Mnemomics

Varg

Thinking...

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16 Feb 04

Varg

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Odersfelt

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16 Feb 04

How I Want A Drink. Alcoholic, Of Course After The Heavy Lectures Involving Quantum Mechanics

This is a mnemomic I learnt years ago for pi (not all of it 😉
Another one which my physics teacher was reluctant to tell us, for resistor values was:
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Without.

Any more interesting ones?

Redmike

Godless Commie

Glasgow

Joined: 06 Jan 04
Moves: 171019

16 Feb 04

Originally posted by Varg
How I Want A Drink. Alcoholic, Of Course After The Heavy Lectures Involving Quantum Mechanics

This is a mnemomic I learnt years ago for pi (not all of it 😉
Another one which my physics teacher was reluctant to tell us, for resistor values was:
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Virgins Go Without.

Any more interesting ones?

I remember head-bursting quantum mechanics lectures!
I also remember the mnemonic for star types:
Wow Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now Smack (I think...)

crythias

Multiple OS User

Bonita Springs, FL

Joined: 21 Mar 01
Moves: 3062

18 Feb 04

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Math Order of Operations)
ROY G BIV (Colors of a Spectrum)
HOMES (Names of the US Great Lakes)

PI has a LOT of mnemonics. May I Have a ....
large aborigine to inform about the snake ...
labor executive ...

3.1415926535

Poison Godmachine

Disavowed

Seattle, WA

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18 Feb 04

Originally posted by Redmike
I also remember the mnemonic for star types:
Wow Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now Smack (I think...)

Close. Just to be a nitpicky punk, it's: Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Now, Smack. There is no "R" spectral class.

And with the recent additions of L and T, I think a new mnemonic is needed.

Itswidetowest

Joined: 26 Jan 04
Moves: 462

18 Feb 04

Originally posted by Poison Godmachine
Close. Just to be a nitpicky punk, it's: Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Now, Smack. There is no "R" spectral class.

And with the recent additions of L and T, I think a new mnemonic is needed.

A mnemonic for the order of the planets from the sun... (use the first letter of each word)

So Many Volcanoes Erupt, Many Jam Sandwiches, Usually Near Playtime

Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto.

😕

crythias

Multiple OS User

Bonita Springs, FL

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18 Feb 04

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles?

Chaswray

NUTTING BUSTER

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19 Feb 04

"Every good boy does fine" the lines of the musical staff in treble clef

rgoudie

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19 Feb 04

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Handy way of remembering which four square-shaped U.S. states meet at a single point:

Entering names in a counter-clockwise fashion starting from the north-west corner state resembles the path of the letter U. The north-west state is then Utah.

The second-to-last letter in Utah is a. Enter Arizona south of Utah.

The second-to-last letter in Arizona is n. Enter New Mexico east of Arizona.

The second-to-last letter in New Mexico is c. Enter Colorado north of New Mexico.

All you need remember is which particular states start with the letters A, N and C.

I discovered this for myself when I was a teenager staring at a map of North America.

-Ray.