[MichaelGagnon]

As far as pop-culture goes, I think Clarissa still holds the cake for female programmer characters. Acid burn (from Hackers) is a close second...

[alanfalcon]

My winner is Veronica Mars's Mac whose scheme to get a new car was downright evil genius (scalable too, but she chose to limit herself). Of course, Burn was right, RISC changed everything, though not yet in desktop PCs.

[Blocks8]

Learn something new everyday -- Clarissa was a programmer! Loved that show!