Comments on Puzzle #19301: away from the sun...
By Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro)
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solvability: moderate lookahead
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quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
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#1: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 14, 2012
Actually Kurt i think it's kind of a neat image,i can definitely make it out,and it has a certain "Je ne sais quoi" about it that i find appealing. :)#2: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jul 14, 2012
thanks, Al!#3: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jul 14, 2012
i like it also, Kurt#4: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jul 14, 2012
thanks, Tom! and "I don't know what" you said, Al, because I don't speak Chinese.... maybe I'll ask Confucius next Time I talk to him.#5: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jul 14, 2012
what imp gave a red "?"?? *sigh*#6: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jul 14, 2012
nothing but line logic here, fellows...
Ha,ha!#7: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jul 15, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#8: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jul 15, 2012
"color logic", huh? sorry, didn't know you had a specific term for it....yes, a lot of color logic. I don't recall needing to use any edge logic though. don't forget that I'm a newb myself and I'm still getting used to the group's lingo and abbrev's, etc.#9: Gator (gator) on Jul 16, 2012 [HINT]
Kurt - the different logic techniques are detailed out on this page: http://webpbn.com/index.cgi?page=solving.html#10: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jul 16, 2012
After the line/color logic, all but the lower right of the puzzle will be solved (only black remaining). Here are my steps to finish (all steps may not be required, line logic in between).
Looking at column 40, if the 3 clue extends up to row 23 (which forces the 2 clue in R20C40-R21C40), then column 39 will be invalid. So R26C40 has to be black.
No matter how the 2 clue in column 40 is placed, R20C39 is always a dot.
Edge logic with the 2 clue in column 32 will make R25C32 a dot.
Look at column 34. Imagine that the "2 2 1" clues are as high as they could go such that the 1 clue would be at R26C34. This forces dots at R22C34 and R25C34. Look how this affects column 36. Notice that those dots force both R22C36 and R25C36 to be black which makes column 36 invalid. From this we can conclude that the 1 clue in column 34 must go in R29C34.
Found to be logically solvable by gator.#11: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jul 16, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#12: Meg Tayler (rebelcat) on Jul 16, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#13: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jul 17, 2012
thanks teresa and meg!#14: Minnie Fuerstnau (m.fuerstnau) on Jul 18, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#15: Ellen Vollor (evollor) on Jul 18, 2012 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#16: Kim (kjh) on Sep 18, 2012
I think this is a great inage, very well done and fun to solve, thank you Kurt!#17: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Sep 18, 2012
yw#18: Ronda Polack (bowsocks) on Oct 27, 2013
The image is nice, I thought I would find here a link to an oil painting of the image. good job creating it in PBN and not on canvas first.#19: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Oct 27, 2013
tyvm! glad you liked it, and good to know people go back and check out earlier puzzles! :)#20: Jota (jota) on Sep 10, 2016
I like it!
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