On Sunday 17 May 2009 06:52:31 pm bkh wrote:
> > > I guess the
> > > alternative would just be to only try to answer a few each day and
> > > leave the rest sitting in the not memorized pile. But that somehow
> > > feels untidy.
> >
> > Why do you say that? It's the surest and most elegant way to spread
> > things out.
>
> I suppose I like the feeling of getting the ticker to zero.  By
> manually just memorizing a few each day I would have to keep track of
> how many new ones to go through each day.  Not a big deal, as big
> deals go.

Well, that track keeping does not need to be very accurate. Whether it's 10 or 
15 won't make a big difference. The exact number you do per day will probably 
also depend on how difficult the material is, how tired you are, ...

> > > It does not set the initial easiness factor, but rather the initial
> > > interval.
>
> I see.  So if I randomly graded something a 5 to start out, and when
> it came around for real and I got it correct, the next interval would
> be much larger than if the card had started out with a 1.  Correct?

Yep.

> Thank you so much Peter and all who help with Mnemosyne.  It has been
> a great blessing in my life.

My pleasure!

Peter

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