The Roman empire fell because their Roman numerals weren't a form of positional notation, so they couldn't figure out binary. Their computers were terrible.
@foone yeah I mean imagine setting your monitor resolution to MXXIVxDCCLXVIII
@gsuberland @foone 1204x768? (EDIT: reeding iz harrd)
@apicultor @foone 1024. M=1000, XX=2x10=20, IV=5-1=4
@gsuberland @foone Oh yeah. Duh. And I got it right on the other side too. lol.