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So the title should read "is not closed"? The parenthesis are just annoying. It's one or the other, just state it! Readers shouldn't have to solve a puzzle to
by daveguy 9y ago
So the title should read "is not closed"? The parenthesis are just annoying. It's one or the other, just state it!
Readers shouldn't have to solve a puzzle to read a title.
- sdrothrock 9y agoFirst read to me as someone who hadn't read the article was "someone found an ancient kernel hole and declared it closed, but in truth it's actually not," which actually seems to be what was intended... it's a fairly common use of "(not)."
- nullc 9y agoThe title is a play on a 2010 LWN headline. This is explained in the article. But reading the article has never been a barrier for HN editing a headline to make it less accurate in the past, so why start now? :)
- CaliforniaKarl 9y agoI'm sorry, I'm really confused now. Here's the title of the article: An Ancient Kernel Hole is (Not) Closed I thought that I copy-pasted the article title to be the title of this submission. Did I omit the parenthesis? If so, it was unintentional, and I apologize.
- enzanki_ars 9y agoHN automatically removes certain punctuation from post titles. In a lot of cases though, it creates more confusion. Definitely not your fault.
- CaliforniaKarl 9y agoI did not know that! I'm tempted to experiment now 8-) Thanks for the heads-up!