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The emoticon is turning 25

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By Velvet (Contact - View My Woyano)
Published Fri 13 Jul 2007, 256 Views, 0 Comments

When the emoticon - known by some as the "smiley face" - turns 25 years old on Sept. 19, the man recognized as having typed the first one intends to mark the occasion with a cookie.

In the meantime, Carnegie Mellon computer science professor Scott Fahlman will brace for the inevitable parade of press inquiries, entreaties from emoticon enthusiasts, and brickbats from emoticon critics, most notable of whom (to Fahlman, at least) is the entertainer Penn Jillette.

The anniversary has already inspired an emoticon contest at Yahoo.


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