Hello Mark, Thursday, June 5, 2003, 8:31:24 PM, you wrote:
CT>> I believe all my QTs using Regular Expressions are broken now ;-O MP> Could it be the boxquote is affected too?? Well back to Beta/7: ,----- [ ] | Who said we use "Arabic" numerals? (I know, I just did, but | bear with me while I make a point.) Our numbering system is | actually Hindu. It passed down to us through the great Arab | culture of the Middle Ages. | | We use the Hindu-Arabic numbers because they're easier to | manipulate. Roman numerals are cumbersome. (Try multiplying | XCLXVI by VXLI.). BUT - Sorry, But believe it or not, adding | and subtracting can sometimes be easier the Roman way. Say | you want to subtract 16 from 77. LXXVII is 77 and XVI, 16. | Just erase an X, a V, and an I (16) from the bigger number, | leaving LXI, or 61, the correct answer. | | The real genius of the Hindu-Arabic number system is the | concept of zero. If you look at Western achievements in | science and technology over the past century alone, we have | really made something out of that nothing. `----- -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! 1.63 Beta/7 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 1.63b8 | "Using TBBETA" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
