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This is the Conversation Forum for h2g2 Smileys << Wrong dumb question >> Subject: The first internet smiley Posted Sep 13, 2002 by Jamie   Posting 1 The register has a story about this today ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27107.html ). Scott Fahlman's original post has been dredged up from backup tapes, by Microsoft research, of all people. The summary is at http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smiley/Smiley.html and the thread it was in is shown at http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smiley/Joke_Thread.html . Jamie Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The first internet smiley Posted Sep 13, 2002 by Mina This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Maybe it's because I'm so used to smileys, but it seems as if they have been around for much longer! Thanks for the links, it's interesting. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The first internet smiley Posted Sep 13, 2002 by Jamie This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 "seems as if they have been around for much longer". I was in Primary 2 when that one was made Conversation list Conversation list

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