome back to the inside of the box. This is not a criticism, by the way, as your comic strip is my all time favourite. It is a real bummer when they are late or do not appear till the next day.
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