[blowfish]

OK well after going back to my laptop's built in display I found out that this was really a problem.  On my external display, all of the ambient_factor etc. Settings are ignored.  I can't figure out what's causing this problem.  Anyone know?

EDIT: Never mind, i took some screeshots on both displays and I can't tell the difference.  It must have to do with the way the display is set up.  I guess I'll just have to calibrate it.

EDIT2: Screwing with the Color profile in System Prefs seems to have fixed the problem.  Everything else looks a bit...odd though.   I'll probably get used to it.