Talk:2637: Roman Numerals - Revision history

Firestar233: connection

2025-04-27T04:13:31Z

connection

Jkshapiro: Oops missed a colon

2023-06-25T03:53:16Z

Oops missed a colon

Jkshapiro: I was surprised at how readable this "en100o501ng" is actually

2023-06-25T03:52:32Z

I was surprised at how readable this "en100o501ng" is actually

Missed Connections: Removed the duplicate comment

2023-04-16T23:49:32Z

Removed the duplicate comment

ColorfulGalaxy: OEIS reference

2023-01-16T11:18:30Z

OEIS reference

Birdsinthewindow: Added comment

2022-06-28T21:39:59Z

Added comment

172.70.85.211 at 20:43, 28 June 2022

2022-06-28T20:43:10Z

Dansiman at 18:47, 28 June 2022

2022-06-28T18:47:45Z

Dansiman: replaced some of my spaces with non-breaking ones so my math would stay on one line

2022-06-28T18:25:00Z

replaced some of my spaces with non-breaking ones so my math would stay on one line

Dansiman at 18:22, 28 June 2022

2022-06-28T18:22:38Z

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	Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow\|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow\|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)		Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow\|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow\|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
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		+	This is essentially {{w\|Binary-coded decimal}} reversed with roman numerals instead of binary [[User:Firestar233\|guess who]] ([[User talk:Firestar233\|if you desire conversing]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Firestar233\|what i have done]]) 04:13, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

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 (sorry, 1 4st 100o445n't res1st, tho5gh 1 ''al1000ost'' 11sh 1 ha500 - b5t 1 500ef1n1te50y 50o5e the 10or500 999 - aka "did" 1n 5nen100o500e500 10r1t1ng) --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.250.185|172.70.250.185]] 15:35, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 :I figured out that you treated "U" as identical to "V",  "J" as identical to "I", and "W" as identical to "X", but I'm not sure why you encoded "couldn't" as "100o445n't" - V and L are never used as subtractors, so it should be something more like "100o550500n't" or maybe "100o555n't". [[User:Dansiman|Dansiman]] ([[User talk:Dansiman|talk]]) 18:47, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
-:"W", like "U", as identical to "V" innit? But yes, the contributor is playing fast and loose with the rules. [[User:Jkshapiro|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro|talk]]) 03:52, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
+::"W", like "U", as identical to "V" innit? But yes, the contributor is playing fast and loose with the rules. [[User:Jkshapiro|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro|talk]]) 03:52, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 "virtuammmmmly" is a perfectly cromulent word! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.82.3|172.70.82.3]] 18:23, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

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 (sorry, 1 4st 100o445n't res1st, tho5gh 1 ''al1000ost'' 11sh 1 ha500 - b5t 1 500ef1n1te50y 50o5e the 10or500 999 - aka "did" 1n 5nen100o500e500 10r1t1ng) --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.250.185|172.70.250.185]] 15:35, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 :I figured out that you treated "U" as identical to "V",  "J" as identical to "I", and "W" as identical to "X", but I'm not sure why you encoded "couldn't" as "100o445n't" - V and L are never used as subtractors, so it should be something more like "100o550500n't" or maybe "100o555n't". [[User:Dansiman|Dansiman]] ([[User talk:Dansiman|talk]]) 18:47, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 "virtuammmmmly" is a perfectly cromulent word! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.82.3|172.70.82.3]] 18:23, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

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	Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow\|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow\|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)		Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow\|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow\|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
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−	~~Related OEIS sequence: [http://oeis.org/A093788 A093788] --[[User:ColorfulGalaxy\|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy\|talk]]) 11:18, 16 January 2023 (UTC)~~

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	Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow\|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow\|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)		Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow\|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow\|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Related OEIS sequence: [http://oeis.org/A093788 A093788] --[[User:ColorfulGalaxy\|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy\|talk]]) 11:18, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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	"virtuammmmmly" is a perfectly cromulent word! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.82.3\|172.70.82.3]] 18:23, 27 June 2022 (UTC)		"virtuammmmmly" is a perfectly cromulent word! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.82.3\|172.70.82.3]] 18:23, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Since most English speakers know how Arabic numerals work (citation needed), maybe we should spend less time explaining that and more time explaining string encoding? [[User:Birdsinthewindow\|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow\|talk]]) 21:39, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

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 ::In mathematics, Roman numerals are archaic (obsolete, no longer in active use), common use is just for numbering (monarchs - themselves a somewhat archaic concept, generations of using the same name, events, sequels, volumes, paragraphs or appendices, etc.) or very occasionally for years (e.g. of construction)  - "archaic" is correct even if you mean from the/an archaic period which may be the period when a civilization built the foundation for a later "classical" period ("Golden Age") (some exemptions may apply) or specifically the time of the Greek archaic era leading up to Classical (Hellenic) Greece, usually defined some time between about 800 and 480 BCE (they did (probably) originate from the Roman archaic period which overlaps with the Greek one) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.242.45|172.70.242.45]] 13:41, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 ::I recall that, while many 1999 films correctly used "MCMXCIX" at the end of their credit rolls, there was at least one that instead went with "MIM". Can't remember what it was, though. Also, MIMIC would be ''completely'' wrong, as that would equate to 1000&nbsp;+&nbsp;(1000&nbsp;-&nbsp;1)&nbsp;+&nbsp;(100&nbsp;-&nbsp;1), or 2098. [[User:Dansiman|Dansiman]] ([[User talk:Dansiman|talk]]) 18:22, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 In case anyone is interested, I created a small encoder/decoder program (Python+PyQt): https://gist.github.com/MaurizioB/6bedeca961b5152006d030f56f817a2f [[User:Musicamanate|Musicamanate]] ([[User talk:Musicamanate|talk]]) 17:05, 25 June 2022 (UTC)