On: Please do not take down the Sality botnet

[Dove]

I am reminded of the "wine blocks" sold (legally!) during the prohibition, which came with the following warning:

After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_State...

[bdg → Dove]

Not unheard of at all. In dry countries today you'll find all the ingredients in one spot of the grocery store to brew your own beer/liquor/wine, but nobody really says it's for brewing they're just conveniently put together

[_sentient → Dove]

I can't help but think that must have tasted terrible!

[bravura → _sentient]

It probably does. In Quebec, wine can only be imported and sold in state-controlled liquor stores.

As a loophole, dehydrated wine is imported, rehydrated, bottled, and sold in corner stores ("depanneurs"). It tastes rank.

[ahorne → bravura]

Would you be able to provide a reference for this? As a Quebecer, this is of interest to me.

[gcb → Dove]

california always one step ahead on the recreational stuff.