[Edu-sig] nerds, geeks, women, image of cs

[Matthias Felleisen]

Kirby writes: 

  I think of Sandra Bullock in 'The Net', or the 
  Seven-of-Nine character in 'Voyager' -- geeks?[1][2]

So who's going to write the script for a smash-hit TV series on 
why programming is cool, why people don't just sit around all day 
and stare at computer screens, etc? 

And who's going to pay for the product placement for Python or DrScheme
before MS buys in with VisualBasic or Sun with Java :-)

-- Matthias