>>>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.
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>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.

And if it's not, you still have the satisfaction of knowing your's is faster than that 300 baud modem your neighbor is using (grin)