tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1658535411946692942..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: China vs. USA, the State of PlayStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-33358251201139731782020-02-20T09:53:06.550-08:002020-02-20T09:53:06.550-08:00DIVERSITY UBER ALLES!! Smarts, who needs that?DIVERSITY UBER ALLES!! Smarts, who needs that?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-2569839609467652742020-02-19T11:20:30.454-08:002020-02-19T11:20:30.454-08:00On the broader issue, for a country to simultaneou...On the broader issue, for a country to simultaneously pursue strategies of stealing IP and doing true innovation itself are not by any means mutually contradictory. The US did just that in its early days, as with the copying of (theoretically export-controlled) textile machinery from England. The IP theft can act as a major accelerator even for things a country could have done on its own.<br /><br />In the immediate post-WWII era, the Soviets had an excellent fighter design, the MIG-15...but no jet engine for it. They could probably have done a decent development job themselves in 3 or 4 years, but were able to persuade the Brits to sell them the Rolls-Royce Nene engine, which they proceeded to copy and I believe also the actually improve. (Stalin had refused to believe that the Brits would actually be that dumb, but allowed Mikoyan to try)<br /><br />Today there is an issue with sale of a new-generation GE jet engine to the Chinese, for reasons of concern about reverse engineering. GE says it would be hard to copy even if you have a lot of examples, because of the materials technology. Maybe.<br /><br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-30144348868408636172020-02-19T06:06:49.006-08:002020-02-19T06:06:49.006-08:00So true, David. 5G is the 21st century's Fifth...So true, David. 5G is the 21st century's Fifth Generation Computing skypie.trigger warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14554786670177082752020-02-19T05:13:27.350-08:002020-02-19T05:13:27.350-08:00"5G telecommunications (which we are rolling ..."5G telecommunications (which we are rolling out a snail's pace while China surges ahead) make possible industrial robots that design production processes by themselves, driverless cars, virtual-reality controlled surgery at long distance, and a dozen other breakthroughs. China is getting the jump on us while we dither."<br /><br />Like many references to 5G, this vastly overstates its important. Why, for example, would one need 5G for long-distance surgery? Indeed, why would one want it, as opposed to a wired (fiber) connection? Do you really want the surgeon's connection to be dependent on the vagaries of a cell network?<br /><br />Parts of the 5G *communications protocol* might be useful in this application, but without needing the full 5G stack...certainly not the radio frequency aspects...and there are plenty of other ways to do it.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com