It would appear that on Oct 1, Michael S. Dunsavage did say:
On 10/01/2011 02:58 AM, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
* CRS : "Can't Remember Sh^Htuff" : In my case this means that unless I * do something the same way every day for a LONG time, or have examples * of how I did it before (where I can still find them), I usually wind up * scratching my head the next time I need to do a non-daily task. Or for * that matter, to remember what I was doing before the durned phone rang etc... There's memory exercises for that....but you could, you know, write stuff down on a notepad and keep cheat sheets....
Thing is, some things just stick. But when it comes to something like cli and/or scripting, the only exercise that seams to work is to: 1) type it the right way, then 2) reinforce the memory that it was typed correctly by immediate successful execution. AND repeat the first two steps at least 10 times a day for at least 25 days per month for a minimum of 3 consecutive months... But then I gotta hope some upgraded version of something doesn't require a different syntax or something. ;-) Writing it down in a notebook and then writing 10 new cheat sheets, 25 days out 30... would likely also work, if I was handing in those cheat sheets to an instructor in who's knowledge I had absolute faith, and who believed in IMMEDIATE grading... But about the only thing that makes my hands go numb faster than working with a mouse is writing with a pen or pencil. Which truly vacuums because I used to be able to make freehand drawings of people (working from still photos {preferably B&W ones}) that were good enough that sometimes people pretended they couldn't tell which one was the drawing. But alas, that to now makes my hands go numb too fast for me to try anymore. In practice I tend to keep copies of old scripts hanging around so that I have them for examples. They are also usually easier to find than any notes I probably jotted down somewhere. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org