> ... fairly Finnish thing to do ... +1 for this lovely metaphor. I'm Estonian, but I absolutely love Finns for their peculiar between-the-lines humor, and the

> ... fairly Finnish thing to do ... +1 for this lovely metaphor. I'm Estonian, but I absolutely love Finns for their peculiar between-the-lines humor, and their tendency to go really deep into fringe stuff. A Finnish guy once demonstrated a retro bicycle he was restoring, stating that it's going to take him two years to finish it. "This needs to be done properly," he said with a barely noticeable smirk. Re: Finns, demoscene, and frugal computing: see also Viznut and his insightful essays: http://viznut.fi/en/ http://viznut.fi/en/