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  1. This has been already done on Sony Music Testing New Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    This has been actually already tried by Capitol/EMI (e.g. the latest Kraftwerk single in May -- "Tour de France 2003"). The CD is doublesession, and the second part has the same songs in a proprietary compressed form, and a proprietary player that you need to install on the PC. I'm not sure Nero will copy the CD in any form.

  2. Firearms availability and suicide rate on An Unbiased Analysis of Gun Crime vs. Gun Control? · · Score: 1

    Last year the Economist run an article (subscription required) focusing on the strong link between suicides and firearms in the US.
    Nearly 3 of every 5 suicides in the US in 1999 (57%) were committed with a firearm, according to the Center for Disease Control. Suicide is the number 11 cause of death in the US, and in 1999 it outnumbered homicides 1.7 to 1.
    Apparently, the suicide rate among US youth is much higher than in similar industrialized countries, because of the ready availability of firearms, especially because suicides are often impulsive (article on the Journal of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior) and can be thwarded if the person gets to think long enough. Clearly, this is not possible when a gun is around.