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Key to the joke is that the Romans had (allegedly?) no concept of zero, i.e. Roman numerals cannot express 0.[[User:Mathmannix|Mathmannix]] ([[User talk:Mathmannix|talk]]) 18:19, 26 July 2019 (UTC) | Key to the joke is that the Romans had (allegedly?) no concept of zero, i.e. Roman numerals cannot express 0.[[User:Mathmannix|Mathmannix]] ([[User talk:Mathmannix|talk]]) 18:19, 26 July 2019 (UTC) | ||
:Maybe, but I think this refers to the Inbox Zero methodology more. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.209|172.68.46.209]] 19:12, 26 July 2019 (UTC) | :Maybe, but I think this refers to the Inbox Zero methodology more. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.209|172.68.46.209]] 19:12, 26 July 2019 (UTC) | ||
+ | It's a pun. It doesn't work without the notion that Romans had no concept of zero. |
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Key to the joke is that the Romans had (allegedly?) no concept of zero, i.e. Roman numerals cannot express 0.Mathmannix (talk) 18:19, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
- Maybe, but I think this refers to the Inbox Zero methodology more. 172.68.46.209 19:12, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
It's a pun. It doesn't work without the notion that Romans had no concept of zero.