Emoticons were invented today!

@Bd200789 (2994)
United States
September 19, 2008 12:28pm CST
Today in 1982, emoticons were born when Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman proposed punctuating humorous or sarcastic computer messages with a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a horizontal "smiley face." :-)
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emotasia
@emotasia (4)
• Australia
5 Oct 08
kudos to professor Scott E. Fahlman.
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Kevin
@excellence7 (3655)
• Mauritius
22 Sep 08
That's a very good piece of information as general knowledge. Thanks for this info my friend. By now, Prof. Scott E. Fahlman must be a very popular and rich person.
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danishcanadian
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
10 Nov 09
Wow! I had no idea that emoticoms were that old. They are as old as I am. LOL
Dr. Ann
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
20 Sep 08
If I owned a hat, I would raise it in salute to Professor Fahlman, for he is certainly a jolly good fellow. And here it is in his own words: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm Thank you, Dd200789, for a most illuminating discussion :-) ;-) :-O etc.
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gitfiddleplayer
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
20 Sep 08
I need to look up that guys address and give him a :\
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tamarafireheart
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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20 Sep 08
kHi Bd200789, Well I never knew that, professor Scott E. Fahlman must be very very rich man and when I look at hese smiley I will think of him. Tamara
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