Bar Coding The World Away

778790 writes "The Bar Code, long used for inventory classification and sometimes feared as a tool of social engineering, has been regulated in the name of globalization, and the globe has defeated the United States. Bar Codes in America will now have more digits, to match the global bar code standard: the European Article Numbering Code."

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Inevitable

[metamatic]

Other inevitable and overdue US switchovers:

1. GSM mobile phones.
2. Metric. (*)
3. Standard international dialing. (00 + country)

And one I won't be holding my breath for:

4. A universal healthcare system.

(*) Laugh all you like, global corporations are gonna use metric for everything, not stupid US-only units. Eventually this will trickle down to everyday life. It may take decades, but...