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To: RayChuang88
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
2 posted on 09/18/2007 6:25:08 AM PDT by JRios1968 (Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
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To: JRios1968

I think that emoticon of yours described Michigan fans after they lost to Appalachian State a couple of weeks ago. Isn’t it amazing how sophisticated emoticons have become?


3 posted on 09/18/2007 6:30:10 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: JRios1968
Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes - a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis - as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.

Uh Oh! ... Challenge ... I think I might have typed that at the end of some my messages on the VAX/VMS system in the early 80s. I even used it in some of my homework on my Wilbur Acct. ... Where's OJ, I need to get some of my stuff back ...

4 posted on 09/18/2007 6:32:15 AM PDT by TexGuy
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