20 years ago today

15 public posts in this discussion.

Post 1

The :) was invented! All hail the :)
:D :D :D :D

Post 2

yeah although it took him another 10 years to turn it around ( and make :(

hehehe :P

Post 3

what the face... or the : and ) together?

Post 4

putting the : and the ) together..

Post 5

how the hell do u people know this?

Post 6

casue were nerds 8)

Post 7

Quote from Mudman:
how the hell do u people know this?

slashdot. story was posted there a few days ago about someone tracing the birth of the smiley.

Post 8

What else are we suposed to do besides sit her and search for pointless stuff on the internet.

Didn't any1 tell you aventuring outside your house is the 8th deadly sin :lol:

Post 9

Quote from Darklyte:
yeah although it took him another 10 years to turn it around ( and make :(

hehehe :P

What, the first smiley was

:-), the :-( was about 6-7 characters later in the same Usenet post.

Post 10

Fact is I heard it on Triple J this mornin and it's just a funny useless piece of trivia, so why not give some shit and enjoy the moment?

Post 11

Yep saw it on OCAU last week

http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smiley/Smiley.html

Post 12

Quote from Aravi:
[quote:ef1f2fa563="Darklyte"]yeah although it took him another 10 years to turn it around ( and make :(

hehehe :P

What, the first smiley was

:-), the :-( was about 6-7 characters later in the same Usenet post.[/quote:ef1f2fa563]

gezzz champ i was just joking...... :wink:

Post 13

all bow down and hail the *:)*

/bows down and grovels

Post 14

mate u know why going outside is the 8th deadly sin?

the sun burns and it burns good, hurts your eyes and gives u ancer, so why not stay inside in the safty of your house, surfing the web

Post 15

and get tan from the CRT rays
:D