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29 years ago, a smiley was born :-)
MSNBC-technology.com ^ | Rosa Golijan

Posted on 09/19/2011 8:19:27 PM PDT by Daffynition

At 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982, a man named Scott Fahlman posted a message to an electronic computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University. And with that simple action he did something wonderful: He became the individual who would later be credited as the inventor of :-), an ASCII-based emoticon.

Thanks to the efforts of Microsoft Director of Identity Partnerships Mike B. Jones — who worked at Carnegie Mellon University when the original post was made — and a small team of dedicated individuals, we know that the following is the message Fahlman sent:

(Excerpt) Read more at technolog.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Humor
KEYWORDS: iluvsmileys; smiley; smileys; smileysarefun
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To: Daffynition

: o

That’s the face for “Oh no, FR is down!”.


21 posted on 09/19/2011 9:22:37 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (PALIN 45 -The cure for "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Sarah Palin 2012 "Not For Sale!")
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To: TheConservativeParty

XD

...and this is for when it’s back up!


22 posted on 09/19/2011 9:34:32 PM PDT by Christopher
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To: TheConservativeParty

23 posted on 09/19/2011 9:57:44 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Daffynition

I use Kitty:

>^,,^<


24 posted on 09/19/2011 11:09:24 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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I invented the one for “Hot Chick”, lol

o>8-<


25 posted on 09/20/2011 12:04:22 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Daffynition

I suspect prior art, but I’m too lazy to follow up.


26 posted on 09/20/2011 12:14:52 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Daffynition; xsmommy; tioga; secret garden; CholeraJoe; AFPhys; MHGinTN; patton

8<)

Since I’ve been wearing glasses since second grade ....


27 posted on 09/20/2011 12:20:09 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Daffynition
Here's a "Welcome to New York!" smiley:

‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›.

28 posted on 09/20/2011 1:29:00 AM PDT by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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To: Daffynition
i've always liked using joe cool:

=!^)

29 posted on 09/20/2011 1:38:31 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: lowbridge

LULZ!!! See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

M-), :X, :-M


30 posted on 09/20/2011 3:15:09 AM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: cynwoody

\_/


31 posted on 09/20/2011 3:18:07 AM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: dsrtsage

@>-—>— ...a rose by any other name.......


32 posted on 09/20/2011 3:20:15 AM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

%(|:-)


33 posted on 09/20/2011 3:21:23 AM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Daffynition

I never use text emoticons, I get a sharp pain in my neck when I do.


34 posted on 09/20/2011 3:21:32 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: sten

7:^)


35 posted on 09/20/2011 3:23:19 AM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: Fresh Wind

(-:


36 posted on 09/20/2011 3:24:36 AM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: I still care

IIIIII8^)X


37 posted on 09/20/2011 3:27:02 AM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: dsrtsage

Mmmm. She’s kinda...um....saggy


38 posted on 09/20/2011 3:27:58 AM PDT by Krankor
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

39 posted on 09/20/2011 4:23:53 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Joe 6-pack; floralamiss

And B-cups too.


40 posted on 09/20/2011 4:38:23 AM PDT by Erasmus (I love "The Raven," but then what do I know? I'm just a poetaster.)
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