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And leading to 1000s of companies having to rewrite all their asset registers and the IRS claim lots of depreciated write downs.

No they can't http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbs-Merrill_Co._v._Straus

The interesting one is - what if Ford claimed you only licensed the software in your car and couldn't sell it used?

That's coz it's Dilbert

No it couldn't. There is no car chase, no explosions and only a couple of violent deaths.

Plus it has all this plot stuff that you have to 'like' concentrate on ...

Although it did invent the concept of anti-product placements. People would pay not to be placed in the remake!

Exit in 90sec tests are easy to rig. You either use USAF cadets and lots of practice until you can do it once (Boeing) or accept a couple of broken legs (Airbus)

Payload probably isn't a problem - this would be used on 90min commuter hops where a 737 doesn't need to carry it's full 5000nm range fuel load.

If you put the seats facing backwards they would probably be safer than regular seats where people either submarine out of the lap belts or smash their face in the seat back in front of them.

cycling / rowing machines had this years ago. The little LCD screen shows a cartoon of you and the gym's best, your best, or some pro athlete at a set rate zooming off into the distance. I assume the screens and graphics have got a lot better in the last 10 years.

So what would happen if a large company in Redmond hired/contracted a bunch of ex-Sun engineers to make a java->.Net compiler so all this stuff ran on the CLR

As Oracle makes it harder and harder to use the JVM people are forced into the waiting arms of MSFT

Given that they are being funded by 'investments' from a large corporation in Redmond - not very soon.

Well at least she seems to be enjoying the turblence!