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RE: Lego Breaks
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:46:32 GMT
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Wilcox, Doug <doug.wilcox@medivation.=NoMoreSpam=com>
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Thanks to some helpful remembrances (which gave me keywords), I was able to
locate the article I'd read.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/02/29/fina
ncial2038EST0280.DTL

Doug Wilcox
Senior Web Developer
iMcKesson Provider Solutions Group-Needham
160 Gould Street, Suite 130
Needham, MA 02494-2308
Phone: 781.453.2900 x 237
Fax: 781.455.7990
e-mail: dwilcox@medivation.com
http://www.medivation.com

"You see, I had this space suit. How it happened was like this ..."
(Opening lines from Robert A. Heinlein's _Have Space Suit--Will Travel_)


-----Original Message-----
From: Wilcox, Doug [mailto:doug.wilcox@MediVation.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 4:28 PM
To: 'lego-robotics@crynwr.com'
Subject: Lego Breaks


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. ;)

Can anyone point me to a thread or Web article about this?

Doug Wilcox
Senior Web Developer
iMcKesson Provider Solutions Group-Needham
160 Gould Street, Suite 130
Needham, MA 02494-2308
Phone: 781.453.2900 x 237
Fax: 781.455.7990
e-mail: dwilcox@medivation.com
http://www.medivation.com

"You see, I had this space suit. How it happened was like this ..."
(Opening lines from Robert A. Heinlein's _Have Space Suit--Will Travel_)



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  Re: Lego Breaks
 
(...) didn't mention any company that *encourages* it. It's not even clear that Sun-Netscape permits it. It only says that Tom Stanfl has Lego creations in his cube - not that he built them at the office. You had said: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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