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Jan 28, 2005 roguelazer link
It'd be blank, of course.
Jan 28, 2005 harvestmouse link
maybe a little blank?
Jan 28, 2005 genka link
Wow, I was about to post that too, but I couldn't find any funny way to say it...
Makes me glad I decided not to.
Jan 28, 2005 harvestmouse link
clearly, as n00b demonstrated, we all want ROMAN NUMERALS.
Jan 28, 2005 terjekv link
right, the question is "how much money does something cost" and "how much money do I have". knowing the order of magnitude for both these questions is trivial. you _know_ if you have 40K, 400K or 4M. if you have to stop and check that, you might want to stop trading for a little while anyway.
Jan 28, 2005 wylfing link
Sun Tzu that was hilarious.

Numbers are fine as is.
Jan 28, 2005 Suicidal Lemming link
Roman numerals would of course be preferable, so would constructive conversation that doesn't look like it is on the verge of turning into a flame war... over numbers...
Jan 28, 2005 roguelazer link
Roman numerals would be the best choice. That would mean that I have

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
DLVII

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Jan 28, 2005 sarahanne link
Actually In Roman numerals larger numbers are indicated by putting a horizontal line over them, which means to multiply the number by 1,000.

Jan 28, 2005 Spider link
Actually, we would use the ' sign here.
so 1000000 would be written as 1'000'000. go figure.
Jan 28, 2005 Tyrdium link
Bah, just use spaces. That's what IEEE Spectrum does, and it's an international magazine.

Or, y'know, you could just set it in preferences...
Jan 28, 2005 Forum Moderator link
So, the suggestion is that some sort of separator be used to designate millions from thousands and hundreds, or what have you.

A reminder has been issued that symbols that are in use in one country may not be the standard in another, and that some confusion could occur.

Thank you for your comments, those of you who were able to remain civil and on-topic.

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