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Uploaded: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 11:20 AM
Facebook adds bar code to roof
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by Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff
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 | Describing it as a "hack of epic proportions," a team of Facebook employees unveiled a 42-foot-square bar code that they'd painted on the roof of a building at the social networking company's Menlo Park headquarters at 1 Hacker Way.
Inspiration struck during the company's recent Hackathon event.
It took gallons of black paint, string, a remote-controlled tiny helicopter carrying a camera, and hours of patience for the team to create a QR code, a type of scannable bar code.
The code leads to a URL that for now only tantalizes with a "coming soon" message. Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Sheridan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood, on Mar 27, 2012 at 1:07 pm Ah, the wonderful corporate enthusiasm of our youth.
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Posted by billionaire, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood, on Mar 27, 2012 at 1:14 pm It's not a bar code, but a QR code. And it doesn't scan properly because they painted it too close to the edge of the roof. But hey, they're all smarter than we are, aren't they?
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Posted by Max Crittenden, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Mar 27, 2012 at 1:48 pm "A hack of epic proportions." I hate what's happening to our language.
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Posted by nerd, a resident of another community, on Mar 27, 2012 at 2:02 pm Scans fine on my Android phone. The URL is Web Link
I bet when this photo shows up on Google maps, they're going to put "Google Sucks" on their web page. Nerds with too much free time on their hands.
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Posted by Alfred E Newman, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, on Mar 27, 2012 at 3:01 pm Didn't scan for me using QR Droid.
42 feet isn't epic, just "large".
Love the idea, though....
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Posted by Hmmm, a resident of another community, on Mar 27, 2012 at 7:49 pm Those hacks did what? Are they gonna brag about it in their timelines? Yawn.
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Posted by Nice work, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood, on Mar 27, 2012 at 10:39 pm Like.
Creative.
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Posted by Mr. Sleep, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood, on Mar 28, 2012 at 9:07 am Hack?
How is that a hack? I think Zuckerberg thinks he's some kind of maverick in the industry, when he's just another tool.
I also think it's pretty dumb of them to not have the destination of the QR Code up and running. It takes you to fbco.de
Julian Assange gives private individuals information on corporations and governments and he's a criminal, Mark Zuckerberg gives corporations and governments information on private individuals and he's 'Man of the Year'.
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Posted by R.Gordon, a resident of another community, on Mar 29, 2012 at 11:22 am Mr. Sleep.........
WELL PUT...WELL PUT.
I actually think his(Zuck's) group is going to get constipated from trying to come up with something better than Facebook.But then, I am not a fan of IT.
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