[lojban-beginners] Re: SuperMemo + PalmOS Emulator

["Ken Comer" <me@kencomer.com>]

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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" <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>
To: <lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org>
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 Is this really much better than the (now outdated but,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