I'm not sure why it feels more natural to be able to remember 132 than 142 but it does. 17 is the first non-negative integer I can't do from memory and of course the first you can't do from memory is easier than others to calculate.
It doesn't to me. I learned 1-10 times tables very early, and I think picked up 11 and 12 squared then, though the eleven and twelve table never stuck, (though I remember some now.)
A little later I learnt the squares up to 20 iirc. 132 and 142 I remembered because they're anagrams. 152 I remember because 5s tend to become 2s and 5s and I just remember that value. 162 for obvious reasons. And all those come up occasionally.
After that, I'm the same as you, 17+ I dont' remember, and probably never will unless I make a specific effort to do so.
I don't know why I picked 14 rather than 13 as the question. It just felt more elegant somehow. Also, that people who know 122 might easily have seen 132 out of the corner of their eye, 142 more for its own sake :)
But you don't know whether I post and read or post and not-read ;)
But most people -- including you -- comment, so must read a bit. The intent of my question was if you read lj, whether you post or not, but i didn't bother making that clear because i had a fair idea of hwo much people who did post did read. Feel free to do your own poll, but I was really only interested in committed lurkers :)
Is it freaky? Oh no, why is it freaky?!
I can't describe it. It's just sort of... coming at me.
Hum, I think maybe I'll get rid of it then. I don't want there to be freaky pictures of me. It took enough time finding a picture of me I liked in the first place :/
But no, I don't think there are good pictures of me. Perhaps the odd one taken a while ago that came out surprisingly well, but no recent ones (like, in the last two years or so). Probably because I just don't look good, or at least that's what I think. I sometimes look in the mirror and think I might look pretty, but tend to decide I don't. *shrug*
Well, yes, it is deliberate. The thing is that I know (or at least think I know) that I have pretty eyes - I'm blessed with particularly blue ones, which I like. So making a freaky icon of an eye doesn't seem so bad.
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Date: 2006-04-27 12:40 pm (UTC)I'm not sure why it feels more natural to be able to remember 13^2 than 14^2 but it does.
Date: 2006-04-27 12:55 pm (UTC)A little later I learnt the squares up to 20 iirc. 132 and 142 I remembered because they're anagrams. 152 I remember because 5s tend to become 2s and 5s and I just remember that value. 162 for obvious reasons. And all those come up occasionally.
After that, I'm the same as you, 17+ I dont' remember, and probably never will unless I make a specific effort to do so.
I don't know why I picked 14 rather than 13 as the question. It just felt more elegant somehow. Also, that people who know 122 might easily have seen 132 out of the corner of their eye, 142 more for its own sake :)
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Date: 2006-04-27 01:14 pm (UTC)Re: I'm not sure why it feels more natural to be able to remember 13^2 than 14^2 but it does.
Date: 2006-04-27 04:58 pm (UTC)I wonder if 13 *does* come up more. I have the feeling I've used both about the same amount occasionally, but I'm not sure.
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Date: 2006-04-27 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-27 05:25 pm (UTC)PS. That picture is still freaky (but pretty), but it's growing on me :)
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Date: 2006-04-27 05:38 pm (UTC)Is it freaky? Oh no, why is it freaky?!
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Date: 2006-04-27 06:19 pm (UTC)But most people -- including you -- comment, so must read a bit. The intent of my question was if you read lj, whether you post or not, but i didn't bother making that clear because i had a fair idea of hwo much people who did post did read. Feel free to do your own poll, but I was really only interested in committed lurkers :)
Is it freaky? Oh no, why is it freaky?!
I can't describe it. It's just sort of... coming at me.
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Date: 2006-04-28 08:39 am (UTC)Unfortunate choice of words there ;)
Hum, I think maybe I'll get rid of it then. I don't want there to be freaky pictures of me. It took enough time finding a picture of me I liked in the first place :/
Unfortunate choice of words there ;)
Date: 2006-04-28 10:41 pm (UTC)Hmm. I'm sure I've seen *lovely* pictures of you. I mean, you *look* photogenic :) Doesn't Edith have some?
Don't be too hasty. It *is* nice, and it might just be me who find it freaky, I'm not sure.
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Date: 2006-04-28 10:42 pm (UTC)Re: Unfortunate choice of words there ;)
Date: 2006-04-29 01:02 pm (UTC)Thank you.
But no, I don't think there are good pictures of me. Perhaps the odd one taken a while ago that came out surprisingly well, but no recent ones (like, in the last two years or so). Probably because I just don't look good, or at least that's what I think. I sometimes look in the mirror and think I might look pretty, but tend to decide I don't. *shrug*
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Date: 2006-04-29 01:03 pm (UTC)Re: Unfortunate choice of words there ;)
Date: 2006-05-01 04:05 pm (UTC)I assure you in real life you *are* extremely pretty. Ask anyone :) Please don't deceive yourself on that point for no good reason :)
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Date: 2006-05-01 04:05 pm (UTC)Re: Unfortunate choice of words there ;)
Date: 2006-05-04 05:33 pm (UTC)