Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for March 14, 2013

I’ve never tried Sudoku puzzles before; that addictive huh?

Sing along with Sherlock: “Oh Sudoku, don’t you cry for me…”

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

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

The nicest thing about sudoku for Horace is that they fit well on a Post-It note.

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

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.

H.orace… At least when you fall asleep…. you will not fall on the floor…… ! ! !

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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.