The First Smiley Used On The Internet

[Bender]

Here's the site from the guys that found it:
http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smiley/Smiley.html

[KinkoStinky]

um... ok...

[Rocktron]

Hhahahahahaa brings back memory's! :D
I use to have a BBS (Bulletin Board) in the old day's, and those smileys were the only things you could use to express you "emotions" wile chatting!
Hmmm the good old days! :D

(I still have the complete BBS program (Remote Access) but i just don't have the balls to delete the (TAPES! :blink: ) ;)

[KinkoStinky]

i agree...

[Bender]

I found the unofficial story as well:

The Legend of Smiley Land (http://www.funnygreetings.com/smile4.htm)

[oldmancan]

Thanks Bender. You should be idiot of that. (Re: avatar caption) lol

[Rocktron]

Originally posted by Bender@16 April 2003 - 22:28
I found the unofficial story as well:

The Legend of Smiley Land (http://www.funnygreetings.com/smile4.htm)
This one is nice (from the TRUE story!) http://www.funnygreetings.com/smile2.gif it just looks edible like M&M's!

[Bender]

Originally posted by oldmancan@16 April 2003 - 23:29
Thanks Bender. You should be idiot of that. (Re: avatar caption) lol
:lol: :lol:


Business Week Online article (http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2001/nf20010423_785.htm)

[JMR]

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/jmr54/camara.gif

[Bender]

The history of the original smiley, before the Internet:

http://www.smileydictionary.com/history.html

That's enough education for today, I guess. :lol:

[Rocktron]

I saw the movie "Forest Gump" and there you see how the real Smiley was borne on a T-Shirt! :D :P