To: csc-fun@hpljaj.hpl.hp.com, jmbahr@geology.wisc.edu, danb@bucasb.bu.edu, harter@eng.sun.com, Howard@apple.com, DKnutsen.OSBU_North@xerox.com, LKnutsen.OSBU_North@xerox.com, mccrate@wdi.com, eroberts@cs.stanford.edu, Andy@snoopy.msc.cornell.edu, dsmith@apple.com, rms@ai.mit.edu, spires@metaphor.com, vance@cse.ogi.edu Cc: jerskine@sun.com, PolleZ.pa@xerox.com, czyz@csli.stanford.edu, well!dcaruso@apple.com, Hoffman.El_Segundo@xerox.com, pearl@sun.com, winograd@csli.stanford.edu, jjohnson@hpljaj.hpl.hp.com Subject: :-) Date: Wed, 03 Jul 91 17:42:17 PDT From: Jeff Johnson Those of you in the SF Bay Area may have noticed that Herb Caen has discovered the little smileys that computer-people use in e-mail, and has been both using them in his column and collecting interesting ones. Some ones I hadn't seen before (mixed with a few I made up): :-D very happy :-{ very sad :-I vexed 8-0 incredulous B-) Gary Larson glasses S:-} Dudley Do-right [:-) M.C. Hammer 7:-) Reagan /:= Hitler %:*D Bozo O:-) Jesus }:-) The Devil And, if you turn them over: (-:P Beaver Cleaver (-:]P Spike Lee (-:? Elvis (-:C Viking (-:K My Favorite Martian (-:E King Hussein (-:B Felix the Cat Enough! JJ And here's some more from Benjamin Vander Jagt, using extended ascii: :-Þ (raspberry 1) :-þ (raspberry 2) ò_ó (angry) ó_ò (concerned) ô_ô (somewhat surprised) õ_õ (intrigued) ^_^ (of course, there's this cute "happy") ñ_ñ (but then there's this much cuter "happy") ß-) (on some character sets, this looks like a face wearing goggles) ø_ø (Stoner McNullset) ù_ú (Upset but holding it in) ú_ù (Meditating, kissing, or various others) ç_ç (Old person) ¦-õ (Yawn with eyes closed, holding a hand in front of his mouth; thanks Pchan)