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					Originally Posted by  innerSpaceman
					 
				 
				No, actually it's a misnomer, because a Yenta is not a matchmaker, but I guess the real Yiddish word for that is not as catchy. 
  
  
It's a REAL device, but I guess didn't catch on.  You enter all kinds of personal information and also information on what type of person you are looking for as a romantic interest.  When you are in the vicinity of someone else who has a Yenta - and either you match their programmed desires or vice-versa, the device alerts you and displays the other person's information for you.   
			
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 I thought that was the purpose of 
brightkite?