| Author | Message | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Some kind of doll? Is the mouth shape relatively permanent (as in, carved into the face of a wooden doll)? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 11:56 am: Some kind of doll? No Is the mouth shape relatively permanent (as in, carved into the face of a wooden doll)? It's nothing like this. See Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 09:50 am | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Smileys? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Smileys? Good one (: Still, in case it is not smileys... Are computers relevant? Does one watch the "simulated humans" on a screen? Can one make such simulated humans oneself? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Monday, January 30, 2006 - 09:52 pm: Smileys? Yes! Well done By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 07:28 am: Smileys? Good one (: Still, in case it is not smileys... Are computers relevant? Does one watch the "simulated humans" on a screen? Can one make such simulated humans oneself? Yes to all, as it's smileys | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Is a smiley flu rampant currently? Is the LTPF relevant as the arena where they're all going to be miserable? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 09:57 am: Is a smiley flu rampant currently? Not as far as I'm aware, although there do seem to be fewer of them out and about... Is the LTPF relevant as the arena where they're all going to be miserable? No | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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But you expect a change in the ratio between the number of sad and happy smileys, so that there will be more sad ones? On the web in general? At your workplace? Somewhere else? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 11:20 am: But you expect a change in the ratio between the number of sad and happy smileys, so that there will be more sad ones? No, they will all be sad On the web in general? No At your workplace? No Somewhere else? Yes - and bear in mind it will only happen if it catches on | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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So, you see smileys on your screen, and under certain conditions, they will all be sad? Only those on your screen? Or someone else's too? On everyone's? Will the smileys be typed by a person? Automatically generated by software? Will the smileys actually be of several types, but rendered as sad ones on your PC? Is a specific piece of software relevant? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 11:50 am: So, you see smileys No on your screen No, and under certain conditions, they will all be sad? Only those on your screen? Or someone else's too? On everyone's? So N/A Will the smileys be typed No by a person? Yes - if 'typed' is ignored Automatically generated by software? No Will the smileys actually be of several types, but rendered as sad ones on your PC? This is the right idea but the PC stuff is wrong Is a specific piece of software relevant? No | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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You did say computers are relevant, and that one watches the smileys on a screen, didn't you? Are they drawn somewhere? Shown on a board, electronic or otherwise? Do you ever see them? At home? At work? Outdoors? Indoors? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 01:03 pm: You did say computers are relevant, and that one watches the smileys on a screen, didn't you? well, it's already common practice in some situations - i.e. computers. As far as I know it isn't done in the new situation, which has nothing to do with computers Are they drawn somewhere? No Shown on a board, electronic or otherwise? No Do you ever see them? No - good question At home? At work? Outdoors? Indoors? More likely to be at work, outdoors more common than in I think | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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The use of 'smileys' in computer communication is common.  If it caught on in a certain area (unrelated to computers) 'they would all be miserable' | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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In this other situation, are they intentionally smileys? or just punctuation marks that happen to end up forming smileys? or some other shape, unrelated to punctuation? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Monday, February 06, 2006 - 09:13 pm: In this other situation, are they intentionally smileys? or just punctuation marks that happen to end up forming smileys? Well as far as I'm aware they haven't caught on. But if they did, I imagine people would intentionally form smileys or some other shape, unrelated to punctuation? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Would the non-computer smileys then be created exclusively by unhappy people? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 08:09 pm: Would the non-computer smileys then be created exclusively by unhappy people? No - good question! | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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So, would the smileys be found on paper? On walls? On some manufactured items? Would they be drawn by hand? Written by a printer? Be a kind of sticker? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 06:51 pm: So, would the smileys be found on paper? On walls? On some manufactured items? Would they be drawn by hand? Written by a printer? Be a kind of sticker? They can be transcribed into another form, in which case they could be written by hand or printer, however in their most useful form none of the above would apply Hint: you could almost describe it as another language | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Am I, to the best of your judgement, likely to have seen one or more of these? Will they be written/printed/drawn on some kind of solid material? Seen on a screen? Or other volatile medium? Seen in nature? Could I make one of these if I wanted to? Do you find it likely that I have done so? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Torgeir Apeland (Abc) on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 07:45 pm: Am I, to the best of your judgement, likely to have seen one or more of these? In its normal 'form' DEFINITELY not. In its transcription, quite likely Will they be written/printed/drawn on some kind of solid material? Seen on a screen? Or other volatile medium? Seen in nature? As in my last post, when 'transcribed' they are likely to be found anywhere the written word is likely to be found. They are not to be seen by nature, unless by coincidence and interpreted as such Could I make one of these if I wanted to? Yes, very easily Do you find it likely that I have done so? Well, unknowingly you will have done so. Knowingly, I would imagine most children (and some adults) will have out of interest. Some adults do this anyway as their job I think my answers may be misleading slightly. But I don't know what to do about it |
