Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8th August, 2018

8th August, 2018.

It’s true: I possibly have an issue.

You see … I had a day off, yesterday.

That had been on the rota since last week.

And that was what I took.

The awkward bit?

Was my supervisor phoning in to where on Earth I was.

The rota had been changed.

Without me thinking to check — it’d written the diary entries, after all! — nor anyone mentioning the changes to me.

I think I’m ok.

While I don’t have the photo I took of the rota, I do have the emails that show I asked my co-workers if any of them needed me to work, last night: and none asked.

And I’ve the email I sent to the supervisor, showing that the only day I’d been asked to do, was this coming Sunday.

Hopefully?

I’m not in trouble.

But you can never tell.

~≈§≈~

In amongst all that … ?

The fact I watched more episodes of Westworld, last night, is — possibly — incidental.

But, given I’ve — in my past — used the services of illegal sites like Demonoid or Pirate Bay, I tend to follow news about entertainment technology, for some time.

So this piece, on the BBC’s site, caught my eye.

It tells us that legal online streaming is more common, now, than ever before.

Frankly?

I can’t help but think that’s a good thing.

And, hopefully?   Reduce piracy.

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with both scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) Which airship began a round-the-world trip: on 8th August, 1929?

Q2) 8th August, 1991, saw the release of hostage, John McCarthy.   He’d been held hostage by Islamic Jihad: in which Lebanese city?

Q3) 8th August is the earliest date Melon Day can fall on.   Which country celebrates Melon Day?

Q4) Mehmen 4th succeeded Ibrahim 1st: on 8th August, 1648.   As what: Japanese emperor, Tsar of all the Russians, or Ottoman Sultan?

Q5) Finally … 8th August is the Roman Catholic feast day of Saint Cyriacus.   What the date of his Eastern Orthodox feast day?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo — Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, now called Sony — sold its first what, on 7th August, 1955?

A1) Transistor radios.

Q2) More to the point, what name did Sony give to its portable cassette players?

A2) The Sony Walkman.

Q3) The company released a video cassette format in 1975.   What was that format?

A3) Betamax.   (Unfortunately?   Sony, and Betamax — arguably the better quality cassettes — lost the Format Wars to VHS.   JVC, the developers of VHS, made it cheaper for other manufacturers to license the technology.)

Q4) Sony make a range of games consoles: which games consoles: the Wii, Xbox or Playstation?

A4) The Playstation.

Q5) Finally … the Sony controlled SME is the second biggest what on the planet: film studio, music company or cheese maker?

A5) Music company.

Here’s a thought …

“It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”

Emiliano Zapata, 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919.

And a song …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        It’s always an odd thought, though, Olga, isn’t it?   James Bond, 007 … getting mugged by twitted off Rasta men.   At ANY rate?   Keeping an eye on my health is one thing.   The rota, on the other hand … 

†        Oooh … !   Might just have to keep an eye open for that one, Debbi!   I’ve still got to try and catch the podcast.   It’s a good, fun, little movie.   (I’ve also watched iBoy and Outcast, a while back.   That whole gangster horror/sci-fi thing seems to be noticeable.)