<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post890938037301325599..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5618269839227399927</id><published>2008-08-18T10:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T10:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the link, Ron. Here&#39;s hoping readers do...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the link, Ron. Here&#39;s hoping readers don&#39;t find the rant tiresome.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/5618269839227399927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/5618269839227399927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1219068900000#c5618269839227399927' title=''/><author><name>TED BURKE</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_C89YLyBFNJ0/SJMSub4quHI/AAAAAAAABc4/788h-QVAwxk/S220/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368526798"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5569172880522897297</id><published>2008-08-16T12:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T12:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>We all die.  Poets and the tradition of it in the ...</title><summary type='text'>We all die.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poets and the tradition of it in the Arabic culture, not to mention the Islamic one (there is a difference you know) is that it is of far greater importance than it is in the West.  Arab villagers often meet together to do performance poetry called &quot;sedjul&quot;...Arabs invented it for crying out loud.  And the West has merely begun to realize the importance of public poetry and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/5569172880522897297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/5569172880522897297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218903060000#c5569172880522897297' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/R-T_8p07tdI/AAAAAAAAALk/-vDDGcPoXP0/S220/Cotton+gully.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1582080875478716862</id><published>2008-08-15T01:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T01:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Every single person in the U S of A (over the age...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Every single person in the U S of A (over the age of 5 (kindergarten) know her (Maya Angelous...) &quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mr. Baker, you&#39;re so wrong about the general populace of our country and their knowledge of poetry, literature and art, let alone Ms. Angelous&#39;s existence (whether she&#39;s alive or dead now - what poem she has ever written, etc.,) that your mistake would be hysterical if it wasn&#39;t true. &lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/1582080875478716862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/1582080875478716862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218777720000#c1582080875478716862' title=''/><author><name>Levari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03797267895979862964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='17' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ox5qHYptFN4/SET-xNOlA3I/AAAAAAAAAAs/Zi4EWNCxlck/S220/PG378M24b.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1958627702"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2034606087915707334</id><published>2008-08-14T21:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T21:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed, the frame of that photo obviously doesn&#39;t cove...</title><summary type='text'>Ed, the frame of that photo obviously doesn&#39;t cover the whole scene.  Anyway it still looks like way more than 500.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/2034606087915707334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/2034606087915707334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218762360000#c2034606087915707334' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SH1Hx4itivI/AAAAAAAAAKc/lm4-XfJN05I/S220/Photo+1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2625940743490993436</id><published>2008-08-14T19:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T19:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks for the link post, ron, hope people enjoy t...</title><summary type='text'>thanks for the link post, ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;hope people enjoy the blog</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/2625940743490993436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/2625940743490993436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218757860000#c2625940743490993436' title=''/><author><name>Dark Fantom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14554390275055996646</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-234165413"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1482004776124476367</id><published>2008-08-14T19:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T19:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>well  WE GOT Maya Angelo!  Every single person in ...</title><summary type='text'>well  WE GOT Maya Angelo!  Every single person in the U S of A  (over the age of 5 (kindergarten) know  her... &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and,as is said  of her on her site,  she is &quot;...hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. (etc).&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.mayaangelou.com/ShortBio.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;her memorial will bring out 44 million... and a natonal </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/1482004776124476367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/1482004776124476367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218754800000#c1482004776124476367' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2765921770317222513</id><published>2008-08-14T15:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T15:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How is it that in a society where there is so much...</title><summary type='text'>How is it that in a society where there is so much economic hardship, so little opportunity for education or upward mobility, when a poet dies he is so widely read and identified with that it&#39;s a national tragedy?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But here, in the States, where we have all the opportunities in the world, there is no national poet, let alone one that the people identify with, and when a poet dies, it&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/2765921770317222513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/2765921770317222513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218743580000#c2765921770317222513' title=''/><author><name>Levari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03797267895979862964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='17' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ox5qHYptFN4/SET-xNOlA3I/AAAAAAAAAAs/Zi4EWNCxlck/S220/PG378M24b.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1958627702"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5992271296613630094</id><published>2008-08-14T15:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T15:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Regarding the singularity notion,near the end of t...</title><summary type='text'>Regarding the singularity notion,&lt;BR/&gt;near the end of that post is a link&lt;BR/&gt;to Eliezer Yudkowsky&#39;s&lt;BR/&gt;KnowabilityOfFAI (friendly &lt;BR/&gt;artificial intelligence).  Section&lt;BR/&gt;2.2 Entropy versus creativity&lt;BR/&gt;should be of interest to writers.&lt;BR/&gt;-&lt;BR/&gt;Wikipedia&#39;s Technological_singularity&lt;BR/&gt;page provides a general overview&lt;BR/&gt;and in its &quot;see also&quot; are links to&lt;BR/&gt;such topics as Omega point,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/5992271296613630094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/5992271296613630094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218741540000#c5992271296613630094' title=''/><author><name>brian salchert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11649691450577647656</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1297934363"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4189914760808644465</id><published>2008-08-14T10:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T10:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adrian Smith&#39;s monstrosities are another demonstra...</title><summary type='text'>Adrian Smith&#39;s monstrosities are another demonstration of the absolute insanity of capital to exploit resource and celebrate the unequal concentration of wealth.  Skyscrapers in the desert?  It&#39;s like futuristic illustrations for 3rd rate science fiction paperbacks.  This is how Los Angeles got built, and it makes even less sense on the Arabian Peninsula.  The Arabs have the means, now, with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/4189914760808644465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/890938037301325599/comments/default/4189914760808644465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html?showComment=1218725700000#c4189914760808644465' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/tens-of-thousands-mourn-darwish.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-890938037301325599' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/890938037301325599' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 14, 2008"/></entry></feed>