Sports nerds.
Computers offer sports fans the next best thing to sport itself—talking about sport. Cyberspace effectively turns any computer with a modem into a barstool in the world's biggest clubhouse. Using the expanding network of electronic bulletin boards, commercial on-line services, and the Internet wor...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 335; pp. 92 - 93 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
April 22 1995
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