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"Successfully detected" is an awkward phrase. Can you unsuccessfully detect something?

• nexuist 7y ago
  Yes, by detecting the damage it has caused after the fact. It's the difference between "we have that missile on radar" and "we know we were hit by a missile because we are dead."
• mrspeaker 7y ago
  C'mon - a super interesting technical article on how an exploit gets an arbitrary kernel read/write primitive... and you have to take it down because of an "awkward phrase" in the first paragraph? What's the point of such a comment?
  • dfc 7y ago
    It was a legitimate question about the use of language. You are correct it was an interesting article; someone clearly spent a lot of time and effort writing it. Which is why I thought it was strange that it started put so awkwardly and was curious if there was more to the phrase than I realized.
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• unixhero 7y ago
  Successful detection would follow a probing routine. The opposite, or rather other outcome of the probing routing would be No Detection Was Made. It is a reflection of the outcome of the probing routine I"d say. It's how computer programs talk! :)