Wednesday 7 October 2009

Litany for the 30th anniversary of barcode usage in Britain

Dress code: Black and white stripes

Archdruid: May the code be with you
All: And with thy scanner.

Archdruid: Let us give thanks for the invention that took up to 10 seconds off the average shopping trip.
All: Truly it is amazing.

Archdruid: That lets the price be known by reading the GTIN from the stripes, and converting it even unto a SKU through the power of PLU.
All: Truly it is amazing.

Archdruid: Whether ITF-14, UPC or EAN-13.
All: Truly it is amazing.

Archdruid: Gathering Management Information unto the third generation.
All: Even unto the portals of Tesco Towers, Enfield.

Archdruid: We have seen the light.
All: And it is red.

Archdruid: Not that we would want to look straight at that light.
All: For indeed it is a laser.

Blessing

Archdruid: May your light margins be ever wide.
All: And thy check digit ever add up to 10 minus the sum of all the odd numbers times 3, plus the even numbers.  Modulo 10 of course.* 


* for EAN-13.  For other symbologies please refer to the GS1-UK website.

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