Who invented the very first :-) on the Internet

Oct 28, 2005

Ever wondered where the first :-) came from? Microsoft research has been nice enough to post the dialog. "The contents of the "joke" thread on the CMU CS general bboard that led to Scott Fahlman's invention of the smiley are below. This was retrieved from the spice vax oct-82 backup tape by Jeff Baird" Scott Fahlman also have the info on his page. Here he has posted the whole conversation. read more | digg story

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