Subject: Re: Japanese? and mostly Re: Back from the dead, or the living
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2000 - 13:40:20 EST
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 11:43:59PM -0500, Benjamin Samuels wrote:
> (Does anybody else keep getting some strange MSOutlook message asking them
> to download two megs worth of Japanese display data? Is this in some
> strange way related to the discusion on WWII that is associated with? And
> do I have to make the download (and find a translator) to know the answer to
> these questions?)
Nope. Some people may use mailers that generate more than plain text
(e.g., HTML or some other "rich" text). The list sends out plain text.
The only exception would be if someone added an attachment of a non-text
file. If you were one of the recipients of the "Pretty Park" file,
please trash your copy; it's a computer worm (similar to a virus).
> The way you describe it, Denis, makes it seem even more relevent. What must
> it be like to be a survivor of that? This might be one of the best ways to
> view Buddy- as a survivor. Perhaps a lot of the energy in Salingers writing
> comes from those he left behind in the war?
When I saw the opening of "Saving Private Ryan," I thought: This is
what makes a "Sgt. X" exist. Though I believe there were a few other
prominent writers who made the landing, some as reporters, some as
observers, some as dogfaces (cf. one of the "missing" stories, "Death of
a Dogface). I know that The New Yorker had someone very good who went
in on a landing craft, though his name escapes me now.
> What the hell happened that made Salinger shut the world up so tight?
>
> thoughts, please
It's along the same lines as the sound of one hand clapping, I think.
> PS- I leave this preciously posted message in it's entirety for experiments
> on the Japanese question.
My mailer shows this as completely plain text (albeit with long, wrapped
lines). Anyone else get strange special effects?
> PPS- what is that English Post Script I keep seeing- OSD or something? Care
> to enlighten the Yankees?
Oh, it's "OSR": Obligatory Salinger Reference. A kind of
tongue-in-cheek reminder, usually tossed in after an off-topic post. It
derives from the days on the Internet when rabid purists would froth at
the sight of a new person in some forum posting messages that had
nothing to do with the subject of the list/newsgroup/whatever.
--tim
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