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    Why is there a bar code on the Google home page?

    Is it for sale?

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    I guess it's the anniversary of the barcode.

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    Saw that, looks like they've removed the "Google" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" buttons too?

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    If you click on the bar code it tells you.The 57th birthday of the bar code.

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    It was my birthday yesterday, they didn't put a pic of me up (clickable or otherwise). Cnuts!

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    You should have posted one yourself.We would all have clapped and sent you best wishes (No presents!)

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    We would all have clapped and sent you best wishes
    Well, those that weren't punching their PC screens I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crippen View Post
    If you click on the bar code it tells you.The 57th birthday of the bar code.
    I knew, just thought to start a thread..... I don't read Thai.


    Clicked on it.....

    เคล็ดลับ : ค้นหาในภาษาภาษาไทยเท่านั้นคุณสามารถระบุภาษาของการค้นหาได้ในการตั้งค่า
    ผลการค้นหา

    1. ผลการค้นหารูปภาพสำหรับbar code

      - รายงานรูปภาพรายงานว่ารูปภาพต่อไปนี้เป็นภาพที่ไม่เหมาะสม ยืนยัน ยกเลิกขอขอบคุณสำหรับความคิดเห็น
    2. barcode

      รหัสแถบ (Bar code) คือ แถบเส้นดำยาวพิมพ์เรียงเป็นแถบบนตัวภาชนะสำหรับบรรจุ สินค้าที่วางขายกันตามร้านค้าหรือซูเปอร์มาร์เก็ททั่ วไป ...
      web.ku.ac.th/schoolnet/snet1/hardware/barcode.htm - แคช - ใกล้เคียง

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    "No, Google is not for sale. (At least as far as we know.) That barcode logo on the Google home page and its search results pages is in honor of the 57th anniversary of the barcode being patented: October 7, 1952 to Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver."

    Google Barcode Logo Celebrates Anniversary Of Barcodes


    JxP
    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli

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    From above:- There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli
    Add 'and my tax return.'

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    What's so special about 57 years?

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    Didn't Heinz have 57 of them too?

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