Yoiked from Monkey Filter:
Scott Blake is an artist who deals in barcodes. included on his site are some cool java-based barcode utilties, including counters, clocks and the ability to barcode yourself. Here’s my barcode along with the description of it’s sections:
You can even scan the code when done to determine how much you are worth:
And from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research I discovered the "Gender Gap" which states that "Women Average 72 Cents For Each $1 Earned By A Man."
Talk about a social commentary where we are reduced to simple barcodes. Granted, this is a generic code that could represent any person meeting my details, and not specifically me, but who knows where the future lies.