> From: Eric Smith [mailto:eric_at_brouhaha.com]
>
>
> > 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.
>
Actually, if you go the the bottom of the page here...
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/sefSmiley.htm
... I don't think he is claiming that he started the use of it, he seems to
only be concluding that. He says "...but it is pretty clear from the timing
that my suggestion was the one that finally took hold..."
Of course, everyone interprets written words in different ways...
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