...is having conversations like this:

Me: So, that freebie issue of Make that I picked up at Thursday's STC meeting has instructions for making a rail gun using a ruler, four magnets, and a bunch of steel ball-bearings.
Daniel: Really?
Me: Yeah.
Daniel: Does it work?
Me: Looks like it. I think I'm going to try it out.
Daniel: This is a regular magazine that you can subscribe to, right?
Me: Yup.
Daniel: We're getting a subscription.
Me: Yeah, I already decided that.