majka (04/14/83)
I am interested in sentence or rhyme mnemonics for interesting sequences. For example: King Phillip came over for good soup. for: Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species (Taxonomy) or: Toronto girls can flirt and only quit to chase dwarves. for: Talc Gypsum Calcite Flurite Appetite Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corumdum Diamond (Hardness) I recall that a few of these were submitted to net.jokes some time ago, but I would like to compile a list of them. If you have got a good one, please mail it to me. I will post a complete list to the net in a few weeks. Thanks in advance, Marc Majka [ubc-vision!majka]
kar (04/15/83)
In response to the call for mnemonic sentences, here's the version I heard of the sentence used by many to help them remember sequence of colors with which resistor values are coded: Bad boys rape our young girls, but virgins give willingly. Black 0 Brown 1 Red 2 Orange 3 Yellow 4 Green 5 Blue 6 Violet 7 Gray 8 White 9 Ken Reek, Rochester Institute of Technology ucbvax!allegra!rochester!ritcv!kar
karn (04/16/83)
Regarding the mnemonic for resistor color codes, I had learned a slightly refined version of the same sentence: Bad boys ruin our young girls, but Violet goes willingly. Phil
billw (04/20/83)
#R:ubc-visi:-30700:sri-unix:1300016:000:206 sri-unix!billw Apr 16 15:41:00 1983 On Old Olympus Towering Tops, a Finn and German Viewed Some Hops. (the cervical nerves. I forget what they stand for) Every Good Boy Does Fine (Lines of a G cleff staff) BillW (I couldnt mail direct)
larson (04/20/83)
#R:ubc-visi:-30700:sri-unix:1300017:000:115 sri-unix!larson Apr 16 16:28:00 1983 Not any virgins I have met. As I learned it: Bad boys rape our young girls, but Violet gives willingly. Alan
furuta (04/28/83)
I am somewhat amazed that no one has commented on the offensiveness of the "Violet" mnemonic. It has caused protests on and off at Universities across the country. I'm surprised it's still being used.
pugsly (04/29/83)
Fat Cats Get Down After Eatting Beans. That is the order of sharps.... David (decvax!pur-ee!iuvax!isrnix!pugsly)
ignatz (04/29/83)
Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest e e e a s u a r e l r n r r t p t a p u c u r s e i u n t t u s a r t r u u o r o e n s n y i r e d s (With thanks to Bob Heinlein...) Dave Ihnat ihuxx!ignatz
knutsen@sri-unix.UUCP (07/20/83)
#R:ubc-visi:-30700:sri-unix:1300019:000:299 sri-unix!knutsen Apr 23 12:16:00 1983 I think it was Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" where I read Mother very thoughtfully made jelly sandwiches under no prodding or some such for Mercury Venus Terra Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto HSWT is a juvenile, so this may be a watered-down version... Andrew Knutsen, SRI