29 years ago, a smiley was born :-)

MSNBC-technology.com ^ | Rosa Golijan

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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:

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                                _
                              .(_)_
                             /,    \                 .
                            <_)    |\
                           __/._ .-|/_         `     .     '
                            (   .   )             .  |  .
                            : .d8b-'/       _      \.-./      _
        a:f.-.-..-.--.--._  ( ( Y `n   ____________'...`__________
        '/    '-.  . -      : : # .v       .    ----==-----    .
           .'-.   ' .-,_.-' ( )_#_/  `-._.   -     ---     --
                  ._.-'      O/ #        `/:_      ---  -
          '.,   .-'          "' #          ` `=. .  -
            _.-'                #               `-:
                                .
                                `:
                                 '

   

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Nice.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Good ones. :-)

[Cboldt]

See An Emoticon in Typewriter Era for the possible invention of ;) in 1897. It was only a matter of time before somebody came up with :-)

[colorado tanker]

Happy emoticons have now led to . . . .

[tutstar]

bump

[ToxicMich]

[ClearCase_guy]

I believe The Comedian was banned some months ago. A shame. I enjoyed his company.

[Robert A Cook PE]

(Robt is amaised!)

But “I” only have ONE headlight on my hardhat!!! You added a second one, and now my battery is going to run out twice as fast.

[raybbr]

En garde!

[floralamiss]

I only use them for reading, but I assure you, I was wearing my specs when I scoped you out. ;^)

[Joe 6-pack]

I must know...did I meet you specs?

[Joe 6-pack]

“your,” not “you,” lol

[floralamiss]

You surely did, and in every way! (((Ahem!))) ;^)

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[Joe 6-pack]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Oooh....didn’t know that.

[JoeProBono]

[floralamiss]

I love that face. Now, where have I seen that face before? ;^)

[Joe 6-pack]

"Now, where have I seen that face before? ;^)"

In your wildest, bodice ripping dreams, of course. I'm surprised you didn't recognize me!