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Re:Of Geeks and Girls by mitko on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @01:43PM (#970339)
Agreed. But not only women are repelled by the geeky atmosphere in the computer science. Many extrovert male people get bored and disgusted too.

So it is not really even 50% of the people diversity who create the software. It feels more like 5-10%.

I belong to that 5-10% and I think that among the others there are many who are way more creative than us.

Re:Of Geeks and Girls by bct on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @01:56PM (#970374)
You don't even have to be an extrovert to be bored by what passes for culture in "geek" circles.
Re:Of Geeks and Girls by sketerpot on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @02:35PM (#970509)
A few examples might make your comment's disdain less grating.
Re:Of Geeks and Girls by selven on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @08:21PM (#971253)
Mindlessly repeating internet memes for one (except in Soviet Russia, where meme repeats you). That's at least 50% of internet humor. Obscure references, as well. It's a type of humor that makes no sense unless you're immersed in the culture.
Re:Of Geeks and Girls by bct on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @08:38PM (#971288)
And even when it makes sense it can be pretty damned tedious. (Of course, for the "joke" to be anything other than self-indulgent the reference can't be all that obscure, so what's the point?)

The convergence of "geek culture" and "internet culture" is one of my big complaints. lolcats were funny for about 5 minutes.

Re:Of Geeks and Girls by bct on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @03:05PM (#970601)
I didn't mean it as an attack, after all there is no accounting for taste.

Unless you like XKCD, in which case you are a bad person and you should feel bad.