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Historic moment

2012-11-21 20:02:12.190721+01 by Dan Lyke 8 comments

Historic moment: actual observed use of a QR code in the wild! (At Aqus Cafe)

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#Comment Re: made: 2012-12-21 03:24:13.917864+01 by: TheSHAD0W

Another way of misusing QR codes! http://www.chicagotribune.com/...rd-1220-20121220,0,7833673.story

#Comment Re: made: 2012-12-13 07:10:37.909027+01 by: Dan Lyke

Wikipedia says '99, although I could maybe believe '98. The silly was getting into high gear at that point.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-12-13 02:44:48.879734+01 by: dexev

Can't be -- we had a cue cat in the computer lab, and I graduated in '98

#Comment Re: made: 2012-12-12 22:24:58.254004+01 by: Dan Lyke

Snicker. The CueCat wasn't 'til 1999, at least!

#Comment Re: made: 2012-12-12 20:58:35.10489+01 by: Larry Burton

And those little cat shaped bar code readers?

#Comment Re: made: 2012-12-12 15:31:14.524662+01 by: Dan Lyke

Well that's a big ol' "duh", huh?

Some days I just want to go back to 1994 and the web we had then.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-12-12 02:16:59.881799+01 by: TheSHAD0W

And what little of this practice takes place will soon come to an end.

#Comment Re: made: 2012-11-22 13:06:08.775717+01 by: meuon

They are a geek and just wanted to know if it worked on their phone.

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