>>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 --
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>>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.
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>>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/24/pf/taxes/Stimulus_checks/index.htm?cnn=yes
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>>Wow! My hat is off to them.
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>Impressive. Next thing, we might hear about computers that communicate almost instantaneously at a distance, and without human intervention. Or redirect users to other computers in other parts of the world.

I do that today, and with a blazing fast 2400 baud modem, the speed is fantastic. For instance if I press refresh before I go to lunch, the screen is almost updated when I come back again only 30 minutes later.