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Brommers
Tie and solder has not been shown to make a wheel much stiffer or stronger, and you can accidentally overheat spokes if you do it. It's a pain if one breaks too.
http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/tied-soldered.html
Now if you're doing it cos it's cool looking, well, go for it, if it's for performance probably not worth it ^_^