Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 23rd January, 2021.

23rd January, 2021.

Right … I’m officially going to be watching what’s left of my money: given I got paid, yesterday.

I’ve got the bills paid … and a couple of bits and bobs from Amazon.

Marmite, toenail clippers … and, in the wake of the aerial repairman’s statements, an extra aerial cable.

We’ll have to see what happens, there.

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You’ve probably worked out I follow the news: and been following stories about laptops for schools.

Or, at least, the stories about underprivileged kids who can’t get online, for online lessons.

Half the problem?   Are getting online in the first place.

There’s moves, I’m told, to make sure educational resources — BBC Bitesize and Oak Academy seem to be the main ones under discussion — will not count towards data limits.

That’s going to help.

What doesn’t … ?

Is this piece on the BBC’s News Website.

It seems a number of laptops sent to schools by the government have malware on them: a worm known as Gamarue.I*.

And tells us “Ideally users should reboot into safe mode and run a full scan with an anti-virus product.”

But also: “… it is advisable to seek professional assistance in order to ensure it has been correctly removed.”

I’m curious, though.

Why whoever’s organising this, at a government level, didn’t think to check the machines, before handing them out.

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Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Trevor†, Olga‡, Mum^, Debbiª and Edithº putting in their answers: with Olga, Trevor and Debbi scoring five out of five, Mum on four and Edith on three.

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

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

Q1)        23rd January, 1973, saw President Nixon announce peace had broken out.   Where: Korea, Vietnam or Somalia?

Q2)        Princess Caroline of Monaco was born on 23rd January, 1957.   Since her marriage, in 1999, she’s become Princess Caroline of where: Hanover, Greenwich or Ebensee?

Q3)        The Marias Massacre took place on 23rd January, 1870: when US Cavalrymen killed 173 Native Americans, in what was then called the Montana Territory.   The victims were from the Piegan branch of which tribe?

Q4)        The USA’s female female doctor received her MD: on 23rd January, 1849.   Who was she: Elizabeth Beresford, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson or Elizabeth Blackwell.

Q5)        Finally … ?   23rd January, 1972, saw the birth of actor, Ewen Bremner.   He played Daniel ‘Spud’ Murphy in which 1996 film?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        22nd January, 1906, saw the birth of writer, Robert E. Howard.   What did the ‘E’ stand for: Edward, Ervin or Eowin?

A1)        Ervin.

Q2)        He was born, raised and lived much of his life, in which US state?

A2)        Texas.

Q3)        He created which hero: Conan the Barbarian, Thrud the Barbarian or Asterix the Gaul?

A3)        Conan the Barbarian.

Q4)        Howard also wrote Kull of where: Atlantis, Lemuria or Númenor?

A4)        Atlantis.   (Lemuria was a similar lost continent to Atlantis: except in the Indian Ocean, rather than the Atlantic.   Númenor was a lost continent in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien: and home to the Edain.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   Much of Howard’s work was published in which magazine: Astounding, Weird Tales or The Country Gentleman’s Pig Fertilisers Gazette?

A5)        Weird Tales.

Here’s a thought … 

“Jazz attracted me because in it I found a formal perfection and instrumental precision that I admire in classical music, but which popular music doesn’t have.”

Django Reinhardt, 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953.

And a song …

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

Feel free to share today’s video Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        Microsoft’s page about the original version, tells us Gamarue.A is spread from removable drives.   It doesn’t tell anyone how to remove the worm: merely how they’re spread.

†        You have to love Jasper Carrot, Trevor!   You know, I don’t think I’ve sat down with his Magic Roundabout sketch.   (As I recall, Obesity’s a bigger problem in the US, than it is, here.)

‡        I certainly try, Olga!   (Troll Bridge is half an hour of utterly gorgeous stuff!)

^        Hello, Mum!

ª        Oh, it’s good, Debbi!   It’s very good!    I might have to sit down with Red Shadows.   And, hang on … weren’t the Pulps notorious for melodrama?

º        Glad to here someone else did, Edith!   (Brentwood High Street’s longer than it looks, when you’re shopping!)

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