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Want win plox thx.
I can't tell from the website, does this thing have at least one button on the grip or what?
Lol, I love that you added video game systems to the list. ;p

But I agree, there aren't that many secular charities out there, especially in the US. But a good example of a very large one is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ( http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm ) At least, from what I know of Bill and what I've gleaned from their site, it seems pretty secular to me.

The other topic you hit on is Theodicy, and that conversation can get very lengthy, so I'll just say it's a big problem that religious people have (the problem of evil) and tend to explain in terrible, no good very bad ways. Such as: "God works in mysterious ways" (an obvious cop-out answer) or "But humans have free will!" (and who's free will causes hurricanes, and other natural evils?)
Don't support the indoctrination of starving children, seriously. Even if they are giving them food, they are molesting their minds with whatever religious thoughts they're pushing on them. Come on guys, there are secular charities out there who will just give them food and support, let's get those guys some more money.

"but this time it's actual Christianity and not some made up deity. Well, not a made up deity to a significant portion of the population anyway."

You came very close to losing me at that last line, but you saved it at the end. But still, what does it matter that they pick Christianity to base their story off of instead of say, Norse mythology, like every DnD based game ever? (And for the sake of sanity in the discussion, I'm temporarily ignoring the fact that the people who made this actually, literally think an event like this will happen someday.)
I'm really hoping for a package deal on the remote and nunchuck, because $60 is ridiculous for a controller. (And is basically only is a "controller" with both, the way I see it.) Thankfully it's the only price I'm worried about, though. Everything else seems pretty reasonable.
I refuse to even entertain the idea that Nintendo would use Comic Sans on anything, ever. That's serisously god-awful.
Blinking...lights? Are you serious? Do you want to complain about the color of those lights too? Or how about the shape?

Freakin' whine some more, damn.
Come on guys... they used that 'loser' line for comparison to the Wii remote, learn2read. No one's insulting anyone.
It's retards like you who are going to ruin this name for everyone. Stop using in the place of "we," it's not funny, it's stupid, and you're stupid for not thinking of something more original.
And on the topic of the post, I for one would like the image to be put back in place. I didn't see the original, but it sounds like a good parody of the cat/dog Hindu god painting controversy going on.

Joystiq, specifically Alan, or whoever made the decision to take down the image: there's absolutely no reason to be so "politically correct" about this. Someone had a good sense of current event satire, that's it. All this "PC" protection religion enjoys really needs to be stopped. You're not violating anyone's rights or laws by having it there, and I'd even go further to say that by taking it down you're helping to further the "morally correct by force" ideology of fundies like none other than Jack himself.

So I beg you; do me and anyone else open-minded enough to enjoy some good parody work a favor by exercising some First Amendment freedom and reverting the image to it's original state.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"All of these new nettops have me intrigued. I'm looking for a small, quiet and cheap PC to replace my aging tower in my home office, and all it really needs to do is load Microsoft Office, check email and surf the web. Is there a particular nettop that's better (or a better value) than another? I know it's a rather new segment, but hopefully someone has taken a chance on one already. Thanks!"
 

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