Editing Dominic system (section)

==Usage==

Once the mappings of a pair of digits are in place a sequence of digits can be converted into a story by first encoding pairs of digits as people or actions and then chaining these people and actions together.

For example, one might remember the number 2739 as follows: First 27 would be encoded BG and then as [[Bill Gates]], then 39 would be encoded as CN and then [[Chuck Norris]].  Using the first two digits as a person and the second two as an action, one creates the image of Bill Gates delivering a roundhouse kick. Similarly 3927 might be converted into the image of Chuck Norris writing software.

Longer numbers become stories. The long number 27636339, for example, could be chunked into 2763 6339 and then converted into BGSC SCCN.  If the memorizer has also associated [[Santa Claus]] delivering presents with SC, then the chunk 2763 would represent Bill Gates delivering presents while 6339 would represent Santa Claus performing a roundhouse kick.  The remembered story, therefore, could be that Bill Gates delivered presents and then got roundhouse kicked by Santa Claus.

The Dominic System is typically used along with the [[method of loci]], which allows the easy recall of the images in order by placing them in locations along a mental journey.

===Packs of cards===

Although the Dominic system is a method for remembering long sequences of numbers, it can also be used to remember other sequences such as the order of a deck of playing cards.  This works by establishing some method of systematically converting the objects into numbers.  If the nine of clubs is associated with 39 (CN), for instance, then Chuck Norris or a roundhouse kick could be used in a story describing where the nine of clubs is in the deck.