2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: if it weren't for tv i would not know what was going on in the world

2006-10-24 [zoloftzantac]: In my opinion, one can not learn that from TV.

All you see and hear are the things that some fat corperate asshole thinks will keep the mindless masses watching long enough for him to be able to sell commercial slots to other fat corperate assholes.

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: unlike magazines and newspapers...

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: I never watch tv. I hate it. I hate the news. I don't want to hear all the negative shit that goes on in the world. I like living my life in the dark of all things shitty. I only turn on my tv when I am really bored and I watch That 70's Show, The X-Files, or Nip/Tuck. Other than that, the damn box on my dresser is useless. When I get my own place, which should be pretty soon, we wont have cable, because I refuse to pay for commercials, and all the crap that is on tv.

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: my computer is my TV/DVD player. i watch E Network, i watch Law and Order, i watch VH1, i watch the news. i like seeing how shitty the world is.

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: Law and Order is an alright show, I watched a bit of that today, out of boredom.

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: i was just watching in...now i am watching Dr. 90210 on E Network. because i need cosmetic surgery

2006-10-24 [zoloftzantac]: Magazines and newspapers are mostly the same way, and I avoid most of them. I really enjoy a few small publications like Project Censored, they put out a quarterly publication. (free by email, donations are encouraged) They write about the most under reported news stories and there are no ads at all.

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: Yeah I dont read many magazines. Sometimes I will pick up Adam's mom's Star magazine and be humoured by its content, but other than that I never buy magazines. I only use the paper for its job section, and that isnt doing much for me at the moment.

2006-10-24 [zoloftzantac]: Some magazines are cool, I like Make a lot. They teach you how to make kickass stuff :D

http://www.makezine.com/

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: i read Cosmo and Self and Glamor...i also read EVERY tabloid

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: Gah! I want to learn to make a magstrip reader but it wont let me -_-

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: ?

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: I dunno, I clicked on ZZ's link to that makezine, but it wont teach me to make things!

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: oh

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: Yeah, there is an article where it tells you how to make a magnetic strip reader so that you can see what is stored on your drivers license or anything else with a magstrip on it, but I wasn't allowed -_-

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: *shrugs*

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: My license is pretty clean, Iv'e been driving for 3 years no problem. Adam, on the other hand, has a problem with authority/Hudson cops are the mafia, and if he scanned his license, the magreader would probably explode haha!

2006-10-24 [RabidSphinx]: i don't even have a license

2006-10-24 [zoloftzantac]: I read the artical on the magstripe reader, it tells you how to buy the bit reader and then you need to do some tweaks to hook it up to your PC so you can read the info of of your credit cards and stuff, it is pretty cool, but they don't build that one from scratch.

2006-10-24 [FireGypsy]: Oh, well I couldn't get far enough to know that lol! I like building things ^_^