I snapped this shot in Brazil and my attempts at trying to decode that hand-painted 2D barcode (also called a matrix barcode) in the center of the photo have been in vain. I’d love to know what it says, which is obviously something like “Speak _____ and the wormhole will open”.
Anybody else have experience with barcodes or want to take a crack at it? Click the photo for the fullsize version, or use the crop below. To start you off, here’s a Google search for online 2D barcode decoder, and here’s an iTunes App store search for the same if you have an iPhone. The photo was taken within a block or so of here: Rua de Catete, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro
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Brasil atXX quando vamos perder nossos herXXis
X’s weren’t translated properly by my barcode reader on an android phone.
Awesome, so that’d be: Brazil ??? when we lose our ???
Which reader did you use?
I installed it from Android Marketplace, called Barcode Scanner. Its based on the ZXing barcode library.
It looked like the reader wan’t playing well with a few characters with accents, but I’m not sure.
Enjoy the work platitudes. The message is moot.
Brasil ate quando vamos perder nossos herois ?
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