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[UPDATE] June 17th - Sentinel: View From Earth
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 		[UPDATE] June 17th - Sentinel: View From Earth
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View from Earth: Defending Earth
By JAMIE FISHSLIM

Jamie FishslimSeveral articles have appeared in the Perplex City Sentinel recently, criticising Earth societies for their preoccupation with salacious celebrity gossip and vacuous pop culture. While I feel this tendency to worship fame, physical form and wealth is to be discouraged, it is hardly new. Most important for Earth people and Perplexians alike, is to realise that this an incidental feature, like a trick of the light and cannot serve to define the full range and scope of our culture and history. Remember: to believe the lies is to make them true.

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It is quite clear that Perplexians believe in puzzle-solving as a skill to be cherished and nurtured. Indeed, it seems the residents of Perplex City hold puzzles in particular regard, to the extent that it becomes a way of life, or accepted principle of living. Your art, music, history and culture, even your means of pursuing scientific endeavour is curious enquiry stretched over a logical frame; aka puzzle-solving. Intellect, it appears, is respected. The best puzzle-solvers are held with high regard in positions of power. You would be forgiven then, for having a low opinion of Earth society and culture, when even our own people write to your publication to bemoan our general disinterest in intellect and cognitive skill. You may well ask, what else can you base a society on, if not logic and reason?
Su Doku

Well, perhaps Earth can claim to hold a candle to the Perplexian's desire for puzzles after all. And in so doing, maybe appreciate in your esteem. A puzzle called Su Doku is gripping our nation. This deceptively simple yet furiously addictive game began at the back of the Times newspaper and now appears on many front pages as a major selling point. Every daily newspaper has introduced Su Doku because it all but guarantees high circulation.

The action takes place on a 9x9 grid of squares, the total 81 squares being subdivided into nine 3x3 boxes. There is only one rule: every row, column and 3x3 box must contain the numbers 1-9. Straightforward? Yes. There's no maths involved; all the skills you need are logic, reason and patience, all in good supply. Simple? No. The puzzle can be of varying difficulty depending on how many numbers the setter includes in the start grid - at least a few are required for the player to make any inferences about the missing numbers. Puzzles with many letters offered initially are quite simple and can often be completed in five or ten minutes. Some of the hardest puzzles however, can take many hours in a day to complete, if indeed they are ever solved.
The word is puzzle and it is spreading

The Independent newspaper has now launched the first Su Duko national championships - after completing a set amount of puzzles, players enter a regional heat progressing to the finals if they are quick and sharp enough. The word is puzzle and it is spreading. Maybe our societies are not so different after all. Perhaps, Perplexians, when you are bored of multi-language crosswords and giant, unfathomable art-puzzles, access our internet and try your hand at a grid or two. But make sure they are the hard ones, eh?

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That's quite a light-hearted letter! Kudos to the person who sent it.

I've been reading The Times for year. How many Su Dokus have I solved?

Here's a clue -1>0>1
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 		Also:
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Despite the cool, rainy spring, meteorologists believe that we should expect a particularly hot, dry summer. "Looks like the peak in a ten-year cycle," said Academy researcher Violet Owens. She suggested extra care be taken this year with hydration and skin protection during outdoor activities.

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Housing Prices Rise 15%

And under the "Masthead" link:
It looks like Ryan Klein, former Advertising Manager has left and been replaced by Tanika Rogers, who was formerly a Senior Sales Manager.
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 		Wow. Looks like fabs_uk's solve and Macavity's email have had a further reaching impact than just Aiko's arrest... Klein was a secret Recon. This can only be Sente's doing, right? Aiko's arrest might have been *almost* understandable, but this really makes me wonder what his real agenda is. Is he trying to find the Cube or is he just trying to completely destroy all the Recons?
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 		Mmmm... Gotta love them Sudo Ku! Especially those massive ones in The Times at weekends. A perfect example to prove to the Perpexians we aren't (all) brainless idiots. Smile
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Kirjava wrote:
Wow. Looks like fabs_uk's solve and Macavity's email have had a further reaching impact than just Aiko's arrest... Klein was a secret Recon. This can only be Sente's doing, right? Aiko's arrest might have been *almost* understandable, but this really makes me wonder what his real agenda is. Is he trying to find the Cube or is he just trying to completely destroy all the Recons?


H'm . . . I wonder hos Roll for Damage is doing, now that their frontman's been outed as a Recon . . . or has he?

Anywho, with pervasive influence like theirs, I don't think the Recons can be up to much good. They sound a lot like your common-or-garden fundamentalist to me, and any kind of fundamentalism is bad . . . especially when it leads to extremism (which, it seem, the Recons are heading for, open throttle).
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 		On a related note, I'm sure I remember a headline, or article which mentioned something Fallon was up to a while back...can anyone confirm? I've tried looking through the wiki mirror, but to no avail...am I going mad?
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 		Now that Ryan Klein is gone, maybe that means we'll start seeing some different advertisements? Oh please, please, please, please, please. I'm getting really really sick of seeing "Perplexed about your mortgage?" everytime I go to the Sentinel. Hopefully Tamika will realize that having more than two companies advertise in your newspaper = more money.
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 		Re: [UPDATE] June 17th - Sentinel: View From Earth
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View from Earth: Defending Earth
By JAMIE FISHSLIM

Several articles have appeared in the Perplex City Sentinel recently, criticising Earth societies for their preoccupation with salacious celebrity gossip and vacuous pop culture.

did i miss something?

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Hannah:
In our society we are plagued with scandalous headlines announcing break-ups of marriages and pop groups and our youth look at women who have married rich sportsmen as role models.


No, you're right, it was just you....
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 		Re: [UPDATE] June 17th - Sentinel: View From Earth
hannah wrote:
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View from Earth: Defending Earth
By JAMIE FISHSLIM

Several articles have appeared in the Perplex City Sentinel recently, criticising Earth societies for their preoccupation with salacious celebrity gossip and vacuous pop culture.

did i miss something?


Those comments have been made in Letters to the Editor that were posted earlier.

I'm sure this person's article for "View from Earth" was written and submitted a month or so ago, which would make what he's saying current for the time he sent the article in.

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 		Damn him,! Not only does he write about the same topic I did but his is much much better. Damn him!! Laughing

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