Almost OT?: The origin of the smiley emoticon...

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Sep 13 13:58:01 2002

> > 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.

So,...
A newbie who gets an AOL account today and "comes up with it on their own
and starts using it" could make the same claim.
Received on Fri Sep 13 2002 - 13:58:01 BST