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58008 @lemmy.world

2y ago

Roman numerals, man... so close!

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- It's an honored slasher film tradition.
  
  So when do we get Jigsaw Takes Manhattan, or Jig in the Hood?
- There have also been eight subsequent Friday 13th-related movies since its "Final Chapter" :-)
  
  And Freddy came back after Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
- I just watched all the "Final Destination" movies and the 4th one is called "The Final Destination". Then the went on to make a 5th, and a 6th is in production.
  
  The next one should always be “the search for more money”.
- I can't wait for the 16th mainline installment of Final Fantasy to be released on PC.
  
  Final Fantasy XVI - Part2, Disc B; Universe alpha, Chronicles of that emo kid (not the one you though of, the other one)
  
  No that's different because
- Saw_Final_OKREALLYFINALTHISTIME_2.docx
- 69
- The thing is, if they did have a funny sex number, it probably would've been 19
  
  "XIX"... I'm not seeing it.
- That’s not “IV”, Obelix, that’s four.
  https://i.redd.it/tqfgutoy4ds31.jpg
- LXXXLXXXV
  
  I think you mean L̅X̅X̅X̅LXXXV
Just put the year first :P
- This is true.
  If it’s in a list with other films with years first, you wouldn’t be about to visually scan by letter, though. Two “Saw” films could be separated by hundreds of others in between.
  
  I would do year first but these would all be in sub folder for the franchise
- MMIX
They are ordered correctly, alphabetically.
- Thatsthejoke.jpg
- Lexicographically as well.
Saw VII: The Final Chapter...
...
Saw VIII
Saw IX
Saw X
- There is no Saw 9. Like Windows 10, Saw X comes right after 8
  
  It's in alphabetical order and IX is definitely there. Unless I'm missing some other joke.
  
  It’s because Saw VII ate IX.
- Produced by Tom Brady.
- The Final Chapter 2: Electric Boogaloo
Feature request to Microsoft: Roman-numeral-sensitive alphabetical ordering for files. /s
- Windows Explorer does not even support the Microsoft versioning system either /s
Are all correctly ordered? – No.
Which one is wrong? – Nein.
- What was Hitler's telephone number?
  99-99-99.
Fun fact: In France, Saw VI and Saw VII skipped the numbers because Saw 6 is pronounced like saucisse (sausage) and Saw 7 is pronounced like someone having a lisp saying chaussette (sock)
- I thought maybe translating "saw" is better, but nah, "La scicisse" et "la sciecette" is pretty cursed too
  
  well, I would have actually watch it!
Saw VI in French takes a whole new meaning…
- Saw XI takes a whole new meaning in China.
- What does it mean?
  
  "Saw six" is pronounced like "saucisse" which mean sausage.
  
  "six" in english translates to "six" in french
  i don't know what to do with this information
- Whereas Saw X in English just sounds warm and comfortable.
- Yeah it was wild hearing about it on Saw Con lol
- Or to anyone whose name is Violet but goes by Vi for short.
Better call Saw.
- It's all good man.
Use Unicode Roman Numerals (U+2160 to U+216B), they are correctly sorted:
Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ, Ⅴ, Ⅵ, Ⅶ, Ⅷ, Ⅸ, Ⅹ, Ⅺ, Ⅻ
- chronological*
  
  2 is my favorite letter, capital 2
Reminder that VIIII is a valid way to write 9 in Roman numerals.
- What about VIV?
  
  There is historical precedent that the Romans used XIIX for 18, I guess VIV should be fine for 9.
- Actually?
- Weird plex, but okay.
- Even better, you can do it by editing the "sort title" so even in the library they show up in the order you prefer. So in this case I'd change them to be "Saw 01" through "Saw 10" and I won't have to mess with a different view for those circumstances. I do need to go back through and edit a handful more of my movies because I've slacked off lately.
  
  I always liked to use year instead of number. That way it sorts the same and if there end up being more than 9 I don’t have to go back and rename it to 09.
  Now I use Jellyfin with the auto collection plugin. It does a great job of grouping everything correctly.
- You can also just change the sort title in the options.
Rocky VII, Adrian's Revenge!
- Roman numerals, they never even tried to teach us that in school.
- Rocky 5000
  Yay! Two Spaceballs references in one thread!
Has anyone watched the latest Saw?
I just downloaded, is worth the watch?
Saucisses is my favourite one
- Chaussettes is better IMO.
  
  It's depending if you put your Saw VI in your Saw VII.
I wonder if you could make a context aware sorting system for files. Like if there are a handful of files all similarly named, it could check for sequential numbers and roman numerals and spelled out numbers and just sort them that way.
- You can but you'll need either a plugin for your file browser or a custom one
Is it missing saw 3d? I never knew if that was cannon
- Saw 3D was the marketing name but it's more commonly referred to as Saw The Final Chapter (the other official name) or Saw VII
  
  How TF is it the final chapter then they keep going. I stopped after 2 with the damn pit of needles.
It's the MegaMan situation all over again XD
A cool film that used its low budget creatively has been turned into a crappy franchise on par with Halloween and Friday13th. Shame.
You know what they say, "I before V, except after C". (Or something like that.)
Doesn’t Spiral count?
- Saw Mill.
I still remember when Windows File Explorer orders 10 before 2 (I still didn't verify if it still does that and I don't feel like it)

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