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Post #229,447
by drewk
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10/13/05 11:18:53 AM
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New Try it with an abacus
I finally understand Roman numerals. They were just a way to represent the abacus operations.
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Post #229,462
by ben_tilly
10/13/05 12:28:31 PM
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New Exactly
It is well-documented that acceptance of Arabic notation and the decline of the abacus go hand in hand. The essential difference is that the abacus is faster, but doesn't lend itself to being checked as conveniently.

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Ben
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     Can someone give the abridged description of "endian"? - (drewk) - (24) - Oct. 11, 2005, 08:54:31 PM EDT
         Big Endian is the proper form. - (ChrisR) - (2) - Oct. 11, 2005, 09:04:48 PM EDT
             Thanks to all - (drewk) - (1) - Oct. 12, 2005, 09:33:38 AM EDT
                 Things were expensive back in those days. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 12, 2005, 09:55:21 AM EDT
         Very simple - (ben_tilly) - (15) - Oct. 11, 2005, 09:12:25 PM EDT
             Big Endian is also known as Network Byte Order - (tuberculosis) - Oct. 12, 2005, 01:33:13 PM EDT
             Little endian uses hebrew right to left - (ChrisR) - (13) - Oct. 12, 2005, 02:40:05 PM EDT
                 No it doesn't, and that's the problem. - (CRConrad) - (12) - Oct. 13, 2005, 06:38:38 AM EDT
                     Agreed. But left wondering on Endianess of Roman Numerals - (ChrisR) - (3) - Oct. 13, 2005, 10:19:43 AM EDT
                         This makes my head spin... - (Another Scott) - (2) - Oct. 13, 2005, 10:40:37 AM EDT
                             Try it with an abacus - (drewk) - (1) - Oct. 13, 2005, 11:18:53 AM EDT
                                 Exactly - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 13, 2005, 12:28:31 PM EDT
                     On Foolish Conistency - (pwhysall) - Oct. 13, 2005, 10:46:09 AM EDT
                     It gets worse. - (static) - (1) - Oct. 13, 2005, 10:02:03 PM EDT
                         Hurrah for 4-bit words. -NT - (pwhysall) - Oct. 14, 2005, 07:07:42 AM EDT
                     OK Christian.... - (jb4) - (4) - Oct. 17, 2005, 05:47:53 PM EDT
                         Give CRC pause? - (drewk) - (1) - Oct. 17, 2005, 08:01:51 PM EDT
                             Selbstverstandlich! -NT - (jb4) - Oct. 17, 2005, 08:05:11 PM EDT
                         Explain - how does wrongwayaroundianism help in those cases? -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - Oct. 18, 2005, 07:47:14 AM EDT
                             zum Beispiel - (jb4) - Oct. 20, 2005, 11:59:31 AM EDT
         Critter's Wiki link is good. - (static) - (1) - Oct. 11, 2005, 10:29:02 PM EDT
             And vice versa for me. Long live big-endian! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 11, 2005, 10:42:51 PM EDT
         16, 15, 14 vs 1, 2 ,3 -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 11, 2005, 10:57:03 PM EDT
         Also note the USAmerican date format, which is MIDDLE-Endian - (CRConrad) - Oct. 12, 2005, 04:41:04 AM EDT
         "Endian" is a who they offshoar IT wurk to. -NT - (tablizer) - Oct. 30, 2005, 11:59:39 PM EST

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