Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!aplcen!samsung!psuvax1!psuvm!ENIAC!MAGILL From: magill@ENIAC.SEAS.UPENN.EDU (Network Planning) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.infonets Subject: About :-)'s Message-ID: <9002091632.AA06567@eniac.seas.upenn.edu> Date: 9 Feb 90 16:32:26 GMT Sender: owner-info-nets@think.com Reply-To: Info-Nets@Think.Com Lines: 29 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Return-Path: Posted-Date: Fri, 9 Feb 90 11:32:26 EST Errors-To: owner-info-nets@Think.COM X-Administrator: Robert L. Krawitz Precedence: bulk Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was owner-info-nets@THINK.COM Comments: To: info-nets@Think.COM This a topic from the dim recesses of time. One of those things that is part of the "shared experience" of the human race or something like that. Digging around in the Tardis, here is some old info about the topic: One of the continuing problems for news group postings is how to show "non-verbal" communications... "that's what I said, but not what I ment". ----------< Forwarded Message Follows >---------- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1987 10:34:36 LCL From: Sally Webster Subject: Another icon I can't figure out how to show a shrug yet, but I did think of something for "thinking hard, trying to recall, brows creased in contemplation": >:-| -------------< End Forwarded Message >----------- At DECUS last week one of the Ultrix sessions had a "summary" of "standard smiles" evolved for use in various news postings over the years: (:-) (8-} (:-( (;-> (8-O (:-| : ) 8 ) (:-I Their meanings are as explicit as the non-verbal signals they attempt to duplicate. William H. Magill Manager, PennNet Operations Planning Data Communications and Computing Services (DCCS) University of Pennsylvania Internet: magill@dccs.upenn.edu magill@eniac.seas.upenn.edu magill@upenn.edu