Ma Be wrote in USMA 18620: >On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:55:57 > M R wrote: >>If "miles" were "most ancient and precious >>possession", >>then the old Roman numerals like >>I - 1 >>V - 5 >>X - 10 >>are also precious, do they want to go back to those >>numerals. By the way, do the schools in Europe teach >>these numerals still. >> >>Madan... > >I know you asked about Europe, but I'd like to share how it is in SA. At >least as far as Brazil is concerned we still pretty much teach Roman >numerals. Wasn't it too long ago that movie production reckoning was >still being done using them? However, it seems that this industry did >away with that practice (Tata! It was about time...). > >Marcus
The movies date their films in Rman numerals to conceal the date, not to reveal it. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
