I tried to build a Room when I first joined the group, but found it even less successful than my attempts at peg systems. I remember using an image to note...
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Linda
meloroze
Jul 6, 2004 5:26 pm
Linda reporting in. In THE MEMORY BOOK by Jerry Lucas and Harry Lorayne (written in some pages in a discussion format) the subject of memory and blackjack came...
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aldolilly8
Jul 6, 2004 5:29 pm
I also had problems with the Roman room or memory palace idea. I found it a little too dark. And I think most people struggle with peg systems. I still...
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Peter
stabbingwest...
Jul 6, 2004 6:52 pm
Linda, ... That's not the point. Every casino has the right to ask players to leave whether they're cheating or not. Casino's are a business, their goal is...
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Peter
stabbingwest...
Jul 6, 2004 7:02 pm
... Out of interest, did you create an imaginary room or based it on a room in your house? Peter...
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Chris Hadgis
hadgis_c
Jul 7, 2004 12:42 am
... I used to have one. Actually, I still do. I just have not used it for a long time =) When I was using it, it was great. It really is something which should...
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aldolilly8
Jul 7, 2004 3:06 am
Hi Peter In the beginning I tried all methods- Imaginary, real, and a combination of the two. I still found indoor places less effective than an outdoor...
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elliott@...
ebignell01
Jul 7, 2004 4:07 am
Aldo, have you tried combining routes with Mind Mapping? A Mind Map is just a branching set of routes from a central locus, after all. You could have a memory...
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jm_ponder
Jul 7, 2004 8:23 am
Hi Peter, Linda, The annoying thing about the Casino's is (and this is the point Dominic made in his book) they promote the game of Blackjack as a game of...
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aldolilly8
Jul 7, 2004 8:30 am
Hi Elliott I thoroughly tried cognitive and mind maps and found tham a too abstract and tangential. But then again, I never use maps to explore, prefering...
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ephesus
alexis_de_to...
Jul 7, 2004 9:03 am
Chris Hadgis wrote: All these went by the way-side when I started memorising poetry. My last poem - Jabberwocky - took me up to 23 poems so far. The current...
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John Coghlan
johncoghlan69
Jul 7, 2004 9:31 am
Aldo, You speak of using several methods together: routes outdoors and linking things together, so that you not only have a place, but also meaning to go by. ...
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Michel Asselin
mnemmonist
Jul 7, 2004 10:14 am
... O'Brien alludes to his blackjack strategy in Learn to Remember, and goes into more details in How To Remember. It is simply a counting system. He did have...
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aldolilly8
Jul 7, 2004 10:50 am
Damn right, John Especially the meaning part. That really makes good common sense(s). Cheers Aldo ... linking things together, so that you not only have a...
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excel1star@...
Jul 7, 2004 12:41 pm
From: http://activated.decs.act.gov.au/learning/word/elt/7.0_ConceptMapping.pdf Prof. Joseph D. Novak developed the concept mapping technique in the 1960s. His...
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Peter
stabbingwest...
Jul 7, 2004 1:43 pm
Hi Aldo, ... What do you mean by improvised subloci? Imaginary journey's along an known journey? ... I've not gotten to SEM3 stuff yet, I just got a Tony...
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aldolilly8
Jul 7, 2004 3:12 pm
Hello Peter Subloci When you work with improvised mnemonics you tend to start with a place. For example if you are learning about Paris, you might have an ...
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elliott@...
ebignell01
Jul 7, 2004 4:15 pm
Hi, Aldo, If HeadCase proves a going proposition, the long-term vision is to do much more than paper-style Mind Mapping. It is already possible, as a small ...
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aldolilly8
Jul 7, 2004 4:49 pm
Sounds spot on, Elliott Perhaps the map will eventually evolve into a different metaphor entirely. Something more engaging and universally appealing! Another...
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elliott@...
ebignell01
Jul 7, 2004 5:12 pm
Grazie, Aldo. Frankly, I'm astonished that I got this far. The basic framework has taken about 18 months longer to stabilise and debug than I had planned for....
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GraphitePncl@...
graphitepncl
Jul 8, 2004 10:01 pm
Hi, this link worked, but all I got was tiny pages that I couldn't read. Toby http://activated.decs.act.gov.au/learning/word/elt/7.0_ConceptMapping.pdf ...
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excel1star@...
Jul 9, 2004 10:31 am
Hi Toby. You should be able to change the zoom factor on your pdf viewer. Regards Al [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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vicwood40
Jul 9, 2004 1:02 pm
Hello chaps Just got back from hols. Wow! You've been busy. I have some catching up to do with reading posts. I'm sure there's some good stuff as per...
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vicwood40
Jul 10, 2004 1:57 am
Hello again I read an interesting thing in the news yesterday. So I'm not sure if it's really true. Anyway, apparently memory ability is still a very strong...
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Linda
meloroze
Jul 10, 2004 10:38 pm
About card memorizing, casinos, blackjack and not being allowed to play there: Harry Lorayne (who has been refused blackjack at some casinos) said that...
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ido_un
Jul 11, 2004 7:57 am
I am new to memory training, but at least in chess the title of grandmaster is for life. It simply wouldn't make sense to lose a title such as this....
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vicwood40
Jul 11, 2004 1:20 pm
Beware, we are under attack! I've just been savaged by a sheep! Strolling accross a field last night, just minding my own business, I became aware of a pack of...
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elliott@...
ebignell01
Jul 11, 2004 1:26 pm
I've been in meadows where you can find mushrooms like that, as well....
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vicwood40
Jul 11, 2004 2:44 pm
A sense of humour would do you credit in any other situation. True, in the psychotropic haze that is pastoral England, goblins, trolls, pixies, bogles,...
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elliott@...
ebignell01
Jul 11, 2004 3:31 pm
Sheep have already been recorded as eating the legs and heads of nesting plover and tern chicks on the Hebrides. Apparently, they need the calcium. The...
