I don't care what it's called - but I want to get the welder out and make on. Shame we haven't got the ceiling height for it - though I could get the saw out and fix that...
There are even coloured version of barcodes - since many systems have colour cameras to start with, why not use it to cram in more data. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode#Example_images and scroll down a bit.
This must be one of those things that divides populations into two neat groups; those that can do IKEA instructions, and those that can't.
I've never had any trouble with 'em, they seem eminently logical to me, the only minor grumble being that they're too large and flimsy to handle handily.
I remember this well from secondary school in the 70s. I often contended that longer essays gained higher scores regardless of merit and once argued the point with my teacher, comparing my terse C-grade essay with a verbose A-grade. I matched every point made in the "superior" work, but didn't waffle.
We don't get soup and a sandwich any more in the UK. Just squash and biscuits - though as many as you can snaffle of either. Years ago they used to have tiny cans of Guiness, too.
Can't get hte page to load, sadly. Wouldn't have been any good for my mum, anyway. The travelling fair that visited her part of Kent (Romney Marsh) wouldn't let her shoot after the first couple of visits - she won too much.
Turn over a stone and you'll find something nastier than the previous nastiest thing you find under the last stone. I suppose in some cultures this isn't seen as very distasteful.
What on earth is the $1 note for? It's hardly worth the bother printing it.
The UK moved to a coin for one and two pounds because it was getting too expensive to print pound notes (there never was a widely issued £2 note. The US should have dropped the dollar note years ago.
As for colours - they're there to make it easier to distinguish the denominations. Printing them all the same is silly and just asking for trouble. No one in Europe gets a ten confused with a twenty even at a glance.
Oops, tryped that in the wrong tab. It was taking so long to load that I got bored and started commenting on something else and got tangled up.
Anyway - what I /meant/ to say was...
I can just imagine the next Bond film with the obtrusive product placement - BMW provide a fleet of Aston-Martins for him to have dreadful trouble with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_ha
My brother's got a ha-ha, but the spring lambs are agile enough to jump up it and gambol on the lawn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode#Example_images
and scroll down a bit.
I know what you are getting for Christmas, Luke.
I have felt your presents.
[Vader-voice = OFF]
I've never had any trouble with 'em, they seem eminently logical to me, the only minor grumble being that they're too large and flimsy to handle handily.
My teacher wasn't impressed.
Nor was I.
Years ago they used to have tiny cans of Guiness, too.
Wouldn't have been any good for my mum, anyway. The travelling fair that visited her part of Kent (Romney Marsh) wouldn't let her shoot after the first couple of visits - she won too much.
I suppose in some cultures this isn't seen as very distasteful.
The UK moved to a coin for one and two pounds because it was getting too expensive to print pound notes (there never was a widely issued £2 note. The US should have dropped the dollar note years ago.
As for colours - they're there to make it easier to distinguish the denominations. Printing them all the same is silly and just asking for trouble. No one in Europe gets a ten confused with a twenty even at a glance.
Anyway - what I /meant/ to say was...
I can just imagine the next Bond film with the obtrusive product placement - BMW provide a fleet of Aston-Martins for him to have dreadful trouble with.