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- *** Volume 1, Issue #1.08 (May 9, 1990) **
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- MODERATORS: Jim Thomas / Gordon Meyer
- REPLY TO: TK0JUT2@NIU.bitnet
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- COMPUTER UNDERGROUND DIGEST is an open forum dedicated to sharing
- information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of
- diverse views.
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- DISCLAIMER: The views represented herein do not necessarily represent the
- views of the moderators. Contributors assume all responsibility
- for assuring that articles submitted do not violate copyright
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- In This Issue:
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- File 1: Moderators' Corner (news and notes)
- File 2: From the Mail Bag (Could it be the Broccoli King?)
- File 3: Report on Morris Sentencng (by Lawrence Kestenbaum)
- File 4: Sysops under Fire (reprint)
- File 5: Bboard Symbols (by Ruth Hanschka)
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- *** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 1 of 5 ***
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-
- In this file:
- -- LoD Update
- -- FTP (again?)
- -- BBS Info Wanted
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------
- LOD UPDATE (May 9, 1990):
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-
- The legal fate of Craig Neidorf (Knight Lightning) is still uncertain.
- Motions are currently pending to dismiss the case, and the defense
- attorneys are also waiting for rulings on their discovery motions. They
- hope to have responses by the end of the May. A status hearing has been set
- for May 29, and the trial is scheduled for June 18. Barring something
- dramatic, it appears there will be nothing to report for at least three
- more weeks. The case is in Illinois' Northern Federal District (Chicago),
- and the docket number is 90-CR-70.
-
- The trial of Robert Riggs and Adam Grant was originally scheduled for
- June 4 in Atlanta, but has been delayed, according to court sources.
- They indicate that the new trial date will likely be in July or August.
- Rumors of a plea bargaining arrangement *HAVE NOT* been confirmed, and
- sources indicate that the prosecution is currently intending to procede to
- trial. However, this was an "official" position, and did not preclude the
- possibility of a bargaining arrangement being negotiated.
- The case number in Georgia's Northern District is: 1:90-CR-31
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- FTP PROBLEMS:
- ----------
-
- As many noticed, a bitnet site cannot actually be an FTP site. The bitnet
- address was intended as the source by which users could be steered over to
- a workable site. It may not work as well in practice as conceived in the
- abstract. We are working on the problem, and will have more information
- in the next issue.
- requests as we can and then place the files on a central BBS that
- accomodates 9600 baud. For those with the new HSTs, this take about 10
- minutes for a one-meg download (at a cost of about $1.25). For those still
- using 2400, it would cost about $11.00. This isn't ideal, but it's
- workable.
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- BBS INFO WANTED
- -----------
-
- We've had some interesting responses to our query about BBSs. In coming
- issues, we'll try to do a series on the history of CU bulletin boards, when
- they started, what happened to them, and what's going on now. If you were
- (or are) the sysop of a CU board that has been around for a few years, or
- if you were a user of one, drop us a note on when it started, what it
- caters to, what it's like, or any other information you think relevant.
- WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR BBS ADS, so don't send any. The intent is to trace
- the rather dymanic and rapidly changing nature of this form of social
- interaction.
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- *** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 2 of 5 ***
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- %Eds. note: The following came with a "Camp David" header in all
- the right places, so it must be true, right?%
- ---------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 06 May 1990 13:13:13 CST
- From: George 'I love Broccoli' Bush <GEORGE@THE.WHITE.HOUSE>
- To: Jimbo <TK0JUT2>
- Subject: Computer Underground Digest
-
- Dear Jim,
-
- Nancy and I, uh... I mean Barbara are really proud of the great job you are
- doing with all these hackers. These are dangerous kids that need to be
- kept off the street, I mean phone.
-
- These kids don't have much of a chance in life without people like
- yourself. Without the care that you show them, they would probably live to
- grow up as computer literates. What a terrible way to live in this day and
- age.
-
- You know Jim, I have several United States Secret Service agents to protect
- me from the holligans in the world, but whenever I can lend a few away to
- bust up these hacker-types, I feel proud to be an American. Keep up the
- good work, and tell Gordon hello too.
-
- Sincerely,
- George Bush, k-rad d00dz
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- *** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 3 of 5 ***
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-
- Re: Observation of Robert Morris Sentencing
-
- On Friday May 4th, I went up to the federal courthouse in Syracuse to
- witness the sentencing of my fellow Cornell graduate student, Robert T.
- Morris, Jr. I'm not acquainted with Morris, but I've followed the case
- closely through the media, Usenet, etc.
-
- It seems that every U.S. courthouse has the same airport-style security
- system: the walk-through metal detectors, the package conveyor belt. My
- friend and I passed through this and were just about to step on the
- elevator when we hear the guards laugh, saying "Here comes Robert!", and
- around the corner of the building comes a grim-faced, hands-in-pockets
- Morris Junior, surrounded by a cloud of dozens of microphone and camera
- wielding reporters. "Pack journalism," sniffs my friend; the grinning
- guards let our elevator go, and we reach the third floor ahead of the mob.
-
- Apparently Judge Munson's sentencings were handled routinely every Friday
- at 2:00 PM. This particular Friday, only two are scheduled; besides
- Morris, there's a contractor who underpaid his employees on a Federal
- construction project (sitting in the pew behind me, the contractor's lawyer
- says to his client: "Don't worry, these people aren't all here for you.").
- Ironically, the contractor's basic sentence (three years probation) is the
- same as what is later pronounced on Morris; the contractor, however, is
- required to make restitution to the aggrieved employees, and is prohibited
- from bidding on federal contracts for some period.
-
- With the contractor out of the way, the main show begins. First, the
- defense attorneys (Guidoboni and O'Brien), always referring to their client
- as "Robert," make lengthy statements. He's a "decent kid," they urge, who
- has taken responsibility for his actions and is properly repentant.
-
- Guidoboni, in particular, spends a good deal of time arguing about the
- sentencing guidelines. Though I am not familiar with the Federal
- sentencing guidelines, I have worked with Michigan's version, and they
- basic concepts are the same. Fundamentally, the idea is to limit what used
- to be unfettered judicial discretion over sentencing, under which people
- committing similar crimes -- indeed, two partners in the same crime --would
- routinely get radically different sentences, depending on which judge was
- presiding and how he felt that day.
-
- Given the stories they wrote, most of the reporters were completely
- befuddled by the argument over the guidelines. Suffice it to say that the
- new Computer Fraud and Abuse statute had been classified (presumably by
- court rule) as a "six," a "fraud and deceit" crime. The pre-sentence
- report applied this guideline, adding extra points for "special skills,"
- and came up with a sentence of just under two years (I don't recall the
- specific numbers offhand -- I think it was 21 months). Guidoboni argued
- that fraud and deceit (and motivating greed) were not part of "Robert's"
- crime; at most, it should be classified under "destruction of property,"
- which was a "four" and carried correspondingly lower sentences.
-
- Judges are allowed to depart from the guidelines, but they are required to
- make clear why the guidelines were inadequate to determine the sentence in
- the particular case. When I was practicing law in Michigan, one judge's
- failure to make such a statement enabled me to get a client's sentence
- reduced.
-
- The prosecution surprised me by saying very little. Essentially, he said
- he understood that the judge might want to depart from the guidelines in
- this case, but hoped that he would sentence Morris to *some* jail time.
- Then he sat down. If all the editorial-writers who have been yelling for
- Morris' blood had seen it, they would have been appalled: this was the
- opportunity for a fire-and-brimstone speech about national security and
- billions in damages. Suddenly, it became clear that "severe punishment"
- was *not* in the cards.
-
- The judge called a five-minute recess and disappeared into his chambers to
- craft his answer. When he returned, he asked if the defendant had anything
- to say; Morris said "no" (the only word he spoke during the entire
- proceeding). The judge then announced that NONE of the sentencing
- guidelines applied to this case, and none were even analogous. Hence, he
- was free to use his discretion, and he did: three years probation, $10,000
- fine, 400 hours community service, no restitution required.
-
- The hearing over, Guidoboni turned to the assembled media, with an air of
- contempt and condescension, and said "I'll make it easy for you: Robert has
- nothing to say, and he's not going to change his mind." He announced that
- he would make a statement and take questions when he got outside. The
- press assembled on the plaza outdoors, waiting for Guidoboni to make his
- appearance. Most of what he said has been quoted elsewhere. Afterwards,
- we ransomed the car (three bucks for 2 hours parking) and drove back to
- Ithaca.
-
- What was really striking about all this was the contrast between the fairly
- widespread view (among editorial writers and lay people, especially) that
- Morris deserved severe punishment and a long prison term, and the reality I
- saw in the courtroom. Even my fiancee had argued that Morris "is guilty
- and should go to jail." I think that people who are unfamiliar with the
- legal system don't tend to consider how *good* Morris looks compared to the
- more typical criminal defendant who has a history of (a) prior crimes, (b)
- drug use, (c) violence, (d) greed, and (e) predatory behavior. Retribution
- is not usually foremost on a sentencing judge's mind; rather, he or she
- tries to look toward the impact of the sentence on the defendant's future
- behavior. It is hard to imagine Morris doing anything like the Internet
- worm again, so the need to lock him up is anything but pressing.
-
- Lawrence Kestenbaum
- Cornell grad student (City & Regional Planning, Historic Preservation)
- Attorney licensed in Michigan
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- *** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 4 of 5 ***
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-
- Copyright (C) 1990, by BBS PRESS SERVICE, INC.
-
- Copyright hereby waved by Alan R. Bechtold -- pass this article around at
- will, including posting it on any BBS and online service!
-
- ==================
- THE EDITOR SPEAKS:
- ==================
-
- by Alan R. Bechtold
-
- "Attack From Above..."
- ----------------------
-
- It's happening all over. Telephone companies in Texas and Michigan and
- Indiana are exerting their power over bulletin board operators, trying to
- extort business rates out of anyone who runs a BBS -- whether the bulletin
- boards are businesses or not. It could happen in YOUR state next.
-
- A couple of weeks back I wrote about Variety 'N' Spice BBS in Michigan.
- Michigan Bell decided that Variety 'N' Spice should pay business rates for its
- phone lines and I agreed. They ran their system on a multitude of lines,
- switched in rotary fashion, and in every sense of the word operated the BBS as
- if it WERE a business. It was even listed as a "subdivision" of a publishing
- company responsible for a regional computer magazine in the area.
-
- I know the sysop of that board and like him a lot. This wasn't an easy stand
- for me to take. Now I have a copy of the actual regulations covering
- classification of telephone customers as business users and a letter from a
- Michigan Regulation Officer at the Michigan Department of Commerce, explaining
- those regulations in English (thanks, Dennis -- and to everyone who sent me
- info on this).
-
- It appears I was right.
-
- Variety 'N' Spice, operating as a "subsidiary" of an actual company that
- published a for-profit magazine, SHOULD have to pay business rates for the
- telephone lines it used.
-
- BUT, according to the letter I have, from Deborah Phipps, a Regulation
- Officer in the Customer Complaint Section of the Michigan Department of
- Commerce, "If bulletin boards or access to bulletin boards is provided to
- calling parties at no charge other than that which may be associated with the
- telephone call, and are not provided in conjunction with a business, a
- profession, an institution or other occupation, then it would appear the
- service should not be classified as a business."
-
- The letter goes on.
-
- "If, however, there is a charge associated with any level of access to the
- bulletin board, whether the charge is rendered to cover costs or produce a
- profit, then the service would be considered a business and classified as
- such."
-
- This means that if you run an open, free bulletin board in Michigan and it's
- strictly a hobby and not associated with a business or organization of any
- kind, you have a legitimate complaint if Michigan Bell tries to charge you
- business rates for the phone lines you use.
-
- To register specific complaints regarding such classifications, call the
- Consumer Services Division of the Michigan Public Service Commission at
- 800/292-9555 or 517/334-6424.
-
- Which brings me to Indiana.
-
- Last week, Charles Bowen's A NETWORKER'S JOURNAL (right here in INFO-MAT)
- reported that Indiana BBS sysops were being hit by GTE with a required
- business rate charge for phone lines, regardless of whether the boards are run
- as businesses or not. This is hitting many BBSes with a nearly 200 percent
- increase in phone bills. It's an increase most can't afford or justify.
-
- In specific, Bowen mentioned Indiana sysop Randy Wilson, who was among the
- first to receive notice of the new increased rates.
-
- This week, Bowen quotes CompuServe's Online Today, which quoted Wilson as
- saying he has discontinued using Sprint (a GTE long-distance company) and
- "strongly urges" his BBS users to discontinue their Sprint service and "go
- with one of the other long-distance carriers."
-
- Wilson operates a hobby BBS for which he makes NO charge for access. He told
- Online Today that GTE refused to discuss the forced increase in business rates
- so he no longer has any interest in their long-distance services.
-
- I think Wilson's reaction is perfectly rational. We as bulletin board
- operators and users must NOT back down on our resistance to paying business
- rates for telephone lines just because a bulletin board is on them. They must
- be BONA-FIDE BUSINESSES first, and not all BBSes are BUSINESSES!
-
- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is telling sysops that "business
- rates for home computer lines were approved in January."
-
- Read that line again -- CAREFULLY. It sounds to me like the telephone
- companies, if allowed to continue, don't intend to stop with just charging
- business rates to bulletin boards. They eventually plan to charge business
- rates to EVERYONE with a computer attached to their phone lines. That means
- you won't be able to set up a separate phone line for your computer without
- paying business rates for the line. That stinks.
-
- So. I back Wilson's idea to boycott GTE (remember -- this is ME talking
- here, not INFO-MAT or BBS PRESS SERVICE or any of our affiliate BBSes that
- carry INFO-MAT). I personally support his idea and recommend that you follow
- it.
-
- If you disagree with GTE's stand against BBS operators in Indiana, Cancel
- your SPRINT and GTE long-distance service and switch to other companies not
- currently engaged in attempts to gouge computer users for use of their lines.
- It will certainly make a strong statement of your feelings, in no uncertain
- terms.
-
- Also, if your local phone company is trying to charge bulletin board
- operators (especially FREE hobby boards) business rates for the use of their
- lines, let your local utility regulatory commission know you are outraged.
- Lodge a formal protest if possible.
-
- And -- I think it's time for us to put our money where our mouths are. I
- have long advocated the need for a true national Modem Users Association. We
- modem users -- sysops and BBS users alike -- are scattered far and wide,
- linked by a variety of electronic mail systems and local and regional
- associations, but not truly linked into a single, unified voice.
-
- I've called for the formation of an organization that not only would link
- with existing local and regional groups but also would stretch far beyond
- their capabilities, and I've been waiting too long for it to happen.
-
- I'm saying let's DO IT. NOW.
-
- I'm willing to coordinate it, but it takes money to put something like this
- together and all of you must be willing to come up with some money to get this
- off the ground.
-
- The organization I propose would act as a central clearing house for
- information of interest to BBS users and operators, act as an umbrella linking
- local and regional modem user groups into a nationwide network, and unify all
- modem users and the services and systems they use.
-
- It would also establish a lobbying effort in Washington to push for
- legislation favorable to modem users and would fight, state-by-state, against
- outrages rate increases and demands from telephone companies and other
- entities.
-
- Membership in such an organization would be open to individual modem users,
- bulletin board sysops, publishers of telecommunications software,
- manufacturers of modems and providers of commercial online systems.
-
- The organization I envision would require an attorney for the group, a
- Washington D.C. lobbyist and a Coordinator for each state. We would publish a
- monthly or weekly electronic newsletter that would be posted on each and every
- bulletin board and online service that is a member, and a quarterly newsletter
- that would be mailed to each member by U.S. Mail.
-
- The organization would establish criteria for operation of online services
- and for conduct by online service users, and would consider ways to network
- nationwide, tracking down sources of known viruses and "Trojan Horse"-type
- software so action can be taken against the perpetrators.
-
- Other activities could include discount buying power for software and
- hardware, low-cost group health and accident insurance, low-cost insurance for
- computers, and, really, all the benefits of any large group.
-
- Initial yearly membership in such an organization would be:
-
- Individual -- $15
- Hobby BBS Operator -- $25
- Commercial BBS Operator -- $50
- Software Publisher (Shareware) -- $100
- Software Publisher (Commercial) -- $250
- Hardware Manufacturer -- $500
-
- Now let's put this to a vote.
-
- I said I would be willing to take on the formation of such an organization
- and I meant it. If you would be willing to support such an organization,
- considering the fact that it would be formerly incorporated as a non-profit
- organization, and would dedicate itself to the goals and objectives I have
- listed above (in addition to others as it goes), send a check to the address
- below.
-
- Yes, I said SEND A CHECK. Make it payable to MODEM USER'S ASSOCIATION of
- AMERICA, for the appropriate amount from the above list.
-
- I will collect the checks and report here every week how much has come in. I
- figure it will take a minimum of $10,000 to start this organization and WILL
- NOT CASH ANY CHECKS until at least that amount has been received. If the
- amount necessary to start this organization isn't raised, I will mail a
- postcard to everyone who sends a check, letting you know the organization
- didn't fly and the check has been destroyed.
-
- Now $10,000 sounds like a lot of money but it's only the bare-bones minimum
- needed to get an attorney, to incorporate the group as a non-profit
- organization, retain a lobbyist in Washington and start things rolling. It's
- a LOT of money but that's reality.
-
- So, if you REALLY want it to happen, mark your check with the level of
- participation you're signing up for, and mail it, along with your name,
- address and telephone number, to:
-
- MODEM USER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
- Alan R. Bechtold, Coordinator
- 8125 S.W. 21st Street
- Topeka, KS 66615
-
- I hate to sound pessimistic, but this is a challenge I'm betting we won't be
- able to meet. I don't think enough of you REALLY WANT THIS to make it
- happen. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I DO believe that what I've proposed is the
- way to get things done and protect modem users in the future. If you agree,
- then you now have your way to let me know. If you don't, just sit there and
- watch it all go away.
-
- This is drastic stuff -- and I stand willing and ready to take on the
- challenge of putting this organization together and getting things done if
- you're willing to stand behind me with the dollars it will take to do it
- right.
-
- Also, feel free to pass this article around. Copyright is hereby waved and
- you are encouraged to upload this to any and all bulletin boards and other
- online services you wish. I WANT you to prove me wrong!
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- %Eds. note: Ruth Hanschka sent the following across the Computer Mediated
- Communications bitnet hotline, and said she didn't mind if we reprinted it.
- She's graduating and off to make her fortune, so we thought we'd send her
- off with the symbolic closing of CuD 1.08 with her list.
- ----------------------------
- Date: Fri, 4 May 90 14:23:00 EDT
- Sender: Computer Mediated Communication <CMC@RPIECS>
- From: RHANSCHKA@HARTFORD
- Subject: SE-communication on BBoards - or While I've got it...
-
- These are two messages concerning symbols used to express emotion in
- computer-mediated communication. One has a few additions of my own, the
- other is as I received it. I am posting it partly because I am soon to lose
- my access to the school computer, and thus to all nets. A second reason is
- that I believe other people would like to see these. My apologies to those
- who have read them before.
-
- Ruth Hanschka, soon-to-be MA in Communications and <sob> real-worlder
-
- "THE IMFAMOUS SYMBOL LIST" [W/ADDITIONS]
-
- :-) humorous, joking
- :-( sad, this is no joke even though it looks like one
- :-') tongue in cheek
- :-0 shout
- ;-) say no more, nudge nudge
- =:-0 scares me too
- :-! foot in mouth
- :-$ put your money where your mouth is
- 0:-) don't blame me, I'm innocent
- %-/ don't blame me, I'm hung over
- <:-) don't blame me, I'm a dunce
- C:-) don't blame me, I'm an egghead
- [:-|] sent by a robot
- :-)8 sent by a gentleman
- 8:-) sent by a little girl
- (8-) sent by an owl
- (:%/ sent by a duck
- :-)=== sent by a giraffe
- (-:|:-) sent by siamese twins
- d:-) I like to play baseball
- q:-) I am a baseball catcher
- :-| I play the harmonica
- :-8 I just ate a pickle
-
- "In printed communications (in this case bulletin boards), it is tough to
- get the idea across that you are being sarcastic etc. Scott Fahlman, with
- the help of other participants on FIDONET, might just have the answer..."
- This appears at the top of the original. There are probably more of them
- by this time, but I do not have them. The original notice asks FIDONET
- contributors to send more in. My copy of this came from a photocopy of a
- printout in the University of Hartford Computer Resource Library, so blame
- them :-') not me.
-
- And now the additions. These came from a VAX discussion line called
- these really were [:-|].
-
- :-) joking or sarcastic face
- :-% fiendish grin
- ;-) wink
- :-( sad or angry face
- |-( late night
-
- Have fun and may nothing crash,
-
- Ruth Hanschka RHANSCHK@HARTFORD
- and last but not least, one of my own - *:-) - here's an idea
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- ((((((((( forwarded by Bob Roberts - bsa018@nmsuvm1 )))))))))))
- Here is the canonical list of emoticons. I make no claims as to be the
- creator of them; they were gleaned from lists that were sent, lifted from
- others' lists, cribbed from postings and .signature files. I am just a
- librarian who keeps track of them all.
-
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-
- emoticon: a figure created with the symbols on a keyboard that
- is read with the head tilted to the left. Used to convey
- the spirit in which a line of text was typed.
-
-
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- * Tilt your head slightly to the left and read the following examples. *
- * *
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-
- :-) Humor
- :-) )-: Masking theatrical comments
- :<) For those with hairy lips
- :-%)
- :<)= For those with beards
- :/) Not funny
- '-) Wink
- P-) Pirates
- !-(
- ;-) Sardonic incredulity
- (@ @) You're kidding!
- :-" Pursing lips
- :-v Just another face (speaking) profiled from the side
- :-V Shout
- :-w Speak with forked tongue
- :-W Shout with forked tongue
- :-r Bleahhh (sticking tongue out)
- :-f
- :-p
- :-1 Smirks
- :-,
- <:-O Eeek!
- :-* Oooops (covering mouth with hand)
- :-T keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)
- :-D said with a smile
- :-P
- :-y
- 8^)
- :-o More versions of shouting
- :-O
- :-% Count Dracula
- =|:-)= Uncle Sam
- 7:) Reagan
- :-=) Hitler
- :-# Censored
- :%i Smoking
- :-Q
- :%j (and smiling)
- :/i No smoking
- :-I It's something, but I don't know what....
- :-x Kiss kiss
- :-> Alternate happy face
- :-( Unhappy
- :-c Real unhappy
- :-C Unbelieving (jaw dropped)
- :-< Forlorn
- :-B Drooling (or overbite)
- :-| Disgusted
- :-? Licking your lips
- <:>== A turkey emoticon
- :-) :-) :-) Loud guffaw
- :-J Tongue-in-cheek comments
- :*) Clowning around
- :-8 Talking out both sides of your mouth
- (:-) Msgs dealing with bicycle helmets
- @= Warning about nuclear war
- <:-) For dumb questions
- o= A flaming candle for flaming msgs
- -= A doused candle to end a flaming msg
- OO Headlights on msg
- :_) I used to be a boxer, but it really got my nose out of joint
- B-) Smiling and wearing glasses or sunglasses
- (or a message from Batman)
- 8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
- #:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
- :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
- #:-o Same as previous
- |-( Late night messages
- :^) Messages teasing people about their noses
- :-%#% Messages teasing people about their braces
- (:-$ Message indicating person is ill...
- (:-& Message indicating person is angry...
- (:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad...
- (:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
- (:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
- :-(=) Message about people with big teeth
- &:-) Message from a person with curly hair
- @:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
- ?-( Message about people with a black eye
- *:* Message about fuzzy things
- *:** Message about fuzzy things with fuzzy mustaches
- %-) Message about people with broken glasses
- +<:-| Message from a monk/nun...
- %0-) Message from cyclops...
- (:-|K- Formal message.
- ...---... S.O.S.
- @%&$%& You know what that means...
- ||*( Handshake offered
- ||*) Handshake accepted
- <&&> Message concerning rubber chickens
- >< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
- 2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare
- (-_-) Secret smile
- <%:-)% Message in a bottle...
- <:-)<<| Message from a space rocket...
- (:-... Heart-breaking message...
- <<<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man...
- (O--< A fishy message...
- (:>-< Message from a thief: hands up!
- <I==I) A message on four wheels
- % User is Alfred Hitchcock.
- @>--->---- A rose.
- %^) smile with glasses
- :-% wearing lipstick
- :-% popeye smiling face
- ;-% popeye gets his lights punched out
- :-] biting sarcasm
- :-[ biting criticism
- :%) needs a nosejob
- :=)
- *<|:-) Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
- (-) needing a haircut
- 0-) wearing scuba mask
- :-O Wow!
- :- | Baboon
- :-|| Anger
- %-% Drunk with laughter
- *:-) Bobble hat/baby
- |-P yuk
- %:-( net.flame
- O|-) net.religion
- 8:-I net.unix-wizards
- X-( net.suicide
- E-:-I net.ham-radio
- >:-I net.startrek
- 3:o[ net.pets
- <:I dunce
- (:I egghead
- @:I turban
- 8:-) glasses on forehead
- :-8( condescending stare
- >:-< mad
- o/
- _O_ Rudolf the waving penguin
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