Wow, this is interesting! Smileys surely date back. I hope our LUG threads are also archived and 100 years from now when another elite computer civilization is in force, they will be able to retrieve our threads =)
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:38 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Interesting titbit of information. It's not the oldest usage of a smiley, > though. The oldest one I know of is this one: —) > > The dash represents a tongue, and the wane-paren represents a cheek. This > is before *electricity* was proven to be more than a fad, mind you; it was > used in handwritten letters. Not sure how popular it was, but it was used, > nonetheless. > > Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/Orig-Smiley.htm >> >> >> >> Simon Vass >> Managing Director >> E-Tech Uganda Ltd >> >> http://www.etech.ug >> Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 >> email: [email protected] >> skype: e-techservicedesk >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- *Bright Onapito* * * *| Entrepreneur | Aquaculture Information Expert | Software Engineer* m:+256 792 782629 / 711 782629 w: www.onabright.com | www.anafaquaculture.org | www.frontiersgroup.co.ug l:www.linkedin.com/in/brightonapito t:www.twitter.com/onabright f:www.facebookcom/onabright n:www. <http://goog_495068422>store.ovi.com/publisher/Bright%20Onapito *do not print this e-mail unless it is absolutely necessary. trees have feelings too :-) * */*I purpose to be part of the solution and not the problem */ *
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