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		lucian1900 on July 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thoughts on Rails, Node, and the web apps of today Dammit, it's not real-time web. There are no time constants considered, designed for or proven. At best it's "live" web or "quick update" web.

paulbjensen on July 12, 2012 | [–]

Sorry.

lucian1900 on July 12, 2012 | | [–]

Sorry, I didn't mean to come over as angry. No need to apologise.

It just bothers me that the term real-time is being misused a lot nowadays.

bergie on July 12, 2012 | | | [–]

Yep, I like the term Live Web.

paulbjensen on July 12, 2012 | | | | [–]

I understand.

mcantelon on July 12, 2012 | [–]

Realtime-ish. ;)

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