How Well do you Know Barcodes? Take the Barcode Test.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Posted in: Barcodes
How well do you know barcodes?
RFID Digest is running an interesting quiz- How Well do you Know Barcodes?
But the part I like the best is the opening sentence. It expresses a truth that is rare and refreshing. We do indeed hear a lot of hype and (mostly) opinion about barcode technology versus RFID technology. Most recently an article was circulating about how barcodes aren’t really as cheap as people say they are, making RFID even more cost effective than people think it is, blah blah blah.
Well, bicycles are much less expensive than cars and do certain very significant things much better than cars do; there are myriad other comparisons like this that are, well, ridiculous.
Barcodes and RFID both have a place in the world right now. That will change over time, perhaps quickly. Why do folks have this need to reduce everything to “…what is better and what is worse…”? How about studying and understanding and making optimum use of “…what is..”?
Whether or not you do well on the barcode quiz, what other questions about barcodes can you come up with?
And more to the point about studying, understanding and making optimum use of what is, what are the pro’s and con’s of barcode technology and of RFID technology without digressing into which is best and which is worst? Just a plain, point-blank list of features and capabilities. No opinions, nobody trying to look smart.
Wouldn’t that be interesting!
Take the RFID Digest- How well do you Know Barcodes quiz here:
http://www.scdigest.com/assets/On_Target/09-07-15-4.php
