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Bar Coding The World Away

Posted by Hemos on from the it's-the-mark-of-the-beast dept.

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."

2 of 470 comments (clear)

  1. Mobile Phones by Phillip2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All we need now is get the US using the same phone system as everyone else and we'll be home and dry....

    Phil

  2. Re:It's about time by KD5YPT · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who cares about spellings? All I need to know are the m and the kg.

    --
    In US, you can easily buy enough major firearms to wipe out your neighbourhood but a few little fireworks are banned.