[SLUG] Re: GIMP (Was: Lenovo wins $150m NSW schools deal or April Fools joke?)

2009-05-19 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 00:21:41 Marghanita da Cruz wrote: With regard to Technical/Architectural drawing - I suspect there would be lots of shortcomings in the gimp apart from its printing capabilitybut my tech drawing and photography classes were too long ago, for me to comment on how the

[SLUG] Re: GIMP (Was: Lenovo wins $150m NSW schools deal or April Fools joke?)

2009-05-18 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Monday 18 May 2009 12:54:34 elliott-brennan wrote: I've never been shown the difference (as in, here are examples of a photograph) and I don't know if most (the majority of) people would notice or care either way. Due to the fact that most people are taught only simple concepts to do with

[SLUG] Re: GIMP (Was: Lenovo wins $150m NSW schools deal or April Fools joke?)

2009-05-18 Thread elliott-brennan
I've taught the psychology of perception at various institutions and I agree that it's a very interesting subject (not that we needed to go into the issue to the extent you would, naturally). I agree about colour perception and the range of abilities people have. Similarly a (then) girlfriend's

[SLUG] Re: GIMP (Was: Lenovo wins $150m NSW schools deal or April Fools joke?)

2009-05-18 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Monday 18 May 2009 14:56:54 elliott-brennan wrote: I agree about colour perception and the range of abilities people have. Similarly a (then) girlfriend's aunt insisted she could not tell the difference between stereo and mono. I ran a few tests for her. Despite the fact she could hear