Daily Archives: April 24, 2014


Don Sherman takes a look how +Ford Motor Company selectively used some cast iron…

Don Sherman takes a look how +Ford Motor Company selectively used some cast iron in the new aluminum-intensive F-150

The all-new 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 that will probably be the mainline engine in the F-150 uses a cylinder block made of compacted graphite iron, a material previously only used for diesel engines. The choice of CGI allowed the engine to be lighter and smaller overall while still withstanding the pressures of twin turbocharged operation in a truck.?

Leave the Iron On: Ford Buries New-Age Iron in Its Aluminum-Intensive 2015 F-150 – Tech Dept.
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Who would have thought that letting a former cable industry lobbyist chair the FCC… 1

Who would have thought that letting a former cable industry lobbyist chair the FCC could lead to this

Reshared post from +Leo Laporte

It's real. And it's fucked.?

In Policy Shift, F.C.C. Will Allow a Web Fast Lane
Planned new rules would allow an Internet provider to negotiate separately with content companies and charge them for priority service.