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#1 2008-03-03 13:11:01
- John E. Franklin
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Silly Dots
Here I use
vertical
dots for the
digits 0,1,2,3...8,9.
The puzzle is
designed to be
simple, not to
fool anyone, but
to enhance ones
memory for memorizing
numbers.
The zero is the
weirdest one, and has
5 dots, but is lifted
vertically higher than
the number 5, which
has 5 dots in a lower
position.
Enjoy and critique.
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#2 2008-03-08 03:51:05
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Silly Dots
Here's
another
way
to
remember
base
ten
pi
in
your
head.
Start
at
the
bottom.
Each
row
is
a
digit.
chiffre means digit in French.
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#3 2008-03-09 10:46:36
- coconut
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Re: Silly Dots
what i totally dont get it explain
shimmy shimmy coconut shimmy shimmy nut
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#4 2008-03-13 18:27:10
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Silly Dots
pi is a special number.
It is very very long.
Here is the beginning.
3.141
1 1
44 44 4
1 . 1
333 3igloo myrtilles fourmis
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#5 2008-03-13 19:21:43
- MathsIsFun
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Re: Silly Dots
It looks good, actually!
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#6 2008-03-14 15:10:58
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Silly Dots
Yes, it is neat.
And here's the
Fynman nines coming earlier
than predicted!!
999999999
..55555..
....1....
..44.44..
....1....
...333...Last edited by John E. Franklin (2008-03-14 15:11:55)
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#7 2008-03-14 15:27:50
- Identity
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Re: Silly Dots
looks pretty, but my pictorial memory is very bad so I might stick to remembering digits 
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#8 2008-03-14 16:09:03
- Ricky
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Re: Silly Dots
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#9 2008-03-17 16:54:48
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Silly Dots
My 2 brothers have a better pictorial memory than I do.
They are artists, and one of them can draw mazes like
you've never seen before!! Unfortunately, he doesn't
want me to post his work on the net.
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