Re: Roman numerals (was: Re: Discouraging...)
On Fri, 02 Oct 1998 20:01:11 +1200, Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> wrote: >... >Erhm, the rule for Roman numerals goes thusly: when putting a smaller >unit before a larger one, you are only allowed to use the next unit >down, and not one smaller than that. Sure, that rules out MXM. But then again, what is 1 unit down, eg 450 = LD or CCCCL, 490 = XD or LDXXXX or CCCCXC ? >... >> But then again, the viewers couldn't care less, >> so it must be a legal thing. > >A legal thing? Why? Because lawyers wouldn't understand. Wrong newsgroup, right? When in Rome, do as the Turkeys :-) -------------------------------------------- To reply by mail: change the digits to consu --------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e7b8d2d3227f2ad7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: k.i...@12345net.nl (Johan de Koning) Subject: Re: Roman numerals (was: Re: Discouraging...) Date: 1998/10/03 Message-ID: <361...@news.consunet.nl>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 397266165 References: <361...@sympatico.ca> <199...@ng-fb1.aol.com> <907...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> <361...@lunatech.com> <Pin...@onyx.southwind.net> <361...@news.consunet.nl> <361...@spamfree.land> Organization: World Online Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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