I like the fact that the new notebook is reported as being affordably-priced... and then at the end "No word on price or release date for the two models"

chavputer = magic

Myself, I'm seeing more like 468,000 pixels difference (but I could be off as well). Personally, I'd be much more interested in seeing some new offerings in the 24" size. My FHD2400 is so close to perfect, but not quite there.

Now, I'm no expert on simian anatomy, but if there's one thing Dr. Zaius has taught me is that we should be careful throwing around potentially-offensive terms such as "monkey". It very well may be an ape. Just sayin'...

Current favorite: Katamari Damacy (PS2)

Still waiting for killer XBOX360 Fall games to land in my hands (cough... Bioshock, Mass Effect, Halo 3, Beautiful Katamari... cough).

Haven't seen the movie (busy with grad school - don't have time to see movies). Looks like quite the visual spectacular though!

In response to the specific inquiry.

"For two years, redneck caricature Larry the Cable Guy (Nebraska-born Dan Whitney) has been America's top-grossing stand-up comic, outselling Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. His is the voice of Mater the tow truck in the new Pixar film "Cars." Billboard charts for top-selling comedy acts and albums are dominated by his bare-armed, "git 'er done" work, along with that of Mr. Foxworthy, Ron White ("the Metrosexual Redneck"), and Bill Engvall - all members of the long-running Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Their success - several have new books and DVDs - encourages followers who see themselves as being cut from the same plaid-flannel cloth."

Christian Science Monitor, June 16, 2006

You think that's funny? How or why? Just because you keep coming back to the site and voting on your own post does not mean intelligent people think it's funny. And regarding those who do... well, I think Larry the Cable Guy is probably the most popular comedian currently. So make whatever judgements you will about the comedic tastes of the general populace.

As for it being better than "first post" or "porn advertisements", once again congratulations. It's good to see people aspiring to such high levels of achievement.

You know, it's nothing personal... I just like to point out when someone is obviously operating on auto-pilot. Maybe you lack self-awareness, so consider this my gift to you before you go posting more inane comments. And you needn't point out that I'm just being an asshole, because I already know it's true.

BTW fischju - "Kids say the darnest things"... now THAT's funny.

Congratulations! "Will it blend?" has to be the stupidest comment possible. It tells me that likely you are:

a) an idiot who apes any catch-phrase they see someone else write, b) someone being paid by Blendtec to plant their catch-phrase on technology blogs in hope of having fellow douchebags bring more attention to their worthless product, c) all of the above

To me it has about the level of sophistication of spewing the "What's in your wallet?" line from those annoying fucking credit card commercials. Stop being an idiot.

I ended up taking one up the arse from Amazon, but in an even more aggravating way. I was one of the people who "pre-ordered" the damn thing back on September 15, when I happened upon them testing the order system. They said they'd honor the orders that went through. Great... no need to pre-order one anywhere else right?

Well, they did not ship it out to arrive today (Monday). In fact, only this morning (6AM) they sent me an email stating they could only do a partial ship because the Wii is ready but Zelda is not ready to ship. What a screw-up.

Now, I'm going to have to ask my neighbor to come over and pick it up this week so it's not sitting out on my porch for five days.

Never again, Amazon...