set time out not working with function
<p>I am using the following to pause the javascript for a few seconds:</p>

<pre><code> setTimeout(start_countdown(),3000);
</code></pre>

<p>It does not work, the function is called regardless of the seconds. The following function does however work, which doesnt use a function.</p>

<pre><code>setTimeout(alert('hi'),3000);
</code></pre>

<p>How can I solve this?</p>
