Computer History

Ok, so... I am looking forward to a bit of a more peaceful week here at work this week. I won't go in to details, but with that in mind... here is a bit of computer history for you, I'll try and add some more links later in the day for other similar sites.

The use of emoticons is invented in 1982. Emoticons are the symbols from the characters on a computer keyboard used to convey emotion or tone in an electronic message, such as the sideways smiley face. :-). Emoticons are first used in 1982 on the CMU bulletin board system. They are suggested by CMU's owner in response to users' inability to distinguish jokes from serious text content on the system.

Nerd Times


Angel winking - female
0*-)
Angel winking - male
0;-)
Man
:-) :-
Female
>-
Female
O+
Female
( y )
FlatTop Loudmouth
l:-O
Cat
}:-X

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High-Tech Dictionary

$-) Won the lottery, or money on the brain
:-p~ Heavy smoker
[[ ]] Hug Insert a name in the brackets of the one who is being

Recommended Emoticons for Email CommunicationFor AIM, AOL, MSN, Yahoo and Others
^5 high five
\_/ "my glass is empty"