[macintux]

He's been working on these ideas for quite some time. Here's a talk of the same name at RICON 2012: http://vimeo.com/52831373

Having said that, this is a pet peeve of mine, too. I get frustrated by technical papers with no dates.

[seanmcdirmid]

I always rely on the copyright field of the paper for dating. Since these papers go into proceedings, the templates don't provide for (or allow for) obvious dating fields.