13 Sep
2002
13 Sep
'02
2:35 a.m.
I saw this on The Register's US web site (http://www.theregus.com/) today...
First ever smiley found, preserved for posterity
- MS researcher and CMU staff find backup tape
13 September 2002 4:33am
http://www.theregus.com/content/6/26295.html
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13 Sep
13 Sep
6:35 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
I saw this on The Register's US web site
(http://www.theregus.com/) today...
First ever smiley found, preserved for posterity
- MS researcher and CMU staff find backup tape
13 September 2002 4:33am
http://www.theregus.com/content/6/26295.html
Is that the article that claims that no smiley's were ever used before
1982?
While I can not provide any proof of prior art, I saw them used
occasionally with 360 selectric terminal operations in 1970!
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
6:49 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Eric Smith wrote:
So prior use with computers would not count?
How about Arpanet?
Is that the
article that claims that no smiley's were ever used before
1982?
He doesn't claim that. He claims that he independently invented it and
started the use of it on the Internet.
6:58 a.m.
Is that the
article that claims that no smiley's were ever used before
1982?
He doesn't claim that. He claims that he independently invented it and
started the use of it on the Internet. 
15 Sep
15 Sep
7:10 p.m.
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, David Woyciesjes wrote:
I saw them in comments in IBM 360 listings which were at least 20 years
old when I saw them in about 1984.
Peace... Sridhar
I saw this on The Register's US web site
(http://www.theregus.com/) today...
First ever smiley found, preserved for posterity
- MS researcher and CMU staff find backup tape
13 September 2002 4:33am
http://www.theregus.com/content/6/26295.html
Is that the article that claims that no smiley's were ever used before
1982?
While I can not provide any proof of prior art, I saw them used
occasionally with 360 selectric terminal operations in 1970!
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