RANT:  Why does screen keep dimming even when "DIM" is disabled?

ARGH this is buggin' me!
I turned off the dim under custom in energy saver. i am reading a document and it keeps dimming and it's annoying as doo doo. anything i can do?

What about the option of "Automatically adjust
brightness as ambient light changes" in
Preferences/Displays?
William
William - anyone with this problem I can guarantee
shut off every screen dimming option.
I have this issue. It seems to be intermittent.
What seems to improve it - Restarting, or unplugging
and re-plugging in the mag safe charger.
These have been my only solution. I have even turned
off all display changes for battery power so that
there shouldn't be any "confusing" factors for the
computer.
I wouldn't care so much about this issue if it wasn't
for the screen whine with decreased brightness.
I trust apple will fix this with software or firmware
updates.
I checked my 1.67 PB 15", it does what is being described. Software?
William

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