On 14/03/2013 08:29 AM, scott wrote:

> But of course the shorter ones you used most often you remembered
> anyway, but the point was you didn't have to waste hours trying to
> remember them exactly.

Formulas can sometimes be derived from first principles if necessary. 
(Provided you remember enough background around them.) Unix commands and 
their switches follow no reason or rhyme. Much like the spelling of the 
English language, the only solution is to memorise large chunks of data 
and be able to recall it later. It's not so easy to do that for parts of 
the syllabus that you don't actually need to use regularly...

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