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"The frustation was all about people wanting to see more action," said Mac Lipscomb, general manager of S.E.T. "It wasn't aimed at the event provider."

The event-loop may be used in conjunction with a reactor, if the event provider follows the file interface, which can be selected or 'polled' (the Unix system call, not actual polling).

It works by making a request to some internal or external "event provider" (which generally blocks the request until an event has arrived), and then it calls the relevant event handler ("dispatches the event").

Finally, Notification Services can communicate with a wide variety of Microsoft, third-party, and custom-built event providers and delivery protocols, enabling Notification Services to communicate with existing systems in heterogeneous environments.

The festival attracts event providers from industry, universities, national organisations and offers the chance for youngsters to engage with career scientists with the hope that they will be inspired to learn more about science, or to follow a scientific career path themselves.