CDR: Re: Treatment of subjugated people (and bagpipes)

[David Honig]

At 04:24 PM 9/4/00 -0400, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>  Deciphering 
>an unknown langauge, not related to known languages, when it is 
>written in an unknown script is a feat of linguistics that 
>transcends mere cryptanalysis and has, so far, rarely or never 
>been done.  

Don't the linguists typically rely on a major crib (e.g., the Rosetta stone)?