According to a story on CNNMoney.com, economic stimulus checks from the U.S. government will go out several days sooner than expected due to what sounds like a computer programming miracle --

The payments will go out ahead of schedule because of a new computer program that updates records daily - faster than an older program that updates weekly, according to Andrew DeSouza, a Treasury spokesman.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/24/pf/taxes/Stimulus_checks/index.htm?cnn=yes

Wow! My hat is off to them.