Betreff: Press Release: You've Come a Long Way, Smiley! :-)
Datum: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:18:12 +0200
Dr. Fahlman, today IBM researcher, has invented the Smiley 20 years ago at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh:
You've Come a Long Way, Smiley :-)
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (September 19, 2002 ) -- Twenty years ago today, Dr. Scott E. Fahlman thought turning his head sideways might drastically improve his ability to communicate. The result of his tipped thinking is now world famous: the "smiley emoticon" -- :-) -- used by millions in emails and electronic postings to indicate: "Hey, I'm only kidding" or "I'm smiling." Tilting one's head to the left reveals the happy face.
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At IBM Research, Dr. Fahlman is currently developing flexible, efficient ways to store and use a lot of "common sense" knowledge in a computer system. Today's computers , for example, are very good at solving specialized technical problems, but they can't begin to match the common sense of a five-year-old child.
"We all know that you should open a door before trying to go through it," Dr. Fahlman said. "And that bananas are good to eat, but you should peel them first and then eat only the inside part. These statements are usually true. But exceptions are possible, which greatly complicates the problem of teaching such common sense to a computer."(*1)
As for celebrating the 20th anniversary of his creation of the smiley, Fahlman knew of no official events. "But I think I'll smile a lot today," he added.
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Info about Scott Fahlman
Since July 2000, Scott Fahlman has been a Research Staff Member (on leave from CMU) with IBM Research's Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (He still lives in Pittsburgh, Pa., and works out of his home and CMU offices.)
[... viel Wiederholung in anderer Wortwahl...]
Best wishes,
Mike Ross, Media Relations Project Manager
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Schauen wir mal wieviele Zeitungen das heute Treudoof abtippen, und den Schmarrn weiterverbreiten - die NZZ ist schonmal nicht dabei.
