On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:15:58 +0000, Ann wrote:

People won't spill out into the streets because people who live where
there are streets (as opposed to roads) have cable. g

I once got drafted into a panel at a sci-fi convention. The topic was
about how history might be changed if we'd had cable TV in the 1700's. One
of our conclusions was that the American Revolution would not have
happened because nobody wanted to miss their shows.