more of their shopping online. it's so much mark convenient. the convenience is going to make this the year the shopping really comes of it on the internet. >> this is the time that allowed you to make choices as a consumer without gatekeepers choosing things for you. you could decide, i want that, and you'd get it. you don't live in a big city? you can still get big city stuff. >> a worldwide computer network called the internet has inspired more movies than any big deal technological fads since, oh, the city radio boom. the internet itself, however, is definitely exploding. >> it hit, and within, like, two years, it's become so powerful. >> we are sitting on the most perfect beach in the world, and all they can think about is -- a >> where can i hook up my modem? >> in 1999, we are culturally, socially, financially, quite dependent on the internet. >> in washington today, a special senate committee is preparing to release a fairly alarming report on the y2k