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Monday, May 26, 2003

breast milk America. Land of the free. 10:45:41 AM

Universal Product Code change I heard something pretty worrying over the weekend. It appears that the US will be moving to a 13 or 14 slot barcode system in 2005. This is required by law. The reason, wouldn't ya know it; We're running out of 'address space'! Just like IP addresses basically. Only worse. This change over will be huge. Every retail outlet in America, every inventory system, will need an upgrade. Not to mention the millions of label makers that will need replacing. Y2kV? Adpac seems to think so. 9:48:26 AM

qotd may 26 Al Batt: "The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it." 9:44:19 AM