Why do we still use Roman numerals?

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saw em off
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4:57p, 1/15/20
Mainly see them still on TV broadcast copyright labels. Can't you just put a normal year like everyone else?
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5:00p, 1/15/20
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Well, if you had an Ag Tag, you may understand a little something about Tradition
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Potcake
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5:13p, 1/15/20
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Because Super Bowl 51 isn't as prestigious
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Brian Earl Spilner
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5:18p, 1/15/20
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5:25p, 1/15/20
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They really aren't good IV anything ...
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5:52p, 1/15/20
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Crash Test Dummies had a pretty good song about the year 3000.
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In reply to Out in Left Field • 6:04p, 1/15/20
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Out in Left Field said:
Crash Test Dummies had a pretty good song about the year 3000.
I'm pretty sure you mean the year 4000. And by then, we will be ruled by our alien ant overlords.
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8:51p, 1/15/20
The real question here is, why do clocks show four as IIII instead of IV?
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8:57p, 1/15/20
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This is the way we've always done it!/ 4th gen Texan that didn't know his great-grandfather and hasn't been to where he came from or tried to understand why he left
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In reply to Drawkcab • 9:28p, 1/15/20
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Drawkcab said:
The real question here is, why do clocks show four as IIII instead of IV?
IIII was the original Roman way of writing it. The substractive IV is a modern adaptation.
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9:41p, 1/15/20
So kids can learn how to spell numbers.
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9:43p, 1/15/20
They basically arent in use at all. It's not like the speed limit signs in some towns are posted using roman numerals.
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10:02p, 1/15/20
To separate high brow from low class
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7:04a, 1/16/20
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7:52a, 1/16/20
Why are we still using the Latin alphabet? It's the 21st century, shouldn't everything be in emoji by now?
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In reply to Potcake • 8:51p, 1/16/20
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Potcake said:
Because Super Bowl 51 isn't as prestigious
but Super Bowl 50 was?
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9:00p, 1/16/20
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George Foreman VI looks better than George Foreman 6.
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10:07p, 1/16/20
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Is there a longer Roman numeral than 1888?
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11:19p, 1/16/20
Because your MXM
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In reply to HollywoodBQ • 8:09a, 1/17/20
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HollywoodBQ said:
Is there a longer Roman numeral than 1888?
2888?

Just thinking out loud here.. something tells me it has one more numeral.
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10:38a, 1/17/20
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18,888?
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4:26p, 1/17/20



There are only III kinds of people in this world: those who can count and those who cannot.
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In reply to IIIHorn • 5:50p, 1/17/20
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IIIHorn said:



There are only III kinds of people in this world: those who can count and those who cannot.

Username checks out.
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Old RV Ag
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In reply to 62strat • 5:54p, 1/17/20
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62strat said:
HollywoodBQ said:
Is there a longer Roman numeral than 1888?
2888?

Just thinking out loud here.. something tells me it has one more numeral.
Try 8888
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In reply to HollywoodBQ • 5:56p, 1/17/20
HollywoodBQ said:
Is there a longer Roman numeral than 1888?

How would there not be?
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6:05p, 1/17/20
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MMMMMMMMVIII
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In reply to Out in Left Field • 6:26p, 1/17/20
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Out in Left Field said:
MMMMMMMMVIII
8008 - what's that for?
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6:58p, 1/17/20

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In reply to Old RV Ag • 8:12p, 1/17/20
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Old RV Ag said:
62strat said:
HollywoodBQ said:
Is there a longer Roman numeral than 1888?
2888?

Just thinking out loud here.. something tells me it has one more numeral.
Try 8888
I believe for numbers 4,000 and up split off the thousands part and put a line above it to indicate that you multiply that part by 1,000, then add the rest.

Most people know the I, V, and X
Above that, I've seen the Mnemonic Lucy Can't Drink Milk to remember
L-50
C-100
D-500
M-1000
or the more politically incorrect version (Lucy Can't Do Math)

and so, 8888 would be written
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VIII DCCC LXXX VIII
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3:22p, 1/18/20
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Roman Stone Carving Union negotiated a deal with "Big Marble" to use the Roman numeral system. Took way longer than 1,2,3, thus employing more carvers for longer hours. And requiring more stone to do it.
Everybody wins except the average Roman tax payer.

Nothing ever changes folks.
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In reply to saw em off • 5:59p, 1/18/20
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Why do we still do anything at all? Robots are gonna take over anyway man. The end of the world is near. Just sit back, relax, and watch the world burn man.
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In reply to Old RV Ag • 10:52a, 1/20/20
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Old RV Ag said:
62strat said:
HollywoodBQ said:
Is there a longer Roman numeral than 1888?
2888?

Just thinking out loud here.. something tells me it has one more numeral.
Try 8888
my list was not meant to be all inclusive.
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5:06p, 1/20/20
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By God, of it was good enough for the Romans, it's good enough for me!

Now get off my lawn!
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