Re: Telescope on the Moon?
But that wouldn't matter.
As long as they applied all the magical corrections they need to fit the current mistaken observations of a round Earth - they'd come up with the same answers
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China can probably gain some info from having a functional fan to examine but it's not like they are just going to take over the next shift without support and cooperation from ASML, Cyber and all the software makers.
But if it was destroyed then you are going to have no choice but Korea for good stuff and China for most other semiconductors. So it would be like Russia invading Saudi, it's not to capture the oilfields it's to make your own supply more valuable.
Backup script from our old (BSD) Sun system was copied to our new Sun (Sys-V) system
Tape drive name changed from st0 to rst0 but nobody noticed.
Script had to be run as root
Script diligently checked the backup was readable - immediately afterwards from the same 'source'
System had / mounted on a large enough partition
User didn't notice how quickly the backup ran or that the tape wasn't making any noise
The difficulty with sanctions is that you need to do everything yourself.
So you not only need to clone ASML's machines you need to copy all of the stuff that goes into ASML's machines.
So you need to copy Zeiss's mirrors. Which are unique, so unique that ASML bought Zeiss to ensure supply.
Then you need to also clone all the machine tools that Zeiss use to make and measure the mirrors, then you need to copy all the parts that go into those tools.
Then the same for every mechanism in an ASML machine.
Then the same for the light source that even ASML has to buy from cymer.
So apart from:
Investing in R&D rather than financial engineering.
Hiring highly qualified staff and investing in their career over decades rather than firing everyone over 40 every time the stock dips.
Working with the customer rather than trying to screw them on every order.
Building links with universities and apprentice programs.
What's their secret? Preferably one that can fit into a single PowerPoint, doesn't coat any money and I can implement before this quarter's bonus window.
Stealing the designs doesn't help, you still have to get the parts.
Zeiss don't sell EUV lambda/20 off-axis parabola mirrors on Ebay, Cymer don't ship science-fiction light sources to China
Then you have to make it actually work, that involves a bunch of ASML and TSMC engineers that have been doing this for decades working together
>The only beneficiaries of Brexit are Russia, China and a few rich Tories with their snouts in the UKCA trough.
And the happy fish.
I think a few european politicians might be breathing a sigh of relief that they don't have to deal with the [F/G/Bel/It]-exit annoyances in their own countries anymore
Possibly for police, there are many contract organisations that provide "Policing Services" in places like Africa and the middle east - trouble is so many of them only speak Russian.
Ambulances? Unlikely, our parents and grandparents fought a Brexit to remove foreigners from working in the NHS.
The colonies do export firefighters around the world, but they generally come with water bombing aircraft - which might not be suitable for a typical chip pan fire.
But we would still need to invent our own radios for all these groups to talk to each other