Here in the Bay Area I get about 42 digital channels over the air, many of which are HD. Between that and all the streamable content on sites like Hulu, and Netflix on demand, the case for paying a monthly cable or satellite fee really does seem pretty weak these days. (At least for those in major metropolitan areas.)

At least it's not the guy from next 2007 - he made a 250,000-node robotnet, and did a lot more with it than stealing some piddly passwords.

Though it doesn't take it to the degree you are suggesting (if I recall correctly) the Universal Building Code, applicable in most states, stipulates that for high occupancy spaces the main entrance path has to be sufficiently sized to handle at least half of the egressing occupants. Maybe this isn't enough, but I don't know the statistics on how people actually behave during an emergency.