Oops – I deleted all of Google’s data!

Dear Google,

Sorry if you lost all your data recently, it was my fault.  The Google app on my iPhone had stopped working, so I deleted it in order to reinstall.  Here’s what my iPhone asked me…

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I pressed “Delete” and in a flash it was gone, with all your data too presumably.  I must say, you seemed to restore all your data with lightning speed  – because my next Google search worked fine.  Keep up the good work.

Yours sincerely

Fin

Consumers: What OEM really stands for

If you’ve ever bought any computer components, you might have come across the term “OEM”.  Typically this identifies bare-bones products that are intended for system builders to build into their systems, and therefore these products usually lack the refinements that would be present in a consumer-orientated retail package.

So I reckon from a consumer perspective OEM really stands for “Optional Extras Missing”, which surely makes more sense than the confusing proper term “Original Equipment Manufacturer“.

Fully overused

It struck me that the word “fully” has become overused to the extent that it’s often meaningless.  Some examples:

  • Fully comprehensive (isn’t that just ‘comprehensive’ then?)
  • Fully air conditioned (really?  by what measure do we judge the fullness of air conditioning?)

This post is now fully complete.  Or is it?