>Awhile back, there were some posts regarding the use of solder paste in attempt
>to cause intentional shorts, effectively eliminating the need for a zero ohm
>resistor to tie two nets together. I was wondering how many people have used 
>this method and what criteria did you follow? Any information pertaining to
this
>concept would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Todd,

I have recently done some work modelling this situation, with a surface tension
modelling tool called Evolver, in order to understand the volumes of solder
over which a short is possible/inevitable. The results of this will be
published shortly in Journal of Electronic Manufacturing. If anyone has any
data which
I could compare with the models I would be very interested.

David Whalley