be2 Blog … Love, Relationships and Online Dating » couples http://www.be2.com/blog Online matchmaker be2 brings you interesting, fascinating, funny news about love, relationships and dating in the online age. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 The first couple to ever find love through a computer http://www.be2.com/blog/the-first-couple-to-ever-find-love-through-a-computer/ http://www.be2.com/blog/the-first-couple-to-ever-find-love-through-a-computer/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:35 +0000 fiona http://www.be2.com/blog/?p=1259 Earlier this week, we posted a video and mused that the lady singing about finding love through a computer was way ahead of her time in 1968. But was computer matchmaking really a thing of the future in 1968? Well, not quite. In fact, the first time a couple was ever matched by a computer was on a TV show in 1956!

“Remington Rand’s Univac No. 21 turned Cupid, brought together a flesh-and-blood couple as scientifically selected “ideal marriage mates.”"

The computer, which was worth a cool Million at the time, was fed with questionnaires completed by 4000 singles looking to find love. The questionnaire was made up of 32 relationship-relevant questions on topics like sex, race, religion, politics, lifestyle and, hilariously, “preferences for double or twin beds”. The computer found a perfect couple among the entries and the two later got engaged!

Read the original TIME magazine article about this first computer matchmaking experiment here.

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Like “How To Stop A Row In 30 Seconds”:


Dating Humor: How To Stop A Row In 30 Seconds

The word “whipped” springs to mind… But it’s in the “Dating Humour” category! But then again, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t contain some good advice!

All of Ben and Sarahs relationship problem-solving videos are here. We think “How To Be The Perfect Boyfriend” and “How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend” are a good place to start ;-)

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