| Author | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Grok | What comes after MMMCMXCIX? | December 22, 2003, 5:21 PM |
| mejal | How about MMMM? | December 22, 2003, 6:14 PM |
| Adron | or M|))? | December 22, 2003, 6:27 PM |
| Spht | [quote author=Grok link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36759 date=1072113680] What comes after MMMCMXCIX? [/quote] That would only be 4000, so MMMM. After it gets to 5000, it's a V with a line on top. | December 22, 2003, 6:40 PM |
| Kp | [quote author=Spht link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36784 date=1072118420] [quote author=Grok link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36759 date=1072113680] What comes after MMMCMXCIX?[/quote]That would only be 4000, so MMMM. After it gets to 5000, it's a V with a line on top.[/quote] Isn't it supposed to be M followed by the symbol for 5000 (thus denoting 1000 less than 5000)? | December 22, 2003, 6:55 PM |
| Spht | [quote author=Kp link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36785 date=1072119307] [quote author=Spht link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36784 date=1072118420] [quote author=Grok link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36759 date=1072113680] What comes after MMMCMXCIX?[/quote]That would only be 4000, so MMMM. After it gets to 5000, it's a V with a line on top.[/quote] Isn't it supposed to be M followed by the symbol for 5000 (thus denoting 1000 less than 5000)? [/quote] Like:[pre] _ MV[/pre]I'm not totally sure if that's how I'd be written. Maybe. Edit: You're right. I thought that rule only applied to small numbers. | December 22, 2003, 6:59 PM |
| Spht | [pre]________ MMMMCDXVDCCCLX = 4415860 = 'Cat'[/pre]I'd show you what 'Grok' is, but that'd be about 3000 characters unless someone knows the roman characters for numbers higher than 1,000,000 (if they exist). | December 22, 2003, 7:14 PM |
| Yoni | [quote]For large numbers, the Romans placed a partial frame around numbers (open at the bottom), which indicated that the framed number was to be multiplied by 100,000 ... In more recent practice, the strokes were sometimes written only on the sides, e.g., |X| ... The Romans sometimes used multiple parentheses to denote nested multiplications by 10, so (I) for 1,000, ((I)) for 10,000, (((I))) for 100,000, etc.[/quote] All this and more: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RomanNumerals.html | December 22, 2003, 8:06 PM |
| hismajesty | [quote author=Spht link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36791 date=1072120499] [pre]________ MMMMCDXVDCCCLX = 4415860 = 'Cat'[/pre]I'd show you what 'Grok' is, but that'd be about 3000 characters unless someone knows the roman characters for numbers higher than 1,000,000 (if they exist). [/quote] www.valhallalegends.com/spht/Grok.html | December 23, 2003, 2:05 PM |
| Grok | [quote author=Spht link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36791 date=1072120499] [pre]________ MMMMCDXVDCCCLX = 4415860 = 'Cat'[/pre]I'd show you what 'Grok' is, but that'd be about 3000 characters unless someone knows the roman characters for numbers higher than 1,000,000 (if they exist). [/quote] I'm pretty sure the Romans would have represented Grok with characters, and not in 8-bit ASCII. | December 23, 2003, 3:15 PM |
| Spht | [quote author=Grok link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36873 date=1072192503] [quote author=Spht link=board=36;threadid=4397;start=0#msg36791 date=1072120499] [pre]________ MMMMCDXVDCCCLX = 4415860 = 'Cat'[/pre]I'd show you what 'Grok' is, but that'd be about 3000 characters unless someone knows the roman characters for numbers higher than 1,000,000 (if they exist). [/quote] I'm pretty sure the Romans would have represented Grok with characters, and not in 8-bit ASCII. [/quote] Craaapp. | December 23, 2003, 5:38 PM |
| iago | Nah, they definately would have used unicode. How else could they fit in all those silly characters? :) | December 23, 2003, 11:35 PM |