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Google today: Yes, I'm a geek
Today Google is honoring the invention of the barcode and the doodle is a barcode:
 So of course the first thing I did was to print the page and scan it with a barcode reader. It's Code128 and simply says "Google". What else would it say?
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10-07-2009, 11:27 AM
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Great to see I'm not the only one!
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10-07-2009, 11:29 AM
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barcoode reader? where do u get one of those? and what's code128?
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10-07-2009, 11:33 AM
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Code 128 is a type of barcode. We use Code 39 here...thoguh we might have changed it recently
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10-07-2009, 11:50 AM
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Raises hand. Went to google and knew exactly what was going on when I saw the barcode.
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10-07-2009, 11:52 AM
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I didnt...probably because i searched through the little box in my browser last night and saw the barcode next to m search result. I just assumed google was screwing around and auto converting the search term to a barcode. kind of how they automatically do the calculator. |
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10-07-2009, 01:35 PM
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 Code 128, Code 39, UPC, EAN-13, PostBar, etc. are all types of barcodes. |
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10-07-2009, 06:05 PM
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I use a program called "edocrab" for my BlackBerry. It tried bringing up a link to a product, but beside UPC, it said "Google"
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10-07-2009, 07:51 PM
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Thanks for the heads up about that program. Doesn't work with my pearl though. Oh well. What I really need is something to read QRcodes.
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The wired ones we use are from Welch Allyn. If someone's in the market, I'd recommend LED over Laser anyday. (Better MTBF)
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