{"id":663,"date":"2013-04-24T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/?p=663"},"modified":"2013-04-29T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T22:50:51","slug":"tv-and-qr-codes-a-case-study-in-faith-and-human-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/tv-and-qr-codes-a-case-study-in-faith-and-human-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"TV and QR Codes: A Case Study in Faith and Human Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So there I was, watching a Boston Red Sox game on a lovely spring evening, thinking to myself \u201cI wonder who the Red Sox play next series?\u201d\u00a0 Sure I could have opened up my lap top and searched online, but really who has time for that?\u00a0 Instead my mind drifted to some other thought, likely as useless as the one before it.<\/p>\n<p>So there I am staring away at the twenty-first century opiate of the masses when something unexpected occurred, something you could probably never imagine, something you would likely find simply preposterous.\u00a0 As if my previous wish had been heard on high by YHWH, there appearing on my television screen, a bright glowing QR Code shown, granting me my wish and presenting me with the ability to know the truth of my question.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-664\" alt=\"Sox\" src=\"http:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sox-300x171.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sox-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/qfuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sox.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>So there I was stunned at the miracle that presented itself to me, and amazed that someone up above truly cared.\u00a0 When I finally pulled myself together I grabbed my phone, caring more for my readers than my own hopes and dreams, I opened up the camera and took the screen shot which you see here.<\/p>\n<p>What a genius use of a QR code by the NESN broadcasters I said to myself, and a brand new world opened in front of my eyes, completely destroying my previous view that QR codes and TV generally do not go together.\u00a0 This one use, made specifically for me and designed to answer the question I was just dwelling on moments prior was all the proof I needed to re-shape all my misguided preconceptions.<\/p>\n<p>I took my photo, opened my QR code reader and as I lifted my phone to scan the code POOF!\u00a0 Just like that, it was gone.\u00a0 \u201cNOO!!\u00a0 WHAT IDIOT PUTS A CODE ON SCREEN FOR TEN SECONDS!!!!\u00a0 CURSES!!!\u201d (though I didn\u2019t say \u201ccurses\u201d)\u00a0 This whole time I was being tricked not by YHWH but his antonym.\u00a0 Teasing me, testing my faith in codes.\u00a0 But no worries I thought, they will surely show the code again, and I will be 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