9th March, 2020.
Yep: I’ve had a late night.
Watching a film, would you believe?
Actually? You possibly would, if you’ve been reading this blog for a while …
At any rate?
I managed to catch the original 1992 version of Candyman, last night.
It has to be said:
- Candyman still looks good.
- Virginia Madsen does a great job.
- Tony Todd’s iconic!
What can I tell you?
~≈†≈~
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?
Q1) 9th March saw the birth of Yuri Gagarin: the first man to orbit Earth. In which year was he born?
Q2) 9th March, 1990 saw Dr Antonia Novello become the USA’s first female what?
Q3) 9th March, 1993, saw the birth of rapper, Suga. He’s a member of which South Korean boy band?
Q4) 9th March, 1941, saw the birth of criminal, Ernesto Miranda. His arrest — and a subsequent court case — means US criminals have to be advised of their right to consult a what?
Q5) 9th March, 1952, saw the birth of Rugby player, Bill Beaumont. Which version of rugby did he play: League, or Union?
Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 8th March, 1979, saw the first demonstration of the CD. The CD is a compact … what?A1) Compact Disc.
Q2) This introduction was made by one of the CD’s designers. Which designer: Phillips, Sony or JVC?A2) Phillips.
Q3) The CD is read by a laser. What colour laser?A3) Red.
Q4) CDs — along side DVDs and Blu-rays — are known as what: optical, ophthalmic or Oenologic?A4) Optical.
Q5) Finally … ? CDs were invented to play what: music, video or games?A5) Music.
Here’s a thought …
“Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!”Yuri Gagarin.
And some music …
Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.
Have a good day.
* You’re talking about the torrenting, Debbi? The problem with it is I may be downloading the associated file … but I’d also redistributing it to others. If I’ve understood it correctly? Let’s say I make a torrent file of one of the movies in my collection. I upload the file to Pirate Bay: to give you an example. You come along, and download the torrent file: and start downloading the file, chunk at a time. You’d also be making it available to others. Olga comes along, and decides she wants the movie: and downloads the torrent file. She opens it … and downloads/uploads chunks of the file from you and me. And to you and me. Trevor and David turn up, and do the same: upload and download bits of the film. Each person downloading makes the bits they’v got available to everyone else who’s already downloading. If I’ve understood the terms of DVDs and blu-rays, we’re forbidden from broadcast the film across the ’Net. Which includes uploading it to Youtube … but also distributing it though Pirate Bay. Oh, wait, hang on … you mean the Bill Gates quote …
Um … … … …
Um … … … …
Don't worry about it, Paul. Though I would avoid widely distributing a copyrighted work. Just seems disrespectful to the creator, who wants to get paid.
ReplyDeleteThese are tough questions that I don't have enough current knowledge of copyright law to answer with much degree of confidence. :) And every case depends on circumstances, so as they say, don't rely on me. Ask a current practitioner. That's about all I've got.
1. 1934
2. Surgeon General
3. BTS
4. attorney
5. Union