[comp.misc] CS/Math mnemonics

kinnersley@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bill Kinnersley) (01/04/91)

In article <1991Jan4.013623.8643@ashtate>, tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes:
: 
: PI = "May I have a large container of coffee while you sleep?  Computer
: debugging weakens humanoids and my big pickle uses fluids."
: 
: Any other longer or otherwise interesting mneomics out there?
:

PI (from Martin Gardner):

  Now I, even I, would celebrate
  In words inept, the great
  Immortal Syracusan, rivalled nevermore,
  Who by his wondrous lore,
  Untold us before,
  Made the way straight
  How to circles mensurate.


Spectral Sequence in Astrophysics:

  Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now >Smack<


Planets in order from the sun:

  Mary's Violet Eyes Made John Stay Up Nights Permanently
 

Taxonomic classification in Zoology:

  King Phillip's Class Ordered Frozen Gorilla Steaks
  (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)


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--Bill Kinnersley

bagchi@eecs.umich.edu (Ranjan Bagchi) (01/05/91)

In article <1991Jan4.175833.1247@granite.cr.bull.com> silverio@granite.cr.bull.com (Brian D. Silverio) writes:

   >In article <1991Jan4.013623.8643@ashtate>, tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes:
   > 
   > Any other longer or otherwise interesting mneomics out there?
   >

   From my freshman calculus class

   The derivative of HI with respect to HO is:

	  HIdHO - HOdHI
	_________________
	      HOHO
   This reads:  HI-dee-HO minus HO-dee-HI over HO HO



	Back to trig definitions...
 
	Saddle Our Horses
	Canter Away Happily
	Towards Other Adventures...not as manly as SOHCAHTOA, but then
					again you don't get the 
					pronunciation errors.
 
	-rj
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mitchell (Bill Mitchell) (01/06/91)

In article <71662@bu.edu.bu.edu> ardai@bass.bu.edu (Michael Ardai) writes:
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>Also, for the resistor color code:
>
>Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly

OK, here's a couple I remember:

Another resistor color code -

Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well

And for Trig, 20 years after you've forgotten all the classroom math -

Oscar And Oswald Haven't Had Algebra

              Sin Cos Tan
               O   A   O
              --- --- ---
               H   H   A


-- 
mitchell@mdi.com (Bill Mitchell)

subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) (01/09/91)

In article <27693.27842fa8@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> kinnersley@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bill Kinnersley) writes:
>Taxonomic classification in Zoology:
>
>  King Phillip's Class Ordered Frozen Gorilla Steaks
>  (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)

A variation on that:

   King Phil, Come Out For God's Sake.

Also, the acid - base litmus test:

   Alvano Bakes Pizza (Acids turn Blue litmus Pink)

Then there's the musical ``Every Good Boy Does Fine -- Always'' 
(sequence being EGBDFA -- hmm maybe nowadays it'd be easier to remember as
a new errno...)

			-Kartik

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