Smiley face turns 30 The highly famous emotion that is used by web and text users all over the globe has marked its 30th birthday a computer scientist who created the iconic smiley face has said The computer symbol for not serious or now more generally happiness made up of a colon dash and a right parenthesis was born into existence at 11 44 a m on September 19 1982 after it was posted on an online bulletin board by Carnegie Mellon computer scientist Scott Fahlman

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'Smiley face' turns 30! -
The highly famous ':-)' emotion, that is used by web and text users all over the globe, has marked its 30th birthday, a computer scientist who created the iconic "smiley face" has said.
The computer symbol for "not serious" or now more generally "happiness," made up of a colon, dash and a right parenthesis, was born into existence at 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982, after it was posted on an online bulletin board by Carnegie Mellon computer scientist Scott Fahlman.
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