Interesting! For an active Nuclear Fusion project in the US (San Francisco Bay Area), check out the 'National Ignition Facility' -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility
For more links and my modes overview of the project see http://blog.ehuna.org/2009/05/national_ignition_facility_192...
One of the issues here is the Apple settled with 'Personal Audio' and handed them $8 million -
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/09/apple-coughing-up-8-milli...
Small change for Apple, but could now establish a precendent for judges who don't really understand technology and have to go by patent law.
I used escrow.com for a big purchase on eBay (over $5,000) and it worked perfectly.
Reminds me of that joke: last week my doctor told me I had AIDS & Alzheimer's. I said, "Sh*t, at least I don't have AIDS!". :)
Yes, I agree - it's related to memory. NPR had a good podcast on it a couple of years ago:
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2010/02/01/122322542/why-d...
Time seems to go slower when we have tons of things to remember, when we are adding many memories in short periods.