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Article #319Re: MARK-OF-THE-BEA$T bar-code$/scanner$
From: Jim Brown
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:53
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:53
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In article <1992Nov18.175647.2480@netcom.com>, foo@netcom.com (Mark Hall) writes: >> In article <1992Nov17.165350.2396@cnsvax.uwec.edu> mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes: >> ) THE "MARK OF THE BEA$T" > ) >> ) ALL Christians are PROHIBITED by Revelation 14:9-11 from >> ) cooperating with the "MARK-OF-THE-BEA$T" bar-code, OCR- >> ) number, and magnetic-strip scanning systems, (as found in >> ) local libraries, supermarkets, retail establishments, etc.), >> ) which also THREATEN to SUBVERT Individual Privacy and >> ) Freedom. <STUFF DELETED> >> >> Not true anyway. a 6 is a narrow white bar, a narrow black bar a narrow >> white bar and a very wide black bar (the other pattern for 6 is the same with >> black and white reversed) >> >> The first guard pattern is a narrow black, narrow white, narrow black and >> the code for 0. While the code for 0 starts with a wide white band it isn't >> the very wide band required for it, when combined with the first 3 bars, to >> become a 6. The middle guard pattern is narrow white, narrow black, narrow >> white, narrow black narrow white. No wide band required for 6. The trailing >> code is a digit (checksum?) followed by a narrow black, narrow white, narrow >> black. No 6 here, unless the checksum digit is a 6. >> >> It seems the fundies see the 2 narrow bars close to each other is enough for a >> 6. The wide bar is necessary for the code to become a 6. >> >> >> >> ) WARN YOUR FRIENDS! >> about overreacting? About posting drivel? >> >> >> ) UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this >> ) IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED. >> uh huh. I just have to wonder if MR. Mcelwaine <sp?> really believes this crap (666, why we have wars, russian sdf stations on the moon, and the WI report) Or does he just post it for our amusement. To think that he and maybe a few others may actually believ this shit is the most upsetting part of the whole scenario. *********************************** Jim Brown * Just because you are paranoid * product support * Does not mean they aren't out * Tektronix Inc.i * to get you!!!! * Beaverton OR ***********************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.tek.com!sail!jimb From: jimb@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Jim Brown) Newsgroups: talk.rumors Subject: Re: MARK-OF-THE-BEA$T bar-code$/scanner$ Summary: Re: MARK-OF-THE-BEA$T bar-code$/scanner$ Message-ID: <12917@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 18 Nov 92 20:53:26 GMT References: <1992Nov17.165350.2396@cnsvax.uwec.edu> <1992Nov18.175647.2480@netcom.com> Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 82