TLOTPW - CCLXIII Making Roman numerals great again.

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zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1848949 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 2:17:23 UTC After 3 and before 5. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1848949 ·

David S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12	Message 1848958 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 3:54:22 UTC bedtime ping David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1848958 ·

Mike Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80	Message 1848968 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 4:41:36 UTC Winning before work. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. ID: 1848968 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1848974 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 5:05:07 UTC Having an excellent Doctor who cares, Priceless... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1848974 ·

James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54	Message 1848996 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 8:24:46 UTC - in response to Message 1848864. MCMLII 1952, The year I was born. [/quote] Old James ID: 1848996 ·

David S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12	Message 1849020 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 12:09:32 UTC - in response to Message 1848949. After 3 and before 5. 4 is usually IV. Where do you find IIII? David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1849020 ·

Mike Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80	Message 1849035 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 13:16:13 UTC Winning after work. Long weekend. :) With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. ID: 1849035 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29833 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157	Message 1849084 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 15:18:16 UTC - in response to Message 1849020. After 3 and before 5. 4 is usually IV. Where do you find IIII? Need a little time to figure that one out. ID: 1849084 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1849085 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 15:21:57 UTC - in response to Message 1849020. After 3 and before 5. 4 is usually IV. Where do you find IIII? I knew about the IV, the IIII, I'm not sure, I've seen that on the face of an old alarm clock I had once upon a time. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1849085 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1849093 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 15:54:22 UTC Meowing, meowing, and meowing. Making Kitties Great Again. Meow. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1849093 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1849099 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 16:15:59 UTC Posting with Dogged determination, woof!! The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1849099 ·

David S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12	Message 1849107 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 16:56:38 UTC - in response to Message 1849085. After 3 and before 5. 4 is usually IV. Where do you find IIII? I knew about the IV, the IIII, I'm not sure, I've seen that on the face of an old alarm clock I had once upon a time. Whether you know it or not, that is correct. I don't know why, but the standard on clock and watch faces is IIII, not IV. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1849107 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29833 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157	Message 1849111 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 17:30:41 UTC But who is counting: ID: 1849111 ·

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22202 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 1849115 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 17:36:26 UTC - in response to Message 1848824. The problem with using Roman numerals is the Romans never got round to inventing a character for zero, or even the decimal point. I suppose if it hadn't been for the Greeks and the Arabs they would have got to both symbols in time. Which reminds me, it's XVII:XXXVII, so time to crack open an ipsum of cerevisia Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1849115 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1849129 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 19:30:15 UTC Leave Zero to the Mayans, Babylonians, and Indians, they invented the concept independently of each other and the I think the character was invented in Persia(Iran). Over the next few centuries, the concept of zero caught on in China and the Middle East. According to Nils-Bertil Wallin of Yale Global, by A.D. 773, zero reached Baghdad where it became part of the Arabic number system, which is based upon the Indian system. A Persian mathematician, Mohammed ibn-Musa al-Khowarizmi, suggested that a little circle should be used in calculations if no number appeared in the tens place. The Arabs called this circle "sifr," or "empty." Zero was crucial to al-Khowarizmi, who used it to invent algebra in the ninth century. Our numbering system is both Arabic and Persian, this will drive some into denial, not to mention possibly up the proverbial wall... LOL The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1849129 ·

Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29833 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157	Message 1849141 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 22:04:09 UTC ID: 1849141 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1849158 - Posted: 16 Feb 2017, 23:09:53 UTC The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1849158 ·

Lynn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123	Message 1849254 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 7:47:51 UTC - in response to Message 1849158. ID: 1849254 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1849256 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 7:53:00 UTC Meowing without graphics................ Meow. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1849256 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1849261 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 8:45:37 UTC The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1849261 ·

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