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Re: Lego Breaks
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:17:41 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.netAVOIDSPAM>
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"Wilcox, Doug" wrote:

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/financial2038EST0280.DTL

But that says that one company *banned* Lego during working hours - it
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:

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."

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  Re: Lego Breaks
 
" Martin Eberhard, a toy aficionado and CEO of the Silicon Valley startup NuvoMedia, had to put his foot down when he caught his entire engineering department -- who were supposed to be designing an electronic book -- sitting on the floor playing (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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  RE: Lego Breaks
 
Thanks to some helpful remembrances (which gave me keywords), I was able to locate the article I'd read. (URL) Doug Wilcox Senior Web Developer iMcKesson Provider Solutions Group-Needham 160 Gould Street, Suite 130 Needham, MA 02494-2308 Phone: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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