[CS-FSLUG] Gimp on National TV Was: Re: Open source becomes irresistible political force.

[David McGlone]

On Friday 27 February 2009 6:01:37 pm Fred A. Miller wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
> > On Thursday 26 February 2009 11:26:04 pm Fred A. Miller wrote:
> >> Open source becomes irresistible political force.
> >
> > This reminds me, the other night I was watching Forensic Files on A&E and
> > the detectives could not afford to have a process done to positively
> > identify a skull of a person so they looked for alternatives and found
> > the Gimp.
> >
> > They used the Gimp. They took the skull and matched it up to pictures of
> > the person they suspected the skull belonged to. They even showed the
> > software in action while the investigator was working and, gave a short
> > narrative of the gimp and open source software and what it is.
>
> GREAT!! We watch "Forensic Files" so we'll have to look for that show!

I do too! A&E along with Discovery and the history channel are the only 3 
channels I watch. Forensic Files is one of my favorites on A&E and Mythbusters 
is my Favorite on Discovery.


David M.
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