[tbillington]

> Every timeout in every hop of the chain is within your control to configure.

lol

[wutwutwat]

I wasn't talking about network switch hops and if you're trying to long polling and don't have control over the web servers going back to your systems then wtf are you trying to do long polling for anyway.

I don't try to run red lights because I don't have control over the lights on the road.

[earnestinger]

Thus, the advice to not run the red light..