I'm curious what these pitfalls are, and how using semicolons fixes the problem.

Very cool. I'll definitely use this in the future. Also the chaining syntax is really cool.

Fixed

Looking into it now, it has something to do with iframes and pushstate.

I use "real-time" in this fashion because describing it as "soft real-time" seems weird.

Didn't we call websites that update without a manual page reload "AJAX" just a few minutes ago? And yes, even if there's no XML present, but at least it's an abuse of a pretty new, web-specific term.

I propose we call all that stuff "FEFYOM" (Fast Enough For You Old Man) from now on.

AJAX is where you click on something and then the page updates. Comet is where the page updates without the user having to initiate anything.

Fascinating...so wrapping an Ajax call inside a window.setInterval automatically switches it to "Comet"?

Source?

If I ever write a manga with cute girls travelling the galaxy in a super-fancy ship, I'm going to name the ship the "Fefyom."

A web2.0 web based GUI for uglify-js and closure compiler. Just what I've always wanted.

I'd personally much rather see the source of the problem fixed (reduce carbon emissions). I also hope this doesn't turn into an excuse to clear-cut more rain forests.

i.e. We'll cut down the real trees and replace them with efficient carbon collecting "tree" buildings.

I think that for the most part, it is expected that some sort of geo-engineering (call it what you like) will take place.

They already are, look at all the worthless twitter, blog, and forum posts that Google has stored in their data centers.

It's way crazier than that: Google has the full text of the web stored in RAM three times over (think about how snippets work on SERPs), in each of the dozens of DCs used for search around the globe.

Think about how epically huge the indexes are into all that data...

Those paper thin spikes are NOT meant for comfort, and aren't for running more than 800 or so meters. For distance events (1600+) spikes resemble more of a running shoe.

What works for me is running in shoes for my workout, and then doing barefoot strides in a grassy field to strengthen my feet and ankles and improve my form. Running barefoot everywhere would be hard, mostly because there aren't a lot of soft trails for bare feet.