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Subject: 
Original Smiley Found (-:
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Date: 
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:24:23 GMT
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Wow:

"The smiley :-) and its many variants are an important (and fun!) part of
the worldwide online social culture -- allowing emotions to be conveyed in
plain text.  It has been in widespread use since the early '80s, when it was
first proposed.  Yet the original message in which the smiley was invented
had been lost -- until now. :-)  ... "

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



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