Can setTimeout be too long?
<p>I am creating an app that polls the server for specific changes. I use a self calling function using setTimeout. Something like this basically:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
someFunction();

function someFunction() {
  $.getScript('/some_script');
  setTimeout(someFunction, 100000);
}
&lt;/script&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>In order to make this polling less intensive on the server, I want to have a longer timeout interval; Maybe somewhere within the 1min to 2min range. Is there a point at which the timeout for setTimeout becomes too long and no longer works properly?</p>
