tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17302184.post114104670111549284..comments2023-10-06T15:16:27.268+02:00Comments on Memoria histórica de las personas humanas: Ignorantia imperatrix mundiPedro Teránhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17225528247201190873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17302184.post-1141380363084746322006-03-03T11:06:00.000+01:002006-03-03T11:06:00.000+01:00I was sort of kidding about the spam filter! When ...I was sort of kidding about the spam filter! <BR/><BR/>When I was at another university, the server was programmed to bounce back *all* emails received from whole countries like China or India, on the basis that "those guys don't know what Internet security means!"<BR/><BR/>Administrators are sometimes amazing.Pedro Teránhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225528247201190873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17302184.post-1141319796509278672006-03-02T18:16:00.000+01:002006-03-02T18:16:00.000+01:00I re-sent that email, I now see the first time it ...I re-sent that email, I now see the first time it did come back as "mensaje de spam" but this one hasn't, yet. (If it does arrive it doesn't matter, it's not earth-shatteringly significant.James Waddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634986227625036378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17302184.post-1141308016269903342006-03-02T15:00:00.000+01:002006-03-02T15:00:00.000+01:00That's flattering, but the compliment is undeserve...That's flattering, but the compliment is undeserved.<BR/><BR/>---<BR/>I'll definitely try some Marías. I agree that Pérez Reverte and him are not in the same league.<BR/><BR/>---<BR/>I have no objections to such language. In the current world, even if you just say that a film, a novel or something is no good, someone will find it right to be deeply upset. This makes no sense. A discussion progresses much faster if people concentrate on the meaning of what is said, not on pretending that something else (very horrible!) was meant.Pedro Teránhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225528247201190873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17302184.post-1141235986555112612006-03-01T18:59:00.000+01:002006-03-01T18:59:00.000+01:00That is fascinating, and you write English beautif...That is fascinating, and you write English beautifully, as indeed does Marías - he is not exactly snappy or populist, but I think Corazón tan blanco and - I think it's called Manana en la batalla piense en me, are wonderful novels; and for a start could I recommend - no, sadly I can't, I can't find it - it's a longish short story about a bloody murder with a spear.<BR/>I've read a couple of novels by Pérez-Reverte but I don't think he's in the same league.<BR/>I winced when you mentioned P-R's "frequent use of `objectionable language' addressed at people groups he didn't like." I too am guilty.<BR/>But then I felt a little better after your quote from Marías.James Waddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634986227625036378noreply@blogger.com