:-) turns 25 years old

[Prrkitty]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/18/e....ap/index.html

Quote: Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes -- a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis -- as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.

To mark the anniversary Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo Inc., carries a $500 cash prize.

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Wow... time flies by when you're having fun :)

[Aegix Drakan]

Yay! happy birthday smiley icons!

^_^

[The_Amaster]

0_o Someone actually invented the smiley? And remembered that they were the one that did it?

That's awesome.

[DarkDragoonX]

Knowing humanity, the internet smiley is EXACTLY the kind of thing people would remember.

[mrz84]

:3 Kinda cool to hear that really. Never knew that actually. Proof once again that you learn something new everyday.