The originators of the smiley made a lot of money on it. It was copyrighted, and anyone who used it had to license it. And it was very expensive. I think it is now public domain. Paul On Oct 20, 2006, at 4:37 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> If you think that you've obviously not attended a Major University. > > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> >>> Digital Image Studio wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 20/10/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Digital Image Studio wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> my AA powered autonomous bulk storage device looks like it may >>>>>> not support SDHC. :-( >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I hope that's not as kinky as it sounds! >>>>> ;-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> It's just less boring than saying my CompactDrive ;-) >>>> >>>> >>> I wouldn't even admit it if I had a "CompactDrive" >>> :-O >>> >>> BTW: I just learned that my house is only a couple of hundred yards >>> >>> >>> from where the "smiley" (sideways smile formed from a colon and >> >> >>> parenthesis) was invented - Carnegie Mellon University. >>> >>> >> >> To clarify: I always knew my house was near CMU. I just didn't know >> that's where the smiley was invented. You'd think they had more >> important things to tend to. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
