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Text art pictures created with basic keyboard characters in fixed width fonts. http://asciiartist.com
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By Scott E. Fahlman.
"So, the smiley idea may have appeared and disappeared a few times before my 1982 post. I probably was not the first person ever to type these three letters in sequence, perhaps even with the meaning of “I’m just kidding” and perhaps even online. But I do believe that my 1982 suggestion was the one that finally took hold, spread around the world, and spawned thousands of variations. My colleagues and I have been able to watch the idea spread out through the world’s computer networks from that original post." Delete the scoop?
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The emoticon is nearly 30 years old. We take a look back at some memorable points in its past. Delete the scoop?
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The use of emoticons can be traced back to the 19th century, and they were commonly used in casual and/or humorous writing. Digital forms of emoticons on the Internet were included in a proposal by Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in a message on 19 September 1982. Delete the scoop?
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Note for the newbie: Overuse of the smiley is a mark of loserhood! More than one per paragraph is a fairly sure sign that you've gone over the line. Delete the scoop?
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Free kaos emoticons, japanese smilies and animated gifs for your anime site, game board or personal blog. Delete the scoop?
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An emoticon (English pronunciation: /ɪˈmoʊtɪkɒn/) is a facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer’s mood. Delete the scoop?
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She calls it computer punctuation - chances are she's selling ASCII art but has never created any herself.