Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 26-1-2025 — Australia Day.

26th January, 2025: Australia Day.

Hmmm … 

It’s Sunday … and … ?

Frankly, I’m expecting it to be a quiet day.

Well, unless I get a sudden attack of visitors!

At any rate … ?

I’m not expecting mush to happen: bar finishing off a film review.

I caught Star Trek: Section 31, last night.

And it’s a lot of fun!

~≈🖖≈~

Hmmm … again … 

It looks like Sony — who did a lot of the work to develop the concept — are to stop producing recordable Blu-ray discs.

I don’t use many of them, myself.

But … ?

I’m a little concerned about the potential knock-on effects: less films, games and TV shows being published to physical media.

That’s a concern because of the licensing situation.

Basically?

You buy a film on bluray — I’ve got a copy of the original Bladerunner coming, for example — and it’s yours for the life of that disc.

However long that is: yes, that life is limited, but I’ve had CDs for some twenty/thirty years that are still as useable as when I first bought them.

They last.

They’re yours.

If you ‘buy’ a digital copy from a streaming service?

It’s yours: but for the time the streaming service has licensed it*.

You could buy a film from Amazon Prime, today: and ‘own’ it for life … until Amazon takes it down from their service, tomorrow morning …

When their license runs out.

Sony stopping production of recordable Blu-ray discs … ?

Only encourages this.

~≈📀≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum†, Olga‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.

It also saw Olga and Debbi leaving me a comment, here.

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

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

Q1)        26th January is Australia Day.   It marks the landing of the First … what?

Q2)        That First thing came from where: the UN, UK or Great Britain?

Q3)        The first Australian landing was in Sydney Cove.   Sydney Cove is in what’s now where: Sydney, Port Macquarie or Bendigo?

Q4)        Sydney Cove is in what’s now which state: New South Wales, Queensland or South Australia?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Tasmania is an Australian state.   Is Tasmania an island: yes or no?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        A successful coup took place on 25th January.   In which African nation: Uganda, Kenya or South Africa?

A1)        Uganda.

Q2)        Who led that coup: Idi Amin, Nelson Mandela or MK Gandhi?

A2)        Idi Amin.   (Wikipedia lists his full name as Idi Amin Dada Oumee.)

Q3)        The coup took place in which year of the 1970s?

A3)        1971.

Q4)        The coup’s leader became what: president, or prime minister?

A4)        President.

Q5)        Finally … ?   The coup replaced who as leader: Milton Obote, Robert Mugabe or P. W. Botha?

A5)        Milton Obote.

Here’s a thought …

“Every day’s a good day in Australia.”

Paul Hogan¶.

And Australia’s other national anthem …

The next ten question set is on 29th January: it’s about Desert Island Discs.

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Just as an example?   In the UK, every surviving episode of Dr Who is available for free on the BBC’s iPlayer service.   Except for An Unearthly Child, Terror of The Zygons and The Seeds of Doom.   This is because the licensing rights have expired: and means these stories are unavailable to us, unless we have physical copies.

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        It wasn’t that long, Olga … !   At any rate, I’ve left you a reply.   (Google seemed to have altered the Comments section: so we can reply to each other’s comments!)

§        It’s definitely watchable, Debbi!   It’s also important not to mix it up with Repo: The Genetic Opera!   That was an odd one … !   But at least Anthony Stewart Head has a good singing voice.

¶        I still remember Hogan’s adverts for Fosters lager: they were some of the funniest things on TV.