From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: OT: Quick Lego Survey Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:12:44 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <878ummb1pv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87fvgwbjzr.fsf@turing.flintfam.org> <3708638.W9jRf4TzA0@descartes> <87tx5ackpk.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> <20140818084012.GA21644@thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408353225 5192 80.91.229.3 (18 Aug 2014 09:13:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:13:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 18 11:13:38 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XJJ0S-0001Q6-0Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:13:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42509 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJJ0R-0007Gw-IN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:13:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60841) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJJ02-00078Z-PZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:13:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJIzw-0005XI-QS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:13:10 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:40982) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJIzw-0005Wr-Ji for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:13:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XJIzr-000158-SB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:12:59 +0200 Original-Received: from x2f4c6e0.dyn.telefonica.de ([2.244.198.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:12:59 +0200 Original-Received: from dak by x2f4c6e0.dyn.telefonica.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:12:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 32 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: x2f4c6e0.dyn.telefonica.de X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+1eo3DkDfgOu9mZdLfV1GqFoRP0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:173737 Archived-At: "Eric S. Raymond" writes: > Tassilo Horn : >> 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. LEGO Bricks & More My First Princess 10656 by LEGO Includes a princess minifigure. Features castle, horse, carriage, grooming station, carrot and pieces in hard-to-find light pink and blue colors. Castle section measures over 3" (10cm) high, 2" (6cm) wide and 1" (3cm) deep. Includes easy-to-follow building instructions with inspirational ideas. Makes a great gift! You think the princess is bait-and-switch for the building blocks? I have to admit that chin, stature and facial expression of the "princess" very much suggest "drag queen" but I'm not sure how to get to engineering from there. -- David Kastrup