MetaFilter posts tagged with mnemonics

Divine instruments for self learning

generalist — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:59:48 -0800

Mnemonic Arts of Blessed Raymond LULL

Algorithms for dumb security questions

nthdegx — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:09:58 -0800

Algorithms for dumb security questions

How to remember stuff (or not)

serazin — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:21:26 -0800

How to remember stuff Or not: part I, II, and III.

With mnemonics, Every Good Boy Does Fine

kmel — Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:15:05 -0800

Monkey Nut Eating Means Old Nutshells In Carpet, aka mnemonics! They come in many forms, helping you remember everything from taxonomic classifications ("King Phillip Came Over For Good Sex") to the order of the planets ("My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets") to musical staves to the first 31 decimal places of pi to how to spell tricky words such as "rhythm" or "principal." They're more a way of life for med students, birdwatchers, and boaters. Which mnemonics have helped you survive?

MeTaFiLTeR = 318514

me3dia — Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:07:25 -0800

MeTaFiLTeR = 318514 The Phonetic Numerals system provides a convenient way to remember long strings of numbers. It's really simple: the system replaces the numbers 0-9 with the symbols S, T, N, M, R, L, J, K, F and P (the strikethoughs indicate the difference between the symbol and the letter that it takes the place of). Take a long number (3.1415926, for example), convert it into Phonetic Numerals (~~MTRTLPNJ~~), then come up with a phrase using those letters (MoTheR ToiLed a PaN Job.) See? Easy!

altojen — Tue, 26 Feb 2002 06:46:28 -0800

Can't remember your phone number? At the phonespell.org website you can get a list of all the possible word combinations made by your phone number. If you have 1's and 0's in your number, the possibilities are fewer.