Comment Re:Old news? (Score 1) 157
Usually people write their work up and publish it after the research is done, or when it's reached a milestone of some kind. The date of publication might give an indication of when the reported research was finished but not how long it took to carry out.
This work seems to have been published (i.e. placed in the public domain) some time ago. I'm wondering why it's only appearing on slashdot now.