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The Memory Masters

Vaystrem writes "Wired's Article 'The Masters of Memory' details the outcome of the recent U.S. Memory Championship ,where 'three dozen people who had, in just five minutes, memorized the positions of 52 cards in a shuffled deck and were now happily organizing cards in a new deck into the same order as the pack they had memorized.'" The article includes details of "the mind numbing upcoming world championship. Could you in a half hour 'memorize a random string of thousands of 1s and 0s'?" I'm still working on the mnemonic alphabet.

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  1. Wow, you really are full of shit. by James+A.+H.+Joyce · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm sorry, but, you posted that comment after you made me a foe, which was after I posted my insightful comment. So how come I 'just don't like being on your foes list'? How could that be my motivation for explaining why your joke sucks balls? Nice fabrication, loser. It's almost as transparent as your personality.

  2. Re:Sponsored by... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The idea that card counters are not welcome at blackjack tables is a myth.

    And you conclude this based on your one experience, related to you second-hand? Fuck off and die. The only thing worse than a moron is a moron that's confident he's right about something he's not.