The fact that different bodies in the solar system change their relative positions as they orbit the sun will, Dr Hooke concedes, complicate routing a bit: when the earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun, for example, it might be best to send e-mail via Venus.

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Liz Moyer (a former Forbes Wall Street writer who now hangs her hat at the WSJ) reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission, perhaps tired of playing second fiddle to the Department of Justice in routing out crime in the financial industry, has introduced something new on their Web site: a bit of branding to showcase their work at routing out insider trading (right).

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