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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by Anechoic on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @12:28PM (#2276299)
Just none of them spend all their time with solitary, sedentary activities on a computer or in a lab

That's just it - the folks that do spend there time on a computer or in a lab (off the top of my head: the goth girl from NCIS, the Law & Order lab techs, Chloe on 24) all have some sort of anti-social nerd personality type.

Why can't there be a computer tech who works hard at his/her job, has a beer after work, watches sports, etc like everyone else?

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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by jhamburger on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @12:34PM (#2276325)
Well if you want the hard truth most of the people I see doing these jobs on TV are actually better looking and less socially awkward than the ones I work with on a daily basis.
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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by Anechoic on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @12:41PM (#2276353)
@jhamburger (I can't reply to your post)

Well sure, but the folks on TV are better looking and less socially awkward across the board than their real-life counterparts.

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Re:Natalie Portman - Scientist by cafard on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @01:06PM (#2276465)
Have a look at Guy Steele's interview with Fran Allen in a recent CACM--John Cocke was fond of beer, and people used to covet his bar napkins, on which he would sketch out new ideas.
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