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I vote we rename the things (to keep it out of any "ownership" criteria) to
Remote Analog Transformation device as we use the things to move screen
objects as well as, through photoshop and the like, manipulate them into
different forms.
And this way, there will be no problem with the plural.
Dennis
Dennis Hays
Novalis Corporation
Telephone: 518/862-3465
eMail: dhays -at- novalis -dot- com
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