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Post number 19632

delmoi — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 12:27:23 -0800

Russians with a barcode fetish
produce some beautiful images (via fark)

By: puffin

puffin — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 12:42:38 -0800

Wow! Those are really nifty. At first I didn't see the barcodes, but then I saw the trend. And right in time for a wallpaper change, too! I wonder what this person finds so compelling about a series of lines, though?

By: ac

ac — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 12:50:22 -0800

Hidden meaning! Barcodes are so cool. Anyone know anything about the impending switch-over from 12 to 13 lines?

By: TBoneMcCool

TBoneMcCool — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 13:00:24 -0800

Interesting stuff. Reminds me of the the spoof ad in the postcards section on adbusters.

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 13:26:56 -0800

neat!

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 13:27:20 -0800

puffin: I think it's their logo, actualy. My guess is that it's simply their name in ascii or something.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 13:47:06 -0800

sweet. can anyone translate the l33t speak on the adbusters card? (escape capti??ts).

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 13:51:54 -0800

escape captivity?

By: azazello

azazello — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 14:30:38 -0800

It's not a fetish. It's a trademark of one of the first web design studios in Russia. You can see it on every picture.

By: Ayn Marx

Ayn Marx — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 14:37:44 -0800

This site lets you create your own barcodes. (Did I find that link on MeFi? I don't recall.) But I don't know of a cut-n-paste barcode recoder.

By: Bag Man

Bag Man — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 14:44:14 -0800

This one was my favorite. I think it's very clever. "One nation under Corporations..."

By: adnanbwp

adnanbwp — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:18:14 -0800

aww Bag Man beat me to it :(

By: quonsar

quonsar — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:40:22 -0800

awesome. i laughed out loud when i saw this beatles album cover art.

By: skallas

skallas — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 15:44:29 -0800

Ayn Marx: Did I find that link on MeFi? I don't recall Perhaps you found it during national barcode week.

By: murmur

murmur — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 16:22:37 -0800

Their use of the barcode image is unparalleled. uh.. i mean paralleled. uh..

By: Slithy_Tove

Slithy_Tove — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 19:41:38 -0800

This is really cool, thanks for the link! It's sort of a non-threatening schizophrenic 'delusion of reference', like those Absolut Vodka ads. The road under the Beatles was the color of barcodes, tuned to a not yet existing product.

By: Wood

Wood — Sun, 01 Sep 2002 23:36:54 -0800

I like the flag. It's very jaunty and swiss.

By: trioperative

trioperative — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 09:14:11 -0800

they're all the same barcode, too. hurray for standards!

By: complex

complex — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 18:04:34 -0800

ac: check out a good article at slashdot about the lengthening of barcodes. slashdot, it's still good for something!