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China, Japan co-Developing an ‘Aerotrain’ with Wings

posted by mrpg on Thursday April 26 2018, @03:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the magfly dept.

Anonymous Cow Herd writes:

[...] "When the train cruises at its optimal speed of 500 km/h, the energy it consumes is roughly one third of that of current high-speed trains in commercial service and one sixth of the maglev trains," according to Lai.

The new design of an annular spoiler is one of the highlights of the novel aerotrain. Different from the traditional, vertical spoilers which tend to produce unstable airflow, the annular spoiler can increase the lift-drag ratio by 30% to 40%.'

Source: China, Japan co-developing an 'aerotrain' with wings

Meanwhile, in California's Silicon Valley, recruiters - from across the country, with broken English skills - are trying to force everyone to work as a temporary employee, for hourly wages last seen - by everyone except H1-Bs - in the 1990s.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @06:15PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @06:15PM (#672241)

    Obviously the intense hatred of recruiters is misplaced, there are likely many good recruiters that bring in a higher level of candidate and HR doesn't have to sift through 2k resumes.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @09:22PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @09:22PM (#672326)

    Found the recruiter.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @10:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @10:58PM (#672369)

      Yeah, he's on SN trying to scout that angry AC for a job washing MDC's cock. Benefits include: Free protein shake