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Comment Re:Whiskey? (Score 2, Informative) 448

by Squeak on Tuesday October 14, 2008 @06:09AM (#25243187) Attached to: Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine

Bourbon casks? Generally not!
Most 'Scotch', which has to be made in Scotland, is aged in ex-sherry casks. There are non-Scottish whisky makers (generally whisky is Scottish, whiskey is Irish) who use bourbon casks, but if they are not in Scotland then it is just whisky, not scotch.
The Glenora distillery in Nova Scotia produces Glen Breton whisky using barley and yeast imported from Scotland, vats and a still from Scotland, was set up by a master distiller from Scotland, but it still isn't Scotch. It is Canada's only single malt producer and they do use Bourbon casks, because they are easier to obtain there. These give a much smoother, less peaty, flavour to the whisky. It is very good, but unfortunately, since they only have a small production run, pretty expensive and hard to obtain outside Canada.

Feed MPAA Math: 40% Plus 70% Equals? (techdirt.com)

From feed by techdirtfeed on Thursday May 10, 2007 @03:32AM

Ah, the MPAA and its ability to simply make up numbers continues. Last week, we noted that the MPAA was claiming that New York City was where 40% of camcorded movies came from, following earlier claims that 50% came from Canada. However, now that NYC has passed a law with tougher crimes for camcording (note this last passed just last week), apparently, the MPAA can now shift its numerical focus to Canada. Michael Geist points out that along with Warner Brothers' pointless decision to stop promo screenings in Canada, the studio is claiming that 70% of camcorded movies now come from Canada. 70%? Considering they were unwilling to back up earlier reports claiming 30%, 40% and 50% don't expect them to explain the 70% number either. However, we are wondering how the movie industry adds up the 70% coming from Canada with the 40% coming from New York City (not to mention all the camcorded movies from elsewhere) and still come up with 100%. Is there a reason that reporters never bother to ask the MPAA and its studio members to actually back up any of this stuff?

Submission + - chinese shoot down satellite

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 19, 2007 @05:00AM

An anonymous reader writes: WASHINGTON — The Chinese military shot down one of its own aging satellites with a ground-based ballistic missile last week, demonstrating a new technological capability at a time of growing Bush administration concern over Beijing's military modernization and its intentions in space. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fg-satellite1 9jan19,0,1196978.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Submission + - USA Wire Tapping Policy Reversed

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on Friday January 19, 2007 @03:37AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Bush Administration backs down on wiretapping we all know that one of the biggest scandals in 2006 was the question of the US government spying on it's own people — this policy has been reversed this past Wednesday and Democracy Now reports as well as ever, the facts of this important story. Seems you're a little freer."

Submission + - Notebook Carry Case To Charge Laptop And Mobile

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on Friday January 19, 2007 @03:17AM

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Submission + - John Carmack: Gamers Don't Need Vista or DX 10

Submitted by Freshly Exhumed on Friday January 19, 2007 @02:29AM

Freshly Exhumed writes: In an interview with Marcus Yam at Daily Tech legendary PC/Console game creator John Carmack holds forth on DirectX 10: "Personally, I wouldn't jump at something like DX10 right now. I would let things settle out a little bit and wait until there's a really strong need for it." and then zings Microsoft's marketers over DX10's mandatory use of the Vista OS: "Carmack then said that he's quite satisfied with Windows XP, going as far to say that Microsoft is 'artificially' forcing gamers to move to Windows Vista for DX10." There are a few good tidbits on Xbox 360 vs. PS3 development, and a fairly clear disinterest in Wii as a platform for his company's products is shown.

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