From me@kencomer.com Tue Aug 24 14:52:24 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:53:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.168.185]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BzjDM-00006j-9F for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:52:24 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO i7w4j7) (kencomer@sbcglobal.net@68.94.10.225 with login) by smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 2004 21:52:25 -0000 Message-ID: <005101c48a25$37e516c0$6501a8c0@i7w4j7> From: "Ken Comer" To: References: <20040824183840.GF16339@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <004501c48a11$1840e600$6501a8c0@i7w4j7> <20040824195652.GI16339@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: SuperMemo + PalmOS Emulator Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:56:31 -0500 Organization: Happiness, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-archive-position: 734 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: me@kencomer.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners -- Thought for the day: Why is it that programs always say, "Please Wait?" What if you don't want to wait? What other options are available? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Lee Powell" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: SuperMemo + PalmOS Emulator > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:32:28PM -0500, Ken Comer wrote: > > > Many of you have heard me attribute most of my success with > > > Lojban to a memory aid (read: flashcard on steroids) program > > > called SuperMemo, specifically the PalmOS version. > > > > Is this really much better than the (now outdated but, so far as I > > can tell, mostly correct) > > well-engineered-but-didn't-work-for-me-with-a-30-minute-per- > > day-lesson-schedule logflash (LF.EXE) program? > > Yes. Vastly. > > 1. SuperMemo doesn't require that you try to memorize the entire > freaking vocabulary it once. I still only have ~1500 words (out of > ~2000) in my SuperMemo rotation, because the rest are mostly > useless. > > 2. The SuperMemo databases I've provided are sorted in frequency of > use order, so you can memorize only the stuff you'll need. 'nuff said banzu. I actually really liked the logflash program itself, but listing in frequency plus making a sentence for context would have been a huge improvement. By putting the dictionary in order, you fixed half of the problems I saw. Well, topless supermodels with high-tech weapons sitting on piles of pasta for each gismu might be an improvement, too. Like, "Kathy Ireland carrying a phased plasma rifle in the 500 milliwatt range sitting on linguini alfredo" on the card for "gismu for 'is related to'" would provide interesting mnemonic associations. I'm trying very hard to keep expectations realistic, but I can always wish... Ken "and the VR version with somatic feedback would be even better" Comer