http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/speakmemory Questions tagged with 'speakmemory' at Ask MetaFilter. Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:29:59 -0800 Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:29:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/6265/How%2Ddoes%2Dthis%2Driddle%2Dfrom%2DSpeak%2DMemory%2Dwork In Nabokov's autobiography, "Speak Memory," there is a puzzle of sorts. It goes like this (from pg. 70): "We subjected [Uncle Ruka] to a test one day, and in a twinkle he turned the sequence '5.13 24.11 13.16 9.13.5 5.13 24.11' into the opening words of a famous monologue in Shakespeare." I'm stuck, can anyone help? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.6265 Sat, 03 Apr 2004 14:29:59 -0800 cipher code hamlet nabokov puzzle speakmemory adrober