[center]Digital smiley face turns 25 [/center]
It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon.
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.
To mark the anniversary on Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo, carries a $US500 cash prize…
Hagar
September 22, 2007, 11:31pm
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I love the faces. ;^/ ;^)
Horazio
September 22, 2007, 11:37pm
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I use the smileys a lot in the text messages
meet his nemesis, (0_0) asia smiley!
Split
September 22, 2007, 11:51pm
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(3’.')=3
kirby gunna knock you out
Split
September 23, 2007, 12:04am
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i give this thread 2 thumbs up
d|^.^|b
pookie
September 24, 2007, 4:25pm
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…/´¯/)…(\¯\ ............/....//..............\\....\ .........../....//................\\....\ ...../´¯/..../´¯\.........../¯.…\¯`… |..….….…...
Of course, as with any good thing, you have to be careful not to overdo it.
Mr_Bill
September 24, 2007, 5:15pm
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:-)~~~~~(@Y @) this one is nice
[quote]pookie wrote:\ ............/....//..............\\....\ .........../....//................\\....\ ...../´¯/..../´¯\.........../¯.…\¯`… |..….….…...
Of course, as with any good thing, you have to be careful not to overdo it.
I can’t wait for the sexually explicit artists to have a field day with their keyboards.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
I can’t wait for the sexually explicit artists to have a field day with their keyboards.
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;-)etc.