OK, here is a seasonnality-driven question. In almost every product barcode (in fact, in all the UPC barcodes), the twin black bars used to code the digit "6" are also used at the beginning, the middle and the end of the bar code to give to the scanner those 3 reference points.
Which means that every product sold purposefully contains three sixes.
Revelation 13:16-18:
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: and that no man might *buy or sell*, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
I think this is all a rather good joke from the geek in charge of designing the UPC code, but do you have a better answer?
2006-06-07
07:16:28
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