Looks like the computer may yield some company after all, besides Briana Banks, that is. A recent Harris Interactive survey of Americans married during an eighteen month period spanning 2006 to 2007 found that you are more likely to find your true love on the internet than at work or a party.

Obviously speaking without ulterior motives, Galen Buckwalter of eHarmony, the sponsor of the study, told New Scientist:

Wanting to get married and not going online will soon be seen as equivalent to trying to find an address by driving around randomly, rather than using a map.

Perhaps internet daters are more likely to marry, but consider the misfortune of needing to live with an internet dater for the rest of your life. Each time you logged on to play World of Warcraft, your wife might hover over your shoulder to cyber cockblock you. Plus, though online daters marry more frequently, that hardly means they don't divorce more frequently also.

UC Berkley grad student Andrew Fiore, who studies online dating, says that, “People aren’t that great at describing themselves accurately, so expect more experiential online dating activities and games [in the future] that help you get to know someone.” What exactly would these “experiential” activities include? Actually meeting in person?