Word: virtually
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...virtual valentine. I received data-matches. I've been date-sited. Pass the chardonnay and turn up the Marvin Gaye. Somebody stop me 'cause I'm on fire...
...Since Datesite.com hit Cambridge, virtual love has been coming out of the Ethernet. The premise is haunting, really: You write some names down. Datesite sends those lucky seven an electronically generated message, encouraging them to visit the site and guess their secret admirer. If there's a match, what's next? Maybe a little cyber-banter? Go so far as to exchange emoticons...
...This mentality extends far beyond the terminals. We don't have time to make do with anything slower than a T-1 connection. We can live virtual lives. Something tells me undergrads weren't pulling out their planners 25 years ago to pencil in Sunday brunch with their roommates. We hear the casualties of the computer age during exam time--with those who can no longer think sequentially and long for a word processor to help them organize their thoughts. Never mind love--there's no time for anything. Off to the gym, off to coffee, off to call...
...discovered dating Nirvana; there were thousands of men in Manhattan alone who had posted ads looking for everything from "alternative life-styles" (read: kinky sex) to long-term relationships. The detailed search options on age, race, religion or any key word practically let me design my ideal virtual lover from scratch. Soon I was exchanging e-mail with an Argentine physicist who said he loved to tango. After a whirlwind 10-day e-mail affair, I knew we had to meet...
...backbone of the team is junior forward Jeff Hamilton. Hamilton, who leads the ECAC in scoring, provides a ubiquitous presence on the ice with a virtual green light from Taylor to roam wherever he wants to in the offensive zone...