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TheMonsignor	Super Bowl XLV		Lead	[-]
Posts: 4489 January 17, 2011 5:10 PM Phil King "200 lbs, dripping wet"	Remove this ad Why isn't it Super Bowl VL? They weren't very efficient with their darn numerals. Bless the Badgers.
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GradyTheBadger		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 120 January 17, 2011 6:24 PM	Because the subtractive principle may apply only to a numeral ~~which~~ that is a power of ten. Last Edited By: GradyTheBadger January 18, 2011 2:25 AM. Edited 1 time.
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BigAppleBucky		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4072 January 17, 2011 6:50 PM	TheMonsignor wrote: Why isn't it Super Bowl VL? They weren't very efficient with their darn numerals. For their blessed invention, we should thank the Arabs every day. At Grady's link the discussion of "large" numbers such as 18,034 was revealing. "We play football," "And I love it." - Barry Alvarez, October 16, 2010
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NumenLumen		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5028 January 18, 2011 11:37 AM "Most men are pigs, but I think in a much more subtle way than we're given credit for."	BigAppleBucky wrote: TheMonsignor wrote: Why isn't it Super Bowl VL? They weren't very efficient with their darn numerals. For their blessed invention, we should thank the Arabs every day. At Grady's link the discussion of "large" numbers such as 18,034 was revealing. Arabic numerals were invented in India. Invented in about 500, the Arabs picked them up as a result of trade and Islam's eastward expansion and called (or call) them Hindu numerals. They spread to Europe from North Africa in about the 10th century.
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BAJJERFAN		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4371 January 18, 2011 1:24 PM	About XIV days of incessant hype and tripe. "I knew Jack Schitt. Jack Schitt was a friend of mine and believe me you're no Jack Schitt".
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