Barcodes & 666

Wed Aug 9 01:35:48 CDT 1995

dear friends
anyone knows why so many barcodes started and ended with 6 and 6 is in the
middle. Is it yoke of someone to invent 666 into barcodes?
Regards

Vratislav Richard Bejsak
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