DocumentCode :
1375959
Title :
Some Social Aspects of Computers and Numbers
Author :
Holmes, Neville
Author_Institution :
University of Tasmania
Volume :
43
Issue :
11
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
100
Lastpage :
99
Abstract :
The use of computers is having a variety of effects on day-today activities, including playing cards. Some three years ago, I shifted my home to near the center of a regional city after spending 20 years living in the countryside. This change encouraged me to resume playing duplicate bridge (tinyurl. com/2cmydj4) after a lapse of half a century. The first 18 months of bridge once or twice a week were pleasant and sociable. Technically it was also quite familiar, at least in the card play itself. The bidding systems had changed a bit, but not uncomfortably. Then the local club began using a computer driven card-dealing machine. For the administrators this was a boon. For the players it was very unsettling.
Keywords :
social aspects of automation; bidding systems; card dealing machine; day-today activities; playing cards; regional city; social aspects; Bridges; Computers; Games; Generators; Government; Noise; Software; Computers and society;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computer
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9162
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2010.327
Filename :
5632048
Link To Document :
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