21-08-2005 22:01									#1
	99 ix XCIX right? Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

?

There always seem to be competing schools of thought on this and online converters aren't always reliable.

	21-08-2005 22:03									#2
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Yes.

(I have no clue what you're talking about.)

	21-08-2005 22:07									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker Yes. (I have no clue what you're talking about.)

Roman #s

	21-08-2005 22:07									#4
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Meh...Ment to say "99 is XCIX, right?"

	21-08-2005 22:09									#5
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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever Roman #s

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.

	21-08-2005 22:14									#6
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Yes, XCIX is correct, not IC.

	21-08-2005 22:36									#7
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Thank you.

	21-08-2005 22:58									#8
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shame, really, seems like too many digits ( letters)

	22-08-2005 00:19									#9
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why is it not IC?

	22-08-2005 00:23									#10
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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...

	22-08-2005 00:25									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Sava why is it not IC?

From a good web site on the topic...

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.

	22-08-2005 00:36									#12
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that's stupid

	22-08-2005 02:11									#13
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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.

	22-08-2005 02:15									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Ming 49 = XLIX not IL 99 = XCIX not IC 1999 = MCMXCIX not MIM 990 = CMXC not XM

Actually, that's pretty handy. That means you can transcribe Arabic numbers to Roman numbers digit by digit:
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:

code:
<ol type="I" start="99">
<li>99 in Roman numerals</li>
</ol>

	22-08-2005 02:37									#15
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with notepad?

	22-08-2005 02:56									#16
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Yep.

When saving your file with an extension other than .txt in NotePad, add double quotes around the file name (e.g "99.html"), or change the file type drop-down to All Files, otherwise NotePad automatically adds the .txt extension.