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kleeman
May 4th, 2008, 10:18 PM
According to Desmond Tutu anyway who popularized the word:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733756_1735249,00.html
Joeb454
May 4th, 2008, 10:22 PM
Hmm...his house must be pretty dark then if he doesn't have Windows ;)
ubername
May 4th, 2008, 10:25 PM
According to Desmond Toto anyway who popularized the word:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733756_1735249,00.html

Is Desmond Toto the same chap who wrote about the rains in Africa?
kleeman
May 4th, 2008, 10:28 PM
Oops that was a bad typo. Fixed it :lolflag:
Joeb454
May 4th, 2008, 10:31 PM
Is Desmond Toto the same chap who wrote about the rains in Africa?

I love that song
SuperSon!c
May 4th, 2008, 10:31 PM
Peter Garbiel is the man.
SuperSon!c
May 4th, 2008, 10:31 PM
I love that song

yeah, timeless classic that one.
chucky chuckaluck
May 4th, 2008, 10:37 PM
he's probably a mac user, though.
gn2
May 4th, 2008, 10:38 PM
Peter Garbiel is the man.

It must be his wardrobe you like?

Post-Gabriel Genesis is simply awful.

Me I'm a lawnmower......
SuperSon!c
May 4th, 2008, 11:04 PM
It must be his wardrobe you like?

Post-Gabriel Genesis is simply awful.

Me I'm a lawnmower......

i like post genesis also, sorry to disappoint you.
ubername
May 4th, 2008, 11:07 PM
Sledgehammer

Don't give up

etc.
gsmanners
May 4th, 2008, 11:11 PM
I think a little context is in order, just so people don't get confused:


What is his secret? He has a heart—in our part of the world, we would give him our highest accolade and say, "He has ubuntu." It is that marvelous quality that speaks of compassion and generosity, about sharing, about hospitality.
SuperSon!c
May 4th, 2008, 11:34 PM
well, you have to take off your *nix glasses to read that properly.
gn2
May 5th, 2008, 04:10 PM
i like post genesis also, sorry to disappoint you.

If you mean Peter Gabriel after Genesis then yes, me too, think his music is excellent.

What I can't stand is Genesis after he left.

(The wardrobe bit was inspired by your typo "Garbiel" garb = clothing :D)
fatality_uk
May 5th, 2008, 04:48 PM
And the ironic thing is that he really does use Linux (Possibly Ubuntu, dunno). I read an article about him a few months back and he is involved with a number of projects and there was mention of Linux being used within his studio for something. *VAGUENESS ALERT* Err no idea where I saw it :D
smbm
May 5th, 2008, 04:51 PM
I'm listening to Peter Gabriel right now. I saw him live last year and it was awesome.

I heartily recommend his live show for a good night out.
gn2
May 5th, 2008, 06:04 PM
Someone else worth listening to likes Linux: http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=39
fatality_uk
May 5th, 2008, 06:07 PM
Ubuntu celebirty endorsements, hmmm ;)
mips
May 5th, 2008, 06:57 PM
Is Desmond Toto the same chap who wrote about the rains in Africa?

Desmond Tutu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu) as per the OPs post is an Anglican Archbishop, Nobel Laureate and some other things. He seems like an all round nice guy even though I'm not into religion.

I do not know of any Desmond Toto but I do know a band called Toto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_(band)) that has a hit song called Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_(Toto_song)) which is a great song. Can be seen on Youtube over here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT_3PEjnsE
SuperSon!c
May 5th, 2008, 09:47 PM
(The wardrobe bit was inspired by your typo "Garbiel" garb = clothing :D)

LOL, i didn't even notice, nice one
mthei
May 5th, 2008, 11:06 PM
And the ironic thing is that he really does use Linux (Possibly Ubuntu, dunno). I read an article about him a few months back and he is involved with a number of projects and there was mention of Linux being used within his studio for something. *VAGUENESS ALERT* Err no idea where I saw it :D

Don't know if this is what you're refering to, but he has his Witness Organization site, which is on a Linux server.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/98846

That's all I was able to find by doing a search Peter Gabriel Linux.

Also, seriously, post-Genesis Garbiel no good? Have you listened to Security? "Lay Your Hands on Me" trumps everything he's done before.
gn2
May 5th, 2008, 11:35 PM
Also, seriously, post-Genesis Garbiel no good?

If you're referring to my remark I said post-Gabriel Genesis.
What I meant was that Genesis were rubbish after Gabriel left.
solitaire
May 5th, 2008, 11:40 PM
Unfortunately someone liked his stuff so much that instead of doing what most people do ('steal' the music Via P2P) someone decided to steal his whole WebServer.... :D:D

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/05/peter_gabriel_server_theft/
mthei
May 6th, 2008, 03:27 AM
If you're referring to my remark I said post-Gabriel Genesis.
What I meant was that Genesis were rubbish after Gabriel left.

Right. For some reason I read your post wrong.
Foster Grant
May 6th, 2008, 04:50 PM
Unfortunately someone liked his stuff so much that instead of doing what most people do ('steal' the music Via P2P) someone decided to steal his whole WebServer.... :D:D

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/05/peter_gabriel_server_theft/

I was just about to post this. :)

From the PG website at 1148 US EDT ...


The majority of Real World, Peter Gabriel and WOMAD web services are currently off-line. Our servers were stolen from our ISP's data centre on Sunday night - Monday morning. We are working to restore normal service as soon as possible.