gumby@mit-eddie.UUCP (David Vinayak Wallace) (07/07/83)
Wow! The ":-)" notation was suggested just about three mionths ago, and I had thought that it was spreading SLOWLY. Just how fast is this network growing, anyway? david
gumby@mit-eddie.UUCP (07/07/83)
Relay-Version:version B 2.10 5/3/83; site wjh12.UUCP Posting-Version:version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path:wjh12!genrad!mit-eddie!gumby Message-ID:<404@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date:Wed, 6-Jul-83 23:18:10 EDT Organization:MIT, Cambridge, MA Wow! The ":-)" notation was suggested just about three mionths ago, and I had thought that it was spreading SLOWLY. Just how fast is this network growing, anyway? david
mat@hou5e.UUCP (07/07/83)
They ``:-)'' is indeed a smiley face. Be careful -- there are variations on this which may be smilng and may be not. Mark Terribile Duke of deNet
rcj@burl.UUCP (07/07/83)
Sorry to disappoint new netters (newer than myself, that is), but, as with light bulb and Paddy O'Furniture jokes, it has been done before. I joined the net in November and the :-) symbol was already well on its way to becoming a standard "just kidding" indicator. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj
bormanp@stolaf.UUCP (07/07/83)
As I recall, it was started last summer. Seems as though there
was a whole list of 'um made then too . . .
:-} :-{ 8-) 6-) 9-) :-(
Paul R Borman
St. Olaf College
dja@mi-cec.UUCP (07/12/83)
hmmm... i've been using that for about nine months now! other variations include winking smileys, like ;-)... -Dave Aronson idis!mi-cec!dja (uucp) da2p%cmcctd@cmuc (arpa)