Roman Numerals

[vaskidmark]

It is 'learning' which is a verb that is, supposedly, automatically absorbed by a disenterested audience by habitual repetition.

If IIXXVVI reads 1956 (?),  and the Engineering Legions used that numbering system for division and multiplication, it is amazing that they were able to engineer and then build the things that they did.

salty

MCMLVI

If yours was anywhere close to correct it might be One Nine Fifteen Six as a string of numbers - which the Romans did in fact write - in order, I remain convinced, for the sole purpose of frustrating and confounding young scholars who were trying to figure out why Julius' gall bladder was cut into three parts.

stay safe.

[bedlamite]

They are easier than Romulan numerals

[TommyGunn]

Shouldn't that be IIXXLVI?

No,  VVXXXXXLXXXXXVIIIIIIIIVXXX½

[230RN]

bedlamite offered:

"They are easier than Romulan numerals" with a link to:

http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-romulan/en/romulan/

•Digits from zero to nine are specific words: lliu

• , hwi [1], kre [2], sei [3], mne [4], rhi [5], fve [6], lli [7], the [8], and lhi [9].

So I wondered what they did/do/will do about decimal points, and I put these into the translator:

pi: sehu-dha’mne dhei khu-rha’lhi
e: kra’lli dhei khu-thha’kre

ln(pi): dha’hwi sei-dhei mnhu-mnha’lli sei-dhei kru-lha’the kre-dhei thhu-rha’the kre-dhei mnhu-lha’mne kre-dhei hwi dhei llu-mnha’hwi mnhe-dhei mnhu-seha’mne sei-dhei kru-lla’sei kre-dhei rhu-dha’sei dhei rhu-seha’hwi

To save  you the trouble, that's 1.1447298858494001741434273513531.

Took a while for the translator to come back with an answer, though.  Probably actually means "What the hell are you asking things like that for, you idiot?"

Hm.

So to isolate what they used for a decimal indication, I put .5 in the translater and it returned "rhi," which is just the numeral 5, no indication of a decimal point.

No wonder even the far eastern countries use arabic numerals.  At least the Romulans had/have/will have a zero.

[Tuco]

Learned them in grade school, about an hour's learning session and an hour's practice.  Didn't really forget them but about a month ago realized I had a significant Roman numeral on my license plate.

I guess for a zero, you just use " "...

Mull, mull, think, think....

"How many .38 caliber revolvers do you own?"

"I dunno, maybe III or IV. VI if you count my II IXmms as XXXVIIIs."

"OK, just wondered.  How many fifty-caliber machine guns do you own?"

" ."

Terry

I recall learning that the concept of zero was relatively new, and considered quite scandalous at the time it was introduced.

[RoadKingLarry]

I recall learning that the concept of zero was relatively new, and considered quite scandalous at the time it was introduced.

You whipper snappers and your fancy zero. In my day we just had nothing.

[230RN]

^   And even that was a hand-me-down from your brother.

[Tallpine]

When I was a kid, we were too poor to pay attention.

[fifth_column]

I recall learning that the concept of zero was relatively new, and considered quite scandalous at the time it was introduced.

When they tried to give the guy that invented the zero an award he said, "Eh, it was nothing."

[230RN]

Reminds me of the old joke about how come programmers only have nine fingers.

"Here, count them... zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.  See?"



Terry, 230RN

Pic credit in properties.  Joke credit anonymous.

[Tallpine]

^^^^ I have A fingers