Just when I had the answer, I forgot what the question was.

Remember that poster? It's long been assumed that 'working' memory is the thing that helps define intelligence. The ability to hold things in a wokring store and create links, connections and find patterns amongst them is useful when thinking about problems. I find this fascinating, and wonder if there are actually exercises that could enhance the size of your working storage (imagine the spam - "improve your intelligence by up to 3 inches... all natural remedy!). Apparently, scientists have located an area in the brain attributed with the responsiblity of working storage - which is amazing seeing as previous theories speculated that this was not localised. I wonder if this penny sized area of the brain shrinks when exposed to mind-numbing reality TV programs and popular culture where the 'blip' is the norm and concentration levels have plummetted from almost an hour to probably 30 seconds?!
The question is, how can I prevent people from using my local storage?

Go read a book!