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...Exit. At least 15 of the victims had consulted the book, and six of those had no physical problems at the time. Psychiatrist Peter Marzuk, who led the study, speculates that some of the suicides might have called for help or otherwise survived if they had used a slower method, such as a tranquilizer overdose. Only 30,000 of 300,000 annual suicide attempts are successful, but Marzuk fears that this ratio could go up if the plastic-bag technique continues to spread. Advocates for the right to euthanasia point out that the overall suicide rate has not risen. They...
...That possibility is raised in a study by New York City's Cornell Medical Center, to be published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The paper notes a dramatic rise in the number of people who asphyxiate themselves by tying plastic bags over their heads, a method recommended in Final Exit for "self-deliverance" within three to four minutes. In 1991, the year the book came out, there were 437 plastic-bag suicides across the U.S., up 30% from...
This, however, is not a tirade against e-mail, the newest enemy set to strip our society of emotion. Its very impersonality may prevent electronic mail from becoming the sole method of human communication. People still see each other even though they have the telephone. The post office still handles a fairly sizable volume of business...
After studying the problem, Jenner eventually developed a relatively safe and effective method for "vaccination," from the Latin root of vacca, for cow. Breaking open swollen blisters from the milkmaids' hands, Jenner produced a primitive vaccine and injected it into the arms of his patients...
There are basically two ways for a computer to play chess. One, known as the brute force method, tries to analyze many possible moves from the current board configuration and pick the best...