Frazz by Jef Mallett for January 02, 2013

it is a good thing that modern society uses arabic(indian) numbers, especially zero.

Tell that to the NFL and their nefarious Super Bowl numbering.

For cycling, in-line skating & increasingly skiing, helmets are almost compulsory; so why is ice-skating different?

C’mon, Jef; do you expect us to believe that anyone under about eighteen has even heard of Roman numerals?

X marks the spot

There’s so much wrong with your ‘roman numeral’ I don’t know where to start.

I loved reading and writing the numbers out from the 80s and 90s. M (1000) CM L(50) XC IV so you have MCMLXCIV. That’s a real number and about as complicated as they get. Not hard to understand once you break it down. 1994.

Not sure how I did that, but if you mouse over the underlined roman numerals, it details what they are.

Those paramedics can be tough… they’ll probably only give him an IV.

So much for a figure ten.

@masterskrain & defunctdoormat

101100011000011010100110 would be 11,634,342. And 1994 would just be MCMXCIV, with no L (or 11111001010 in binary).

…and for defunctdoormat…Super Bowl 47 in binary would be:101111

A rare athletic fail for Frazz!

Haha, thanks! No pain, no gain? ( I’m thinking your new avatar would tend to agree. :·)

abilyeu: No L? It is still liturgical Christmas, even if the Mammonist version is over and they are already on Easter.

According to HHGTTG, 101010 (AKA “42”) is the“Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything”Good one, masterskain !

That middle panel … very espressive