dreamshark: (sharon tire)
dreamshark ([personal profile] dreamshark) wrote2013-05-24 10:21 pm
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Poorly worded ad slogan of the week

"Data loss is something you don't want to leave to chance."

[identity profile] mle292.livejournal.com 2013-05-25 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Are they saying that I should want someone to lose my data in a deliberate and methodical manner? Why would I want that? I don't even... Wait... What?

[identity profile] dreamshark.livejournal.com 2013-05-25 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's certainly what it sounds like. Of course, if methodical data loss is actually what "mozy.com" provides, then it's really a pretty good ad slogan.

However, the rest of the ad suggests that they are offering a data backup service of some sort. I don't know - every time I've heard it I've been so distracted wondering if they actually paid good money to somebody to write that slogan that I didn't really listen to the details.

It's also a rather off-putting name choice, suggesting that if you parked your data with them it might just mosey on down the road and you'd never see it again.
Edited 2013-05-25 05:43 (UTC)

[identity profile] dd-b.livejournal.com 2013-05-25 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! Nice find.

[identity profile] huladavid.livejournal.com 2013-05-25 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Up here in Winnipeg (where I've been for about a week) there's a business called "Crazy Hydroponics", and I've been concerned about what exactly's goin' on there ever since I first saw the sign.