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29 years ago, a smiley was born :-)
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| 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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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)
To: Daffynition
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:22:41 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: Daffynition
I like my nerdicon...
#8-)X
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:23:15 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Jet Jaguar
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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)
To: Daffynition
Have the statute of limitations run out for arresting this man and putting him on trial for Crimes Against Humanity?
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:25:20 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: BuckeyeTexan
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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)
To: Lazlo in PA
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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?)
To: Joe 6-pack
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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)
To: Lazlo in PA
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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)
To: Daffynition
To: Lazlo in PA
He’s created more neck alignment issues than high schooln football.
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posted on
09/19/2011 8:32:23 PM PDT
by
One Name
To: Joe 6-pack
I love your little nerdicon. Here’s mine...
#8-) -B
To: Freedom4US
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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)
To: Daffynition
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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!")
To: TheConservativeParty
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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)
To: Daffynition
OMG. LOL. BTTT. ASAP. PDQ. QED.
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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.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/19/2011 9:13:21 PM PDT
by
abigailsmybaby
("To understan' the livin', you gotta commune wit' da dead." Minerva)
To: floralamiss
I love a woman with glasses. I have a shot at being handsome when they take them off ;-)
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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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