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Subject: 
 The first smiley?
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 lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
 Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:05:51 GMT
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Possibly apocryphal, possibly not really the first but an interesting story
of computer archeaology nontheless:

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

(I got the URL from an old IBMers mailing list I am on)

I don't think it has anything to do with MS other than that's where the
story is hosted



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  Re: The first smiley?
 
(...) used in an advertisement as long ago as the 60s. I'll see if I can find it. (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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