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It wouldn't affect anyone because no one has ever scanned a QR code in an ad

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http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/

But good sir, it's empty!

This needs a QR code sticker. http://qr.kaywa.com/?s=8&d=http%3A%2F%2Fpicturesofpeople...

I chuckle every time I see this.

This will never stop being funny

My 6 year old daughter is absolutely fascinated by QR codes. I've been nagged into scanning ones on posters, in magazines, and even one that showed up in the middle of a TV show...

You can pick up barcode battlers on ebay for cheap. Although they're probably antiques now.

I've got some somewhere, but I don't think they did QR codes and they certainly didn't launch a link - that's what she enjoys. No idea why, but I'm not going to discourage her from anything that gets her interested in technology. We're going to get a t-shirt printed for her with a QR code saying "If found, please ring [phone number]".

First thought: this might be a neat Android game Second thought: this has already been implemented

And..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fawepark.a...

(by the way, this displays in an awful Spanish for me, because of my default language)

I have a six year old son with this same fascination. Sometimes I'll walk into my home office and find some mailer with a QR code sitting there waiting for me. His inquisitive mind just has to know what the phone will do with the code.

I do mountain bike (and thus indirectly hiking) trail development, construction, and maintenance as volunteer work. This has shown me a surprisingly useful place for QR codes: on trailhead map boards. The code just links to a (well optimized) PDF of the map itself, along with some text that says "Scan this with your phone to download a copy of the map.".

It amazes me how many people I see scanning the QR code to get a copy of the map before they head out on the trails.

Every Android phone in Japan would be wiped out in a matter of hours. I see people scanning them in Tokyo constantly.

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