HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMILEY!!!

Horatio · 09-19-2002, 11:37 AM

Hey, just saw this on AOL:
THE smiley computer symbol

celebrates its 20th birthday today.

The simple text picture - which represents a smiling face - sparked a revolution in computer communication and spawned a whole language of similar symbols.

The smiley is now used daily by hundreds of millions of people worldwide in emails, Instant Messages and mobile phone text messages.

The colon, dash, bracket arrangement is used as shorthand to indicate anything from a bad joke to 'have a nice day'.

A full language of similar text pictures, known as emoticons, has emerged.

Now a computer researcher claims he's found the first ever smiley, on a bulletin board at the Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, on September 19, 1982.

Mike Jones at Microsoft's Systems and Networking Research Group says he unearthed the original emoticon after six months of 'computing archaeology'.

The discovery was made after he and former colleagues trawled through logs from bulletin boards at the US university.

They say the definitive posting reads: "I propose that the following character sequence for markers

."

Avatar · 09-19-2002, 11:38 AM

awwwwww well happy birthday... [img]redface.gif[/img] )

Sigmar · 09-19-2002, 11:49 AM

Happy birthday [img]smile.gif[/img]

Jorath Calar · 09-19-2002, 11:49 AM

[img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img]

always liked thisone the best though... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Sir Exxon · 09-19-2002, 11:53 AM

Happy Birthday,

! [img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img]

T/-/alali · 09-19-2002, 07:18 PM

Happy birth day [img]smile.gif[/img]

Piestrider · 09-19-2002, 07:21 PM

Happy birthday mr. smiley

[img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img]

Willard · 09-19-2002, 07:21 PM

[img]smile.gif[/img] <------------------------ Happy B-day Dude! [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img]

[ 09-19-2002, 07:23 PM: Message edited by: Willard ]

johnny · 09-19-2002, 07:38 PM

Why wasn't i invited ?

Ladyzekke · 09-19-2002, 08:02 PM

Interesting Horatio, didn't know that [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

BUT, the smiley face has been around for ages (the image I mean), would be also interesting to know the birthdate of that!! Who drew the first smiley face, made it yellow, perfectly round, two black eye dots (no nose) and a curved black line for a smile? And when? And did he get rich?

09-19-2002, 11:37 AM	#1
Horatio Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: September 19, 2001 Location: Behind these metal bars Age: 42 Posts: 3,117	Hey, just saw this on AOL: THE smiley computer symbol celebrates its 20th birthday today. The simple text picture - which represents a smiling face - sparked a revolution in computer communication and spawned a whole language of similar symbols. The smiley is now used daily by hundreds of millions of people worldwide in emails, Instant Messages and mobile phone text messages. The colon, dash, bracket arrangement is used as shorthand to indicate anything from a bad joke to 'have a nice day'. A full language of similar text pictures, known as emoticons, has emerged. Now a computer researcher claims he's found the first ever smiley, on a bulletin board at the Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, on September 19, 1982. Mike Jones at Microsoft's Systems and Networking Research Group says he unearthed the original emoticon after six months of 'computing archaeology'. The discovery was made after he and former colleagues trawled through logs from bulletin boards at the US university. They say the definitive posting reads: "I propose that the following character sequence for markers ." __________________ I <b>am</b> the party!!<br /> [img]\"http://zert0.net/iuti/img2/1381585-vi.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

09-19-2002, 11:38 AM	#2
Avatar Vampire Join Date: April 28, 2001 Location: Cambridge Age: 42 Posts: 3,877	awwwwww well happy birthday... [img]redface.gif[/img] ) __________________ <b>Ê†ë®Ñï†Ý \'s Avariel<br /></b><br />Creator and Mithril Protector of the ALSB Clan <br /> [img]\"http://www.wizardrealm.com/images/avatar.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

09-19-2002, 07:18 PM	#6
T/-/alali Baaz Draconian Join Date: September 8, 2002 Location: Cornelius,NC Age: 37 Posts: 700	Happy birth day [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ I am the Ferret king, master of the hordes, allied to Someguy\'s mighty pinguins, we will soon rule the world!

09-19-2002, 07:21 PM	#7
Piestrider Zhentarim Guard Join Date: February 25, 2002 Location: Waxahachie TX Age: 38 Posts: 389	Happy birthday mr. smiley [img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img] __________________ yes

09-19-2002, 07:21 PM	#8
Willard Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: June 14, 2001 Location: Vermont Age: 33 Posts: 1,752	[img]smile.gif[/img] <------------------------ Happy B-day Dude! [img]graemlins/blueblink.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img] [ 09-19-2002, 07:23 PM: Message edited by: Willard ] __________________

09-19-2002, 11:49 AM	#3
Sigmar Unicorn Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: N/a Posts: 4,222	Happy birthday [img]smile.gif[/img]

09-19-2002, 11:49 AM	#4
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	[img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img] always liked thisone the best though... [img]smile.gif[/img]

09-19-2002, 11:53 AM	#5
Sir Exxon Zartan Join Date: October 15, 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Age: 36 Posts: 5,367	Happy Birthday, ! [img]graemlins/happybirthday.gif[/img]

09-19-2002, 07:38 PM	#9
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	Why wasn't i invited ? __________________

09-19-2002, 08:02 PM	#10
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 58 Posts: 9,005	Interesting Horatio, didn't know that [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img] BUT, the smiley face has been around for ages (the image I mean), would be also interesting to know the birthdate of that!! Who drew the first smiley face, made it yellow, perfectly round, two black eye dots (no nose) and a curved black line for a smile? And when? And did he get rich? __________________ Reality Show Recaps

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