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#1 User is offline   IrishToby 

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Posted 2012-November-03, 15:45

What does the barcode in the New York Times bridge diagram mean, or may be used for?

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Posted 2012-November-06, 15:59

View PostIrishToby, on 2012-November-03, 15:45, said:

What does the barcode in the New York Times bridge diagram mean, or may be used for?

Thanks.


Cut it out of the newspaper and bring it to your local club game, and the director will scan it and give you a free play. Posted Image

No, I'm just kidding. It's probably an encoded version of the deal, so the formatting software can read it and output the complete diagram without someone having to manually key in every hand in each seat.
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Posted 2012-November-09, 07:06

Looks like a table graphic to me, not a barcode. Barcodes have bars of varying widths and spacing. If you want to lobby Mr. Alder to use the BBO Handviewer, you can contact him at pdabridge at prodigy dot net.
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Posted 2012-November-09, 11:40

Looks to me like a square representation of a table with compass lines.
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Posted 2012-November-09, 16:22

Sloppy generation of a JPG file. Maybe the publication has bad automation, or just bad editing.
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