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Computer Dating As Old As Some Baby Boomers

Dawg — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:58:09 +0000

I previously thought that computer dating began with Match.com, or one of other old dating sites back in the 90s. How wrong I would be. Okay, online dating as we know it today started around that time. After all, it could not have started at a time when computers and internet were not readily available. What dates back much longer is computer matchmaking, or what would be called the compatibility profile. How long ago are we talking about? Try 1966.

As IBM celebrates their centennial this year, we offer this photo from a period when their computers were becoming a regular part of consumer culture.
1966: New Orleans takes 'byte' at computer datingView full sizeTerry Friedman, The Times-Picayune archiveOn May 24, 1966, Patsy Sims, center, a reporter for the States-Item, met two of her computer date matches: Ben Harrison Quinney, left, a Tulane medical student, and Joel Picker, right, a Tulane senior.
As a forerunner of today's ubiquitous online dating services, a company named DATE-A offered locals a computerized matchmaking service in 1966.
For $3, they ran your extensive questionnaire through an IBM computer and you received a list, including phone numbers, of 'five or more blind dates who are just your type.'
The Cliff Dwellers' Deviltry and Diversion Society, a singles group, promoted the service at their meetings and the company ran ads in campus newspapers. That fall computer dating had wormed its way into the plots of various television shows, from 'The Mod Squad' to 'Here's Lucy.' See original story

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Dating Tips for Women Part 1…General Rules for the Hunter

Dawg — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:00:41 +0000

By: Shannon (Guest Writer)

OK ladies, we know that dating is a mating ritual and the hunted must be excited, stimulated, and interested enough to set a lasting effect. We all want quick and simple but like all of life's little tests, there are general rules we must partake to find that diamond in a rough. Dating is a test. It's a long multiple choice of compatibility and strength. Are we faultlessly matched?

Of course not and that's part of the problem. We're searching for perfection, not willing to adjust. And yet our earlier generations managed to achieve happiness on a far less intricate courtship. Just think, so many arranged marriages have worked and yet, many of us are still awaiting our prince on the white horse.

Every society enjoys a predefined set of social rules, from the way we behave to the importance of our looks. And here is where all the anxiety lies; when women date, there are the general rules and then there are those things that can help become triumphant.

Accept that dating is only a game. The losers face rejection and the winners get the prize…A Man! For those that lose the game, you begin again until you win your prize. And just like any game, you learn to master the rules and win the enhanced prizes.

For the novice hunter, let's begin with some outlined dating tips:

General Dating Rules

1. You must always look fierce! Whatever your income is, you must look well put together. Well-designed fragrant hair, add some neutral lipstick and a figure-flattering frock and you're sure to turn his head. Look your best and your potential Mr. Right might be right in front of you in no time.

2. Never reveal too much info, remain mysterious. This will have him on his toes, wondering what's behind this enigmatic woman.

3. Perfume. Never over indulge. Less is always more.

4. Women hate being objects, and I hate to remind you of this but Mr. Right is going to check your essentials out.

5. Going Dutch is not the kind of dating you want to start off with. Let him pay first. If he's really interested, you are worth the bucks he's going to spend and if he doesn't, I'm sure that's the last date with him Right?

6. Always keep him waiting; no, not an hour; not 30 minutes; we don't want to be rude, but a good 15 minutes is enough to make an entrance.

Some women need dating tips when you want to go slow. The most important rule for going slow is just that; take it slow, don't rush into sleepovers, weekend trips, just keep it simple. Dinner, romantic strolls, long talks to get to know each other and a good night kiss.

On the Weirdness of Compatibility (Quote)

Dawg — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:57:09 +0000

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.
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