Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 15-10-2018: From Hell … !

15th October, 2018.

Yep: I’m back to work, today.

Yep … 

I’m felling ambiguous about it.

And yes … 

There’s a little discreet job-hunting going on.

Not that it’s getting very far, but — in theory — I have a phone interview pencilled in for tomorrow.

Although I’ve still not heard back about it.

We’ll have to see, won’t we?

~≈§≈~

In other news … ?

I managed to catch last night’s episode of Dr Who — The Ghost Monument — relatively late: as I finished work at six.

It’s an intelligently written, very Banksian take on The Cannonball Run … 

With a twist … 

I don’t think The Cannonball Run had killer robots, holographic race organisers or deadly sea-water.

I liked it: and think it will repay further viewing.

Oh … and the new titles look good … 

Ahem!

~≈§≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: scoring eight out of ten in the process.   The day ALSO saw Olga† looking in to say hello, after a long night.

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

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

Q1) 130 years ago, today, saw the From Hell Letter was received by investigators: with a 15th October, 1888 postmark.   Which killer — supposedly — sent it?

Q2) The letter was sent to George Lusk: head of the Vigilance Committee: in which part of London?

Q3) The letter included what supposed to be half of a human … what?

Q4) The letter is on of the few supposed to be genuine.   How many genuine letters are there supposed to be?

Q5) Finally … From Hell — the film — was based on From Hell, the graphic novel.   Both were based on the killings that inspired the letter.   Who wrote — wrote, rather than drew — the graphic novel?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 14th October is World Standards Day: first marked in which year? 

A1) 1970.   (Although it also marks the date in 1946 when delegates from twenty-five countries agreed to start formalising standards.)

Q2) The International Standards Organisation, or ISO, is one of three standards bodies consulted by the UN.   Name one of the other two.   (Here’s a clue: they’re all part of the World Standards Cooperation group.)

A2) The International Electrotechnical Commission or IEC and the International Telecommunication Union, the ITC.

Q3) ISO 6, ISO 2240 and ISO 5800 govern what: photographic film, CDs and DVDs or tractor communication networks?

A3) Photographic film: its speed, or sensitivity to light, to be specific.   (CDs and DVDs are covered by ISO 9660, tractor communications by ISO 11783.)

Q4) The internationally accepted standard unit of length is the … what?

A4) Metre.

Q5) The ISBN is the International Standard … what?

A5) Book Number.

Q6) The standard unit of time is the what: hour, minute or second?

A6) The second.

Q7) What colour is officially used by the aviation industry: in order to make things stand out?

A7) International orange.   The incredibly misnamed black boxes are this colour, as are NASA spacesuits.

Q8) Which symbol is the internationally recognised standard warning sign for poison?

A8) A skull and crossbones.

Q9) ISO 80000-2:2009 governs what: chemical symbols, safety symbols or mathematical symbols?

A9) Mathematical symbols.

Q10) Finally … ?   The .odf extension — also called the .odt extension‡ — is the extension for the standard what: digital text document, digital photo file or digital audio file?

A10) Digital text document.   It’s the ISO’s preferred equivalent to a Word (.doc/.docx) document.

Here’s a quote …

“Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk.”

Last line of the From Hell Letter.

And a clue …

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

Have a good day.

*        Sorry, Debbi!   I was feeling seriously artistic!   Today’s should be a little easier … !   Oh, have you caught this week’s episode, as yet … ?   It’s rather good!

†        If you ended up dancing on tables, Olga, you might want to burn the negatives!   :D.  At any rate, Stafford very influential: certainly on a par with Gygax and Arneson, who did Dungeons and Dragons.   Role playing games — the tabletop ones — could’ve been very different.   I might just have to see if I still have my copies of RuneQuest: it seems the right thing to read …

‡        The .odf family are an outgrowth of the open source movement.