Could this qualify as "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"?

There should be laws against experimentation of this type.

Yahoo! Inc. and media agency OMD asked participants in their "Internet Deprivation Study" to live without the Internet for two weeks.

The results weren't pretty. The subjects reported a sense of withdrawal, frustration, and disconnectedness when the Internet was removed from their lives.

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I know I would resort to prostitution to pay my Road Runner bill. But then I would have to come up with some other idea to get the money.