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99 ix XCIX right?
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There always seem to be competing schools of thought on this and online converters aren't always reliable.
There always seem to be competing schools of thought on this and online converters aren't always reliable.
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13Yes61.54%8No30.77%4Banana7.69%1"Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
"At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
"Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
"In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd -
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Yes.
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Meh...Ment to say "99 is XCIX, right?""Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
"At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
"Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
"In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General LuddComment
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Ah. I thought it would have something to do with digital imagery stuff or something, since that seems to be what Apoc's always asking about.Originally posted by reds4ever
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Yes, XCIX is correct, not IC.Comment
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Thank you."Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
"At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
"Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
"In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General LuddComment
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why is it not IC?To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Roman numerals do not skip magnitudes (that's the best way I can put it) - you don't use only thousands and ones if it's possible to also use fives, tens, fifties, and such. That is why 1999 is not MIM, but MCMXCIX (one thousand one-hundred-short-of-one-thousand ten-short-of-hundred one-short-of-ten). The rule of thumb, I guess, is to use as many letters as possible, whenever possible. There's a reason we use the numbers we do today...
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From a good web site on the topic...Originally posted by Sava
why is it not IC?
49 = XLIX not IL
99 = XCIX not IC
1999 = MCMXCIX not MIM
990 = CMXC not XM
The effect is that only I's, X's and C's are subtracted, and only from, at most, the next two larger numerals. This convention greatly eases the reader's burden, by substituting recognition for calculation. For example, anyone who has been reading copyright dates on many books immediately recognizes a date beginning “MCM...” as something from the 1900's. If “MIM” were permitted, the reader would have to actually do the subtraction.Keep on Civin'
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that's stupidTo us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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roman numerals are just as worthless as the metric system.
I just feel we have too much roman influence in our society. It's time to move on folks.Comment
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Actually, that's pretty handy. That means you can transcribe Arabic numbers to Roman numbers digit by digit:Originally posted by Ming
49 = XLIX not IL
99 = XCIX not IC
1999 = MCMXCIX not MIM
990 = CMXC not XM
1999 => [1][9][9][9] => [M][CM][XC][IX] => MCMXCIX
Oh, and you don't really need any online converters. Your browser can do it too, since they have to use it for creating ordered lists marked with roman numerals.
Create a file called, say, 99.html with the following contents:
... and open it in your favourite browser.Code:<ol type="I" start="99"> <li>99 in Roman numerals</li> </ol>
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