@pfunk, I believe you are one of the first witnesses I've voted for because of your participation in the community. I cannot believe how much time you spend in chat! Where do you find the time to do everything you do?
Perhaps if you see this and have the time, you could direct me to some good links to information on the difference between CPU and GPU mining? There is so much to learn, but I am determined to understand and perhaps one day begin mining as well. It seems to be the wave of the now and future.
Thank you very much Meredith! As someone with a few CPUs and GPUs, most of them idle right now, I can say it's a total waste of time and electricity, most of the time. :P The short answer to why GPUs are faster is that they are designed for parallel operations, and CPUs are designed for serial ones. This old article on the Bitcoin wiki summarizes it. Ignore the stuff about AMD vs. Nvidia, it's not necessarily the case anymore.
Thank you @pfunk. The wiki sounds like a great starting point. I appreciate you taking the time :)