Barcoding within logo...

[digitalpoint]

The barcode in the logo at the top of the forum pages actually says something. Anyone have a barcode scanner, or the ability to figure it out? :)

- Shawn

[Such Great Heights]

could you give me the .psd? i think i have that font at home. :D

i got rid of that old radioshack cat thingy a long time ago, plus i don't think it can read off the monitor or not.

[digitalpoint]

Definitely would be a tough one (since it's so small). Would be rather amazed if someone got it. :)

- Shawn

[Mr T]

Digital Point is the...?

[digitalpoint]

Nope... :)

- Shawn

[digitalpoint]

Anyone else? :)

[ViciousSummer]

Okay, I give up, when are you going to tell us? :D

[digitalpoint]

Never... :)

[aDz]

ive tried to scan it here ;) with no luck.. its not clearly enough defined for our wlan scanners :s

[Lever]

What thef*ck is the digital point ?

Is that a hot, cold, lukewarm or nowhere near guess, Shawn?

[mxlabs]

I own a barcode scanner, but I don't think the quality and size of your logo is anywhere close enough to make it readable

[digitalpoint]

{lol} No... not even close. :)

[Lever]

{lol} No... not even close. :)OK, cheers Shawn. I'll be back, I'm not letting this one go :D

[hulkster]

Ummmm ... UPC standards say 12 digits (no letters) and requires "guard bars" ... usually these are "dropped", but looks like you have cropped those ... and when looking at a 800% magnification in Photoshop, it appears there might be a "101" start bar on the left, but I don't see a "101" end bar on the right. I think what is complicating this is that your GIF is showing at least 4 shades of grey ... when in actual fact, the bars should be either black or white ... probably some "averaging" from your image program.

So ... if you put a good quality image up (doesn't have to be bigger, just no greys in the bar code), this should be easy to decipher.

BUT ... there are other barcode standards besides UPC, so it's possible you might be using one of those, especially because the width of the bar code itself is 140 pixels, and there should be 95 "bits" of information out there.

[digitalpoint]

It's not a UPC bar code. :)

[anthonycea]

I want to kill myself, explain fast or I will.....You will be sorry when I am gone.....

[Solicitors Mortgages]

is bar code scanner on 'special' in adsense this week?

[anthonycea]

Master of the digital universe, MOU Pills, bottle of 100 for $19.95 :cool:

[hulkster]

It's not a UPC bar code. :)
Welllll ... according to this page, (http://www.adams1.com/pub/russadam/info.html#Specs) there are over 300 bar codes ... and most of 'em that I looked at depend on "black/white" for the bars ... so given the at least 4 shades of grey I saw in yours, someone else smarter than me will have to figure this one out! ;-)

[Solicitors Mortgages]

does it involve your surname.....
my guess is something like this..

"Shawn ______ is also digital point"

[debunked]

hogan (Shawn Hogan)

[joeychgo]

Shawn - Are you really this bored??? :D

[PhilipB]

That sure is a tough bar code to decypher

[PhilipB]

Will we get an answer?

[digitalpoint]

Only if someone guesses it. :)

[PhilipB]

Booo, any hints?

[anthonycea]

I own a Hummer and you don't bitch :)

[PhilipB]

:lol:

Yah he's lucky, I'm trying to get my dad to buy one, that same stealth grey color too.

[anthonycea]

Get the Digital Point Brain Implant, $99.95 by PayPal?

[SEbasic]

Anyone got this barcode yet?

[Lever]

Nope. I think Shawn's going to keep this one going so he can turn it into a bestseller like the "DaVinci Code" or something...

[T0PS3O]

My guess is that it's some rant against Webmaster World and all other Forums Shawn got banned from. Not that he'd be scared to voice his opinion publicly in plain english, but to code it into a logo makes it more of a bald statement.

[SEbasic]

Or even a bold statement ;)

[Lever]

...makes it more of a bald statement.What it's got no hair :confused:

[SEbasic]

Haha - Too slow Lever ;)

[Lever]

Haha - Too slow Lever ;)Yeah, I saw ya, SE. You said blod... haha :D

[T0PS3O]

Alright alright... Who's the goose...

bOld is what I meant, bAld is what my early-morning-still-disconnected-from-the-brains-fingers typed.

Thanks for waking me up guys, I better go to Sainsbury's and get some breakfast.

[SEbasic]

Damn, I thought I'd got away with my mistake.... :rolleyes:

[Lever]

I recommend bacon, egg and cheese toasted muffin for breakfast... Can't beat a bit o' muffin in the morning :D D'you reckon that's what the barcode says?

[T0PS3O]

It's Jordan Organic Muesli with Goat's Milk... Got a bit of a cold, thought I'd better get back on the healthy stuff.

[SEbasic]

Nothing better than a subway in the morning ;)

[Lever]

What the barcode under the logo says "Jordan Organic Muesli with Goat's Milk" - wow, Shawn's a real foodie at heart :)

Might do you better to stay off milk, cheese & butter when you got a cold - dairy products are mucogens, make you feel snottier...

[T0PS3O]

Normal milk is indeed, goat's milk is a lot easier to digest. But you are right indeed, milk is shite in general. I only use a drip of goat's milk to moisten the cereal a bit. Makes it easier on the sore throat.

[anthonycea]

Jethro has sifered the code.

"Damned Anthony, should have banned him the first day" :confused:

[Lever]

LOL @ Anthony :D

OK, what about "Shawn Hogan is the Digital Dude" ?

[anthonycea]

Well Lever, I think I have it....

You know that little eye on the pyramid on US currency?

That is Shawn and what the bar code says is the following.

I am the eye on the pyramid and rule over the unwashed masses. :D :p

[Lever]

LOL, yeah, like "Shawn's Master of the unwashed hordes" or something like that.

As an aside what you guys gonna call your new dollars then? Aren't they a bit more colourful now? Will they not be greenbacks any more?

[flawebworks]

My guesses:

I am Oz.
Digitalpint forums
digital point solutions
your power to get things done
Master of the universe
I love {enter shawns girlfriends name here}

[digitalpoint]

Ding, ding, ding... we have a winner. It only took 10 months. :)

[anthonycea]

Well, post the damned thing then :p :confused:

PS: Lever we will call them Shawnbacks :rolleyes:

When I was a kid in 1977 I always said that we should put Led Zeppelin on all of our currency, they have more of it than anyone other than China :p

[digitalpoint]

Here you are... Pretty impressive someone got it actually. Means they actually keep their eyes open.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/images/yourpower.gif

[anthonycea]

FlaWW, is a great member here, is she a moderator yet? :p

[chachi]

Oh, I could have read that if only it were a bit bigger. Duh.

[anthonycea]

Can you imagine a guy that young that would wait 10 months for a thread to resolve.

I would blow it within 10 beers :p :D

I would have just told everyone after a few days for the hell of it :D

[Solicitors Mortgages]

that looks abso-friggin-lutely NOTHING like what is on your logo...there's about a billion more lines on it and all the fuzzy stuff is missing ;)

one other thing ..i only realised that your logo is a "D and a P" about 5 minutes ago,
i thought it was a kinda diamond thing with some holes cut out of it for about 3 months now..
sorry 'bout that.

[anthonycea]

Hell I always thought it was Dick Clark Productions man :confused: :mad: :rolleyes:

[Solicitors Mortgages]

My guesses:

I am Oz.
Digitalpint forums
digital point solutions
your power to get things done
Master of the universe
I love {enter shawns girlfriends name here}

please notice the top line....my GUESSES
who in the world would GUESS "your power to get things done" ???
does that just kind of pop into your head? ...EVER ???

not mine..
i was trying to think of a REAL SENTENCE !! :confused: :D ;)

[Solicitors Mortgages]

c'mon..you know we want the cryptic version of the "guess" ;)

[flawebworks]

please notice the top line....my GUESSES
who in the world would GUESS "your power to get things done" ???
does that just kind of pop into your head? ...EVER ???

not mine..
i was trying to think of a REAL SENTENCE !! :confused: :D ;)

It *was* a guess. An "I guess this could be it". You see the other stuff that I came up with. I spent all afternoon thinking about it. Then; I was going to check my keywords; and typed in digitalpoint.com instead of letting the browser do it for me. Duh; there it was. The tagline is actually quite similar to the tagline my previous employer used. It rang a bell.

[anthonycea]

Logo & Slogan, wow, it would take a great mind to put that together, one would actually have to think instead of making jokes all the time. :rolleyes: :D :p

[flawebworks]

I worked on it; lemme tell you. I even downloaded barcode fonts.....

[Solicitors Mortgages]

~~Anthony and Gem head off silently into the wilderness muttering to each other...
next time mate...next time mate....nex..~~

[anthonycea]

Anyone want to decode this 01110100010001000101000010 :confused:

[Solicitors Mortgages]

it says...... tDP


what ever that is!!

[anthonycea]

I think she gets the old server after Shawn gets the new one. :p

I have some old windows boxes I can send her and some old Zenith monitors. :cool:

[Solicitors Mortgages]

i have some stuff made by TOMY, an old Atari Consol, a calculator and an old PlayStation Steering wheel.
I reckon with a bit of cellotape you get yourself a top of the range MAC out of those parts :)

[anthonycea]

I am sure she thinks we are some great guys GEM :rolleyes: :D :p

[ViciousSummer]

...one other thing ..i only realised that your logo is a "D and a P" about 5 minutes ago,
i thought it was a kinda diamond thing with some holes cut out of it for about 3 months now..
sorry 'bout that.
Tilt your head and what is it now? ;)

[Blogmaster]

I'm trying to get a logo designed right now ... logos are cool ... and sometimes so easy! Look at Nike

[anthonycea]

I don't know VS, looks like a Playboy bunny logo when I tilt my head.

Could it be a flashback from childhood haunting me :confused:

[ViciousSummer]

I don't know VS, looks like a Playboy bunny logo when I tilt my head.

Could it be a flashback from childhood haunting me :confused:
It's an 'S', silly. OBVIOUSLY for Summer, his favorite sister. :D

[anthonycea]

How in the hell did this kid turn the logo on his shirt into his own? Wow, it has finally dawned on me, you need to keep your fingers off the keyboard before you get yourself in trouble VS :cool:

[Solicitors Mortgages]

>>Flawebworks, :) joking aside...congratulations for solving this ...at least someone managed to have the awareness to spot what was right in front of our noses...and credit where its due as always
WELL DONE FLAWEBWORKS
claim your prize...claim your prize... erm..what was it again?

[digitalpoint]

Read the whole thread... someone got it a few days ago. :) (I posted a bigger image after someone got it also).

[goldensea80]

That's amazing. How can you make that barcode? Can I make myself?

[digitalpoint]

Just get a barcode font... then you just type and it outputs a barcode. :)

[Lever]

Yeah, spot on, flawebworks :D But what are we gonna do now? That was like the longest game of "I-spy" ever.

BTW - Just found this free barcode font (http://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/) page, and it's got online bc generators too. Pretty cool.

[flawebworks]

Yea; it looks like I'm going to have to clean my house now; darnit!

<stamps foot>

And; that's where I found the barcode fonts yesterday.

[Lever]

Yea; it looks like I'm going to have to clean my house now; darnit!

<stamps foot>

And; that's where I found the barcode fonts yesterday.LOL - no housework for me, might have to take up playing chess again.

And the barcode info on that site is far easier than having to install the barcode software from my dusty old copy of CorelDraw 8.

[anthonycea]

If anyone can get an old thread going again it would be you David Leverman :p ;) :p :o

[Lever]

LOL, so we discussing the "Lever Show" again huh? We get by with a little help from our friends, and everyone has chipped into this one, Anthony. It's been good to have something keeping the grey matter ticking over :D Or should that be gray matter. Please excuse me, a humble Brit am I

[flawebworks]

I think my foray into barcode fonts is over. I'll save them for my collection of thousands upon thousands upon thousands...

[anthonycea]

Yeah, you have to admire the discipline of Shawn for waiting that long, I would never be able to do it, but I could never code a page or a software program either :confused: :mad: :(

No doubt you could pull off a talk show, you will have the opportunity to engage in internet video as digital video and websites will be the next hot webmaster technology.

The hot websites will all be video sites down the road, sort of a online TV network/website.

[Lever]

The hot websites will all be video sites down the road, sort of a online TV network/website.Definately :D

When the bandwidth becomes available to do some major "webcasting" there will be some great opportunities to promote some really good "WeeVee" ((TM, Lever 2005 ;)) - can you imagine that, Anthony? All day Led Zep shows?

"Rock ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt this webcast to bring you... Shaaaakiraaaa *yeah* "Some good times ahead. Didn't Dave Lee Roth do a track called "Good Times" ? Stevie Vai on 12-string from what I remember?

[anthonycea]

Yeah the sad part is that we will all have to pay for rights to show that sort of content, it will not be the wild wild west any more.

You will not be able to post copyrighted material as freely as we do today without getting busted.

That will change the business as we know and practice today, when the holders of copyrights start enforcing them it will be hell on the average webmaster.

Google and the other engines are already feeling the heat.

So you will not be able to just put on some video or songs as you will without the rights being paid for.

[Lever]

I can see it... true Pirate Video... setting up at open connections to broadcast on someone else's bandwidth... where there's a will...

Isn't there a rumour of video iPod coming out sometime?

[anthonycea]

Sure the recording and movie industries knows this is going to happen, why do you think they are suing high school kids, next will be webmasters.

They are already trying to shut down the bit torrent guys.

The lawyers always win in the end and if you want to stay in business you have to play the same old game.

Produce your own content and you have to police it also.

The song remains the same?

[flawebworks]

I hope not [webcasting]. My tv is over there and my computers are over here. I like it that way.

[Lever]

The song remains the same?
"Same as it ever was, same as it ever was..."
and "99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name"
I hope not [webcasting]My tv is over there and my computers are over here. I like it that way.I Understand that, I have an aversion to mobile phones - If I'm out, I'm out, you shouldn't be able to get hold of me.

But with the webcasting we will still have the option of visiting static or moving, right? We still have Ceefax on TV over here, for a little while anyway :)

[anthonycea]

I hope not [webcasting]. My tv is over there and my computers are over here. I like it that way.


Well you host websites and must be aware of this trend and be prepared for it because it is surely coming and soon.

Webcasting is already taking place even on dial up connections, but with wireless broadband we will see an explosion in this and it will be mainstream within 2 years.

Microsoft is already pushing their cable TV (ITV) software and their media center PC's.

[flawebworks]

Doesn't mean I has to like it..For me personally; I don't like anything that moves or makes sound on my screen.

[anthonycea]

Now now FlaWW, the eye in your avatar is moving ;) :p

Bottom line is websites will change as more folks have broadband and software to open digital video files.

You don't want to be a black and white webmaster when color TV is all the rage, right?

[flawebworks]

I don't see it move. I have animation turned off in my browser. I'm choosing to annoy everyone else right now.

I wouldn't say black and white - I do like color; but the kiss rule is what I go by. The old fogies among us will appreciate it.

[anthonycea]

Yes FlaWW, but the kids are the targets of all merchandisers as they are the one's who buy music, movies, garments on a large scale.

I have the same pair of jeans until they turn to dust and am still listening to Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.

Now are you understanding? You have to sell into growing markets and to the hot markets and kids want video, not old style pages.

The wave of the future is convergence with television, I just seen Microsoft's new ad on Microsoft TV today, no need for a PC, just hook this up to your TV and get online with a subscription to MSTV.

[wissam]

wow gr34t .. ... . .. ... . .. ... .

[amitpatel_3001]

wow gr34t .. ... . .. ... . .. ... .

I was planning to buy your siggy ;) but posts like these which include bumping too old threads can get you banned and make me lose my money ;)
Amit

[wissam]

I was planning to buy your siggy ;) but posts like these which include bumping too old threads can get you banned and make me lose my money ;)
Amit

Haha, I am not selling my Sig anyway ^^, my message means "SOS" if you can read the dots, and I meant that DP is going crazy lol .

[maldives]

I want to kill myself, explain fast or I will.....You will be sorry when I am gone.....

An early suggestion by Anthony. :D :D :D :o

[technolarity]

Wow this is interesting .
Where did you got this idea ?

[DomainMagnate]

wow gr34t .. ... . .. ... . .. ... .

will you teach me the art of flooding and padding your post count :rolleyes:

[sweetlouise]

Providing Solutions for the Digital World

am i right?

[Agent_Dweeb]

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=77808&postcount=51

[sweetlouise]

owww shucks, i really thought i nailed it. my one sounds better anyway.

[MeetHere]

owww shucks, i really thought i nailed it. my one sounds better anyway.

why r u bothering about 3 years old thread :rolleyes:

[sweetlouise]

coz i seen the thread id in my search bar and thought it would be fun to change the number from 2847894 to 1 and see what happened - voilla - so i had a guess - is that a crime?

[RectangleMan]

will you teach me the art of flooding and padding your post count :rolleyes:

Yes..it involves making senseless replies to senseless comments. That includes your post..and mine. Aren't we special now.