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Such a device would almost certainly gain the nickname "Nagger".
Posted by: Jason Failes | February 13, 2009 at 11:31 AM
You mean, like the very old Netscape 1.0 logo?
Posted by: arensb | February 14, 2009 at 10:38 AM