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Psychology, Design and Economics of Slot-Machines

Posted by Zonk on from the one-armed-bandit dept.

6 writes "Technology isn't just about design and hardware; sometimes it's about psychology, politics, sociology, and economics. The website of Stanford design prof Michael Shanks is hosting a student project by William Choi and Antoine Sindhu, a fascinating online course about slot machines. From the site: 'Much research has been devoted to studying gambling behavior from various points of view, including the psychological, social, economic, and political bases and implications of gambling ... [just the same,] focusing on slot machines reveals and inspires the study of many sociological issues that have come to express themselves specifically and notably on these machines. Here, we examine a number of these issues, attempting to link slot machines to them in an effort to better understand and explain them.'"

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  1. Next semester: The Prostitute by UncleWilly · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Upon learning the multitude of deceitful strategies that hookers/pimps use to improve their business, it is nearly impossible not to feel as though one is being almost forced to spend money the moment one sets foot in a whorehouse...

    1. Re:Next semester: The Prostitute by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      cuz all computer guys end up with asian wives which I just can't explain away with statistical anomolies.
       
      it's cos asian chicks are hot. H.O.T. - hot. they're normally the smartest chicks around too which is great for geeks. geeks normally have a very low tolerance for the dumb.
       
      as for the black guys and white chicks? because black guys are sick of the ghetto attitudes of black chicks. they realize now that they've shit where they eat and ruined it with their attitudes that the females are now adopting in their own neighborhoods so they're on the prowel to get away from the same ghetto attitude that makes them the bad boys that suburban white chicks dream about. they dream about it up until they have 4 kids and the man has taken off to find a new ho, that is. serves those bitches right too. they wanted that attitude, that image, they should know what the end result is and if they don't care then they should suffer.
       
      white males would do better if they weren't such a bunch of emo bitches.