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  • See my updated answer with an example please. Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 10:19
  • @seth, see my update. Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 10:33
  • Quite right, short term memory is a cache - it should only contain the things needed right now (or probably needed in the very near future). Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 10:36
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    "I never commit to memory anything that can easily be looked up in a book." - Albert Einstein Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 12:27
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    @JoshuaDrake, indeed, if I use it weekly or daily, it will stay in memory after the first couple of times. Our brain is fairly well optimized as a cache :-) Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 13:55