Re: OT: Quick Lego Survey

[Eric S. Raymond]

Tassilo Horn <address@hidden>:
> Back to the original question: yes, I've played with LEGO (and LEGO
> Technic later).  But at least here in Germany that's probably the most
> common toy after teddy bears, so I wouldn't look for some correlation
> between playing LEGO and becoming a hacker or engineer.

Interesting.  Legos aren't quite that common in th the U.S., and
*are* commonly thought to be something you give your kid if you want 
to encourage engineering tendencies.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>