Comments on: The History of the Barcode http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867587 Gauldar Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:36:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867587 Barcodes hate our freedom and want the terrorists to win. Barcodes hate our freedom and want the terrorists to win.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867529 ted Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:12:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867529 You forogt, "Don't touch the ladies", Tim. You forogt, “Don’t touch the ladies”, Tim.

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867514 Tim Giachetti Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:01:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867514 I thought Bar Code was "don't fall asleep, and no puking on the floor." I thought Bar Code was “don’t fall asleep, and no puking on the floor.”

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867506 ted Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:28:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867506 Excellent, ByrdBrain, but you should have worked the fat in a little earlier, and how the rest of the world hates the US becuase of it. Excellent, ByrdBrain, but you should have worked the fat in a little earlier, and how the rest of the world hates the US becuase of it.

]]> By: WendyH http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867421 WendyH Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:11:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867421 This guy helped photograph our wedding! He's a sweetheart who is very into barcodes. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33140260/ns/local_news-omaha_ne/ This guy helped photograph our wedding! He’s a sweetheart who is very into barcodes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33140260/ns/local_news-omaha_ne/

]]> By: dooflotchie http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867394 dooflotchie Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:51:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867394 Hehe. Lots of people say it that way. Hehe. Lots of people say it that way.

]]> By: John Farrier http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867386 John Farrier Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:29:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867386 I guess I didn't work in retail long enough. I thought that it was "price code". I guess I didn’t work in retail long enough. I thought that it was “price code”.

]]> By: dooflotchie http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867379 dooflotchie Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867379 UPC actually stands for "universal product code", as the price of an item will vary from place to place, but the code assigned to a single product will always be the same no matter where it is sold. The first digits of the UPC (usually 6) are the company code, and all the products made by that company will have the same digits at the start of each UPC. The last digits are the product code and each one will be different for each item. The last digit that is usually shown separated from the other digits and outside the bar code is the check digit which is not actually part of the UPC. Every time an item is scanned, the reader puts the UPC through some horribly complicated equation and it must match the check digit or it is rejected. Yeesh. I've worked in retail too long. :-/ UPC actually stands for “universal product code”, as the price of an item will vary from place to place, but the code assigned to a single product will always be the same no matter where it is sold. The first digits of the UPC (usually 6) are the company code, and all the products made by that company will have the same digits at the start of each UPC. The last digits are the product code and each one will be different for each item. The last digit that is usually shown separated from the other digits and outside the bar code is the check digit which is not actually part of the UPC. Every time an item is scanned, the reader puts the UPC through some horribly complicated equation and it must match the check digit or it is rejected.

Yeesh. I’ve worked in retail too long. :-/

]]> By: ByrdBrain http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/comment-page-1/#comment-1867370 ByrdBrain Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:48:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/07/the-history-of-the-barcode/#comment-1867370 Going to beat B.M. to it: Americans are taking over the world with their barcodes! 2/3 of it in fact, which I might repeat again in the very next sentence if I can't think of somethign else to rant about! Oh! They are fat! They buy food that has bar codes on them- so they are fat because of barcodes! /am I doing it right? Going to beat B.M. to it:

Americans are taking over the world with their barcodes! 2/3 of it in fact, which I might repeat again in the very next sentence if I can’t think of somethign else to rant about! Oh! They are fat! They buy food that has bar codes on them- so they are fat because of barcodes!

/am I doing it right?

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