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Longer Bar Codes Coming in 2005

Posted by michael on from the beep-beep dept.

D_Fresh writes "The same thing that's happening to phone numbers is also happening in retail. The NYT (blahfreeregnotreallyblah) has a story about longer bar codes which will be required for U.S. retailers by 2005. Apparently they're running out of 12-digit codes and need to add a digit, but the code rework for this is non-trivial. Some shortsighted chains *cough*Kmart*cough* may be caught with their pants down in late 2004, since some scanners will simply crash if they scan a 13-digit code they can't handle. Enjoy your :CueCats while they last..."

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  1. PARENT IS A TROLL by hendridm · · Score: 0, Troll

    The NY Times doesn't get Slashdotted. Well, it might if everyone who posted here read the articles ;)

  2. The extra digit is required . . . by StefanJ · · Score: 2, Troll
    . . . so that those soon-to-be-implemented forehead tattoos can fit your entire Homeland Security Personality Profile code.


    Also, the Thirteenth digit will [REDACTED BY HOMELAND SECURITY]



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