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[RO]

Universal Product Code (UPC), introdus în anii 1970, este un cod de bare care a devenit larg raspândit în Statele Unite, Canada, Marea Britanie, Australia, Noua Zeelanda, Europa si alte tari pentru a facilita gestiunea produselor în magazine.

Nu toata lumea a fost încântata de aceasta tehnologie. Populara revista satirica din S.U.A. Mad Magazine a dedicat întreaga coperta a numarului #198, publicat în 1978, unui urias cod de bare UPC în forma de protest, cu mesajul “…în speranta ca acest numar [al reviste] va bloca fiecare computer din tara … pentru ca ne obliga de acum înainte sa ne desfiguram copertile cu acest dezgustator simbol UPC.” De-a lungul urmatorilor doi ani, revista a publicat numeroase pamflete umoristice la adresa simbolului UPC, incluzând “Parul unui om care se uita la un film de groaza" sau "Dintii lui Alfred E. Neuman vazuti de aproape.


[EN]

Introduced in the 1970s, the Universal Product Code (UPC) is a barcode symbology that became widely used in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, in Europe and other countries for tracking trade items in stores.

Not everybody was happy with the prospect of the UPC. The popular satirical publication Mad Magazine dedicated the entire cover of issue #198, originally published in 1978, to a giant UPC bar code, with the subversive caption, “…hopes this issue jams every computer in the country … for forcing us to deface our covers with this yecchy UPC symbol from now on.” Throughout the next two years, subsequent issues featured humorous descriptive captions for the smaller symbol, including “Hair of man watching horror movie" and "Close-up of the gap in Alfred E. Neuman's teeth.

[RO]

De atunci codurile de bare au evoluat, atât standardizate cât si proprietare, pentru tot felul de utilizari precum: gestiunea produselor, urmarirea coletelor, partajarea de informatii digitale ( binecunoscutul cod QR ) si multe altele

Iata câteva exemple:


[EN]

Since then, barcodes have evolved, both standardized and proprietary, for many uses such as product tracking, parcel tracking, digital information sharing (the ubiquitos QR code) and more.

Here are some examples:

Linear Barcodes

UPC_A.svg
UPC
EAN13.svg
EAN
Barcode2of5example.svg
Code 25
Code_3_of_9.svg
Code 39
Pharmacode_example.svg
Pharmacode
Intelligent_Mail_Barcode_Wiki22.png
USPS - Intelligent Mail barcode

2D (matrix) Barcodes

Azteccodeexample.svg
Aztec
Datamatrix.svg
Data Matrix
Better_Sample_PDF417.png
PDF417
MaxiCode.svg
UPS Maxicode
QR_code_for_mobile_English_Wikipedia.svg
QR code

[RO]


Misiunea ta, daca o vei accepta, este sa gasesti codul(rile) de bare potrivite si sa le citesti.
Nu va fi simplu si s-ar putea sa trebuiasca sa gândesti si altfel/neconventional.

Odata ce vei fi obtinut informatia, vei sti ce sa faci cu ea.

Succes!

 

Aceasta descriere NU SE VA autodistruge ...

[EN]

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to find the suitable barcode(s) and read it.
This is by no means a simple task and you may be required to think outside the box too. 

Once you have that information, you know what to do with it.

Good luck!

 

This description WILL NOT selfdestruct :-D

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)