Those ruthless Fins!

[AKcurly]

Web Addiction Gets Conscripts Out of Army

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A number of Finnish conscripts have been excused their full term of military service because they are addicted to the Internet, the Finnish Defense Forces said Tuesday.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=3&u=/nm/20040803/od_nm/odd_finland_internet_dc

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[GRUNHERZ]

OK which one of you was it? Staga???

[Staga]

When I served in the army (it's mandatory in here) there weren't such a thing as internet; all we had was some Nintendos
Anyways I've heard that it's not the same place as it used to be (which is good).

[CyranoAH]

Remember Finns invented IRC. They are just training for "another kind of war".

"TaKe tHaT u n00b"
"Oh yeah? Eat this flood attack!"
"Sgt Pekka slaps Private Mikka around with a large trout"

Daniel

[AKcurly]

Originally posted by CyranoAH
Remember Finns invented IRC. They are just training for "another kind of war".

"TaKe tHaT u n00b"
"Oh yeah? Eat this flood attack!"
"Sgt Pekka slaps Private Mikka around with a large trout"

Daniel

And most importantly, don't forget Linus Torvalds.

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[Tuomio]

Originally posted by AKcurly
And most importantly, don't forget Linus Torvalds.

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Great american guy he is. I've heard that he was born in Finland tho.

[Charon]

"For people who play (Internet) games all night and don't have any friends, don't have any hobbies, to come into the army is a very big shock," said Commander-Captain Jyrki Kivela at the military conscription unit.

Just the type of shock those slack-jawed gawkers need


Charon

[AKcurly]

Originally posted by Tuomio
Great american guy he is. I've heard that he was born in Finland tho.

Nah, he was in Finland until he finished his Master's degree.  He moved to the states when he was in his mid-20s.  He's a Fin.

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