The Smiley Face Turns 25 :-)

jmke · 25th September 2007, 16:51

Another milestone of online communications has been reached. The smiley turns 25, according to Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman who says he was the first to use three keystrokes. 'Language experts say the smiley face and other emotional icons, known as emoticons, have given people a concise way in e-mail and other electronic messages of expressing sentiments that otherwise would be difficult to detect. Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on Sept. 19, 1982, during a discussion about the limits of online humor and how to denote comments meant to be taken lightly.'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20829611/

easypanic · 25th September 2007, 18:38

jmke · 25th September 2007, 18:55

and it's not replaced on these forums by a lame image

25th September 2007, 16:51	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	The Smiley Face Turns 25 :-) Another milestone of online communications has been reached. The smiley turns 25, according to Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman who says he was the first to use three keystrokes. 'Language experts say the smiley face and other emotional icons, known as emoticons, have given people a concise way in e-mail and other electronic messages of expressing sentiments that otherwise would be difficult to detect. Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on Sept. 19, 1982, during a discussion about the limits of online humor and how to denote comments meant to be taken lightly.' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20829611/ __________________

25th September 2007, 18:55	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	and it's not replaced on these forums by a lame image __________________

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