# New Einstein smily by RM Mentock **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 2, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369 "2000-10-02T18:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/1 "2000-10-02T18:32:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally emailed by Chronos \* > \*\*tshirts– > RM Mentock sent me this image, and I figured I’d forward it on to you to > put up on your site, so we can put it to a larger audience. > Whattayathink? > > –Chronos\*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally emailed by RM Mentock_ > > \*\*Chronos > > I thought it was an inspiration to make an Einstein > > smiley. I would like to submit another, more uh > > serious one for your approval. If you like it, > > please forward it on to tshirts. Thanks. > > > > RM Mentock > > \*\* > > \*\* Very classy! I put up right away with the other suggestions at: \*\* [http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/illustrations/](http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/illustrations/) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/2 "2000-10-02T21:29:59Z")
What about a halo smiley? You know, as in “who me?”. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/3 "2000-11-03T18:29:23Z")
**2sense** Sorry I missed this. Good idea! I’ll take a stab at it, unless you have a sample. I know you’ve posted your own image on the web \*\* [2sense’s self portrait](http://www.concentric.net/~marvam/graphics/2sense.jpg)\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/4 "2000-11-03T20:38:17Z")
A halo gif comes with the icon set for Tik, which is open source. I have copied the Tik icons here. [http://www.cs.cuc.edu/~dpomery/images/tik](http://www.cs.cuc.edu/~dpomery/images/tik) There are some other icons there that might make likely candidates too. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/5 "2000-11-03T23:19:02Z")
Thanks! The open source is the key- can’t bother with copyrighted icons. One of those looks like what **iampunha** wanted, so I’ve added hers and the halo for **2sense** at my link. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/6 "2000-11-05T17:18:45Z")
¦:¬þ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/7 "2000-11-05T18:32:44Z")
My favorite was always ÷Ð . Back in my IRC days, I actually had a script to generate them randomly, and that one came up a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-einstein-smily-by-rm-mentock/35369/8 "2000-11-05T19:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \*My favorite was always ÷Ð I just got it, when I was qoting you! In the SDMB variable font it looked like **+ Ð** or “plus Edh” Sort of a “Sword In The Stone” written in an Old Saxon letters as a visual pun. But in the fixed font of the typing window it’s revealed as \*\*÷ Ð \*\* or “divided-by Edh” A face with a tongue hanging out (or perhaps David Letterman with the famous gap-toothed grin?) Either way, it’s a keeper. And **Opus -** I like yours too. I’m adding these to my page later today, silly as that sounds.