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Re: Lego Breaks
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:24:12 GMT
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Steve Baker <(sjbaker1@airmail.)nospam(net)>
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"Wilcox, Doug" wrote:
> In an online article or perhaps in this mailing list, I remember reading or
> hearing about silicon valley or other engineering/high-tech firms where the
> engineers get to take "Lego Breaks." I work for a fairly Geek-centric
> company, and recently moved my MindStorms into my cubicle to play with
> during lunch, I need some ammunition to counter the nonGeeks and prove that
> I'm not _that_ weird. ;)
Have you passed "The Hacker FAQ" on to your management?
http://www.plethora.net/~seebs/faqs/hacker.html
It reads like a joke - but actually, it's a serious document that's spot
on what managers need to know. I showed it to my boss a few years ago - he
laughed. When he was moved into a different job about a year later, he passed
it on to his successor - telling him it wasn't a joke and he'd better read it!
The stuff in section 2 explains *precisely* why Lego in work time is
"A Good Thing"...although it doesn't mention Lego specifically.
> Can anyone point me to a thread or Web article about this?
I don't know *specifically* about Lego breaks.
Wandering around the corridors at Silicon Graphics Inc, you see an inordinate
number of Technics boxes in peoples 'cubes - this may just be a natural
geek-affinity to the stuff though. They also have pool tables, old arcade
games, etc.
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