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      Avery Brooks on July 10, 2010

      Congrats again Fred. I'm excited to see this project reach completion, print copies and all!

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      rmagahiz on October 18, 2009

      Let me add my congratulations as well. Way to keep us in suspense!

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      Andy Baio on October 17, 2009

      Congratulations!

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      Ken Y-N on October 13, 2009

      I decided to do my bit for promoting the idea by translating the Japanese National Anthem!

      http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/10/13/emoji-kimi-ga-yo/

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      Pablo Duboue on September 25, 2009

      Are you going to include the names of the translators in the printed version?

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      CommunistPrime on September 20, 2009

      I like the idea.

      I wish I could properly read it... D:

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      Ian Samuel on September 20, 2009

      It's crazy how good this idea is.

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      MR. DREAM on September 19, 2009

      this must be what our parents felt like when we talked about the konami code

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This project successfully raised its funding goal on October 19, 2009.

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and receive a PDF of the translated book, and the raw data results of the Mechanical Turk tasks.

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and get your name and an emoji sentence of your choice in a 'Thank You' appendix of the book, a PDF of the translated book, and the raw data results of the Mechanical Turk tasks.

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Limited edition archival frontispiece signed by author, the PDF of the translated book, and the raw data results of the Mechanical Turk tasks.

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and receive black and white soft cover copy of the book, a limited edition archival frontispiece signed by author, the PDF of the translated book, and the raw data results of the Mechanical Turk tasks.

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and receive a limited edition hard cover color version of the book signed, dated and numbered by me, a limited edition archival frontispiece signed by author, the PDF of the translated book, and the raw data results of the Mechanical Turk tasks.

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I have interests in Free Culture, digital art, and computer science. My first project on Kickstarter was Emoji Dick and second was Hackers Party.

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