tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post7467332197930448379..comments2023-09-20T11:05:55.935-04:00Comments on My Future Past: So You Got A Scientist, Part III: MotivationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post-48230521687379452892009-02-09T13:07:00.000-05:002009-02-09T13:07:00.000-05:00The show got a favorable write up on Slate or Salo...The show got a favorable write up on Slate or Salon focused on one character's apparent Asperger's Syndrome behavior. I'll try to watch it tonight, although I have work to do...RossinDetroithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240102870398060564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post-33076899915364656882009-02-07T08:43:00.000-05:002009-02-07T08:43:00.000-05:00Alice and I watch the show. It's hilarious, and u...Alice and I watch the show. It's hilarious, and uncannily accurate - sometimes hits a little too close to home. It still amazes me that it's on the air, it caters to such a specialized subculture.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526470032837468393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453315942766344869.post-55955087644868356252009-02-06T15:35:00.000-05:002009-02-06T15:35:00.000-05:00Interesting, Slate just had an article on a TV sho...Interesting, Slate just had an article on a TV show called The Big Bang Theory. It's about 4 science nerds that live together in an apartment, & a cute girl moves in next door. When the show debuted, I thought, OK, I get it, they're all worked up, Big Bang, lame pun. Never watched it. But the Slate article makes it sound like it might be worth a look, because the writer based it on his own experience working with programmers & it sounds like he writes with wit.<BR/><BR/>The reason I mention it here is that one of the characters refers to engineers as "semi-skilled labor" - [spit-take]<I>WAAAAH HAAA HAAAA HAAAA</I>....Trilln451https://www.blogger.com/profile/09290958979299520841noreply@blogger.com