edit: even as old as I am, I still have not learned to just shut up and listen

And you never will. I certainly didn't.

God you are an idiot. You are definitely CreativeX level of incompetence and stupidity, congratulations for removing any doubt.
Bumping will take less than a day, actually, but we are allocating two days just in case. Set up and tooling is what takes the most time, which is what we are trying to shave down. Do I need to give you a quarter as well to go buy a clue? Hell, go get it from Bryan Micon, the racist, homophobe... he never used his, so I'm sure he's still got it.
I appreciate you taking the time to post here with such an informative post, but the rest of us (your customers) would like a little more information. Where are you guys exactly in your schedule, and are there any delays to your week-of-the-10th shipping date?
BFL does not communicate with it's customers on BitcoinTalk, you'll have to come to the BFL forums if you want real information. As evidenced by greyhawk, it's impossible to hold intelligent conversation here with people like him around, retarding up the place.
Not to be ass, Josh, but I believe you may be in error on this one (bold above).
If I remember, the silicon is 17x17mm. The package is 29x29mm. I'll measure it and confirm when I get into the office today.
I didn't do the research, but there's a slight possibility user BFL was directing the above reply to non-customers only.
Later, bud.