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[QUOTE=zraver;829908]Originally posted by Doktor View Post
so 20 centuries or 200 years?
Big difference between the death of Jacob Rapheal Cohen and a couple of legions....To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education - Plato
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Originally posted by snapper View PostOf course the big problem for Roman maths is they had no symbol for 0... multiplication and division for them tough enough; XX/lV... (20/4) or MMXI x MCDXXIV...(2011 x 1174).Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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Originally posted by bigross86 View PostThey had no symbol for 0 for one very simple reason: the number Zero wasn't invented until the end of the 10th century
The idea that the ancients didn't have zero is a common historical myth. You can't have accounting, census taking, taxation, architecture, astronomy, engineering etc without zero in some form.
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Originally posted by Albany Rifles View PostSo DOR, what is the correct answer?
Sept 9th, 2011, was the 35th anniversary of the death of Chairman Mao Zedong.Trust me?
I'm an economist!
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Originally posted by DOR View PostLots of misunderstanding . . . XXth (fill in the numbers) wasn't Roman numerals, but just a space filler.
Sept 9th, 2011, was the 35th anniversary of the death of Chairman Mao Zedong.Originally posted by bigross86 View Post45th anniversary of Mao Tse Tung buying the collectiveMeddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.
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I was captured because I enjoyed wearing distinctive under-britches. Who am I?Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.
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Honestly, I have absolutely no bloody idea. I was probably reading something at the time, and it stuck. I have no idea what it is now. The closest thing I can think of is maybe Santa Anna, captured wearing a Private's uniform, and maybe it was a play on words?
I dunno, I forgot entirely. Open question.Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.
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