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Re:Math and Analogies by bena on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @03:38PM (#18555416)
Because MCMXCVII is actually 1997.

MCMDCVII is just wrong. D is 500, X is ten.

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Re:Math and Analogies by Reisen on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @04:40PM (#18555930)
Kind of a nice proof of his point! We're not used to the numbers, people would be far less likely to make the mistake with 1997.
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Re:Math and Analogies by jacobolus on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:23PM (#18557359)
Yes that was a typo.
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