It makes you wonder if one could "stage" something similar to this so that the RIAA purposefully sued you. See if you could get Google (they have A TON to gain/lose from such cases), EFF, and the ACLU on your side before you put up such a site, and then just wait. Don't make it common knowledge that you have these 3 larger heavyweights behind you though. Obviously the kid didn't do anything, and just setup a similiar/duplicate site. That way, when the RIAA comes knocking, you can knock em right onto their ass with the money that those big 3 could help you with. Hell, maybe even yahoo would back you too. who knows. I'd prolly even be willing to do it.
It shouldn't be any more difficult, and it might be a little easier, even, to make straight beam cantilever tips than to make V-shaped ones. This is because the cantilever part of the tip is typically made by some sort of photochemical etching, and a straight beam is certainly a simpler shape to etch.
What you need to remember/know is that certain crystal faces are more resilliant to etching than others. For example, if the 111 plane etched faster than the 100 plane, etc.
However, I don't think that tips are created this way, as etching isn't the most accurate of things to do. A different way to do it would be to etch a small "hole" into SiO2, and then deposit Si onto it via evaporation. As the hole closes because of Si building up on the top surface, the bottom of the hole sees less and less buildup of Si. This in turn creates a point (cone) until the top closes off. The cone that is created is then atomically sharp. This is a much better tip than one that is created from harsh etching.
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bah where you went wrong was linking to an MS site!!! just find a website that's not affiliated with MS, and you know it would've been posted ;)
It makes you wonder if one could "stage" something similar to this so that the RIAA purposefully sued you. See if you could get Google (they have A TON to gain/lose from such cases), EFF, and the ACLU on your side before you put up such a site, and then just wait. Don't make it common knowledge that you have these 3 larger heavyweights behind you though. Obviously the kid didn't do anything, and just setup a similiar/duplicate site. That way, when the RIAA comes knocking, you can knock em right onto their ass with the money that those big 3 could help you with. Hell, maybe even yahoo would back you too. who knows. I'd prolly even be willing to do it.
It shouldn't be any more difficult, and it might be a little easier, even, to make straight beam cantilever tips than to make V-shaped ones. This is because the cantilever part of the tip is typically made by some sort of photochemical etching, and a straight beam is certainly a simpler shape to etch.
What you need to remember/know is that certain crystal faces are more resilliant to etching than others. For example, if the 111 plane etched faster than the 100 plane, etc.
However, I don't think that tips are created this way, as etching isn't the most accurate of things to do. A different way to do it would be to etch a small "hole" into SiO2, and then deposit Si onto it via evaporation. As the hole closes because of Si building up on the top surface, the bottom of the hole sees less and less buildup of Si. This in turn creates a point (cone) until the top closes off. The cone that is created is then atomically sharp. This is a much better tip than one that is created from harsh etching.