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The End of the Bar Code
valdean writes "The University of Wisconsin RFID Lab, principally funded by a dozen Wal-mart suppliers including 3M, Kraft Foods, and S.C. Johnson & Son, believes that RFID could spell the end of the ubiquitous bar code. The big draw? Speeding up supply-chain management. Wal-mart's warehouse conveyor belts presently move products at 600 feet per minute... but they want to be faster. And better informed."
Zoom. That's 10 feet per second. Reminds me of the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy and Ethel were newly employed at a candy factory with them packing boxes while trying to keep pace with the machine producing chocolate candies.
Man, better not blink if you work in a Wal-Mart warehouse...
The NSA: The only part of the US government that actually listens.
I like to know if the bar serves alcohol or just wine and beer, whether the waitresses are topless or merely scantily clad, if there's a cover charge (and how much), if there's a band or a lame jukbox, and finally if they have pool tables.
Oh, you mean those thingies with lines? Nevermind.
To our Slashdot Overlords:
..." section?
Can we get a "The End of
The End of the Bar Code
Yep, the bar code is dead. Right after BSD dies. Should be any day now.
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In other news, the shares of tinfoil makers have increased.
Speaking of which, can you read the price tag on my new hat?
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who got a barcode tattoo because they thought it would look cool and anti-corporate are gonna be pissed off!
Harald
Wal-mart's warehouse conveyor belts presently move products at 600 feet per minute... but they want to be faster."
Didn't they see the I Love Lucy episode "The Candy Factory" where she and Ethel worked on just such a conveyor belt for chocolates? The conveyor belt sped up and they couldn't wrap the chocolates fast enough. Eventually they had to start stuffing their faces with chocolate. Would RFID tags have made a difference? I think not.
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But it's the only time most of us get to talk to chicks.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
6.8 would be a light jog.
600 ft/min is just over an 8 minute mile. I'd be amazed if most slashdotters could do that.
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The checkout of the future will be accomplished by the simple act of walking through the door. The door will be smart enough to read the tags on everything in your cart and then charge your credit card straight from your back pocket. The credit companies will even share your personal information for you so that the store can pick out the best card to use (if you have more than one). Isn't that nice of them?
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First, tin foil hats. Now, tin foil lined cupboards.
In a stark contrast to the warehouse's conveyor belt speed of 600 feet per minute, the store checkout speed is 6 customers per hour.
Bad metric. How many Slashdotters can walk a mile at all?
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
600 ft/min is just over an 8 minute mile. I'd be amazed if most slashdotters could do that.
I am feeling a bit winded from just reading your post.