Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Happy birthday Smiley!



Smiley Lore/Ecomotion (below)

turn 25,

Wednesday 19th September 2007.

The inventor is Scott E. Fahlman





Here is the original message

posted by Scott Fahlman on

19th September, 1982:

19-Sep-82 11:44    Scott E  Fahlman             :-)
From: Scott E  Fahlman 
 
I propose that the following character sequence for joke
markers:
 
:-)
 
Read it sideways.  Actually, it is probably more economical
to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends.
For this, use
        
:-(
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By Mwamedi Jumanne Semboja, Wednesday, 19th September 2007.




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