In a recent note, john gilmore said: > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:08:18 +0000 > > I instead judge anyone who cannot read (and write) Roman numerals > subliterate. > I expected no less of you. I can moderate my hyperbole: they're a part of our culture; as such their teaching belongs in Social Studies class rather than in Mathematics.
We should remember that even the Romans didn't use Roman numerals for computation (if I'm correct). I believe they used abaci. (Second declension? Or fourth? Never mind the accusative case.) -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
