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Do people in Rome still Use Roman numerals?

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Posted - January 7, 2017
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  • Looks like they are finally going to change from using that Ancient system.

    Rome finally abandons 'too complicated' Roman numerals - Telegraph

      January 7, 2017 8:01 AM MST
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  • Interesting link, Rooster. 
      January 7, 2017 10:12 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Yes and Egyptians still use an abacus
      January 7, 2017 8:25 AM MST
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  • So do the Japanese. It's amazing how fast they can use them to calculate. 
      January 7, 2017 10:13 AM MST
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  • No longer. Check Rooster's link. 

    Some years ago I was phoning an advertisement to a local newspaper and asked the girl to put 2 in Roman nujmerals (that is II). She said, "My computer doesn't have Roman numerals." Honest! 
      January 7, 2017 10:14 AM MST
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  • 44553
    Moron alert. That's OK. We use them in chemistry and I had to teach them to my students.
      January 7, 2017 11:16 AM MST
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  • Something that seems to have slipped through the cracks in modern education. It's probably time we put them behind us but we still need some knowledge of them. 
      January 7, 2017 3:55 PM MST
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  • 22891
    probably
      January 7, 2017 2:26 PM MST
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