First of all, I would like to explore a few of the reasons that people choose the internet as a launch pad for their romantic quests. The web is not only fertile ground for meeting new people, it offers boundless opportunities for getting to know people mentally to a larger extent than the 2 minutes and 17 seconds that most of us have in a bar when we approach the quarry and close in for the proverbial "kill". I think that an allusion to Swingers at this point might be appropriate. It is the moment when we all wonder if we should wait  2 days to call back, or if we are losing control.... Welcome to the new game...where you  can e-mail someone up to 10 times in a day without being thought a psycho on the blessed internet. There seem to be no rules regarding Instant Messaging and ICQing, people do what comes naturally, and it is so beautiful to watch.  Because it is such virgin territory, the protocols and rules of modem love, LAN lust, and world wide woo are being written as we stumble through those first digital faux pas and test the waters in our silicon boat. A word of caution, though, a caveat to those who wish to stride off boldly into the sunset on search of the warm fuzzy pot of endorphines at the end of the T1 line... If you never had common sense to start with, and want to give all your personal information to the first Pentium Bundy or Dahmer you meet, I will not be held responsible for what happens to you! This is merely a primer, a look inside at the new frontier, a first person perspective of courting in ones and zeroes.