Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/03

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Subject: [Leica] November contest winners
From: harrison at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary)
Date: Sun Dec 3 15:39:11 2006
References: <A5156AF94425ED02BCAA7A47@hindolveston.reid.org> <45718B16.7070205@dlridings.se> <379F225BD0D8EE3409A10D86@hindolveston.reid.org> <20061202180548.GH4057@panix.com> <57E1C573A10F840CCCD908AB@hindolveston.reid.org>

Brian Reid wrote:
>
>> incidentally, didn't the emoticon and brian emerge from CMU more or less
>> contemporaneously?
>
> Emoticons were invented by my friend Scott Fahlman at CMU. I was one 
> of the numerous recipients of the first email ever sent that contained 
> a "smiley". 

 
Really, how exciting...I thought Al Gore invented them at the same time 
he created the internet. ;)

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