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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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1 posted on 09/19/2011 8:19:31 PM PDT by Daffynition
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modified:

;-)

:O

=-O

:-P

B-)

:-[

:-D

o:-)

:’(

&;-D


2 posted on 09/19/2011 8:20:41 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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BTTT


3 posted on 09/19/2011 8:21:10 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Daffynition

Bump!

:D


4 posted on 09/19/2011 8:22:41 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: Daffynition
I like my nerdicon...

#8-)X

5 posted on 09/19/2011 8:23:15 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Jet Jaguar

6 posted on 09/19/2011 8:24:31 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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Have the statute of limitations run out for arresting this man and putting him on trial for Crimes Against Humanity?


7 posted on 09/19/2011 8:25:20 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

8 posted on 09/19/2011 8:26:25 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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9 posted on 09/19/2011 8:26:31 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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10 posted on 09/19/2011 8:28:40 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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11 posted on 09/19/2011 8:29:56 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

?:^)


12 posted on 09/19/2011 8:32:00 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Lazlo in PA

He’s created more neck alignment issues than high schooln football.


13 posted on 09/19/2011 8:32:23 PM PDT by One Name
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To: Joe 6-pack

I love your little nerdicon. Here’s mine...

#8-) -B


14 posted on 09/19/2011 8:43:20 PM PDT by floralamiss
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To: Freedom4US

15 posted on 09/19/2011 8:45:26 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

: )


16 posted on 09/19/2011 8:48:39 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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17 posted on 09/19/2011 8:53:05 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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OMG. LOL. BTTT. ASAP. PDQ. QED.


18 posted on 09/19/2011 9:08:26 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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19 posted on 09/19/2011 9:13:21 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby ("To understan' the livin', you gotta commune wit' da dead." Minerva)
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To: floralamiss

I love a woman with glasses. I have a shot at being handsome when they take them off ;-)


20 posted on 09/19/2011 9:16:15 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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