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Article #351Re: Silly Mnemonic Tricks
From: Ivan A Derzhanski
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:17
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:17
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In article <9BA=#Z+@engin.umich.edu> jxm@engin.umich.edu (John Murray) writes: <Also, count the letters in the following <to obtain the first eleven digits of e < <"To express e, remember to memorize a sentence to simplify this" < <Neat, cos it kinda self-referential! Neat, yes, but not neater than the repetition of "1828" after the second digit (2.7 1828 1828 4). It almost makes the mnemonic superfluous. -- `Haud yer wheesht! Come oot o the man an gie him peace.' (The Glasgow Gospel) Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk; iad@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu) * Centre for Cognitive Science, 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, UK * Cowan House, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh EH16 5BD, UK
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!edcastle!edcogsci!iad From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski) Newsgroups: sci.cognitive Subject: Re: Silly Mnemonic Tricks Message-ID: <11678@scott.ed.ac.uk> Date: 23 Nov 92 15:17:44 GMT References: <flamer.720978731@mithril> <BILL.92Nov5165753@ca3.nsma.arizona.edu> <8eyfQAi00iV2I4=pU3@andrew.cmu.edu> <9BA=#Z+@engin.umich.edu> Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK Lines: 16