El Reg reports:
The US Navy's most advanced ship yet, the $4.4bn stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt, has had to be ignominiously towed through the Panama Canal after its engines failed yet again.
While cruising down the intercontinental waterway, the crew spotted water leaking from two of the four bearings that link the destroyer's advanced electric engines to its propeller drive shafts. Both engines locked up shortly afterwards, and the ship hit the side of the canal, causing some cosmetic damage.
[...] Repairs are expected to take at least ten days and may mean the ship doesn't get into its home port until next year.
This is the latest in a long litany of failures for the USS Zumwalt that have raised questions over the efficacy of the new class of ships. Originally the US planned a fleet of 32 of the advanced destroyers, but the eye-watering cost of the craft has since seen that cut to just three vessels.
[...] It's natural to get teething problems with a new design, particularly something as revolutionary as the USS Zumwalt. But the Navy has already decided to revert to an older class of destroyer for its fleet upgrade. It seems someone on the general staff actually read Arthur C Clarke's warning tale Superiority .
Previously: USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials
[Ed note. Superiority, linked above, is a science fiction classic; well worth reading.]
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @03:06AM
If you're going to (needlessly) change the m to www in the links to El Reg, the correct #FragmentIdentifier is #body.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Informative) by charon on Monday November 28 2016, @04:36AM
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday November 28 2016, @04:40AM
El Reg has a known problem of images not always loading correctly on the main domain, but working fine on mobile. Probably due to reduced scripting. You can see this mentioned within stories and footnotes. That alone is probably a good enough reason to link to m.theregister.co.uk.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Monday November 28 2016, @04:41AM
Now that I look it, I see an image on the main version, and no image on mobile. Maybe I'm full of it.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @07:37AM
Exactly.
As I have said before, I index links so that our blind Soylentils who use screenreaders don't have to fart around finding the start of the article.
It is also below the story author's byline
Way down on my priority list.
Fully-sighted folks who are interested can easily scroll around and find that stuff.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday November 28 2016, @04:37AM
A new generation of eds to yell at.
Here, I'll change it back for you.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @07:44AM
...and, in the process, destroyed the reason for my complaint?
(Someone completely removed the indexing intended for our blind Soylentils). 8-(
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @10:59AM
Too bad. It puts more work to those of us who want it to be displayed properly on their non-mobile computer, and helps no one.
Fight the m.pest!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by janrinok on Monday November 28 2016, @08:13AM
It's not needless, as charon as explained. Just because you like it a certain way doesn't mean that is what we will impose on everyone. We do not format stories specifically for mobile devices. If TheRegister cannot get its images sorted so that they work on any device, then perhaps they will lose readership.
However, please feel free to join the ed team and help us release stories that everyone can read. You can also write suggestions for the editorial guidelines too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 28 2016, @10:51AM
Needlessly??? It saves the readers from doing it manually.
Those "m" URLs are a pest.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 29 2016, @03:36AM
Need a coloring book? A safe space? Do we need to bring in puppies? Extra tissues? Should we cancel your exams?
Quit being whiny.
If your biggest complaint about is a changed link, you really have it good.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @09:37PM