The "barcodes" in this case are not barcodes, per se, but a special 2-D pattern that has buit in error correction. Obviously, at a certain point it can't recover, but it isn't as sensitive to crisp printing as you would imagine.
As much as it is not reflected in our elected officials (they are tourists in DC, after all, on a 2-6 year vacation), DC probably has more educated citizens than most other major metropolitan cities. There are no fewer than 5 world class institutions of higher education in the metro area and the statistics show that DC also has one of the highest percentage of post-secondary educated people in the country.
Don't let the media fool you into believing that there are no educated people in DC - we are just smart enough to avoid publicity.:-)
Keep in mind, though that SF is bigger than DC, and as a per capita, probably has fewer technology workers. DC has WAAYY too many defense contractors, etc. In fact, the Post had an article last week that IT workers now outnumber Govt. workers in the area.
Also, SF has Pac Bell to deal with and while Bell Atlantic is dismal when it comes to service, Pac Bell is even worse (their DSL network was out for at least 3 days last week with no resolution in sight).
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The "barcodes" in this case are not barcodes, per se, but a special 2-D pattern that has buit in error correction. Obviously, at a certain point it can't recover, but it isn't as sensitive to crisp printing as you would imagine.
As much as it is not reflected in our elected officials (they are tourists in DC, after all, on a 2-6 year vacation), DC probably has more educated citizens than most other major metropolitan cities. There are no fewer than 5 world class institutions of higher education in the metro area and the statistics show that DC also has one of the highest percentage of post-secondary educated people in the country.
:-)
Don't let the media fool you into believing that there are no educated people in DC - we are just smart enough to avoid publicity.
Keep in mind, though that SF is bigger than DC, and as a per capita, probably has fewer technology workers. DC has WAAYY too many defense contractors, etc. In fact, the Post had an article last week that IT workers now outnumber Govt. workers in the area.
Also, SF has Pac Bell to deal with and while Bell Atlantic is dismal when it comes to service, Pac Bell is even worse (their DSL network was out for at least 3 days last week with no resolution in sight).
Yes, ISDN is $300/month if you want a full time connection. I get by just fine with a $60/month 70 hour 2-B channel connection and never run over.
Of course, I would ditch it in a second if they would give me DSL (less than 2 miles from MAE East and I can't get DSL.....@$#%!)