31 May
2010
31 May
'10
3:04 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben" <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: Roman Numerals ( was Re: Anyone off to VCF-UK)
Years ago in Primary school we did learn the Greek alphabet. I can only
remember a few now - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and Omega (A to E,
and O?)
Andrew Burton wrote:
> I was thinking that Roman Numerals was the first time (I knew of)
numbers
> being represented by letters, and that would have
influenced whoever
thought
> up the sexadecimal system (I can't find any
reference to them on wiki -
I'm
sure it used
to be there). Perhaps I was wrong.
I think the Greeks used the letters of the alphabet as well for numbers. But who used numbers over a 100 when you think about
it.
Yeah, I suppose back then there were very few reasons why you'd use large
numbers.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk