Make of that what you will.

I used to do design/permitting for fiber networks and going around DOD areas/Fiber was always fun. You wind up having to submit your routes, and get vague feedback as to what you need to move, but never how far away/etc. Usually your best bet is to just go to the other side of the road if possible.

For whatever it's worth, it feels like GloFo has had various process issues for a -long- time. While there were issues with the Bulldozer design itself from a deep pipeline perspective etc, the other factor in it's lukewarm lifetime (especially the first couple gens) was issues with GloFo's processes even back then. I know some of that was that they were trying to gear more towards bulk silicon vs CPUs but I think there were other issues too.

A college friend works for my state's gaming commission. During a 'drinking talk' about digital signatures, she told me an interesting part of her job; not just going through the slot machines and validating the payout settings, but also checking the EEProms MD5 Hash* to make sure that it was in a list of 'approved' code hashes.

* - This was 15 years ago, I -really- hope they use something better nowadays.

Not a perfect solution but sometimes perfect is the enemy of good.

As for why it wasn't remastered at 4k, let alone 1080p back then, my guess is that the cost of rendering CG above DVD resolutions was a major factor.

For example, Intel '10nm' is actually pretty close to TSMC '7nm' as far as Transistor density, and at '10nm' is clearly superior from a density standpoint [0],[1].

However Intel has had trouble with their own 7nm node while TSMC is now at '5nm'.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_nm_process#10_nm_process_no... [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_nm_process#7_nm_process_node...

Could help lower the number of GH issues that are filed because people don't read said docs...

Most folks go with the 4 door option, so that's what dealers tend to stock, so you don't see them often.

My main vehicle right now is a WRX, so a 40/33MPG Compact truck is a great Ironic DD for me.

I also appreciate that they are -not- locking the Ecoboost behind the XLT trim. I do think it's silly that there's no aluminum wheel option package for the base model though. Same for AWD, but I think that's a little less important for a truck that is FWD.

If I had one fear on this, it would be the CVT on the 2.5L engine. The Powershift was a good example of how Ford sometimes ignores warnings of engineers about reliability in the name of hitting a price point. Hopefully they aren't repeating the same mistakes. I guess it depends on the overall design; if it's something like the Toyota HSD, should work great and possibly be better long term than the 8 speed used in the Ecoboost.

Unless it's a Creative labs product. You'll never RMA one of those. Ever.

[0] - http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/

There are two things that IMO Disney does far more than most other animation studios; First being sequel churn (the general pacing of MCU releases, the pacing on the last SW trilogy and sidecar movies,) But the bigger one being Toyetics. [0]

Neither of those things are particularly 'innovative', and the latter of the two is a semi-exploitative practice of child psychology.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyetic

A couple years ago I got into it with Comcast over an Identity fraud issue. When I threatened to take them to court for harrassment (I'd sent them more than what was needed to prove I never resided at the address in question) they tried to throw the 'binding arbitration' clause out there... When I told them I never was or would be a customer of theirs and thus wasn't held to their arbitration, they didn't quite know what to say next.